Tour du Limousin (2.1), France
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Tour du Limousin is currently a four-day professional stage race held in Limousin, France in August. Limousin is a region in south-central France, situated largely in the Massif Central.
Being held in the Massif Central, the race is run over hilly roads. Traditionally the first stage starts in Limoges and the final leg finishes also at Limoges.
The first edition of the Tour du Limousin was held in 1968 and was open only to amateurs. It remained an amateur race through 1974.
It became a professional race in 1975, but the 1981 edition was an open race with both amateurs and professionals.
In 2005 the UCI classed the Tour du Limousin as a 2.1 race. It was upgraded to HC for 2011 and 2012, but in 2013 it was reclassed at 2.1. The Tour du Limousin is part of the UCI Europe Tour.
Recent Tour du Limousin podium history:
| Year | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | Distance | Average Speed km/hr |
| 2000 | Patrice Halgand 16hr 51min 58sec |
Jean-Cyril Robin @ 2sec |
Stéphane Heulot @ 8sec |
706 km | 41.859 |
| 2001 | Franck Bouyer 17hr 8min 46sec |
Patrick Jonker @ 6sec |
David Moncoutié @ 18sec |
701.7 km | 40.925 |
| 2002 | Patrice Halgand 16hr 48min 57sec |
Guido Trentin @ 2sec |
Pierrick Fédrigo @ 31sec | 715.4 km | 42.543 |
| 2003 | Massimiliano Lelli 17hr 28min 30sec |
Laurent Lefèvre @ 2sec |
Thor Hushovd @ 47sec |
695.7 km | 39.811 |
| 2004 | Pierrick Fédrigo 16hr 57min 11sec |
Patrick Calcagni @ 46sec |
Franck Renier @ 48sec |
705.1 km | 41.591 |
| 2005 | Sébastien July 17hr 29min 15sec |
Samuel Dumoulin @ 1min 48sec |
Leonardo Bertagnolli @ 1min 57sec |
713.6 km | 40.806 |
| 2006 | Leonardo Duque 17hr 53min 9sec |
Pierrick Fédrigo @ 1sec |
Yukiya Arashiro @ 5sec |
714.2 km | 39.931 |
| 2007 | Pierrick Fédrigo 17hr 59min 57sec |
Oscar Pereiro @ 6sec |
Anthony Charteau @ 27sec |
719.8 km | 39.990 |
| 2008 | Sébastien Hinault 17hr 28min 15sec |
Allan Davis @ 1sec |
Yukiya Arashiro @ s.t. |
712.8 km | 40.799 |
| 2009 | Mathieu Perget 17hr 17min 3sec |
David Arroyo @ 3sec |
Xavier Florencio @ 23sec |
715.9 km | 41.418 |
| 2010 | Gustav-Erik Larsson 14hr 32min 31sec |
Sebastian Langeveld @ 20sec |
Nicolas Vogondy @ 43sec |
610.5 km | 41.982 |
| 2011 | Björn Leukemans 18hr 21min 48sec |
Matthieu Ladagnous @ 7sec |
Florian Guillou @ 13sec |
712.3 km | 38.789 |
| 2012 | Yukiya Arashiro 16hr 48min 30sec |
Jérémy Roy @ s.t. |
Fabien Schmidt @ 2sec |
711.1 km | 42.306 |
| 2013 | Martin Elmiger 18hr 6min 53sec |
Yukiya Arashiro @ 3sec |
Andrea Di Corrado @ 18sec |
715.4 km | 39.493 |
| 2014 | Mauro Finetto 17hr 27min 52sec |
Björn Leukemans @ 7sec |
Davide Rebellin @ 11sec |
706.9 km | 40.477 |
| 2015 | Sonny Colbrelli 17hr 55min 41sec |
Jesus Herrada @ s.t. |
Rudy Molard @ 2sec |
715.4 km | 39.904 |
| 2016 |