La Polynormande (1.1), France
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
La Polynormande is a single-day bicycle race generally held in late July or early August in the Normandy region of France. It was created by Daniel Mangeas, who had been the main commentator of the Tour de France until 2014. Mangeas is from St. Martin de Landelles, where the race finishes.
For much of its existence, the race has been a criterium (1980 - 2002). In 2003 it was reorganized as a 1.3 level event and in 2005 promoted to 1.1 and put on the UCI Europe Tour. It also is part of the French Cup (Coupe de France) racing series.
Only one rider has won La Polynormande more than once, Richard Virenque (1995 and 1997).
In 2014 the race started at Avranches and after ten circuits finished at St. Martin de Landelles.
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1980 | Bernard Thevenet | Jean-René Bernaudeau | Raymond Martin | ||
| 1981 | Lucien van Impe | Raymond Martin | Pierre Le Bigaut | ||
| 1982 | Bernard Hinault | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Bernard Vallet | ||
| 1983 | Marc Madiot | Sean Kelly | Laurent Fignon | ||
| 1984 | Vincent Barteau | Eric Caritoux | Claude Criquielion | ||
| 1985 | Claude Criquielion | Jean-Claude Bagot | Marc Madiot | ||
| 1986 | Jean-René Bernaudeau | Frédédic Brun | Jean-Louis Gauthier | ||
| 1987 | Marc Madiot | Pierre Le Bigaut | Jean-René Bernardeau | ||
| 1988 | Philippe Bouvatier | Régis Clere | Jérôme Simon | ||
| 1989 | Laurent Fignon | Eric Caritoux | Pedro Delgado | ||
| 1990 | Thierry Claveyrolat | Eric Boyar | Jean-Claude Bagot | ||
| 1991 | Thierry Marie | Gérard Rué | Jean-François Bernard | ||
| 1992 | Jean-François Bernard | Thierry Claveyrolat | Richard Virenque | ||
| 1993 | Tony Rominger | Jean-Philippe Dowja | François Lemarchand | ||
| 1994 | Djamolidine Abdoujaparov | Thomas Davy | Jacky Durand | ||
| 1995 | Richard Virenque | Laurent Madouas | Marco Pantani | ||
| 1996 | Laurent Brochard | Stéphane Heulot | Luc Leblanc | ||
| 1997 | Richard Virenque | Frédéric Guesdon | Cédric Vasseur | ||
| 1998 | Stéphane Heulot | Bobby Julich | Laurent Brochard | ||
| 1999 | Laurent Dufaux | Richard Virenque | Stéphane Heulot |
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| 2000 | Pascal Hervé | Gilberto Simoni | Charles Guilbert | ||
| 2001 | Laurent Jalabert | Christophe Moreau | Sylvain Chavanel | ||
| 2002 | Nicolas Vogondy | Laurent Brochard | Thierry Gouvenou | ||
| 2003 | Jérôme Pineau 4hr 2min 48sec |
Mikaël Pichon @ 8sec |
Walter Bénéteau @ 1min 3sec |
161 km | 39.79 km/hr |
| 2004 | Sylvain Chavanel 3hr 40min 34sec |
Guido Trentin @ s.t. |
Christophe Oriol @ 36sec |
157 km | 42.71 km/hr |
| 2005 | Philippe Gilbert 3hr 38min 39sec |
Ludovic Turpin @ 53sec |
Mikaël Buffaz @ s.t. |
157 km | 43.08 km/hr |
| 2006 | Anthony Charteau 3hr 39min 45sec |
Bert Scheirlinckx @ s.t. |
Nicolas Crosbie @ s.t. |
157 km | 42.87 km/hr |
| 2007 | Benoît Vaugrenard 3hr 57min 35sec |
Mikaël Buffaz @ 1min 28sec |
Bert de Waele @ 1min 31sec |
157 km | 39.65 km/hr |
| 2008 | Anraud Gérard | Jérôme Pineau | Sandy Cesar | 157 km | |
| 2009 | Matthieu Ladagnous 3hr 45min 23sec |
Stefan van Dijk @ s.t. |
Wesley Sulzberger s.t. |
157 km | 41.8 km/hr |
| 2010 | Andy Cappelle 3hr 40min 49sec |
Jérémie Galland @ 3sec |
Romain Hardy @ s.t. |
157 km | 42.66 km/hr |
| 2011 | Anthony Delaplace 3hr 43min 36sec |
Julien El Farès @ 1min 44sec |
Arnaud Gérard @ s.t. |
157 km | 42.13 km/hr |
| 2012 | Tony Hurel 3hr 39min 29sec |
Samuel Dumoulin @ s.t. |
Davy Commeyne @ s.t. |
157 km | 42.919 km/hr |
| 2013 | José Gonçalves 3hr 40min 29sec |
Matthias Brandle @ 14sec |
Sébastien Delfosse @ s.t. |
157 km | 42.72 km/hr |
| 2014 | Jan Ghyselinck 3hr 56min 40sec |
Antoine Duchesne @ 8sec |
Quentin Jauregui @ 12sec |
169.5 km | 42.972 |
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| 2015 | Oliver Naesen 4hr 14min 32sec |
Fabrice Jeandesboz @ s.t. |
Antoine Duchesne @ s.t. |
190 km | 44.788 |
| 2016 | Baptiste Planckaert 4hr 8min 41sec |
Ryan Anderson @ s.t. |
Julien Duval @ s.t. |
157 km | 37.879 km/hr |
| 2017 | Alexis Gougeard 3hr 59min 9sec |
Johan Le Bon @ 3sec |
Laurent Pichon @ s.t. |
168.9 km | 42.375 km/hr |
| 2018 | Pierre-Luc Perichon 4hr 5min 22sec |
Pierre Gouault @ s.t. |
Lorrenzo Manzin @ 8sec |
157 km | 38.392 km/hr |
| 2019 | Benoit Cosnefroy 3hr 55min 19sec |
Valentin Ferron @ 2sec |
Damien Touzé @ 14sec |
168.9 km | 43.123 km/hr |
| 2020 | Race cancelled because of Covid-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Valentin Madouas 3hr 49min 57sec |
Benoit Cosnefroy @ s.t. |
Anthony Perez @ s.t. |
168.9 km | 44.070 km/hr |
| 2022 | Franck Bonnamour 3hr 47min 42sec |
Lorenzo Rota @ s.t. |
Anthony Turgis @ s.t. |
168.9 km | 44.506 km/hr |
| 2023 | Arnaud De Lie 3hr 53min 25sec |
Valentin Ferron @ s.t. |
Jordan Jegat @ s.t. |
169 km | 43.442 km/hr |