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The race:
La Roue Tourangelle is a single-day race held in the Centre Region of France. First organized in 2002, the race was exclusively for amateurs from 2002 through 2004.
In 2005 the UCI made it a 1.2 professional race and part of the UCI Europe Tour.
In 2013 La Roue Tourangelle received a promotion to 1.1 status.
Traditionally held in March, it is currently (2017) run in late March/early April. Though it competes with the Northern Classics (in 2017 it was held the same day as the Ronde van Vlaanderen and the Vuelta a Rioja) for top riders, lately it has attracted a quality field.
La Roue Tourangelle professional podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
2005 | Gilles Canouet 4hr 2min 32sec |
Julien Belgy @ 3sec |
Timothy Cassidy @ s.t. |
178 km | 44.035 |
2006 | Sergey Kolenikov 4hr 44min 12sec |
Mikel Gaztañaga @ s.t. |
Michael Reihs @ 21sec |
192 km | 40.534 |
2007 | Yury Trofimov 4hr 18min 30sec |
David Tanner @ s.t. |
Dmytro Kryvtsov @ 18sec |
186 km | 43.172 |
2008 | Vitaly Kondrut 4hr 28min 52sec |
Roman Chuchulin @ s.t. |
Jaroslaw Maryscz @ 2min 30sec |
184 km | 41.061 |
2009 | Arnaud Molmy 3hr 53min 59sec |
Médéric Clain @ s.t. |
Dmitri Samokhalov @ 2sec |
170 km | 43.592 |
2010 | Yann Guyot 4hr 13min 1sec |
Nicolas Baldo @ s.t. |
Dmitri Samokhvalov @ 1sec |
186 km | 44.108 |
2011 | David Veilleux 4hr 14min 20sec |
Anthony Delaplace @ s.t. |
Sébastien Chavanel @ 5sec |
175 km | 44.351 |
2012 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov 4hr 28min 37sec |
Rafaâ Chtioui @ s.t. |
Igor Boev @ s.t. |
192 km | 42.886 |
2013 | Mickaël Delage 4hr 31min 12sec |
Benjamin Geraud @ s.t. |
Yauheni Hutarovch @ s.t. |
195 km | 43.142 |
2014 | Angelo Tulik 4hr 40min 35sec |
Yauheni Hutarovich @ 12sec |
Adrien Petit @ s.t. |
200 km | 42.768 |
2015 | Lorenzo Manzin 4hr 34min 9sec |
Clément Venturini @ s.t. | Jan Dieteren @ s.t. |
199 km | 43.553 |
2016 | Samuel Dumoulin 4hr 29min 3sec |
Olivier Pardini @ s.t. |
Julien Duval @ 2sec |
192 km | 41.817 km/hr |
2017 | Flavien Dassonville 4hr 47min 15sec |
Fabien Grellier @ s.t. |
Anthony Delaplace @ s.t. |
200 km | 41.775 km/hr |
2018 | Marc Sarreau 4hr 44min 33sec |
Samuel Dumoulin @ s.t. |
Hugo Hofstetter @ s.t. |
200 km | 44.172 km/hr |
2019 | Lionel Taminiaux 4hr 23min 35sec |
Robin Carpenter @ s.t. |
Marc Sarreau @ 12sec |
186 km | 40.643 km/hr |
2020 | Race cancelled because of Covid-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Arnaud Démare 4hr 52min 59sec |
Nacer Bouhanni @ s.t. |
Marc Sarreau @ s.t. |
204 km | 41.777 km/hr |
2022 | Nacer Bouhanni 4hr 39min 3sec |
Bryan Coquard @ s.t. |
Sandy Dujardin @ s.t. |
202 km | 43.433 km/hr |
2023 | Rory Townsend 4hr 53min 16sec |
Gerben Thijssen @ s.t. |
Pierre Barbier @ s.t. |
202km | 41.328 km/hr |
2024 | Jason Tesson 4hr 41min 22sec |
Gerben Thijssen @ s.t. |
Jenthe Biermans @ s.t. |
200 km | 42.649 km/hr |
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