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Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
Formerly: Tour du Haut Var (2.1)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
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The race:
The Tour du Haut Var was, until 2009, a single day race ranked 1.1. In 2009 it became a 2-day affair. It is held in mid-February in the Var area of Provence, in southern France.
This is one of several early races run in the hilly area around Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. There is also the Tour de la Provence and the Etoile de Besseges.
In 2019 the race had three stages.
In 2020 it became the Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var. Every year this causes confusion for BikeRaceInfo's elderly webmaster who regularly confuses this race with the Tour of the Alps, which had been formerly called the Giro del Trentino.
The most successful Tour de Alpes racers are Joop Zoetemelk and Arthur Vichot, who have both won the race three times.
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1969 | Raymond Poulidor 4hr 2min 35sec |
Willy Monty @ 2min 28sec |
Albert Van Vlierberghe @ s.t. |
160 km | 39.574 |
| 1970 | René Grelin 3hr 50min 45sec |
Wladimiro Panizza @ s.t. |
Roberto Poggiali @ 2sec |
135 km | 35.103 |
| 1971 | Désiré Letort 5hr 1min 25sec |
Bernard Labourdette @ 4min 43sec |
Jean-Pierre Parenteau @ 5min 30sec |
175 km | 34.835 |
| 1972 | Frans Verbeeck | Jean Claude Genty | Pierre Rivory | ||
| 1973 | Joop Zoetemelk | Roger Rosiers | Luis Ocaña | ||
| 1974 | Gerben Karstens | Georges Talbourdet | José Catieau | ||
| 1975 | Raymond Delisle | Miguel Maria Lasa | Patrick Perret | ||
| 1976 | Frans Verbeeck | Jan Raas | André Chalmel | ||
| 1977 | Bernard Thévenet 5hr 23min 22sec |
Henk Lubberdding @ 2sec |
Johan De Muynck @ 18sec |
195 km | 36.182 |
| 1978 | Freddy Maertens 5hr 9min 1sec |
Joop Zoetemelk @ 3sec |
Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke @ 1min 55sec |
185 km | 35.920 |
| 1979 | Joop Zoetemelk 4hr 42min 17sec |
Jean Chassang @ s.t. |
Jean-René Bernaudeau @ 3sec |
176 km | 37.409 |
| 1980 | Pascal Simon 5hr 7min 25sec |
Sean Kelly @ 1min 35sec |
Guy Sibille @ s.t. |
185 km | 36.107 |
| 1981 | Jacques Bossis 4hr 37min 19sec |
Francis Castaing @ 14sec |
Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke @ s.t. |
174 km | 37.464 |
| 1982 | Sean Kelly 4hr 59min 35sec |
Francis Castaing @ s.t. |
Paul Sherwen @ s.t. |
185 km | 37.051 |
| 1983 | Joop Zoetemelk 5hr 21min 48sec |
Stephen Roche @ 12sec |
Kim Andersen @ 38sec |
185 km | 34.493 |
| 1984 | Eric Caritoux 5hr 54min 58sec |
Robert Millar @ 8sec |
Pascal Simon @ 12sec |
202 km | 34.144 |
| 1985 | Charly Mottet 5hr 21min 14sec |
Eric Caritoux @ s.t. |
Steve Bauer @ 6sec |
185.4 km | 34.629 |
| 1986 | Pascal Simon 5hr 11min 54sec |
Marc Madiot @ s.t. |
Dag-Otto Lauritzen @ 1min 43sec |
182 km | 35.011 |
| 1987 | Rolf Gölz 8hr 9min 17sec |
Ronan Pensec @ 6sec |
Martin Earley @ 9sec |
316 km (2 stages) |
38.751 |
| 1988 | Luc Roosen 5hr 48min 54sec |
Sean Kelly @ 2sec |
Etienne De Wilde @ s.t. |
210 km | 36.113 |
| 1989 | Gérard Rué 5hr 40min 4sec |
Roland Leclerc @ 3min 20sec |
Luc Roosen @ 3min 56sec |
200 km | 35.287 |
| 1990 | Luc Leblanc 5hr 29min 25sec |
Claude Criquiélion @ 7sec |
Alberto Elli @ s.t. |
200 km | 36.428 |
| 1991 | Eric Caritoux 5hr 23min 50sec |
Etienne De Wilde @ s.t. |
Willem Van Eynde @ s.t. |
198 km | 36.686 |
| 1992 | Gérard Rué 5hr 23min 52sec |
Fabian Jeker @ s.t. |
Frédéric Moncassin @ 10sec |
199 km | 36.867 |
| 1993 | Thierry Claveyrolat 5hr 58min 27sec |
Fabian Jeker @ 3min 58sec |
Gérard Guazzini @ 4min 34sec |
199 km | 33.310 |
| 1994 | Laurent Brochard 5hr 19min 10sec |
Eddy Seigneur @ 1min 20sec |
Ronan Pensec @ 1min 26sec |
199 km | 37.410 |
| 1995 | Marco Lietti 5hr 33min 46sec |
Luca Scinto @ s.t. |
Giuseppe Guerini @ 58sec |
200 km | 35.953 |
| 1996 | Bruno Boscardin 4hr 59min 28sec |
Leon Van Bon @ s.t. |
Tristan Hoffman @ s.t. |
199 km | 39.871 |
| 1997 | Rudolfo Massi 5hr 9min 25sec |
Richard Virenque @ 1min 49sec |
Laurent Jalabert @ s.t. |
202 km | 39.170 |
| 1998 | Laurent Jalabert 5hr 2min 21sec |
Pascal Chanteur @ s.t. |
Emmanuel Mangien @ 15sec |
180 km | 35.720 |
| 1999 | Davide Rebellin 4hr 39min 50sec |
Beat Zberg @ 5sec |
Christophe Bassons @ s.t. |
180 km | 38.594 |
| 2000 | Daniele Nardello 5hr 13min 10sec |
Andrei Kivilev @ 2sec |
Davide Rebellin @ 57sec |
180 km | 34.486 |
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| 2001 | Daniele Nardello 4hr 29min 3sec |
Nicolai Bo Larsen @ s.t. |
Davide Rebellin @ s.t. |
180 km | 40.141 |
| 2002 | Laurent Jalabert 4hr 42min 50sec |
Alexandre Vinokourov @ s.t. |
Robbie McEwen @ 23sec |
180 km | 37.124 |
| 2003 | Sylvain Chavanel 4hr 46min 25sec |
Samuel Sanchez @ s.t. |
Andrei Kivilev @ s.t. |
180 km | 37.707 |
| 2004 | Marc Lotz 4hr 49min 13sec |
Dimitry Fofonov @ s.t. |
Stijn Devolder @ s.t. |
180 km | 37.342 |
| 2005 | Philippe Gilbert 4hr 43min 55sec |
Ruggero Marzoli @ s.t. |
Cédric Vasseur @ s.t. |
181 km | 38.250 |
| 2006 | Leonardo Bertagnolli 4hr 54min 21sec |
Pietro Caucchioli @ 9sec |
Jurgen Van de Walle @ s.t. |
181 km | 36.895 |
| 2007 | Filippo Pozzato 5hr 8min 31sec |
Simon Gerrans @ s.t. |
Ricardo Serrano @ s.t. |
200.1 km | 38.915 |
| 2008 | Davide Rebellin 5hr 8min 2sec |
Rinaldo Nocentini @ s.t. |
Alexandre Botcharov @ s.t. |
197.3 km | 38.430 |
| 2009 | Thomas Voeckler 8hr 40min 4sec |
David Moncoutié @ 5sec |
Jussi Veikkanen @ 7sec |
343.7 km | 39.652 |
| 2010 | Christophe Le Mevel 9hr 2min 43sec |
Bert De Waele @ s.t. |
Julien El Fares @ 5sec | 376.3 km | 41.602 |
| 2011 | Thomas Voeckler 9hr 14min 13sec |
Julien Antomarchi @ 8sec |
Rinaldo Nocentini @ 28sec |
375.8 km | 40.684 |
| 2012 | Jonathan Tiernan-Locke 10hr 10min 29sec |
Julien El Fares @ 6sec |
Julien Simon @ 9sec |
394.6 km | 38.782 |
| 2013 | Arthur Vichot 9hr 0min 28sec |
Lars Boom @ s.t. |
Laurens Ten Dam @ s.t. |
359.5 km | 39.910 |
| 2014 | Carlos Betancur 9hr 5min 30sec |
Samuel Dumoulin @ 12sec |
Amaël Moinard @ s.t. |
352.5 km | 38.772 |
| 2015 | Ben Gastauer 9hr 14min 21sec |
Philippe Gilbert @ 7sec |
Jonathan Hivert @ s.t. |
359.3 km | 38.889 |
| 2016 | Arthur Vichot 9hr 8min 14sec |
Jesus Herrada s.t. |
Diego Ulissi @ s.t. |
361.8 km | 39.596 km/hr |
| 2017 | Arthur Vichot 9hr 6min 49sec |
Julien Simon @ s.t. |
Romain Hardy @ s.t. |
351 km | 38.514 km/hr |
| 2018 | Joanthan Hivert 9hr 28min 51sec |
Alexis Vuillermoz @ 1sec |
Rudy Molard @ s.t. |
358.2 km | 37.781 km/hr |
| 2019 | Thibaut Pinot 12hr 39min 44sec |
Romain Bardet @ 3sec |
Hugh Carthy @ 5sec |
491.9 km | 38.848 km/hr |
| 2020 | Nairo Quintana 13hr 9min 32sec |
Romain Bardet @ 40sec |
Richie Porte @ s.t. |
498.5 km | 37.883 km/hr |
| 2021 | Gianluca Brambilla 12hr 51min 0sec |
Michael Woods @ 5sec |
Bauke Mollema @ 6sec |
487.5 km | 37.937 km/hr |
| 2022 | Nairo Quintana 10hr 56min 1sec |
Tim Wellens @ 1min 30sec |
Guillaume Martin @ 1min 48sec |
438.04 km | 40.064 km/hr |
| 2023 | Kévin Vauquelin 11hr 37min 58sec |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre @ 7sec |
Neilson Powless @ 10sec |
497.2 km | 42.741 km/hr |
| 2024 | Benoît Cosnefroy 7hr 9min 12sec |
Vincenzo Albanese @ 2sec |
Aurélien Paret-Peintre @ 3sec |
297.3 km | 41.561 km/hr |
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