Classique des Alpes

Classique des Alpes
Race details
Date	Early June
Region	Savoy, France
English name	Classic of the Alps
Local name(s)	Classique des Alpes Élites (in French)
Discipline	Road
Type	One-day
Organiser	ASO
Web site	www.letour.fr/fr/homepage_horscourseCAJ.html
History
First edition	1991
Editions	14
Final edition	2004
First winner	Charly Mottet (FRA)
Most wins	Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (2 wins)
Final winner	Óscar Pereiro (ESP)

Classique des Alpes was a classic taking place as a mountainous single-day cycling race. It took place in Chartreuse Mountains, beginning in Chambéry and finishing in Aix-les-Bains.

It was held between 1991 and 2004, a day before the start of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Following the 2004 edition, Jean-Marie Leblanc, head of the organising body the Amaury Sport Organisation, announced the race would no longer take place as the cycling teams were not supportive of the race.^[1] Charly Mottet, the first winner of the race, said that the race would have been more successful in August, following the Tour de France, as the climbing specialists would have been in form.^[2]

In 1995, a junior version of the Classique des Alpes was organised, which was continued after the senior version was cancelled.^[3]

Elite race winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1991	France	Charly Mottet
1992	France	Gilles Delion
1993	Netherlands	Eddy Bouwmans	You have called `{{Contentious topics}}`. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead: Alerting users {{alert/first}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/first}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the contentious topics system if they have never received such an alert before. In this case, this template must be used for the notification. {{alert}} ({{Contentious topics/alert}}) is used, on a user's talk page, to "alert", or draw a user's attention, to the fact that a specific topic is a contentious topic. It may only be used if the user has previously received any contentious topic alert, and it can be replaced by a custom message that conveys the contentious topic designation. {{alert/DS}} ({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}) is used to inform editors that the old "discretionary sanctions" system has been replaced by the contentious topics system, and that a specific topic is a contentious topic. {{Contentious topics/aware}} is used to register oneself as already aware that a specific topic is a contentious topic. Editnotices {{Contentious topics/editnotice}} is used to inform editors that a page is covered by the contentious topics system using an editnotice. Use the one below if the page has restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction editnotice}} is used to inform editors that the page they are editing is subject to contentious topics restrictions using an editnotice. Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. Talk page notices {{Contentious topics/talk notice}} is used to provide additional communication, using a talk page messagebox (tmbox), to editors that they are editing a page that is covered by the contentious topics system. The template standardises the format and wording of such notices. Use the below if there are restrictions placed on the page. {{Contentious topics/page restriction talk notice}} is used to inform editors that page restrictions are active on the page using a talk page messagebox (tmbox). Use the above if there are no restrictions placed on the page. If a user who has been alerted goes on to disruptively edit the affected topic area, they can be reported to the arbitration enforcement (AE) noticeboard, where an administrator will investigate their conduct and issue a sanction if appropriate. {{AE sanction}} is used by administrators to inform a user that they have been sanctioned. Miscellaneous {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.
1994	Colombia	Oliverio Rincón
1995	Spain	Ramón González Arrieta
1996	France	Laurent Jalabert
1997	France	Laurent Roux
1998	France	Laurent Jalabert
1999	Spain	Unai Osa
2000	Spain	José María Jiménez
2001	Spain	Iban Mayo
2002	Colombia	Santiago Botero
2003	Spain	Francisco Mancebo
2004	Spain	Óscar Pereiro

Junior race winners

Year	Country	Rider
1995	France	Grégory Lapalud
1996	France	Loïc Lamouller
1997	Netherlands	Roel Egelmeers
1998	France	Julien Laidoun
1999	Netherlands	Pieter Weening
2000	France	Mikael Malle
2001	Netherlands	Marc de Maar
2002	France	Florian Vachon
2003	France	Julien Loubet
2004	Belgium	Pieter Jacobs
2005	Moldova	Alexandre Pliușchin
2006	Belgium	Jan Ghyselinck
2007	France	Fabien Taillefer
2008	France	Johan Le Bon
2009	Belgium	Tim Wellens
2010	France	Alexis Dulin
2011	France	Pierre-Roger Latour

References

^ "La fin de la Classique des Alpes" (in French). Agence France Presse. 2004-10-20.
^ "La Classique des Alpes disparaît". L'Equipe (in French). 2004-10-21.
^ "Le palmarès depuis 1995". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03.

External links

Official website

[1] "La fin de la Classique des Alpes" (in French). Agence France Presse. 2004-10-20.

[2] "La Classique des Alpes disparaît". L'Equipe (in French). 2004-10-21.

[3] "Le palmarès depuis 1995". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03.

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