Tour de l'Ain
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | August |
| Region | France |
| English name | Tour of Ain Race of Friendship |
| Local name(s) | Tour de l'Ain Prix de l'Amitié |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour 2.1 |
| Type | Stage race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1989 |
| Editions | 23 (as of 2011) |
| First winner |  Serge Pires-Léal (FRA) |
| Most recent | David Moncoutié (FRA) |
Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié , is an annual late season professional cycling stage race held mid-August. The first Tour de l'Ain was held in 1989 and was organized by Dante Lavacca, Armand Peracca and Maurice Josserand. From 1989 to 1992 it was an amateur event. In 1993 it became open to professionals. In 1999 Cyclisme Organisation took over the organizing of the event and in the 1999 edition for the first time the climb of the Grand Colombier was included. The race had a 2.5 UCI status but was in 2002 promoted to the 2.3 category. Since the inception of the UCI ProTour and the UCI Continental circuits in 2005, the race has been classed as a 2.1 category race.[1] The race has a mountainous profile and is held in the Jura Mountains with the 1,534 metre high Grand Colombier as a decisive climb in the four day stage race.
[edit] Winners
| Rider | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | |
Serge Pires-Léal (FRA) | |
| 1990 | |
Denis Moretti (FRA) | |
| 1991 | |
Eric Drubay (FRA) | |
| 1992 | |
Denis Leproux (FRA) | |
| 1993 | |
Emmanuel Magnien (FRA) | |
| 1994 | |
Lylian Lebreton (FRA) | |
| 1995 | |
Emmanuel Hubert (FRA) | |
| 1996 | |
David Delrieu (FRA) | |
| 1997 |  |
Bobby Julich (USA) | |
| 1998 |  |
Christian Gasperoni (ITA) | |
| 1999 |  |
Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (POL) | |
| 2000 |  |
Serguei Yakovlev (KAZ) | |
| 2001 |  |
Ivaïlo Gabrovski (BUL) | |
| 2002 |  |
Christophe Oriol (GER) | |
| 2003 |  |
Axel Merckx (BEL) | Lotto-Domo |
| 2004 | |
Jérôme Pineau (FRA) | Brioches La Boulangère |
| 2005 | |
Carl Naibo (FRA) | Bretagne-Jean Floc'h |
| 2006 | |
Cyril Dessel (FRA) | AG2R Prévoyance |
| 2007 | |
John Gadret (FRA) | AG2R Prévoyance |
| 2008 | |
Linus Gerdemann (GER) | Team Columbia |
| 2009 |  |
Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis |
| 2010 |  |
Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) | Team RadioShack |
| 2011 | |
David Moncoutié (FRA) | Cofidis |
[edit] References
- ^ "Historique du Tour de l’Ain". Tour de l’Ain. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20070928215946/http://www.tourdelain.com/organisation/historique.php. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
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