La Drôme Classic

La Drôme Classic
Race details
Date	March
Region	Drôme, France
English name	The Drôme Classic
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day race
Organiser	Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation
Race director	Guillaume Delpech
Web site	www.boucles-drome-ardeche.fr
History
First edition	2013 (cancelled); First held in 2014
Editions	9 (as of 2022)
First winner	Romain Bardet (FRA)
Most wins	No repeat winners
Most recent	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)

La Drôme Classic (English: The Drôme Classic) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drôme region of France, held by the Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation. It is run as part of a weekend of racing in the south Ardèche, known as the Boucles du Sud Ardèche, along with the Classic Sud-Ardèche.^[1]

Since 2013, the men's event is UCI 1.1 rated and is part of the UCI Europe Tour. The first edition of the race, due to be held on 23 February 2013, was cancelled due to snow.^[2]

Beginning in 2020, the race was renamed as the Royal Bernard Drôme Classic.

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2013	No race due to snow
2014	France	Romain Bardet	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({{Contentious topics/alert/DS}}) is used to inform editors that the old "discretionary sanctions" system has been replaced by the contentious topics system, and that a specific topic is a contentious topic.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.
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References

^ Gachet, Nicolas (16 November 2012). "La Drôme Classic et la Classic Sud-Ardèche 2013 dévoilées" [Drome Classic and Classic South Ardèche 2013 unveiled]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
^ Stokes, Shane (24 February 2013). "Kuurne Brusssel Kuurne cancelled due to snow, GP di Lugano also called off". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Following yesterday's enforced decision to cancel the La Drôme Classic in France due to snow, races in Belgium and Switzerland have been hit by the same problem.

External links

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[1] Gachet, Nicolas (16 November 2012). "La Drôme Classic et la Classic Sud-Ardèche 2013 dévoilées" [Drome Classic and Classic South Ardèche 2013 unveiled]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 2 March 2014.

[2] Stokes, Shane (24 February 2013). "Kuurne Brusssel Kuurne cancelled due to snow, GP di Lugano also called off". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Following yesterday's enforced decision to cancel the La Drôme Classic in France due to snow, races in Belgium and Switzerland have been hit by the same problem.

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