Ardèche Classic Explained

Ardèche Classic
Date:Late-February
Region:Ardèche, France
English:Ardèche Classic
Localnames:Ardèche Classic
Discipline:Road race
Competition:UCI ProSeries
Type:Single-day
Number:24 (as of 2024)
Mostwins:no repeat winners

Ardèche Classic (also known as the Souvenir Francis Delpech) is a road bicycle race held annually in late-February in the Ardèche department of France. The race was a National Event from its inception in 2001 until 2007, before joining the UCI Europe Tour in 2008 as a 1.2 category race and becoming a professional 1.1 race in 2010.[1] In 2020, the race was upgraded to the UCI ProSeries calendar.

Until 2013, the race was known as Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche, before a secondary race was added by the Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation – La Drôme Classic – to be held on the same weekend as the Classic Sud-Ardèche.[2]

Winners

Wins per country

WinsCountry
15
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External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche opens up for professionals. 25 February 2012. Cycling News. 24 February 2008. Kirsten Robbins. Davide Frattani.
  2. News: La Drôme Classic et la Classic Sud-Ardèche 2013 dévoilées. French. 16 November 2012. 2 March 2014. Directvelo. Drome Classic and Classic South Ardèche 2013 unveiled. Association Le Peloton. Nicolas. Gachet.