Circuit des Ardennes (cycling)
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Circuit des Ardennes is a French cycling road race held annually in the month of April in Charleville-Mézières
and the surrounding mountain
ous region of the Ardennes
. It is rated 2.2 on UCI Europe Tour.
The race has in the past highlighted developing talent, including Stephen Roche
and Greg LeMond
.
Charleville-Mézières
Charleville-Mézières is a commune in northern France, capital of the Ardennes department in the Champagne-Ardenne region. Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the Meuse River.-History:...
and the surrounding mountain
Mountain
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ous region of the Ardennes
Ardennes
The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests, rolling hills and ridges formed within the Givetian Ardennes mountain range, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching into France , and geologically into the Eifel...
. It is rated 2.2 on UCI Europe Tour.
The race has in the past highlighted developing talent, including Stephen Roche
Stephen Roche
Stephen Roche is a retired professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming only the second cyclist to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia stage races, plus the World road race championship...
and Greg LeMond
Greg LeMond
Gregory James LeMond is a former professional road bicycle racer from the United States and a three-time winner of the Tour de France. He was born in Lakewood, California and raised in Reno, Nevada....
.
Past winners
- 1930 Albert Barthélémy
France - 1951 Jacques Michel France
- 1952 André Geneste France
- 1953 Albert Platel France
- 1954 Louis Déprez France
- 1955 Eugène Tamburlini France
- 1956 Bruno Modenese
Italy - 1957 Edouard Delberghe France
- 1958 Albert Platel France
- 1959 Jacques Pallu France
- 1960 André Geneste France
- 1961 Noël Chavy France
- 1962 John Reuben Geddes
United Kingdom - 1963 Marcel Hocquaux France
- 1977 Christian Calzati France
- 1978 Daniel Yon France
- 1979 Daniel Leveau France
- 1980 Zdenek Bartonicek
Czech Republic - 1981 Michal Klasa Czech Republic
- 1982 Milan Jurco Czech Republic
- 1983 Bruno Wojtinek France
- 1984 Heinz Imboden
Switzerland - 1985 Mario Hernig
Germany - 1986 Roman KreuzigerRoman Kreuziger, Sr.Roman Kreuziger is a Czech former bicycle racer. During his career, Kreuziger won the Österreich Rundfahrt in 1991 and the Cyclocross Junior World Championships in 1983. He is the father of Astana racer Roman Kreuziger....
Czech Republic - 1987 Laurent Pillon France
- 1988 Dimitri Jdhanov
Soviet Union - 2000 Jérôme Desjardins France
- 2001 Cédric Loue France
- 2002 Nicolas Dumont France
- 2003 Thomas LövkvistThomas LövkvistThomas Löfkvist is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTour . He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004...
Sweden - 2004 Eduard VorganovEduard VorganovEduard Vorganov is a Russian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTour team .- Palmares :2004* Circuit des Ardennes2005* Five Rings of Moscow-References:*...
Russia - 2005 Florian Morizot France
- 2006 Sergey Kolesnikov Russia
- 2007 Jérôme CoppelJérôme CoppelJérôme Coppel is a French road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .He and compatriot Romain Sicard were the focus of a four-page spread in L’Equipe‘s weekly magazine, with the headline: Bientôt un crack française?...
France - 2008 Jan BakelantsJan BakelantsJan Bakelants is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for the team. His major wins include the 2008 Tour de l'Avenir. He also rode the 2010 Giro d'Italia, in which he finished 36th.-References:...
Belgium - 2009 Dimitri ChampionDimitri ChampionDimitri Champion is a French professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . In 2009 he won the French National Road Race Championship.- Palmares :2009*...
France - 2010 Mikhail Antonov Russia
- 2011 Gianni MeersmanGianni MeersmanGianni Meersman is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team . After stage 3 of the Tour de Georgia, Meersman was forced to abandon the race due to a severe case of patella tendinitis...
Belgium