Ardèche Classic

Ardèche Classic
Race details
Date	Late-February
Region	Ardèche, France
English name	Ardèche Classic
Local name(s)	Ardèche Classic (in French)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI ProSeries
Type	Single-day
Web site	boucles-drome-ardeche.fr/index.php/faun-ardeche-classic/
History
First edition	2001
Editions	24 (as of 2024)
First winner	Thomas Bernabeu (FRA)
Most wins	no repeat winners
Most recent	Juan Ayuso (ESP)

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

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2001	France	Thomas Bernabeu
2002	France	Tom Colas
2003	Algeria	Hicham Menad
2004	Moldova	Alexandre Sabalin
2005	France	Fabien Fraissignes
2006	France	Jean-Christophe Péraud
2007	Russia	Evgeny Sokolov	Vendée U
2008	Latvia	Gatis Smukulis	VC La Pomme Marseille
2009	France	Freddy Bichot	Agritubel
2010^[3]	France	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011^[4]	France	Arthur Vichot	FDJ
2012	France	Rémi Pauriol	FDJ–BigMat
2013	France	Mathieu Drujon	BigMat–Auber 93
2014	France	Florian Vachon	Bretagne–Séché Environnement
2015	Argentina	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Bretagne–Séché Environnement
2016	Czech Republic	Petr Vakoč	Etixx–Quick-Step
2017	Italy	Mauro Finetto	Delko–Marseille Provence KTM
2018	France	Romain Bardet	AG2R La Mondiale
2019	France	Lilian Calmejane	Direct Énergie
2020	France	Rémi Cavagna	Deceuninck–Quick-Step
2021	France	David Gaudu	Groupama–FDJ
2022	United States	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates
2023	France	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal–Quick-Step
2024	Spain	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates

Wins per country

Wins	Country
15	France
1	Algeria Argentina Moldova Czech Republic Italy Latvia Russia United States Spain

References

^ Kirsten Robbins; Davide Frattani (24 February 2008). "Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche opens up for professionals". Cycling News. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ 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.
^ Haake, Bjorn (28 February 2010). "AG2R's Riblon takes win in Ardèche race". VeloNation. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ "Vichot victorious in Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche". Cycling News. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

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[1] Kirsten Robbins; Davide Frattani (24 February 2008). "Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche opens up for professionals". Cycling News. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[2] 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.

[3] Haake, Bjorn (28 February 2010). "AG2R's Riblon takes win in Ardèche race". VeloNation. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[4] "Vichot victorious in Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche". Cycling News. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

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