Classique des Alpes was a classic taking place as a mountainous single-day cycling race. It took place in Chartreuse Mountains, beginning in Chambéry and finishing in Aix-les-Bains.

Classique des Alpes
Race details
DateEarly June
RegionSavoy, France
English nameClassic of the Alps
Local name(s)Classique des Alpes Élites (in French)
DisciplineRoad
TypeOne-day
OrganiserASO
Web sitewww.letour.fr/fr/homepage_horscourseCAJ.html Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1991 (1991)
Editions14
Final edition2004
First winner Charly Mottet (FRA)
Most wins Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (2 wins)
Final winner Óscar Pereiro (ESP)

It was held between 1991 and 2004, a day before the start of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Following the 2004 edition, Jean-Marie Leblanc, head of the organising body the Amaury Sport Organisation, announced the race would no longer take place as the cycling teams were not supportive of the race.[1] Charly Mottet, the first winner of the race, said that the race would have been more successful in August, following the Tour de France, as the climbing specialists would have been in form.[2]

In 1995, a junior version of the Classique des Alpes was organised, which was continued after the senior version was cancelled.[3]

Elite race winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1991   France Charly Mottet
1992   France Gilles Delion
1993   Netherlands Eddy Bouwmans Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer
1994   Colombia Oliverio Rincón
1995   Spain Ramón González Arrieta
1996   France Laurent Jalabert
1997   France Laurent Roux
1998   France Laurent Jalabert
1999   Spain Unai Osa
2000   Spain José María Jiménez
2001   Spain Iban Mayo
2002   Colombia Santiago Botero
2003   Spain Francisco Mancebo
2004   Spain Óscar Pereiro

Junior race winners

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Year Country Rider Team
1995   France Grégory Lapalud
1996   France Loïc Lamouller
1997   Netherlands Roel Egelmeers
1998   France Julien Laidoun
1999   Netherlands Pieter Weening
2000   France Mikael Malle
2001   Netherlands Marc de Maar
2002   France Florian Vachon
2003   France Julien Loubet
2004   Belgium Pieter Jacobs
2005   Moldova Alexandre Pliușchin
2006   Belgium Jan Ghyselinck
2007   France Fabien Taillefer
2008   France Johan Le Bon
2009   Belgium Tim Wellens
2010   France Alexis Dulin
2011   France Pierre-Roger Latour

References

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  1. ^ "La fin de la Classique des Alpes" (in French). Agence France Presse. 2004-10-20.
  2. ^ "La Classique des Alpes disparaît". L'Equipe (in French). 2004-10-21.
  3. ^ "Le palmarès depuis 1995". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03.
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