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.

Ardèche Classic
Race details
DateLate-February
RegionArdèche, France
English nameArdèche Classic
Local name(s)Ardèche Classic (in French)
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI ProSeries
TypeSingle-day
Web siteboucles-drome-ardeche.fr/index.php/faun-ardeche-classic/ Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition2001 (2001)
Editions24 (as of 2024)
First winner Thomas Bernabeu (FRA)
Most winsno repeat winners
Most recent Juan Ayuso (ESP)

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

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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

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

References

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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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