Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs

The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing calendar. Between 2009 and 2011 it was rated as an UCI 1.1 category race and since 2012 the race is a 2.1 category stage race.

Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
Race details
DateApril / May
RegionLuxembourg
Local name(s)Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
DisciplineRoad
TypeSingle day race (2008–2011)
Stage race (2012–present)
OrganiserCycling club SaF Zéisséng
Web sitewww.elsy-jacobs.lu Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition2008 (2008)
Editions15 (as of 2023)
First winner Monia Baccaille (ITA)
Most wins Marianne Vos (NED) (3 wins)
Most recent Ally Wollaston (NZL)
GP Elsy Jacobs 2009 podium

The race is named after Elsy Jacobs, the first winner of the UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, which took place at Reims, France in 1958 and Hour record holder from 1958 to 1972.

Winners

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Year First Second Third
2008   Monia Baccaille (ITA)   Nathalie Lamborelle (LUX)   Marina Romoli (ITA)
2009   Svetlana Bubnenkova (RUS)   Grace Verbeke (BEL)   Iris Slappendel (NED)
2010   Emma Pooley (GBR)   Monia Baccaille (ITA)   Andrea Bosman (NED)
2011   Marianne Vos (NED)   Judith Arndt (GER)   Emma Johansson (SWE)
2012   Marianne Vos (NED)   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Adrie Visser (NED)
2013   Marianne Vos (NED)   Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)   Emma Johansson (SWE)
2014   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Marianne Vos (NED)   Shelley Olds (USA)
2015   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Lucinda Brand (NED)
2016   Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)   Katrin Garfoot (AUS)   Anna van der Breggen (NED)
2017   Christine Majerus (LUX)   Eugenia Bujak (POL)   Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
2018   Letizia Paternoster (ITA)   Christine Majerus (LUX)   Lotta Lepistö (FIN)
2019   Lisa Brennauer (GER)   Demi Vollering (NED)   Lizzy Banks (GBR)
2020 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021   Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (DEN)   Leah Kirchmann (CAN)   Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)
2022   Marta Bastianelli (ITA)   Veronica Ewers (USA)   Silvia Persico (ITA)
2023   Ally Wollaston (NZL)   Marta Bastianelli (ITA)   Anouska Koster (NED)
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