La Route de France

The Route de France Féminine was a women's cycle race.

La Route de France

Race details
Date	Early or mid-August
Region	France
Discipline	Road race
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Organisation Routes et Cycles
History
First edition	2006 (2006)
Editions	10
Final edition	2016
First winner	Linda Villumsen
Most wins	Linda Villumsen (2 wins) Amber Neben (2 wins)
Final winner	Amber Neben (2016)

First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the UCI for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year.

With the ending of the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale after 2009, and the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin after 2010, the Route de France Féminine became the only major women's stage race held in France. The race ended in 2016. Giorgia Bronzini is the most successful stage winner with 10 stage wins.

Podium

Year	First	Second	Third
2006	Linda Melanie Villumsen (DEN)	Amber Neben (USA)	Svetlana Bubnenkova (RUS)
2007	Amber Neben (USA)	Svetlana Bubnenkova (RUS)	Maryline Salvetat (FRA)
2008	Luise Keller (GER)	Rosane Kirch (BRA)	Edwige Pitel (FRA)
2009	Kimberly Anderson (USA)	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (ESP)
2010	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Judith Arndt (GER)	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)
2011	Race not held
2012	Evelyn Stevens (USA)	Kristin McGrath (USA)	Carlee Taylor (AUS)
2013	Linda Melanie Villumsen (NZL)	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Evelyn Stevens (USA)
2014	Claudia Lichtenberg (GER)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)	Aude Biannic (FRA)
2015	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	Amber Neben (USA)	Claudia Lichtenberg (GER)
2016	Amber Neben (USA)	Tayler Wiles (USA)	Eugenia Bujak (POL)

External links

• Route de France Internationale Féminine
• La Route de France at cqranking.com
• La Route de France palmares at Cycling Archives
• Organisers of women’s Route de France blame UCI for race’s cancellation (www.cyclingweekly.co.uk, 2017)