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

La Route de France
Race details
DateEarly or mid-August
RegionFrance
DisciplineRoad race
TypeStage race
OrganiserOrganisation Routes et Cycles
History
First edition2006 (2006)
Editions10
Final edition2016
First winnerLinda Villumsen
Most winsLinda Villumsen (2 wins)
Amber Neben (2 wins)
Final winnerAmber 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.[1]

Podium

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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)

References

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  1. ^ "Route de France Féminine (F)". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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