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 |
| Editions | 10 |
| Final edition | 2016 |
| First winner | Linda Villumsen |
| Most wins | Linda Villumsen (2 wins) Amber Neben (2 wins) |
| Final winner | Amber Neben (2016) |
The Route de France Féminine was a women's cycle race.
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[edit]
| Year | First | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 |  Linda Melanie Villumsen (DEN)
|
 Amber Neben (USA)
|
 Svetlana Bubnenkova (RUS)
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| 2007 | Amber Neben (USA)
|
Svetlana Bubnenkova (RUS)
|
 Maryline Salvetat (FRA)
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| 2008 |  Luise Keller (GER)
|
 Rosane Kirch (BRA)
|
Edwige Pitel (FRA)
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| 2009 | Kimberly Anderson (USA)
|
Evelyn Stevens (USA)
|
 Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga (ESP)
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| 2010 |  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
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Judith Arndt (GER)
|
Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)
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| 2011 | Race not held | ||
| 2012 | Evelyn Stevens (USA)
|
Kristin McGrath (USA)
|
 Carlee Taylor (AUS)
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| 2013 |  Linda Melanie Villumsen (NZL)
|
 Emma Johansson (SWE)
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Evelyn Stevens (USA)
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| 2014 | Claudia Lichtenberg (GER)
|
 Alena Amialiusik (BLR)
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Aude Biannic (FRA)
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| 2015 |  Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
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Amber Neben (USA)
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Claudia Lichtenberg (GER)
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| 2016 | Amber Neben (USA)
|
Tayler Wiles (USA)
|
 Eugenia Bujak (POL)
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References[edit]
- ^ "Route de France Féminine (F)". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
External links[edit]
- 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)
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