Race details | |
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Date | May |
Region | France |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | Coupe de France elite Women FDJ (from 2022) |
Type | One-day race |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 2015[1] |
Editions | 9 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Chloe Hosking (AUS) |
Most wins |
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Most recent | Eleonora Gasparrini (ITA) |
La Classique Morbihan is a women's one-day cycle race which takes place in France and is currently rated by the UCI as category 1.1, having been rated 1.2 in 2015. [2] It is held as the first race of the Grand Prix Morbihan weekend in Grand-Champ, with the Grand Prix du Morbihan for both men and women held the following day.
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2015 | Australia | Chloe Hosking | Wiggle–Honda | |
2016 | Luxembourg | Christine Majerus | Boels–Dolmans | |
2017 | South Africa | Ashleigh Moolman | Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling | |
2018 | South Africa | Ashleigh Moolman | Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling | |
2019 | Luxembourg | Christine Majerus | Luxembourg (national team) | |
2020 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France [3] | |||
2021 | Italy | Sofia Bertizzolo | Liv Racing | |
2022 [4] | Cyprus | Antri Christoforou | Team Farto–BTC | |
2023 | Italy | Gaia Masetti | AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step | |
2024 | Italy | Eleonora Gasparrini | UAE Team ADQ |
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