Race details | |
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Date | May |
Region | Alpes-Maritimes |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | One-day race |
Organiser | Club Alpes Azur |
Web site | mercantourclassic |
History | |
First edition | 2021 |
Editions | 4 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Guillaume Martin (FRA) |
Most wins | No repeat winners |
Most recent | Lenny Martinez (FRA) |
The Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes is a French single-day road cycling race held in Valberg in the Alpes-Maritimes region of France. The race was supposed to be first held in 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19. [1] It is classified by the UCI as a category 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. [2]
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2021 | France | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis |
2022 | Denmark | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel–Premier Tech |
2023 | Ecuador | Richard Carapaz | EF Education–EasyPost |
2024 | France | Lenny Martinez | Groupama–FDJ |
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