Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche

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Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
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Race details
DateSeptember
RegionFrance
Local name(s)Tour de l'Ardèche
TypeStage race
OrganiserVélo Club Vallée du Rhône Ardéchoise
Race directorLouis Jeannin
Web site tcfia.com
History
First edition2003 (2003)
Editions19 (as of 2021)
First winnerFlag of Lithuania.svg  Edita Pučinskaitė  (LTU)
Most winsFlag of Lithuania.svg  Edita Pučinskaitė  (LTU)(3 wins)
Most recentFlag of the United States.svg  Leah Thomas  (USA)

Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Ardèche region in southeastern France. The race was rated by the UCI as a 2.2 race, until 2018 when it was promoted to 2.1 status. [1]

Following the removal of the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale from the UCI calendar, the first edition of the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche was staged in 2003. [2]

Following the collapse of the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin and the Route de France Féminine races in 2010 and 2016 respectively, the Tour de l'Ardèche became the only international level multi day stage race for women in France. [3] The race was joined by Tour de France Femmes in 2022. [3]

Previous winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
2003Flag of Lithuania.svg  Edita Pučinskaitė  (LTU)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Modesta Vžesniauskaitė  (LTU)Flag of Slovenia.svg  Sigrid Corneo  (SLO)
2004Flag of France.svg  Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel  (FRA)Flag of France.svg  Béatrice Thomas  (FRA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Uenia Fernandes Sousa  (BRA)
2005Flag of Lithuania.svg  Edita Pučinskaitė  (LTU)Flag of the United States.svg  Kristin Armstrong  (USA)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Daiva Tušlaitė  (LTU)
2006Flag of Lithuania.svg  Edita Pučinskaitė  (LTU)Flag of Italy.svg  Tatiana Guderzo  (ITA)Flag of Brazil.svg  Uenia Fernandes Sousa  (BRA)
2007Flag of Spain.svg  Maria Moreno  (ESP)Flag of Italy.svg  Fabiana Luperini  (ITA)Flag of the United States.svg  Kathryn Curi Mattis  (USA)
2008Flag of the United States.svg  Amber Neben  (USA)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Emma Pooley  (GBR)Flag of Sweden.svg  Susanne Ljungskog  (SWE)
2009Flag of the United States.svg  Kristin Armstrong  (USA)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Grace Verbeke  (BEL)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Lizzie Armitstead  (GBR)
2010Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Vicki Whitelaw  (AUS)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sharon Laws  (GBR)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ruth Corset  (AUS)
2011Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Emma Pooley  (GBR)Flag of South Africa.svg  Ashleigh Moolman  (RSA)Flag of France.svg  Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau  (FRA)
2012Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Emma Pooley  (GBR)Flag of South Africa.svg  Ashleigh Moolman  (RSA)Flag of the United States.svg  Tayler Wiles  (USA)
2013 Flag of Russia.svg  Tatiana Antoshina  (RUS)Flag of South Africa.svg  Ashleigh Moolman  (RSA)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Karol-Ann Canuel  (CAN)
2014 Flag of Denmark.svg  Linda Villumsen  (DEN)Flag of the United States.svg  Tayler Wiles  (USA)Flag of Italy.svg  Rossella Ratto  (ITA)
2015 Flag of the United States.svg  Tayler Wiles  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Lauren Stephens  (USA)Flag of Italy.svg  Rossella Ratto  (ITA)
2016 Flag of Brazil.svg  Flávia Oliveira  (BRA)Flag of Austria.svg  Anna Kiesenhofer  (AUT)Flag of France.svg  Edwige Pitel  (FRA)
2017 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lucy Kennedy  (AUS)Flag of Sweden.svg  Hanna Nilsson  (SWE)Flag of the United States.svg  Leah Thomas  (USA)
2018 Flag of Poland.svg  Katarzyna Niewiadoma  (POL)Flag of Spain.svg  Mavi García  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Eider Merino  (ESP)
2019 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED)Flag of Germany.svg  Clara Koppenburg  (GER)Flag of Spain.svg  Eider Merino  (ESP)
2020 Flag of the United States.svg  Lauren Stephens  (USA)Flag of Spain.svg  Mavi García  (ESP)Flag of Austria.svg  Anna Kiesenhofer  (AUT)
2021 [4] Flag of the United States.svg  Leah Thomas  (USA)Flag of Spain.svg  Mavi García  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Ane Santesteban  (ESP)
2022 Flag of Germany.svg  Antonia Niedermaier  (GER)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Loes Adegeest  (NED)Flag of Colombia.svg  Paula Patiño  (COL)
2023 [5] Flag of Italy.svg  Marta Cavalli  (ITA)Flag of Italy.svg  Erica Magnaldi  (ITA)Flag of Belarus.svg  Anastasiya Kolesava  (BLR)

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