Race details | |
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Date | February |
Region | Bouches-du-Rhône |
English name | Tour La Provence |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | La Provence |
Race director | Serge Pascal |
Web site | tourdelaprovence |
History | |
First edition | 2016 |
Editions | 8 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) |
Most wins | Nairo Quintana (COL)(2 wins) |
Most recent | Mads Pedersen (DEN) |
The Tour de la Provence is an early-season bicycle stage race in the Provence region of France. [1] It is organized by southern French newspaper La Provence , which serves as the race's title sponsor for its first three years. It is held in February, as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour calendar. [2] [3] and became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020. La Provence has entrusted the organization of the event to Serge Pascal, who also organizes the Tour du Haut Var. The inaugural edition of 2016 was won by Thomas Voeckler. [4] [5]
Organizers intend to build on the tradition of the former Tour du Vaucluse and the Tour du Sud-Est, two races in the same region that had their last editions in 1998 and 1983 respectively. [3] The event is part of a series of cycling stage races being held in the south of France in February, following the Étoile de Bessèges, La Méditerranéenne and the Tour du Haut Var. The Tour La Provence takes place mid-week between the Tour du Haut-Var and the Classic Sud-Ardèche. [6] These races are competed mainly by French teams and are considered early-season preparations for Paris–Nice, the first, multi-stage European World Tour race in March. [6]
The race is run over four stages in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the south of France. [3]
As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
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