Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2.1), France
Winners, podium, distance, average speed.
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The race:
The Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a French stage race generally run in the late season. Poitou-Charentes is the old name of the French region now called Nouvelle Aquitaine. The region is in western France facing the Bay of Biscay.
The race was first held in 1987 as an amateur race. In 1988 it was an "Open" race and in 1989 and 1990 it was again an amateur event.
The GC leader wears a white jersey.
In 2005 it became a 2.1 rated race and was made part of the UCI Europe Tour
As of 2020, Sylvain Chavanel has won the race most often, with four victories.
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Complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1987 | Jean-Louis Conan | ||||
| 1988 | Pascal Peyramaure | Andre Urbanek | Jacques Decrion | ||
| 1989 | Pavel Tonkov | ||||
| 1990 | Juri Manouylov | ||||
| 1991 | Kim Andersen | Christophe Manin | Arturas Kasputis | ||
| 1992 | Pascal Lance | Laurent Bezault | Eddy Seigneur | ||
| 1993 | Thierry Marie | François Simon | Francis Moreau | ||
| 1994 | Philippe Gaumont | Herve Boussard | Frederic Laubier | ||
| 1995 | Nicolas Aibier | Arnaud Pretot | Laurent Roux | ||
| 1996 | Eddy Seigneur | Jacky Durand | Emmanuel Magnien | ||
| 1997 | Joaquim Andrade | Stephane Barthe | Uwe Peschel | ||
| 1998 | Lauri Aus | David Millar | Marc Streel | ||
| 1999 | Christophe Moreau | Jean-Cyril Robin | Lauri Aus | ||
| 2000 | Floyd Landis | Peter Wrolich | Marcel Gono | ||
| 2001 | Jens Voigt 15hr 21min 52sec |
Ivailo Gabrovski @ 35sec |
Lauri Aus @ 2min 45sec |
660.8 km | 43.008 km/hr |
| 2002 | Guido Trentin 15hr 30min 21sec |
Sylvain Chavenal @ 2sec |
Nicolas Jalabert @ 50sec |
663.9 km | 42.816 km/hr |
| 2003 | Jens Voigt 15hr 10min 55sec |
Sylvain Chavanel @ 16sec |
Jorgen-Bo Petersen @ 34sec |
662 km | 43.604 km/hr |
| 2004 | Stephane Barthe 16hr 6min 32sec |
Ronald Mutsaars @ 23sec |
Jimmy Engoulvent @ 26sec |
672.6 km | 41.753 km/hr |
| 2005 | Sylvain Chavanel 15hr 25min 31sec |
Christophe Moreau @ 5sec |
Linas Balciunas @ 16sec |
672.3 km | 43.584 km/hr |
| 2006 | Sylvain Chavanel 15hr 37min 42sec |
Rick Flens @ 24sec |
Jussi Veikkanen @ 1min 34sec |
668.2 km | 42.755 km/hr |
| 2007 | Thomas Voeckler 15hr 38min 51sec |
Emilien-Benoit Berges @ 2sec |
Lars Boom @ 8sec |
670.7 km | 42.863 km/hr |
| 2008 | Benoit Veugrenard 15hr 20min 9sec |
Kevin Ista @ 8sec |
Florian Morizot @ 17sec |
649.3 km | 42.338 km/hr |
| 2009 | Gustave Erik Larsson 15hr 35min 46sec |
Brett Lancaster @ 29sec |
David Lelay @ 33sec |
677 km | 43.408 km/hr |
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| 2010 | Jimmy Engoulvent 15hr 43min 59sec |
Dominique Rollin @ s.t. |
Martin Elmiger @ 28sec |
680.2 km | 43.234 km/hr |
| 2011 | Jesse Sergent 15hr 14min 40sec |
Alex Dowsett @ 18sec |
Michal Kwiatkowski @ s.t. |
656.1 km | 43.039 km/hr |
| 2012 | Luke Durbridge 16hr 37min 13sec |
Jérémy Roy @ 6sec |
Laszlo Bodrogi @ 11sec |
687.3 km | 41.353 km/hr |
| 2013 | Thomas Voeckler 16hr 19min 31sec |
Jesus Herrada @ 23sec |
Mikhail Ignatiev @ 26sec |
705.7 km | 43.227 km/hr |
| 2014 | Sylvain Chavanel 16hr 33min 57sec |
Svein Tuft @ 47sec |
Cyril Lemoine @ 1min 1sec |
703.2 km | 42.449 km/hr |
| 2015 | Tony Martin 16hr 48min 46sec |
Adriano Malori @ 37sec |
Jonathan Castroviejo @ 38sec |
701.3 km | 41.712 km/hr |
| 2016 | Sylvain Chavanel 15hr 31min 11sec |
Wilco Kelderman @ 30sec |
Nelson Oliveira @ s.t. |
658.9 km | 42.456 km/hr |
| 2017 | Mads Pedersen 15hr 12min 6sec |
Jonathan Castroviejo @ 35sec |
Jean-Pierre Drucker @ 42sec |
658.3 km | 43.304 km/hr |
| 2018 | Arnaud Démare 15hr 33min 32sec |
Sylvain Chavanel @ 54sec |
Yoann Paillot @ 1min 0sec |
660.6 km | 42.458 km/hr |
| 2019 | Christophe Laporte 15hr 4min 36sec |
Tony Gallopin @ 33sec |
Niki Terpstra @ 41sec |
658.1 km | 43.650 km/hr |
| 2020 | Arnaud Démare 15hr 18min 59sec |
Josef Cerny @ 12sec |
Joseph Rosskopf @ 32sec |
671.2 km | 43.796 km/hr |
| 2021 | Connor Swift 16hr 1min 28sec |
Bruno Armirail @ 12sec |
Morten Hulgaard @ 20sec |
691.6 km | 43.159 km/hr |
| 2022 | Stefan Küng 15hr 30min 2sec |
Kévin Vauquelin @ 21sec |
Pierre Latour @ 29sec |
682.7 km | 44.044 km/hr |
| 2023 | Soren Wærenskjold 14hr 50min 18sec |
Bruno Amirail @ 6sec |
Mirco Maestri @ 57sec |
667.5 km | 44.985 km/hr |
| 2024 | Søren Wærenskjold 12hr 19min 15sec |
Fredrik Dversnes @ 30sec |
Samuel Leroux @ 36sec |
562.7 km | 45.671 km/hr |
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