Circuit de la Sarthe (cycling)

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Circuit de la Sarthe

Race details
Date	Early April
Region	Pays de la Loire, France
English name	Circuit of Sarthe
Local name(s)	Circuit de la Sarthe (French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
History
First edition	1953
Editions	56 (as of 2008)
First winner	Bernard Hinault
Most recent	Thimas Voeckler

The Circuit de la Sarthe (English: Circuit of Sarthe) is an early-season short road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

Between 1953 and 1974 it was an amateur race, becoming a professional race in 1975.

[edit] Palmarès

Rider Team 1975 Bernard Hinault 1976 Bernard Hinault Gitane 1977 Aavo Piikkus 1978 Bernd Drogan 1979 Christian Muselet 1980 Greg LeMond 1981 Juri Barinov 1982 Ivan Mistschenko 1983 Pascal Jules 1984 Claude Moreau 1985 Pascal Jules 1986 Didier Garcia 1987 Piotr Ugrumov 1988 Thierry Marie Système U 1989 Thierry Laurent 1990 Dimitri Jdanov 1991 Bruno Cornillet

Rider Team 1992 Jean-François Bernard Banesto 1993 Jean-François Bernard Banesto 1994 Stéphane Heulot 1995 Thierry Marie Castorama 1996 Adriano Baffi 1997 Melchor Mauri 1998 Melchor Mauri 1999 Steffen Kjærgaard 2000 David Cañada ONCE 2001 David Millar Cofidis 2002 Didier Rous Bonjour 2003 Carlos Da Cruz Française des Jeux 2004 Thomas Lövkvist Française des Jeux 2005 Sylvain Chavanel Cofidis 2006 Stefan Schumacher Gerolsteiner 2007 Andreas Klöden Astana 2008 Thomas Voeckler Bouygues Télécom

[edit] External links

• Official site (French)]