Tour du Limousin

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Tour du Limousin
Race details
Date	Mid-Late August
Region	Limousin, France
English name	Tour of Limousin
Local name(s)	Tour du Limousin (French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1968
Editions	40 (as of 2007)
First winner	Pierre Martelozzo
Most recent	Pierrick Fédrigo

Tour du Limousin is a road bicycle race held annually in Limousin, France. It was first held in 1968 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Between 1968 and 1974 it was an amateur race.

[edit] Winners

		Rider		Team
1968		Pierre Martelozzo
1969		Paul Gutty
1970		Francis Duteil
1971		Francis Duteil
1972		Juri Dimitriev
1973		François Dubreuil
1974		Ryszar Szurkowski
1975		Francis Campaner
1976		Bernard Hinault
1977		Bernard Hinault
1978		Gilbert Chaumaz
1979		Bernard Vallet
1980		René Bittinger
1981		Marc Madiot
1982		Eric Salomon
1983		Dominique Arnaud
1984		Kim Andersen
1985		Thierry Marie
1986		Dominique Gaigne
1987		Charly Mottet

		Rider		Team
1988		Jean-Marc Manfrin
1989		Thierry Claveyrolat
1990		Martial Gayant
1991		Michel Vermote
1992		Eric Boyer
1993		Charly Mottet
1994		Jens Heppner
1995		Andrei Tchmil
1996		Laurent Brochard
1997		Lauri Aus
1998		Vincent Cali
1999		Stéphane Heulot
2000		Patrice Halgand
2001		Franck Bouyer
2002		Patrice Halgand
2003		Massimiliano Lelli
2004		Pierrick Fédrigo
2005		Sébastien Joly
2006		Leonardo Duque
2007		Pierrick Fédrigo