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Grand Prix de la Somme (1.1), France
The Grand Prix de la Somme (known as the Tour de la Somme through 2007) is currently (2014) a single-day race held in region of Picardy in northern France. Traditionally held in the fall, in 2014 it was moved to spring.
Created in 1986, the race was originally reserved for amateurs. In 1988 it was opened to professionals and became a stage race.
In 2002 the Tour de la Somme returned to being a single-day competition, but again was held as a stage race in 2003 through 2006.
Since 2007 it has been a one-day race.
The Grand Prix de la Somme has been ranked 1.1 by the UCI since 2007 and is part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2013 it was included in the Coupe de France season long competition.
Available podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
| 1999 | Bert Roesems | Christian Poos | Linas Balciunas | ||
| 2000 | Michael Rich | Noan Lelarge | Michael Vanhaecke | ||
| 2001 | Laurent Estadieu | Staf Scheirlinckx | Jurgen Guns | ||
| 2002 | Sergei Krushevskiy 4hr 25min 20sec |
Pierre Bourquenoud @ s.t. |
Ludovc Auger @ 11sec |
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| 2003 | Frédéric Gabriel 7hr 1min 49sec |
Thomas Voeckler @ 13sec |
Christophe Rinero @ 17sec |
297.8 km | 42.360 |
| 2004 | Sergey Krushevskiy 7hr 34min 55sec |
Andrei Ptchelkin @ 2sec |
Frédéric Mille @ 8sec |
319.9 km | 42.192 |
| 2005 | Erki Pütsep 8hr 32min 1sec |
Mark Scanlon @ 2sec |
Guillaume Auger @ 33sec |
359 km | 42.069 |
| 2006 | Romain Feillu 7hr 47min 27sec |
Dmitriy Kozontchuk @ s.t. |
Gabriel Rasch @ s.t. |
338.6 km | 43.461 |
| 2007 | Christophe Riblon 4hr 26min 23sec |
Yoann Ofredo @ 5sec |
Martin Elmiger @ 9sec |
191 km | 43.020 |
| 2008 | William Bonnet 4hr 40min 50sec |
Janek Tombak @ s.t. |
Sébastien Turgot @ s.t. |
197 km | 42.089 |
| 2009 | Yauheni Hutarovich 4hr 30min 22sec |
Anthony Ravard @ s.t. |
Nadir Haddou @ s.t. |
198.1 km | 43.963 |
| 2010 | Martin Elmiger 4hr 38min 38sec |
Michael Stevenson @ s.t. |
Anthony Ravard @ 6sec |
191 km | 41.129 |
| 2011 | Anthony Roux 4hr 51min 35sec |
Lloyd Mondory @ s.t. |
FabianWegmann @ s.t. |
201.2 km | 41.402 |
| 2012 | Evaldas Siskevicous 4hr 47min 10sec |
Clément Koretzky @ 4sec |
Mickaël Delage @ s.t. |
201.2 km | 42.038 |
| 2013 | Preben van Hecke 4hr 47min 37sec |
Jean-Luc Delpech @ s.t. |
Nicky Van der Lijke @ s.t. |
201.8 km | 42.098 |
| 2014 | Yauheni Hutarovich 4hr 37min 4sec |
Tom van Asbroeck @ s.t. |
Yannick Martinez @ s.t. |
192.1 km | 41.600 |
| 2015 | Quentin Jauregui 4hr 37min 26sec |
Anthony Delaplace @ s.t. |
Alo Jakin @ s.t. |
189.4 km | 40.961 |
| 2016 | Daniel McLay 4hr 37min 6sec |
Nacer Bouhanni @ s.t. |
Yannis Yssaad @ s.t. |
195.8 km | 42.4 km/hr |