Tour de l'Ain (2.1)
Winners, podium, distance, average speed
The Tour de l'Ain professional stage race is held in mid-August and is run in the Jura mountains, just north of the Alps, with the final stage ending on the 1,534 meter high Grand Colombier mountain (first included in 1999).
The Tour de l'Ain started as an amateur stage race in 1986. In 1992 it was changed to an "Open" race and allowed professionals to enter. It became a pro-only 2.5 race in 1996.
It has steadily grown in status and in 2005, with the Pro Tour reorganization, was classified as a 2.1 stage race.
In 2001 it had a prologue individual time trial and four stages.
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed
|
| 1996 | David Delrieu 18hr 38min 30sec |
Jean-Luc Masdupuy @ 33sec |
Christophe Rinero @ 41sec |
738.9 km | 39.637 |
| 1997 | Bobby Julich 19hr 44min 27sec |
Fabricre Gougot @ 44sec |
Yvon Ladanois @ 48sec |
781.7 km | 39.598 |
| 1998 | Cristian Gasperoni 18hr 1min 55sec |
Alessio Galleti @ 6sec |
Vincent Cali @ 2min 11sec |
736.2 km | 40.828 |
| 1999 | Grzegor Gwiazdowski 16hr 9min 20sec |
Christopher Jenner @ 30sec |
Maurizio De Pasquale @ 1min 35sec |
652.3 km | 40.376 |
| 2000 | Serguei Yakovlev 15hr 52min 47sec |
Thierry Loder @ 1sec |
Christopher Jenner @ 1min 22sec |
634 km | 39.925 |
| 2001 | Ivailo Gabrovski 13hr 39min 8sec |
David Delrieu @ 36sec |
Christophe Oriol @ 3min 17sec |
537.3 km | 39.356 |
| 2002 | Christophe Oriol 15hr 29min 56sec |
Richard Virenque @ 1min 39sec |
Ludovic Turpin @ 2min |
630.7 km | 40.693 |
| 2003 | Axel Merckx 14hr 4min 16sec |
Samuel Dumoulin @ 53sec |
Jérôme Pineau @ 53sec |
599 km | 42.569 |
| 2004 | Jérôme Pineau 11hr 57min 35sec |
Leif Hoste @ 12sec |
Jurgen Van Goolen @ 14sec |
517 km | 43.248 |
| 2005 | Carl Naibo 14hr 42min 12sec |
Ludovic Turpin @ 37sec |
Samuel Plouhinec @ 44sec |
578 km | 39.311 |
| 2006 | Cyril Dessel 14hr 56min 53sec |
Noan Lelarge @ 22sec |
Xavier Florencio @ 1min 10sec |
580.8 km | 38.854 |
| 2007 | John Gadret 14hr 26min 39sec |
Ludovic Turpin @ 39sec |
Bauke Mollema @ 46sec |
558.6 km | 38.673 |
| 2008 | Linus Gerdemann 14hr 14min 3sec |
David Moncoutié @ 12sec |
Stéphane Goubert @ 36sec |
556.9 km | 39.124 |
| 2009 | Rein Taaramäe 13hr 3min 7sec |
Christopher Horner @ 25sec |
David Moncoutié @ 32sec |
525.6 km | 40.270 |
| 2010 | Haimar Zubeldia 13hr 44min 32sec |
Wouter Poels @ s.t. |
David Moncoutié @ 5sec |
572.3 km | 41.65 |
| 2011 | David Moncoutié 14hr 5min 55sec |
Wouter Poels @ 43sec |
Leopold Koenig @ 1min 31sec |
557.8 km | 39.58 |