Tour du Limousin (2.1), France

Winners, podium, distance, average speed

The Tour du Limousin is currently a four-day professional stage race held in Limousin, France in August. Limousin is a region in south-central France, situated largely in the Massif Central.

Being held in the Massif Central, the race is run over hilly roads. Traditionally the first stage starts in Limoges and the final leg finishes also at Limoges.

The first edition of the Tour du Limousin was held in 1968 and was open only to amateurs. It remained an amateur race through 1974.

It became a professional race in 1975, but the 1981 edition was an open race with both amateurs and professionals.

In 2005 the UCI classed the Tour du Limousin as a 2.1 race. It was upgraded to HC for 2011 and 2012, but in 2013 it was reclassed at 2.1. The Tour du Limousin is part of the UCI Europe Tour.

Recent Tour du Limousin podium history:

Year	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Distance	Average Speed km/hr
1990	Martial Gayant 18hr 36min 35sec	Bruno Cornillet @ 1min 33sec	Laurent Pillon @ 1min 53sec	711 km	38.206 km/hr
1991	Michel Vermote 18hr 40min 46sec	Denis Roux @ 3sec	Mike Engleman @ s.t.	711 km	38.063 km/hr
1992	Eric Boyer 15hr 52min 41sec	Melchor Mauri @ 8sec	Serge Baquet @ 16sec	634.3 km	39.948 km/hr
1993	Charly Mottet 17hr 34min 56sec	Richard Virenque @ 35sec	Gilles Delion @ 1min 9sec	649.4 km	36.935 km/hr
1994	Jens Heppner 29 points 17hr 12min 48sec	Bruno Cornillet 38 points	Laurent Roux 41 points	689.5 km	40.087 km/hr
1995	Andrei Tchmil 18hr 31min 30sec	Jan Ullrich @ s.t.	Didier Rous @ s.t.	706 km	38.111 km/hr
1996	Laurent Brochard 17hr 14min 19sec	Michael Blaudzun @ 4sec	Pascal Chanteur @ 6sec	700.5 km	40.636 km/hr
1997	Lauri Aus 16hr 54min 11sec	Gilles Bouvard @ s.t.	Cédric Vasseur @ s.t.	697.5 km	41.265 km/hr
1998	Vincent Cali 18hr 4min 59sec	Bobby Julich @ 38sec	Jacky Durand @ 47sec	716 km	39.595 km/hr
1999	Stéphane Heulot 16hr 44min 51sec	Grzegorz Gwiazdowski @ s.t.	Lauri Aus @ 7sec	702 km	41.917 km/hr
2000	Patrice Halgand 16hr 51min 58sec	Jean-Cyril Robin @ 2sec	Stéphane Heulot @ 8sec	706 km	41.859
2001	Franck Bouyer 17hr 8min 46sec	Patrick Jonker @ 6sec	David Moncoutié @ 18sec	701.7 km	40.925
2002	Patrice Halgand 16hr 48min 57sec	Guido Trentin @ 2sec	Pierrick Fédrigo @ 31sec	715.4 km	42.543
2003	Massimiliano Lelli 17hr 28min 30sec	Laurent Lefèvre @ 2sec	Thor Hushovd @ 47sec	695.7 km	39.811
2004	Pierrick Fédrigo 16hr 57min 11sec	Patrick Calcagni @ 46sec	Franck Renier @ 48sec	705.1 km	41.591
2005	Sébastien July 17hr 29min 15sec	Samuel Dumoulin @ 1min 48sec	Leonardo Bertagnolli @ 1min 57sec	713.6 km	40.806
2006	Leonardo Duque 17hr 53min 9sec	Pierrick Fédrigo @ 1sec	Yukiya Arashiro @ 5sec	714.2 km	39.931
2007	Pierrick Fédrigo 17hr 59min 57sec	Oscar Pereiro @ 6sec	Anthony Charteau @ 27sec	719.8 km	39.990
2008	Sébastien Hinault 17hr 28min 15sec	Allan Davis @ 1sec	Yukiya Arashiro @ s.t.	712.8 km	40.799
2009	Mathieu Perget 17hr 17min 3sec	David Arroyo @ 3sec	Xavier Florencio @ 23sec	715.9 km	41.418
2010	Gustav-Erik Larsson 14hr 32min 31sec	Sebastian Langeveld @ 20sec	Nicolas Vogondy @ 43sec	610.5 km	41.982
2011	Björn Leukemans 18hr 21min 48sec	Matthieu Ladagnous @ 7sec	Florian Guillou @ 13sec	712.3 km	38.789
2012	Yukiya Arashiro 16hr 48min 30sec	Jérémy Roy @ s.t.	Fabien Schmidt @ 2sec	711.1 km	42.306
2013	Martin Elmiger 18hr 6min 53sec	Yukiya Arashiro @ 3sec	Andrea Di Corrado @ 18sec	715.4 km	39.493
2014	Mauro Finetto 17hr 27min 52sec	Björn Leukemans @ 7sec	Davide Rebellin @ 11sec	706.9 km	40.477
2015	Sonny Colbrelli 17hr 55min 41sec	Jesus Herrada @ s.t.	Rudy Molard @ 2sec	715.4 km	39.904
2016	Joey Rosskopf 17hr 14min 33sec	Sonny Colbrelli @ 1sec	Hubert Dupont @ 4sec	704.2 km	40.83 km/hr
2017	Alexis Vuillermoz 17hr 26min 42sec	Elie Gesbert @ s.t.	Francesco Gavazzi @ 19sec	707.4 km	40.550 km/hr
2018	Nicolas Edet 17hr 36min 12sec	Marco Canola @ 4sec	Anthony Roux @ 8sec	702.1 km	39.886 km/hr
2019	Benoît Cosnefroy 18hr 14min 14sec	Lilian Calmejane @ 15sec	Guillaume Martin @ 17sec	709.3 km	38.893 km/hr
2020	Luca Wackermann 17hr 22min 11sec	Jake Stewart @ 2sec	Rui Costa @ 4sec	702.3 km	40.434 km/hr