Classique des Alpes

Classique des Alpes

Race details
Date	Early June
Region	Savoy, France
English name	Classic of the Alps
Local name(s)	Classique des Alpes Élites (French)
Discipline	Road
Type	One-day
Organiser	ASO
History
First edition	1991 (1991)
Editions	14
Final edition	2004
First winner	Charly Mottet (FRA)
Most wins	Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (2 wins)
Final winner	Óscar Pereiro (ESP)

Classique des Alpes was a classic taking place as a mountainous single-day cycling race. It took place in Chartreuse Mountains, beginning in Chambéry and finishing in Aix-les-Bains.

It was held between 1991 and 2004, a day before the start of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Following the 2004 edition, Jean-Marie Leblanc, head of the organising body the Amaury Sport Organisation, announced the race would no longer take place as the cycling teams were not supportive of the race. Charly Mottet, the first winner of the race, said that the race would have been more successful in August, following the Tour de France, as the climbing specialists would have been in form.

In 1995, a junior version of the Classique des Alpes was organised, which was continued after the senior version was cancelled.

Winners Elite race

		Rider	Team
1991		Charly Mottet (FRA)
1992		Gilles Delion (FRA)
1993		Eddy Bouwmans (NED)
1994		Oliverio Rincon (COL)
1995		Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta (ESP)
1996		Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
1997		Laurent Roux (FRA)
1998		Laurent Jalabert (FRA)
1999		Unai Osa (ESP)
2000		José María Jiménez (ESP)
2001		Iban Mayo (ESP)
2002		Santiago Botero (COL)
2003		Francisco Mancebo (ESP)
2004		Óscar Pereiro (ESP)

Winners junior race

		Rider	Team
1995		Grégory Lapalud (FRA)
1996		Loïc Lamouller (FRA)
1997		Roel Egelmeers (NED)
1998		Julien Laidoun (FRA)
1999		Pieter Weening (NED)
2000		Mikael Malle (FRA)
2001		Marc de Maar (NED)
2002		Florian Vachon (FRA)
2003		Julien Loubet (FRA)
2004		Pieter Jacobs (BEL)
2005		Alexandr Pliuschin (MDA)
2006		Jan Ghyselinck (BEL)
2007		Fabien Taiilefer (FRA)
2008		Johan Le Bon (FRA)
2009		Tim Wellens (BEL)
2010		Alexis Dulin (FRA)
2011		Pierre Roger Latour (FRA)

External links

• Official website