Chrono des Nations

Chrono des Nations

Race details
Date	Mid-October
Region	Vendée, France
Local name(s)	Chrono des Nations - Les Herbiers Vendée (in French)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Individual time trial
Web site	www.chronodesnations.com
Men's history
First edition	1982 (1982)
Editions	39 (as of 2021)
First winner	(GBR)
Most wins	Pascal Lance (FRA) (4 wins)
Most recent	Stefan Küng (SUI)
Women's history
First edition	1988 (1988)
Editions	34 (as of 2021)
First winner	Jeannie Longo (FRA)
Most wins	Jeannie Longo (FRA) (6 wins)
Most recent	Marlen Reusser (SUI)

Chrono des Nations - Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

It was originally called Chrono des Herbiers but in 2006 the race merged with the now defunct Grand Prix des Nations to create the currently called Chrono des Nations.^[1]

Winners[]

Men[]

Elite[]

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1982	Great Britain		Wolber Spidel
1983	Great Britain	Dave Akam	Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt
1984	France	Patrice Esnault	Skil-Sem
1985	France	Bernard Richard	Mercier
1986	France
1987	France	Pascal Lance	Toshiba-La Vie Claire
1988	France	Pascal Lance	Toshiba-Look
1989	Netherlands
1990	Sweden	Jan Karlsson	Acceptcard Pro Cycling
1991	Sweden	Jan Karlsson	Acceptcard Pro Cycling
1992	Lithuania	Arturas Kasputis	Postobón-Manzana
1993	Great Britain	Chris Boardman	GAN
1994	France	Pascal Lance	GAN
1995	France	Pascal Lance	GAN
1996	Great Britain	Chris Boardman	GAN
1997	Ukraine	Serhiy Honchar	Aki-Safi
1998	Ukraine	Serhiy Honchar	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio
1999	Ukraine	Serhiy Honchar	Vini Caldirola
2000	Switzerland	Jean Nuttli	Phonak
2001	Switzerland	Jean Nuttli	Phonak
2002	Germany	Michael Rich	Gerolsteiner
2003	Germany	Michael Rich	Gerolsteiner
2004	Belgium	Bert Roesems	Relax–Bodysol
2005	Czech Republic	Ondřej Sosenka	Acqua & Sapone–Adria Mobil
2006	Latvia	Raivis Belohvoščiks
2007	Hungary	László Bodrogi	Crédit Agricole
2008	Netherlands	Stef Clement	Bouygues Télécom
2009	Kazakhstan	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana
2010	Great Britain	David Millar	Garmin–Transitions
2011	Germany	Tony Martin	HTC–Highroad
2012	Germany	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2013	Germany	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2014	France	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
2015	Belarus	Vasil Kiryienka	Team Sky
2016	Belarus	Vasil Kiryienka	Team Sky
2017	Denmark	Martin Toft Madsen	BHS–Almeborg Bornholm
	Denmark	Martin Toft Madsen	BHS–Almeborg Bornholm
2019	Netherlands	Jos van Emden	Team Jumbo–Visma
2020	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
	Switzerland	Stefan Küng[3]	Groupama–FDJ

Under-23[]

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1993
1994
1995	Anthony Morin	Guillaume Auger	Damien Nazon
1996	Florent Brard	László Bodrogi
1997	Guillaume Auger	László Bodrogi
1998	Oleg Joukov	László Bodrogi	Florent Brard
1999	Yuriy Krivtsov	Christian Poos
2000	Niels Brouzes	Yuriy Krivtsov	Mariusz Witecki
2001	Yuriy Krivtsov		David Le Lay
2002			Damien Monier
2003	Damien Monier	Émilien-Benoît Bergès
2004	Olivier Kaisen	Florian Morizot	Nicolas Rousseau
2005	Dimitri Champion		Nicolas Baldo
2006	Dominique Cornu	Yoann Offredo	Stéphane Rossetto
2007	Michael Færk Christensen	Yoann Offredo
2008	Julien Fouchard		Daniel Kreutzfeldt
2009	Romain Lemarchand
2010	Alex Dowsett	Romain Bacon	Nicolas Bonnet
2011	Yoann Paillot		Pierre Lebreton
2012	Yoann Paillot		Alexis Guérin
2013	Ryan Mullen	Bruno Armirail	Alexis Guérin
2014	Alexis Dulin	Rémi Cavagna	Edmund Bradbury
2015	Truls Engen Korsæth		Louis Pijourlet
2016			Louis Pijourlet
2017	Mathias Norsgaard	Christoffer Lisson
2018	Mathias Norsgaard	Alexys Brunel
2019	Jasper De Plus	Mathias Norsgaard	Clément Davy
2020	No race
2021

Junior[]

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1997	Fabrice Salanson		Sandy Casar
1998		Anthony Geslin
1999			Niels Brouzes
2000	Nicolas Rousseau		Alexandre Pichot
2001	Nicolas Rousseau	Olivier Kaisen	Thierry Hupond
2002		Romain Feillu	Sébastien Turgot
2003	Damien Gaudin	Anthony Martin
2004		Anthony Martin	Damien Gaudin
2005		Tony Gallopin	Stéphane Rossetto
2006	Tony Gallopin		Yann Moritz
2007		Romain Bacon
2008	Romain Bacon	Kévin Labèque	Adrien Petit
2009		Yoann Paillot	Jimmy Turgis
2010
2011		Guillaume Thévenot
2012	Ryan Mullen	David Michaud
2013	Igor Decraene	Élie Gesbert
2014	Filippo Ganna	Thomas Denis
2015			Thomas Denis
2016	Alexys Brunel	Sébastien Grignard
2017	Sébastien Grignard	Antoine Raugel
2018	Remco Evenepoel	Donavan Grondin
2019	Hugo Page
2020	No race
2021

Women[]

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1987	France	Jeannie Longo
1988	Italy	Maria Canins
1989	Italy	Maria Canins
1990	Netherlands
1991	France	Nathalie Gendron
1992	France	Jeannie Longo
1993	France
1994	France	Marion Clignet
1995	France	Jeannie Longo
1996	France
1997	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova
1998	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova	Acca Due O-Lorena Camicie
1999	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova	Acca Due O-Lorena Camicie
2000	France	Jeannie Longo
2001	France	Edwige Pitel
2002	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova	USC Chirio
2003	Australia	Margaret Hemsley	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2004	France	Edwige Pitel
2005	France	Edwige Pitel
2006	Switzerland	Priska Doppmann	Univega Pro Cycling Team
2007	Sweden	Susanne Ljungskog	Team Flexpoint
2008	Sweden	Susanne Ljungskog	Team Flexpoint
2009	France	Jeannie Longo	Team Pro Féminin Les Carroz
2010	France	Jeannie Longo
2011	United States	Amber Neben	Team HTC-Highroad Women
2012	United States	Amber Neben	Team Specialized-lululemon
2013	Ukraine	Hanna Solovey
2014	Ukraine	Hanna Solovey
2015	Russia	Tatiana Antoshina	Servetto Footon
2016	Belgium	Ann-Sophie Duyck	Topsport Vlaanderen–Etixx
2017	France	Audrey Cordon-Ragot	Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling
2018	Uzbekistan	Olga Zabelinskaya	Cogeas–Mettler Pro Cycling Team
2019	United States	Leah Thomas	Bigla Pro Cycling
2020	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2021	Switzerland	Marlen Reusser[4]	Alé BTC Ljubljana

References[]

External links[]

• Official website