La Drôme Classic

La Drôme Classic
Race details
Date	March
Region	Drôme, France
English name	The Drôme Classic
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day race
Organiser	Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation
Race director	Guillaume Delpech
Web site	www.boucles-drome-ardeche.fr
History
First edition	2013 (cancelled); First held in 2014
Editions	8 (as of 2021)
First winner	Romain Bardet (FRA)
Most wins	No repeat winners
Most recent	Andrea Bagioli (ITA)

La Drôme Classic (English: The Drôme Classic) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drôme region of France, held by the Ruoms Cyclisme Organisation. It is run as part of a weekend of racing in the south Ardèche, known as the Boucles du Sud Ardèche, along with the Classic Sud-Ardèche.^[1]

Since 2013, the men's event is UCI 1.1 rated and is part of the UCI Europe Tour. The first edition of the race, due to be held on 23 February 2013, was cancelled due to snow.^[2]

Beginning in 2020, the race was renamed as the Royal Bernard Drôme Classic.

Winners[]

Year	Country	Rider	Team
2013	No race due to snow
2014	France	Romain Bardet	Ag2r–La Mondiale
2015	France	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R La Mondiale
2016	Czech Republic	Petr Vakoč	Etixx–Quick-Step
2017	Belgium	Sébastien Delfosse	WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
2018	France	Lilian Calmejane	Direct Énergie
2019	France	Alexis Vuillermoz	AG2R La Mondiale
2020	Australia	Simon Clarke	EF Pro Cycling
2021	Italy	Andrea Bagioli	Deceuninck–Quick-Step

References[]

^ Gachet, Nicolas (16 November 2012). "La Drôme Classic et la Classic Sud-Ardèche 2013 dévoilées" [Drome Classic and Classic South Ardèche 2013 unveiled]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
^ Stokes, Shane (24 February 2013). "Kuurne Brusssel Kuurne cancelled due to snow, GP di Lugano also called off". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Following yesterday's enforced decision to cancel the La Drôme Classic in France due to snow, races in Belgium and Switzerland have been hit by the same problem.

External links[]

Official website (in French)

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[1] Gachet, Nicolas (16 November 2012). "La Drôme Classic et la Classic Sud-Ardèche 2013 dévoilées" [Drome Classic and Classic South Ardèche 2013 unveiled]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 2 March 2014.

[2] Stokes, Shane (24 February 2013). "Kuurne Brusssel Kuurne cancelled due to snow, GP di Lugano also called off". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Following yesterday's enforced decision to cancel the La Drôme Classic in France due to snow, races in Belgium and Switzerland have been hit by the same problem.

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