Tour du Loir-et-Cher

Tour du Loir-et-Cher
Race details
Date	Mid-April
Region	Loir-et-Cher
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage race
Web site	www.tourduloiretcher.fr
History
First edition	1960
Editions	60 (as of 2019)
First winner	(FRA)
Most wins	(GDR); (FRA); (2 wins);
Most recent	Jan Bárta (CZE)

The Tour du Loir-et-Cher is a cycling stage race that takes place in the Loir-et-Cher region of France. The race traditionally starts and finishes in the capital of Blois. Since at least 2009, the final stage has consisted of a 12-lap circuit race totaling 97.5 km.^[1] It is rated as a 2.2 race as part of the UCI Europe Tour.^[2] The race first took place in 1960.

Past winners[]

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1960	France
1961	France	Jean-Claude Lebaube
1962	France
1963	Belgium
1964	France	Maurice Benet
1965	Belgium	Albert Van Vlierberghe
1966	France	Félix Le Buhotel
1967	France	Jean-Claude Genty
1968	France
1969	France	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
1970	France	Alain Nogues
1971	France
1972	Poland	Zygmunt Hanusik
1973	France	Patrick Béon
1974	France	Hubert Arbès
1975	Poland	Jan Brzeźny
1976	Netherlands
1977	France	Michel Zucarelli
1978	France
1979	France
1980	Soviet Union
1981	Poland	Jan Jankiewicz
1982	Soviet Union
1983	East Germany
1984	East Germany
1985	East Germany
1986	Poland
1987	Soviet Union	Sergei Uslamin
1988	East Germany	Olaf Jentzsch
1989	East Germany	Guido Fulst
1990	Netherlands
1991	France
1992	France
1993	France
1994	France
1995	France
1996	France
1997	France
1998	France	Frédéric Pontier
1999	Norway	Thor Hushovd
2000	Norway
2001	South Africa
2002	France
2003	France	Hervé Duclos-Lassalle
2004	Belgium	Tom Stubbe
2005	Netherlands Antilles	Marc de Maar
2006	Denmark	Jacob Moe Rasmussen
2007	France	Alexandre Blain
2008	Sweden	Christofer Stevenson	Team GLS - Pakke Shop
2009	Russia		Katyusha
2010	Russia	Mikhail Antonov	Itera - Katusha
2011	France
2012	Russia	Andrey Solomennikov	Itera - Katusha
2013	Germany	Tino Thömel
2014	Great Britain	Graham Briggs	Rapha Condor–JLT
2015	France	Romain Cardis
2016	Switzerland	Patrick Schelling	Team Vorarlberg
2017	Denmark	Alexander Kamp	Team VéloCONCEPT
2018	Denmark	Asbjørn Kragh Andersen	Team Virtu Cycling
2019	Czech Republic	Jan Bárta	Elkov-Author