Chrono des Nations

Chrono des Nations
Race details
DateMid-October
RegionVendée, France
Local name(s)Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée (in French)
DisciplineRoad race
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeIndividual time trial
Web sitewww.chronodesnations.com Edit this at Wikidata
Men's history
First edition1982 (1982)
Editions41 (as of 2023)
First winner Gary Dowdell (GBR)
Most wins Pascal Lance (FRA)
(4 wins)
Most recent Joshua Tarling (GBR)
Women's history
First edition1988 (1988)
Editions36 (as of 2023)
First winner Jeannie Longo (FRA)
Most wins Jeannie Longo (FRA)
(6 wins)
Most recent Anna Kiesenhofer (AUT)

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[edit]

Men[edit]

Elite[edit]

Year Country Rider Team
1982  Great Britain Gary Dowdell 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 Franck Petiteau
1987  France Pascal Lance Toshiba-La Vie Claire
1988  France Pascal Lance Toshiba-Look
1989  Netherlands Marco Jeletich
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 C.B. Immobiliare–Universal Caffè
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
2018  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]
2021   Switzerland Stefan Küng[3] Groupama–FDJ
2022   Switzerland Stefan Küng Groupama–FDJ
2023  Great Britain Joshua Tarling Ineos Grenadiers

Under-23[edit]

Year Winner Second Third
1993 France Sébastien Noel France Samuel Renaux Russia Roman Krylov
1994 France Sébastien Noel France Samuel Renaux France Gilles Rouyau
1995 France Anthony Morin France Guillaume Auger France Damien Nazon
1996 France Florent Brard Hungary László Bodrogi France Christophe Barbier
1997 France Guillaume Auger Hungary László Bodrogi Italy Stephano Panetta
1998 Russia Oleg Joukov Hungary László Bodrogi France Florent Brard
1999 Ukraine Yuriy Krivtsov Luxembourg Christian Poos France Eric Trokimo
2000 France Niels Brouzes Ukraine Yuriy Krivtsov Poland Mariusz Witecki
2001 Ukraine Yuriy Krivtsov France Xavier Pache France David Le Lay
2002 Italy Gianluca Moi Germany Jochen Rochau France Damien Monier
2003 France Damien Monier France Émilien-Benoît Bergès France Jean Zen
2004 Belgium Olivier Kaisen France Florian Morizot France Nicolas Rousseau
2005 France Dimitri Champion Germany Mickaël Muck France Nicolas Baldo
2006 Belgium Dominique Cornu France Yoann Offredo France Stéphane Rossetto
2007 Denmark Michael Færk Christensen France Yoann Offredo France Alexandre Roux
2008 France Julien Fouchard France Fabien Taillefer Denmark Daniel Kreutzfeldt
2009 France Romain Lemarchand France Étienne Pieret France Nicolas Boisson
2010 United Kingdom Alex Dowsett France Romain Bacon France Nicolas Bonnet
2011 France Yoann Paillot France Erwan Téguel France Pierre Lebreton
2012 France Yoann Paillot United Kingdom Joseph Perrett France Alexis Guérin
2013 Republic of Ireland Ryan Mullen France Bruno Armirail France Alexis Guérin
2014 France Alexis Dulin France Rémi Cavagna United Kingdom Edmund Bradbury
2015 Norway Truls Engen Korsæth Germany Julian Braun France Louis Pijourlet
2016 France Louis Louvet France Maxime Roger France Louis Pijourlet
2017 Denmark Mathias Norsgaard Denmark Christoffer Lisson France Louis Louvet
2018 Denmark Mathias Norsgaard France Alexys Brunel United Kingdom Matt Langworthy
2019 Belgium Jasper De Plus Denmark Mathias Norsgaard France Clément Davy
2020 No race
2021 France Antoine Devanne Belgium Branko Huys Germany Jon Knolle
2022 Belgium Alec Segaert Norway Søren Wærenskjold France Pierre Thierry
2023 Poland Kacper Gieryk United Kingdom Maximilian Cushway Canada Jonas Walton

Junior[edit]

Year Winner Second Third
1997 France Fabrice Salanson France Anthony Michelet France Sandy Casar
1998 France Eric Trokimo France Anthony Geslin France Guillaume Reux
1999 Seychelles Hedson Mathieu France Ludovic Lanceleur France Niels Brouzes
2000 France Nicolas Rousseau France Charly Carlier France Alexandre Pichot
2001 France Nicolas Rousseau Belgium Olivier Kaisen France Thierry Hupond
2002 France Sébastien Coeffier France Romain Feillu France Sébastien Turgot
2003 France Damien Gaudin France Anthony Martin Ukraine Dimitri Krivtsov
2004 France Alexandre Binet France Anthony Martin France Damien Gaudin
2005 France Sébastien Ivars France Tony Gallopin France Stéphane Rossetto
2006 France Tony Gallopin France Étienne Pieret France Yann Moritz
2007 France Fabien Taillefer France Romain Bacon France Aurélien Corbin
2008 France Romain Bacon France Kévin Labèque France Adrien Petit
2009 France Anthony Saux France Yoann Paillot France Jimmy Turgis
2010 France Alliaume Leblond France Jauffrey Bétouigt-Suire France Pierre Almeida
2011 Netherlands Paul Moerland France Guillaume Thévenot France Thomas Bourreau
2012 Republic of Ireland Ryan Mullen France David Michaud France Maxime Piveteau
2013 Belgium Igor Decraene France Élie Gesbert Belgium Martin Palm
2014 Italy Filippo Ganna France Thomas Denis Belgium Martin Palm
2015 Ukraine Nazar Lahodych France Julien Souton France Thomas Denis
2016 France Alexys Brunel Belgium Sébastien Grignard France Émilien Jeannière
2017 Belgium Sébastien Grignard France Antoine Raugel France Thomas Delphis
2018 Belgium Remco Evenepoel France Donavan Grondin United Kingdom Joshua Sandman
2019 France Hugo Page Netherlands Joris Kroon France Alex Baudin
2020 No race
2021 Belgium Alec Segaert Republic of Ireland Darren Rafferty France Eddy Le Huitouze
2022 United Kingdom Joshua Tarling France Titouan Fontaine France Baptiste Gillet
2023 Italy Davide Donati United Kingdom Finlay Tarling Republic of Ireland Adam Rafferty

Women[edit]

Year Country Rider Team
1987  France Jeannie Longo
1988  Italy Maria Canins
1989  Italy Maria Canins
1990  Netherlands Astrid Schop
1991  France Nathalie Gendron
1992  France Jeannie Longo
1993  France Roselyne Riou
1994  France Marion Clignet
1995  France Jeannie Longo
1996  France Chrystèle Richard
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
2022  Netherlands Ellen van Dijk Trek–Segafredo
2023  Austria Anna Kiesenhofer Israel Premier Tech Roland

References[edit]

  1. ^ www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling
  2. ^ a b "2020 Chrono des Nations". Velowire. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ^ Quénet, Jean-François (17 October 2021). "Stefan Küng takes Le Chrono des Nations title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Marlen Reusser dominates to win Le Chrono des Nations Women". cyclingnews.com. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.

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