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:Tour de l'Avenir

{{short description|French road cycling stage race}}

{{Infobox cycling race

| name = Tour de l'Avenir

| current_event =

| image = 200px

| date = August (men)

September (women)

| region = France

| english = Tour of the Future

| localnames = Tour de l'Avenir {{in lang|fr}}

| nickname =

| discipline = Road

| competition = UCI Nations Cup

| type = Stage race

| organiser = Alpes Vélo

| director = Philippe Colliou

| first = {{start date|1961}}

| number = 60 (as of 2024)

| last =

| firstwinner = {{flagathlete|Guido De Rosso|ITA}}

| mostwins = {{flagathlete|Serguei Soukhoroutchenkov|URS}} (2 wins)

| mostrecent = {{flagathlete|Joseph Blackmore|GBR}}

| first_women = {{start date|2023}}

| firstwinner_women = {{flagathlete|Shirin van Anrooij|NED}}

| mostrecent_women = {{flagathlete|Marion Bunel|FRA}}

}}

Tour de l'Avenir ({{langx|en|Tour of the Future}}) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961[http://www.aso.fr/evenements/cyclisme/fr/etap02.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081127000343/http://www.aso.fr/evenements/cyclisme/fr/etap02.html|date=November 27, 2008}} as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joop Zoetemelk, Greg LeMond, Miguel Induráin, Laurent Fignon, Egan Bernal, and Tadej Pogačar won the Tour de l'Avenir and went on to win 16 Tours de France, with an additional 10 podium placings between them.

The race was created in 1961 by Jacques Marchand, the editor of L'Équipe,{{cite web|url=http://www.velo-club.net/article.php?sid=14807 |title=le RDV des fans de cyclisme, vélo, velo, cycling, cyclo, piste, VTT |publisher=Velo-club.net |access-date=2013-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021071513/http://www.velo-club.net/article.php?sid=14807 |archive-date=2007-10-21 }} to attract teams from the Soviet Union and other communist nations that had no professional riders to enter the Tour de France.

Until 1967, it took place earlier the same day as some of the stages of the Tour de France and shared the latter part of each stage's route, but moved to September and a separate course from 1968 onwards.{{cite web|url=http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/divers/Tour_de_l_Avenir/106879|title=Tour de l'Avenir|publisher=Éditions Larousse|access-date=15 August 2014}} It became the Grand Prix de l'Avenir in 1970, the Trophée Peugeot de l'Avenir from 1972 to 1979 and the Tour de la Communauté Européenne from 1986 to 1990. It was restricted to amateurs from 1961 to 1980, before opening to professionals in 1981. After 1992, it was open to all riders who were less than 25 years old.

Since 2007 it is for riders aged 18 to 22 inclusive, and is held part of the UCI Nations Cup.[http://www.sports.fr/cyclisme/scans/tour-de-l-avenir-un-costaricain-premier-leader-783044/ Tour de l'Avenir: Un Costaricain premier leader]{{cite web|url=http://www.sortir43.com/Tour-de-l-Avenir.html |title=Tour de l'Avenir Sortir43.com Haute Loire |publisher=Sortir43.com |access-date=2013-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219021846/http://www.sortir43.com/Tour-de-l-Avenir.html |archive-date=2012-02-19 }} National teams take part in the race rather than trade teams.

Women

From 2023, a women's edition of the race (Tour de l'Avenir Femmes) was held following the men, taking place over 5 days.{{Cite web |title=Accueil |url=https://tourdelavenirfemmes.com/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Tour de l'Avenir Femmes |language=fr-FR}} As with the men's race, national teams take part in the race.{{Cite web |last=Costa |first=Andrea |date=2023-07-17 |title=Le Tour de l’Avenir aussi au féminin |url=https://tourdelavenir.com/le-tour-de-lavenir-aussi-au-feminin/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Tour de l'Avenir 2023 |language=fr-FR}}

Winners

=Men=

{{Cycling past winner start}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1961|name={{sortname|Guido|De Rosso}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1962|name={{sortname|Antonio|Gómez del Moral}}|nat=ESP|natvar=1945|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1963|name={{sortname|André|Zimmermann||Zimmermann, Andre}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1964|name={{sortname|Felice|Gimondi}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1965|name={{sortname|Mariano|Díaz|Mariano Díaz (cyclist)}}|nat=ESP|natvar=1945|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1966|name={{sortname|Mino|Denti}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1967|name={{sortname|Christian|Robini}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1968|name={{sortname|Jean-Pierre|Boulard}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1969|name={{sortname|Joop|Zoetemelk}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1970|name={{sortname|Marcel|Duchemin}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1971|name={{sortname|Régis|Ovion||Ovion, Regis}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1972|name={{sortname|Fedor den|Hertog}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1973|name={{sortname|Gianbattista|Baronchelli}}|nat=ITA|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1974|name={{sortname|Enrique|Martinez Heredia}}|nat=ESP|natvar=1945|team=}}

{{Cycling pw no race|year=1975}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1976|name={{sortname|Sven-Åke|Nilsson}}|nat=SWE|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1977|name={{sortname|Eddy|Schepers}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1978|name={{sortname|Serguei|Soukhoroutchenkov}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1979|name={{sortname|Serguei|Soukhoroutchenkov}}|nat=URS|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1980|name={{sortname|Alfonso|Florez}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team=}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1981|name={{sortname|Pascal|Simon}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Peugeot–Esso–Michelin}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1982|name={{sortname|Greg|LeMond||Lemond, Greg}}|nat=USA|natvar=|team=Renault–Elf}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1983|name={{sortname|Olaf|Ludwig}}|nat=GDR|natvar=|team=East Germany (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1984|name={{sortname|Charly|Mottet}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Renault–Elf}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1985|name={{sortname|Martín|Ramírez|Martín Ramírez (cyclist)}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team=Café de Colombia–Varta–Mavic}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1986|name={{sortname|Miguel|Induráin}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|MOV|1986}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1987|name={{sortname|Marc|Madiot}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Système U}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1988|name={{sortname|Laurent|Fignon}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Système U}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1989|name={{sortname|Pascal|Lino}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RMO|1989}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1990|name={{sortname|Johan|Bruyneel}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|LOT|1990}}}}

{{Cycling pw no race|year=1991}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1992|name={{sortname|Hervé|Garel||Garel, Herve}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|RMO|1992b}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1993|name={{sortname|Thomas|Davy|Thomas Davy (cyclist)}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Castorama}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1994|name={{sortname|Ángel|Casero}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BAN|1994}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1995|name={{sortname|Emmanuel|Magnien}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=Castorama}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1996|name={{sortname|David|Etxebarría}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|ONC|1996}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1997|name={{sortname|Laurent|Roux}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|TVM|1997}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1998|name={{sortname|Christophe|Rinero}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|COF|1998}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=1999|name={{sortname|Unai|Osa}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BAN|1999}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2000|name={{sortname|Iker|Flores}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|EUS|2000}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2001|name={{sortname|Denis|Menchov}}|nat=RUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|BAN|2001}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2002|name={{sortname|Evgeni|Petrov|Evgeni Petrov (cyclist)}}|nat=RUS|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|MAP|2002}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2003|name={{sortname|Egoi|Martínez||Martinez, Egoi}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|EUS|2003}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2004|name={{sortname|Sylvain|Calzati}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2005|name={{sortname|Lars|Bak}}|nat=DEN|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|CSC|2005}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2006|name={{sortname|Moisés|Dueñas||Duenas, Moises}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team={{UCI team code|AGR|2006}}}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2007|name={{sortname|Bauke|Mollema}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=Rabobank Continental Team}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2008|name={{sortname|Jan|Bakelants}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=Belgium (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2009|name={{sortname|Romain|Sicard}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=France (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2010|name={{sortname|Nairo|Quintana}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team=Colombia (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2011|name={{sortname|Esteban|Chaves}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team=Colombia (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2012|name={{sortname|Warren|Barguil}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=France (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2013|name={{sortname|Rubén|Fernández|Rubén Fernández (cyclist)}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team=Spain (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2014|name={{sortname|Miguel Ángel|López|Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team=Colombia (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2015|name={{sortname|Marc|Soler}}|nat=ESP|natvar=|team=Spain (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2016|name={{sortname|David|Gaudu}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=France (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2017|name={{sortname|Egan|Bernal}}|nat=COL|natvar=|team=Colombia (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2018|name={{sortname|Tadej|Pogačar}}|nat=SLO|natvar=|team=Slovenia (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2019|name={{sortname|Tobias|Foss}}|nat=NOR|natvar=|team=Norway (national team)}}

{{Cycling pw no race|year=2020|reason=COVID-19 pandemic}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2021|name={{sortname|Tobias|Halland Johannessen}}|nat=NOR|natvar=|team=Norway (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2022|name={{sortname|Cian|Uijtdebroeks}}|nat=BEL|natvar=|team=Belgium (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Isaac|del Toro}}|nat=MEX|natvar=|team=Mexico (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Joseph|Blackmore}}|nat=GBR|natvar=|team=Great Britain (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner end}}

=Women=

{{Cycling past winner start}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2023|name={{sortname|Shirin|van Anrooij}}|nat=NED|natvar=|team=The Netherlands (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner rider|year=2024|name={{sortname|Marion|Bunel}}|nat=FRA|natvar=|team=France (national team)}}

{{Cycling past winner end}}

References

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External links

  • {{official website|https://tourdelavenir.com/}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tour De L'avenir}}

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