Date | Mid May |
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Region | Picardy, France |
English name | Tour of Picardy |
Local name(s) | Tour de Picardie (French) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
First edition | 1936 |
Editions | 70 (as of 2016) |
First winner | Marcel Blanchon (FRA) |
Most wins | 4 riders with 2 wins |
Most recent | Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) |
The Tour de Picardie is a professional multi-stage cycle road race held annually in Picardy, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
The race was called Tour de l'Oise from its founding in 1936 until 1999, when it was renamed the Tour de Picardie et de l’Oise, and then the Tour de Picardie in 2000, which it remains. It is not to be confused with a different race, also called the Tour de Picardie (or Grand Prix du Courrier Picard), which was staged from 1946 to 1965.