Date | October |
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Region | Vendée, France |
English name | Tour of Vendée |
Local name(s) | Tour de Vendée (French) |
Discipline | Road race |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Single-day |
First edition | 1972 |
Editions | 45 (as of 2016) |
Most wins | Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) (4 wins) |
Most recent | Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) |
Tour of Vendée is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in October (Previously May) in the region of Vendée, France, finishing in a circuit inside La Roche-sur-Yon town. From 2005 until 2009, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, moving to 1.HC classification in 2010, and also being part of the Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route. Between 1972 and 1979 it was an amateur race.