La Route de France

{{About|the women's cycle race|the men's cycle race|Route de France}} {{Short description|Women's cycle race}} {{Infobox cycling race | name = La Route de France | current_event = | image = | image_caption = | date = Early or mid-August | region = France | english = | localnames = | nickname = | discipline = Road race | competition = | type = [[Stage race (cycling)|Stage race]] | organiser = Organisation Routes et Cycles | director = | first ={{start date|2006}} | number = 10 | final = 2016 | firstwinner = [[Linda Villumsen]] | mostwins = [[Linda Villumsen]] (2 wins)<br>[[Amber Neben]] (2 wins) | mostrecent = [[Amber Neben]] (2016) }} The '''Route de France Féminine''' was a women's [[road bicycle racing|cycle race]].

First held in 2006, it was rated 2.2 by the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] for the 2006 and 2007 edition, and 2.1 since. The race was cancelled in 2011, but returned the next year.

With the ending of the [[Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale]] after 2009, and the [[Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin]] after 2010, the Route de France Féminine became the only major women's stage race held in France. The race ended in 2016. [[Giorgia Bronzini]] is the most successful stage winner with 10 stage wins.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=7803 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210434/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=7803 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |title=Route de France Féminine (F) |accessdate=18 July 2017}}</ref>

==Podium==

{| class = "wikitable" ! Year ! First ! Second ! Third |- ! 2006 | {{flagathlete|[[Linda Melanie Villumsen]]|DEN}} | {{flagathlete|[[Amber Neben]]|USA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Bubnenkova]]|RUS}} |- ! 2007 | {{flagathlete|[[Amber Neben]]|USA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Svetlana Bubnenkova]]|RUS}} | {{flagathlete|[[Maryline Salvetat]]|FRA}} |- ! 2008 | {{flagathlete|[[Luise Keller]]|GER}} |{{flagathlete|[[Rosane Kirch]]|BRA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Edwige Pitel]]|FRA}} |- ! 2009 | {{flagathlete|[[Kim Anderson (cyclist)|Kimberly Anderson]]|USA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Evelyn Stevens (cyclist)|Evelyn Stevens]]|USA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Eneritz Iturriagaechevarria Mazaga]]|ESP}} |- ! 2010 | {{flagathlete|[[Annemiek van Vleuten]]|NED}} | {{flagathlete|[[Judith Arndt]]|GER}} | {{flagathlete|[[Olga Zabelinskaya]]|RUS}} |- ! 2011 ! colspan=3 |''Race not held'' |- ! [[2012 La Route de France|2012]] | {{flagathlete|[[Evelyn Stevens (cyclist)|Evelyn Stevens]]|USA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Kristin McGrath]]|USA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Carlee Taylor]]|AUS}} |- ! [[2013 La Route de France|2013]] | {{flagathlete|[[Linda Melanie Villumsen]]|NZL}} | {{flagathlete|[[Emma Johansson]]|SWE}} | {{flagathlete|[[Evelyn Stevens (cyclist)|Evelyn Stevens]]|USA}} |- ! [[2014 La Route de France|2014]] | {{flagathlete|[[Claudia Lichtenberg]]|GER}} | {{flagathlete|[[Alena Amialiusik]]|BLR}} | {{flagathlete|[[Aude Biannic]]|FRA}} |- ! [[2015 La Route de France|2015]] | {{flagathlete|[[Elisa Longo Borghini]]|ITA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Amber Neben]]|USA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Claudia Lichtenberg]]|GER}} |- ! [[2016 La Route de France|2016]] | {{flagathlete|[[Amber Neben]]|USA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Tayler Wiles]]|USA}} | {{flagathlete|[[Eugenia Bujak]]|POL}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.org-rc.fr/ Route de France Internationale Féminine] * [http://www.cqranking.com/women/asp/gen/race_history.asp?tourid=769 La Route de France] at cqranking.com * {{Cycling archives race|7803}} * [https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/317283-317283 Organisers of women’s Route de France blame UCI for race’s cancellation] (www.cyclingweekly.co.uk, 2017)

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