Tour des Alpes-Maritimes

Tour des Alpes-Maritimes
Race details
DateMid-February
RegionVar department
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
English nameTour of the Haut-Var
Local name(s)Tour du Haut-Var (in French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserAssociation Sportive Seillanaise
Race directorMoïse Puginier
Web sitewww.nicematin.com/cyclisme/tour-des-alpes-maritimes/
History
First edition1969 (1969)
Editions56 (as of 2024)
First winner Raymond Poulidor (FRA)
Most wins Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
 Arthur Vichot (FRA)
(3 wins)
Most recent Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA)

The Tour des Alpes-Maritimes, formerly known as the Tour du Haut Var, (English: Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed to a 2.1 event, raced over two days. Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk and France's Arthur Vichot hold the record with three wins.

The Tour des Alpes-Maritimes is one of several stage races held in the hilly Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in February, alongside the Étoile de Bessèges, La Méditerranéenne and the Tour La Provence.[1] These early-season races are competed mainly by French teams and are considered preparations for Paris–Nice, the first European World Tour event in March.[1]

  1. ^ a b "News shorts: New French stage race planned for February". Cycling News. Retrieved 22 February 2016.