Tour de la Provence

Tour de la Provence
Race details
DateFebruary
RegionBouches-du-Rhône
English nameTour La Provence
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserLa Provence
Race directorSerge Pascal
Web sitetourdelaprovence.fr Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition2016
Editions8 (as of 2024)
First winner Thomas Voeckler (FRA)
Most wins Nairo Quintana (COL) (2 wins)
Most recent Mads Pedersen (DEN)

The Tour de la Provence is an early-season bicycle stage race in the Provence region of France.[1] It is organized by southern French newspaper La Provence, which serves as the race's title sponsor for its first three years. It is held in February, as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour calendar.[2][3] and became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020. La Provence has entrusted the organization of the event to Serge Pascal, who also organizes the Tour du Haut Var. The inaugural edition of 2016 was won by Thomas Voeckler.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Tour de Provence". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
  2. ^ Gilles, Benoît (25 June 2015). "Cyclisme : "La Provence" crée son Tour". La Provence (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  3. ^ Gilles, Benoît (12 November 2015). "Cyclisme : la Provence se lance à son Tour". laprovence.com (in French). Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Gaviria wins final stage in Provence. Voeckler takes home overall victory". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Le sprint victorieux de Gaviria en vidéo". cyclismactu.net (in French). Retrieved 25 February 2016.