| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | September |
| Region | France |
| English name | Tour of the Future |
| Local name(s) | Tour de l'Avenir (French) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Nations Cup |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | ASO |
| History | |
| First edition | 1961 |
| Editions | 46 (as of 2009) |
| First winner |  Guido De Rosso |
| Most recent |  Romain Sicard |
Tour de l'Avenir (English: Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961[1] as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Riders competed in national teams. The race director for 10 years was René de Latour
The race was created in 1961 by Jacques Marchand, the editor of L'Equipe,[2] to attract teams from the Soviet Union and other communist nations that had no professional riders to enter the Tour de France. It became the Grand Prix de l'Avenir in 1970, the Trophée Peugeot de l'Avenir from 1972 to 1979 and the Tour de la Communauté Européenne from 1986 to 1990. It was restricted to amateurs from 1961 to 1980, before opening to professionals in 1981. After 1992, it was open to all riders of less than 25[2] and is now for riders 23 or younger.[3][4]
Felice Gimondi, Joop Zoetemelk, Greg Lemond, Miguel Indurain and Laurent Fignon won the Tour de l'Avenir[5] and went on to win 12 Tours de France between them. Since 2007, it has again been for national teams.
Previous winners
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References
- ^ http://www.aso.fr/evenements/cyclisme/fr/etap02.html
- ^ a b http://www.velo-club.net/article.php?sid=14807
- ^ http://www.sports.fr/cmc/scanner/cyclisme/200836/tour-de-l-avenir-un-costaricain-premier-leader_195253.html
- ^ http://www.sortir43.com/Tour-de-l-Avenir.html
- ^ http://www.infocomte.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=60
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