Bol d'Or des Monédières

The Bol d'or des Monédières was a cycling criterium that took place after the Tour de France, traditionally on the first Thursday in August.[1] It was run on a circuit of about 20 kilometers to be covered seven times, around the village of Chaumeil, in the Massif des Monédières, Corrèze.[2]

Bol d'Or des Monédières
Race details
DateAugust
RegionCorrèze, France
English nameGolden Bowl of the Monédières
Local name(s)Bol d'Or des Monédières (in French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionCat. 1.2 (1960->1989)
TypeCriterium
History
First edition1952 (1952)
Editions33
Final edition2002
First winner Jean Robic (FRA)
Most wins (3 wins)
Final winner Nicolas Vogondy (FRA)


The competition's roll of honor includes the successes of Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, Rik Van Looy, Raymond Poulidor, Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon and Richard Virenque.


The last edition of the criterium took place in 2002. From 2005 onwards, the last stage of the Paris-Corrèze cycle race ended with five laps of the Bol d'Or des Monédières circuit.[3]

Since the disappearance of Paris-Corrèze, the Tour du Limousin sometimes uses the Chaumeil circuit to perpetuate the tradition.[4]

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1952   Jean Robic   Jean Le Guilly   Michel Brun
1953   Fausto Coppi   Jacques Vivier   Georges Gay
1954   Louison Bobet   Valentin Huot   Antonin Rolland
1955   Jacques Anquetil   Hervé Prouzet   Max Cohen
1956   Raphaël Géminiani   Jean Le Guilly   Louis Bergaud
1957   Raphaël Géminiani   Louison Bobet   Louis Bergaud
1958   Raphaël Géminiani   Jean Graczyk   Louison Bobet
1959   Gérard Saint   Ercole Baldini   Henri Anglade
1960   Valentin Huot   Gilbert Salvador   Raymond Poulidor
1961   Rik Van Looy   Jean Stablinski   Robert Cazala
1962   Jacques Anquetil   Raymond Poulidor   Guy Ignolin
1963   Raymond Poulidor   Jean Stablinski   Henri Anglade
1964   Jean Stablinski   Vittorio Adorni   Georges Groussard
1965   Vittorio Adorni   Jacques Anquetil   Jan Janssen
1966   Rudi Altig   Raymond Poulidor   Jacques Anquetil
1967   Raymond Poulidor   André Foucher   Lucien Aimar
1968-1981 No race
1982   Bernard Hinault   Pierre-Raymond Villemiane   Régis Clère
1983   Jean-René Bernaudeau   Joaquim Agostinho   Frédéric Brun
1984   Éric Caritoux   Frédéric Brun   Robert Alban
1985   Stephen Roche   Pascal Poisson   Pierre Bazzo
1986   Laurent Fignon   Frédéric Brun   Thierry Claveyrolat
1987 No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Chaumeil
1988   Frédéric Brun   Thierry Claveyrolat   Jérôme Simon
1989   Éric Caritoux   Luc Leblanc   Pascal Simon
1990   Thierry Claveyrolat   Luc Leblanc   Ronan Pensec
1991   Luc Leblanc   Éric Caritoux   Denis Roux
1992   Richard Virenque   Thierry Claveyrolat   Stephen Roche
1993   Jacky Durand   Gérard Rué   Thierry Claveyrolat
1994   Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle   Ronan Pensec   Jacky Durand
1995   Laurent Jalabert   Richard Virenque   Eddy Seigneur
1996 No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Tulle
1997   Cédric Vasseur   Didier Rous   Abraham Olano
1998 No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Brive et Corrèze
1999   Stéphane Heulot   Pascal Hervé   Jacky Durand
2000   Christophe Moreau   Christophe Agnolutto   Walter Bénéteau
2001 No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Sarran
2002   Nicolas Vogondy   Patrice Halgand   Laurent Jalabert
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A short documentary about the race was made in 1968 (Au Bol d'Or des Monédières, 1952-1967).[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Bol d\'Or des Monédières-Chaumeil (Fra) - Ex". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Bol d'Or des Monédières". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  3. ^ "BOL D'OR des MONEDIERES - PALMARES" (in French). pariscorreze.fr. 2013.
  4. ^ "Chaumeil, ville étape du 50ème Tour du Limousin". tourdulimousin.com (in French). 2022.
  5. ^ "Au Bol d'Or des Monédières, 1952-1967". IMDb. 2022.