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

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

A short documentary about the race was made in 1968 (Au Bol d'Or des Monédières, 1952-1967).[5]

References

  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.
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