Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

Race details
Date	Early-March
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Local name(s)	Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers (in French)
Nickname(s)	Souvenir Bruno Comini
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Single-day
Web site	www.gp2lillers.fr
History
First edition	1964 (1964)
Editions	58 (as of 2024)[1]
First winner	Claude Rigaut (FRA)
Most wins	Jean-François Laffillée (FRA)  Benoît Daeninck (FRA) (3 wins)
Most recent	Emmanuel Morin (FRA)

Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers is a road bicycle race held annually near Lillers, a commune in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The editions 1964-1995 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, it is rated 1.2 on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015 because of financial difficulties.

Winners

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1964	France	Claude Rigaut
1965	France	Jean Reveillon
1966	France	Patrick Cuny
1967	France	Jacques-André Hochart
1968	France	André Mollet
1969	France	Robert Mintkiewicz
1970	France	M. Lefebvre
1971	France	Guy Leleu
1972	France	Claude Tollet
1973	West Germany	Klaus-Peter Thaler
1974	France	Alain Molmy
1975	Belgium	Eddy Copmans
1976	France	Jacques Dutailly
1977	France	Claude Bavaye
1978	France	Olivier Vantielcke
1979	Great Britain	Robert Millar
1980	France	Philippe Miotti
1981	France	Jean-Philippe Pipart
1982	France	Jean-Philippe Pipart
1983	Netherlands	Rinus Ansems
1984	Denmark	Brian Holm
1985	France	Jacques Dutailly
1986	France	Vincent Thorey
1987	France	Yvan Frebert
1988	France	Bruno Bonnet
1989	France	William Perard
1990	France	Jean-François Laffillé
1991	France	Jean-François Laffillé
1992	Netherlands	Benny Gosink
1993	Netherlands	Jeroen Blijlevens
1994	France	Jean-François Laffillé
1995	France	Grégory Barbier
1996	Belgium	Nico Eeckhout	Collstrop-Lystex
1997	Belgium	Nico Eeckhout	Lotto–Mobistar–Isoglass
1998	Belgium	Geert Verheyen	Lotto–Mobistar
1999	Norway	Bjørnar Vestøl	Acceptcard Pro Cycling
2000	France	Francis Moreau	Cofidis
2001	France	Jean-Michel Tessier	Cofidis
2002	France	Pascal Deramé	Bonjour
2003	France	Damien Nazon	Brioches La Boulangère
2004	Belgium	Benny De Schrooder	Vlaanderen T-Interim
2005	Belgium	Johan Coenen	MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech
2006	Germany	Markus Eichler	Team Regiostrom-Senges
2007	France	Benoît Daeninck	UV Aube Troyes
2008	Germany	Dominic Klemme	Team 3C Gruppe
2009	Latvia	Aleksejs Saramotins	Team Designa Køkken
2010	France	Benoît Daeninck	Roubaix–Lille Métropole
2011	France	Denis Flahaut	Roubaix–Lille Métropole
2012	Great Britain	Russell Downing	Endura Racing
2013	France	Benoît Daeninck	CC Nogent-sur-Oise
2014	France	Steven Tronet	BigMat–Auber 93
2015	No race
2016	Belgium	Stijn Steels	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2017	France	Thomas Boudat	Direct Énergie
2018	France	Jérémy Lecroq	Vital Concept
2019	No race due to stormy weather conditions
2020	France	Florian Vachon	Arkéa–Samsic[2]
2021	No race
2022	Belgium	Milan Menten	Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB[3]
2023	Denmark	Andreas Stokbro	Leopard TOGT Pro Cycling[4]
2024	France	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel–Roubaix

References

1. "2022» 56th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Souvenir Bruno Comini (1.2) history". procyclingstats. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
2. Retsin, Frédéric (8 March 2020). "GP de Lillers : Florian Vachon profite du chambardement" [GP of Lillers: Florian Vachon takes advantage of the upheaval]. La Voix du Nord. Groupe Rossel. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
3. "2022» 56th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Souvenir Bruno Comini (1.2)". procyclingstats. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
4. "2023» 57th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Souvenir Bruno Comini (1.2)". procyclingstats. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

External links

• 2008 GP Lillers
• http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=224