Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche

Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche

Race details
Date	September
Region	France
Local name(s)	Tour de l'Ardèche
Type	Stage race
Organiser	Vélo Club Vallée du Rhône Ardéchoise
Race director	Louis Jeannin
Web site	tcfia.com
History
First edition	2003 (2003)
Editions	19 (as of 2021)
First winner	Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)
Most wins	Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) (3 wins)
Most recent	Leah Thomas (USA)

Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Ardèche region in southeastern France. The race was rated by the UCI as a 2.2 race, until 2018 when it was promoted to 2.1 status.^[1]

Following the removal of the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale from the UCI calendar, the first edition of the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche was staged in 2003.^[2]

Following the collapse of the Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin and the Route de France Féminine races in 2010 and 2016 respectively, the Tour de l'Ardèche became the only international level multi day stage race for women in France.^[3] The race was joined by Tour de France Femmes in 2022.^[3]

Previous winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
2003	Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)	Modesta Vžesniauskaitė (LTU)	Sigrid Corneo (SLO)
2004	Elisabeth Chevanne Brunel (FRA)	Béatrice Thomas (FRA)	Uenia Fernandes Sousa (BRA)
2005	Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	Daiva Tušlaitė (LTU)
2006	Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)	Uenia Fernandes Sousa (BRA)
2007	Maria Moreno (ESP)	Fabiana Luperini (ITA)	Kathryn Curi Mattis (USA)
2008	Amber Neben (USA)	Emma Pooley (GBR)	Susanne Ljungskog (SWE)
2009	Kristin Armstrong (USA)	Grace Verbeke (BEL)	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)
2010	Vicki Whitelaw (AUS)	Sharon Laws (GBR)	Ruth Corset (AUS)
2011	Emma Pooley (GBR)	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (FRA)
2012	Emma Pooley (GBR)	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Tayler Wiles (USA)
2013	Tatiana Antoshina (RUS)	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)
2014	Linda Villumsen (DEN)	Tayler Wiles (USA)	Rossella Ratto (ITA)
2015	Tayler Wiles (USA)	Lauren Stephens (USA)	Rossella Ratto (ITA)
2016	Flávia Oliveira (BRA)	Anna Kiesenhofer (AUT)	Edwige Pitel (FRA)
2017	Lucy Kennedy (AUS)	Hanna Nilsson (SWE)	Leah Thomas (USA)
2018	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Mavi García (ESP)	Eider Merino (ESP)
2019	Marianne Vos (NED)	Clara Koppenburg (GER)	Eider Merino (ESP)
2020	Lauren Stephens (USA)	Mavi García (ESP)	Anna Kiesenhofer (AUT)
2021[4]	Leah Thomas (USA)	Mavi García (ESP)	Ane Santesteban (ESP)
2022	Antonia Niedermaier (GER)	Loes Adegeest (NED)	Paula Patiño (COL)
2023[5]	Marta Cavalli (ITA)	Erica Magnaldi (ITA)	Anastasiya Kolesava (BLR)

• 
  Emma Langley and Ricarda Bauernfeind in 2022.
• 
  Louis Jeannin, race director in 2023.
• 
  Nika Bobnar in TCFIA 2022.
• 
  Anet Barrera in 2023.

References

1. "Tour Cycliste Féminin International Ardčche 2003 – CyclingFever – The International Cycling Social Network – Get the Cycling fever!". Women.cyclingfever.com. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
2. "Un peu d'histoire". historique.tcfia.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
3. Utilisateur, Super. "Historique des Tours Féminins à étapes en France". tcfia (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-12.
4. "Leah Thomas wins Tour de l'Ardèche". CyclingNews. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
5. TCFIA 2023 on UCI website.