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. 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.
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.
Since the disappearance of Paris-Corrèze, the Tour du Limousin sometimes uses the Chaumeil circuit to perpetuate the tradition.
Winners YearWinnerSecondThird1952 Jean Robic Jean Le Guilly Michel Brun1953 Fausto Coppi Jacques Vivier Georges Gay1954 Louison Bobet Valentin Huot Antonin Rolland1955 Jacques Anquetil Hervé Prouzet Max Cohen1956 Raphaël Géminiani Jean Le Guilly Louis Bergaud1957 Raphaël Géminiani Louison Bobet Louis Bergaud1958 Raphaël Géminiani Jean Graczyk Louison Bobet1959 Gérard Saint Ercole Baldini Henri Anglade1960 Valentin Huot Gilbert Salvador Raymond Poulidor1961 Rik Van Looy Jean Stablinski Robert Cazala1962 Jacques Anquetil Raymond Poulidor Guy Ignolin1963 Raymond Poulidor Jean Stablinski Henri Anglade1964 Jean Stablinski Vittorio Adorni Georges Groussard1965 Vittorio Adorni Jacques Anquetil Jan Janssen1966 Rudi Altig Raymond Poulidor Jacques Anquetil1967 Raymond Poulidor André Foucher Lucien AimarNo race1982 Bernard Hinault Pierre-Raymond Villemiane Régis Clère1983 Jean-René Bernaudeau Joaquim Agostinho Frédéric Brun1984 Éric Caritoux Frédéric Brun Robert Alban1985 Stephen Roche Pascal Poisson Pierre Bazzo1986 Laurent Fignon Frédéric Brun Thierry ClaveyrolatNo race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Chaumeil1988 Frédéric Brun Thierry Claveyrolat Jérôme Simon1989 Éric Caritoux Luc Leblanc Pascal Simon1990 Thierry Claveyrolat Luc Leblanc Ronan Pensec1991 Luc Leblanc Éric Caritoux Denis Roux1992 Richard Virenque Thierry Claveyrolat Stephen Roche1993 Jacky Durand Gérard Rué Thierry Claveyrolat1994 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle Ronan Pensec Jacky Durand1995 Laurent Jalabert Richard Virenque Eddy SeigneurNo race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Tulle1997 Cédric Vasseur Didier Rous Abraham OlanoNo race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Brive et Corrèze1999 Stéphane Heulot Pascal Hervé Jacky Durand2000 Christophe Moreau Christophe Agnolutto Walter BénéteauNo race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Sarran2002 Nicolas Vogondy Patrice Halgand Laurent Jalabert
Popular culture A short documentary about the race was made in 1968 (Au Bol d'Or des Monédières, 1952-1967).
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