Chrono des Nations

Chrono des Nations
Race details
Date Mid-October
Region Vendée, France
Local name(s) Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée (in French)
Discipline Road race
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Individual time trial
Web site www.chronodesnations.com
Men's history
First edition 1982
Editions 41 (as of 2023)
First winner Gary Dowdell (GBR)
Most wins Pascal Lance (FRA)
(4 wins)
Most recent Joshua Tarling (GBR)
Women's history
First edition 1988
Editions 36 (as of 2023)
First winner Jeannie Longo (FRA)
Most wins Jeannie Longo (FRA)
(6 wins)
Most recent Anna Kiesenhofer (AUT)

Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

It was originally called Chrono des Herbiers but in 2006 the race merged with the now defunct Grand Prix des Nations to create the currently called Chrono des Nations.

Winners

Men

Elite

Year Country Rider Team
1982 Great Britain Gary Dowdell Wolber Spidel
1983 Great Britain Dave Akam Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt
1984 France Patrice Esnault Skil-Sem
1985 France Bernard Richard Mercier
1986 France Franck Petiteau
1987 France Pascal Lance Toshiba-La Vie Claire
1988 France Pascal Lance Toshiba-Look
1989 Netherlands Marco Jeletich
1990 Sweden Jan Karlsson Acceptcard Pro Cycling
1991 Sweden Jan Karlsson Acceptcard Pro Cycling
1992 Lithuania Arturas Kasputis Postobón-Manzana
1993 Great Britain Chris Boardman GAN
1994 France Pascal Lance GAN
1995 France Pascal Lance GAN
1996 Great Britain Chris Boardman GAN
1997 Ukraine Serhiy Honchar Aki-Safi
1998 Ukraine Serhiy Honchar Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio
1999 Ukraine Serhiy Honchar Vini Caldirola
2000 Switzerland Jean Nuttli Phonak
2001 Switzerland Jean Nuttli Phonak
2002 Germany Michael Rich Gerolsteiner
2003 Germany Michael Rich Gerolsteiner
2004 Belgium Bert Roesems Relax–Bodysol
2005 Czech Republic Ondřej Sosenka Acqua & Sapone–Adria Mobil
2006 Latvia Raivis Belohvoščiks C.B. Immobiliare–Universal Caffè
2007 Hungary László Bodrogi Crédit Agricole
2008 Netherlands Stef Clement Bouygues Télécom
2009 Kazakhstan Alexandre Vinokourov Astana
2010 Great Britain David Millar Garmin–Transitions
2011 Germany Tony Martin HTC–Highroad
2012 Germany Tony Martin Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2013 Germany Tony Martin Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2014 France Sylvain Chavanel IAM Cycling
2015 Belarus Vasil Kiryienka Team Sky
2016 Belarus Vasil Kiryienka Team Sky
2017 Denmark Martin Toft Madsen BHS–Almeborg Bornholm
2018 Denmark Martin Toft Madsen BHS–Almeborg Bornholm
2019 Netherlands Jos van Emden Team Jumbo–Visma
2020 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Switzerland Stefan Küng Groupama–FDJ
2022 Switzerland Stefan Küng Groupama–FDJ
2023 Great Britain Joshua Tarling Ineos Grenadiers

Under-23

Year Winner Second Third
1993 Sébastien Noel Samuel Renaux Roman Krylov
1994 Sébastien Noel Samuel Renaux Gilles Rouyau
1995 Anthony Morin Guillaume Auger Damien Nazon
1996 Florent Brard László Bodrogi Christophe Barbier
1997 Guillaume Auger László Bodrogi Stephano Panetta
1998 Oleg Joukov László Bodrogi Florent Brard
1999 Yuriy Krivtsov Christian Poos Eric Trokimo
2000 Niels Brouzes Yuriy Krivtsov Mariusz Witecki
2001 Yuriy Krivtsov Xavier Pache David Le Lay
2002 Gianluca Moi Jochen Rochau Damien Monier
2003 Damien Monier Émilien-Benoît Bergès Jean Zen
2004 Olivier Kaisen Florian Morizot Nicolas Rousseau
2005 Dimitri Champion Mickaël Muck Nicolas Baldo
2006 Dominique Cornu Yoann Offredo Stéphane Rossetto
2007 Michael Færk Christensen Yoann Offredo Alexandre Roux
2008 Julien Fouchard Fabien Taillefer Daniel Kreutzfeldt
2009 Romain Lemarchand Étienne Pieret Nicolas Boisson
2010 Alex Dowsett Romain Bacon Nicolas Bonnet
2011 Yoann Paillot Erwan Téguel Pierre Lebreton
2012 Yoann Paillot Joseph Perrett Alexis Guérin
2013 Ryan Mullen Bruno Armirail Alexis Guérin
2014 Alexis Dulin Rémi Cavagna Edmund Bradbury
2015 Truls Engen Korsæth Julian Braun Louis Pijourlet
2016 Louis Louvet Maxime Roger Louis Pijourlet
2017 Mathias Norsgaard Christoffer Lisson Louis Louvet
2018 Mathias Norsgaard Alexys Brunel Matt Langworthy
2019 Jasper De Plus Mathias Norsgaard Clément Davy
2020 No race
2021 Antoine Devanne Branko Huys Jon Knolle
2022 Alec Segaert Søren Wærenskjold Pierre Thierry
2023 Kacper Gieryk Maximilian Cushway Jonas Walton

Junior

Year Winner Second Third
1997 Fabrice Salanson Anthony Michelet Sandy Casar
1998 Eric Trokimo Anthony Geslin Guillaume Reux
1999 Hedson Mathieu Ludovic Lanceleur Niels Brouzes
2000 Nicolas Rousseau Charly Carlier Alexandre Pichot
2001 Nicolas Rousseau Olivier Kaisen Thierry Hupond
2002 Sébastien Coeffier Romain Feillu Sébastien Turgot
2003 Damien Gaudin Anthony Martin Dimitri Krivtsov
2004 Alexandre Binet Anthony Martin Damien Gaudin
2005 Sébastien Ivars Tony Gallopin Stéphane Rossetto
2006 Tony Gallopin Étienne Pieret Yann Moritz
2007 Fabien Taillefer Romain Bacon Aurélien Corbin
2008 Romain Bacon Kévin Labèque Adrien Petit
2009 Anthony Saux Yoann Paillot Jimmy Turgis
2010 Alliaume Leblond Jauffrey Bétouigt-Suire Pierre Almeida
2011 Paul Moerland Guillaume Thévenot Thomas Bourreau
2012 Ryan Mullen David Michaud Maxime Piveteau
2013 Igor Decraene Élie Gesbert Martin Palm
2014 Filippo Ganna Thomas Denis Martin Palm
2015 Nazar Lahodych Julien Souton Thomas Denis
2016 Alexys Brunel Sébastien Grignard Émilien Jeannière
2017 Sébastien Grignard Antoine Raugel Thomas Delphis
2018 Remco Evenepoel Donavan Grondin Joshua Sandman
2019 Hugo Page Joris Kroon Alex Baudin
2020 No race
2021 Alec Segaert Darren Rafferty Eddy Le Huitouze
2022 Joshua Tarling Titouan Fontaine Baptiste Gillet
2023 Davide Donati Finlay Tarling Adam Rafferty

Women

Year Country Rider Team
1987 France Jeannie Longo
1988 Italy Maria Canins
1989 Italy Maria Canins
1990 Netherlands Astrid Schop
1991 France Nathalie Gendron
1992 France Jeannie Longo
1993 France Roselyne Riou
1994 France Marion Clignet
1995 France Jeannie Longo
1996 France Chrystèle Richard
1997 Russia Zulfiya Zabirova
1998 Russia Zulfiya Zabirova Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie
1999 Russia Zulfiya Zabirova Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie
2000 France Jeannie Longo
2001 France Edwige Pitel
2002 Russia Zulfiya Zabirova USC Chirio
2003 Australia Margaret Hemsley Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2004 France Edwige Pitel
2005 France Edwige Pitel
2006 Switzerland Priska Doppmann Univega Pro Cycling Team
2007 Sweden Susanne Ljungskog Team Flexpoint
2008 Sweden Susanne Ljungskog Team Flexpoint
2009 France Jeannie Longo Team Pro Féminin Les Carroz
2010 France Jeannie Longo
2011 United States Amber Neben Team HTC–Highroad Women
2012 United States Amber Neben Team Specialized-lululemon
2013 Ukraine Hanna Solovey
2014 Ukraine Hanna Solovey
2015 Russia Tatiana Antoshina Servetto Footon
2016 Belgium Ann-Sophie Duyck Topsport Vlaanderen–Etixx
2017 France Audrey Cordon-Ragot Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling
2018 Uzbekistan Olga Zabelinskaya Cogeas–Mettler Pro Cycling Team
2019 United States Leah Thomas Bigla Pro Cycling
2020 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Switzerland Marlen Reusser Alé BTC Ljubljana
2022 Netherlands Ellen van Dijk Trek–Segafredo
2023 Austria Anna Kiesenhofer Israel Premier Tech Roland