French Road Cycling Cup

French Road Cycling Cup

Current season or competition: 2011 French Road Cycling Cup
Sport	Road bicycle racing
Founded	1992
Country(ies)	France
Most recent champion(s)	Leonardo Duque

The French Road Cycling Cup (English for Coupe de France de cyclisme sur route) is a road bicycle racing competition under the Fédération Francaise de Cyclisme (French Cycling Federation) each year since 1992. It consists of a number of standalone races in France each year. Each of these races is open for all riders, but only French riders and riders who are part of a French team are able to score points for the French Road Cycling Cup.

For the individual rankings, points are awarded to all eligible riders each race according to the following table:

Points distribution

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Points	50	35	25	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	5	3	3	3

Each race, the positions of the first three riders of each French team are added to give the team position. The team with the lowest team position is the winner of the team competition for that race. E.g.: a team having their first three riders all on the podium will have a team position score of 1+2+3=6 and since no other team will have a lower team position, this team will win 12 points for the team standings. Note that only French teams can score points.

Team points distribution

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	12	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Winners

Individuals

		Rider	Team
1992	FRA !	Robin, Jean-CyrilJean-Cyril Robin (FRA)	Castorama
1993	FRA !	Claveyrolat, ThierryThierry Claveyrolat (FRA)	GAN
1994	FRA !	Pensec, RonanRonan Pensec (FRA)	Novemail-Histor
1995	FRA !	Las Cuevas, Armand DeArmand De Las Cuevas (FRA)	Castorama
1996	FRA !	Heulot, StephaneStéphane Heulot (FRA)	GAN
1997	FRA !	Jalabert, NicolasNicolas Jalabert (FRA)	Cofidis
1998	FRA !	Lino, PascalPascal Lino (FRA)	BigMat-Auber 93
1999	EST !	Kirsipuu, JaanJaan Kirsipuu (EST)	Casino-Ag2r Prévoyance
2000	FRA !	Halgand, PatricePatrice Halgand (FRA)	Jean Delatour
2001	FRA !	Brochard, LaurentLaurent Brochard (FRA)	Jean Delatour
2002	FRA !	Bouyer, FranckFranck Bouyer (FRA)	Bonjour
2003	EST !	Kirsipuu, JaanJaan Kirsipuu (EST)	AG2R Prévoyance
2004	NOR !	Hushovd, ThorThor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole
2005	BEL !	Gilbert, PhilippePhilippe Gilbert (BEL)	Française des Jeux
2006	FRA !	Mondory, LloydLloyd Mondory (FRA)	AG2R Prévoyance
2007	FRA !	Chavanel, SebastienSébastien Chavanel (FRA)	Française des Jeux
2008	FRA !	Pineau, JeromeJérôme Pineau (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom
2009	FRA !	Casper, JimmyJimmy Casper (FRA)	Besson Chaussures-Sojasun
2010	COL !	Duque, LeonardoLeonardo Duque (COL)	Cofidis
2011	FRA !	Gallopin, TonyTony Gallopin (FRA)	Cofidis

Teams

Season	Team
1992	Z
1993	GAN
1994	Castorama
1995	GAN
1996	GAN
1997	Française des Jeux
1998	Casino-Ag2r
1999	Française des Jeux
2000	Crédit Agricole
2001	Jean Delatour
2002	Bonjour
2003	Brioches La Boulangère
2004	Crédit Agricole
2005	Française des Jeux
2006	Bouygues Télécom
2007	Crédit Agricole
2008	Française des Jeux
2009	Française des Jeux
2010	Bretagne-Schuller
2011	FDJ

Statistics

• Most times overall winner:  Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) (2 wins)
• Most times team overall winner: Crédit Agricole (6 wins, of which 3 times as GAN) and FDJ
• Most race wins:  Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) (15 wins)
• Most race wins in one season:  Jimmy Casper (FRA),  Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA),  Philippe Gilbert (BEL),  Thor Hushovd (NOR) and  Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) (3 wins)

External links

• Fédération francaise de cyclisme (French)