Classique des Alpes

Classique des Alpes was a classic taking place as a mountainous single-day cycling race. It took place in Chartreuse Mountains, beginning in Chambéry and finishing in Aix-les-Bains.

Classique des Alpes

Race details
Date	Early June
Region	Savoy, France
English name	Classic of the Alps
Local name(s)	Classique des Alpes Élites (in French)
Discipline	Road
Type	One-day
Organiser	ASO
Web site	www.letour.fr/fr/homepage_horscourseCAJ.html
History
First edition	1991 (1991)
Editions	14
Final edition	2004
First winner	Charly Mottet (FRA)
Most wins	Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (2 wins)
Final winner	Óscar Pereiro (ESP)

It was held between 1991 and 2004, a day before the start of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Following the 2004 edition, Jean-Marie Leblanc, head of the organising body the Amaury Sport Organisation, announced the race would no longer take place as the cycling teams were not supportive of the race.[1] Charly Mottet, the first winner of the race, said that the race would have been more successful in August, following the Tour de France, as the climbing specialists would have been in form.[2]

In 1995, a junior version of the Classique des Alpes was organised, which was continued after the senior version was cancelled.[3]