Bol d'Or des Monédières
# Bol d'Or des Monédières

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

| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1952 | Jean Robic | Jean Le Guilly | Michel Brun |
| 1953 | Fausto Coppi | Jacques Vivier | Georges Gay |
| 1954 | Louison Bobet | Valentin Huot | Antonin Rolland |
| 1955 | Jacques Anquetil | Hervé Prouzet | Max Cohen |
| 1956 | Raphaël Géminiani | Jean Le Guilly | Louis Bergaud |
| 1957 | Raphaël Géminiani | Louison Bobet | Louis Bergaud |
| 1958 | Raphaël Géminiani | Jean Graczyk | Louison Bobet |
| 1959 | Gérard Saint | Ercole Baldini | Henri Anglade |
| 1960 | Valentin Huot | Gilbert Salvador | Raymond Poulidor |
| 1961 | Rik Van Looy | Jean Stablinski | Robert Cazala |
| 1962 | Jacques Anquetil | Raymond Poulidor | Guy Ignolin |
| 1963 | Raymond Poulidor | Jean Stablinski | Henri Anglade |
| 1964 | Jean Stablinski | Vittorio Adorni | Georges Groussard |
| 1965 | Vittorio Adorni | Jacques Anquetil | Jan Janssen |
| 1966 | Rudi Altig | Raymond Poulidor | Jacques Anquetil |
| 1967 | Raymond Poulidor | André Foucher | Lucien Aimar |
| 1968-1981 | No race | No race | No race |
| 1982 | Bernard Hinault | Pierre-Raymond Villemiane | Régis Clère |
| 1983 | Jean-René Bernaudeau | Joaquim Agostinho | Frédéric Brun |
| 1984 | Éric Caritoux | Frédéric Brun | Robert Alban |
| 1985 | Stephen Roche | Pascal Poisson | Pierre Bazzo |
| 1986 | Laurent Fignon | Frédéric Brun | Thierry Claveyrolat |
| 1987 | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Chaumeil | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Chaumeil | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Chaumeil |
| 1988 | Frédéric Brun | Thierry Claveyrolat | Jérôme Simon |
| 1989 | Éric Caritoux | Luc Leblanc | Pascal Simon |
| 1990 | Thierry Claveyrolat | Luc Leblanc | Ronan Pensec |
| 1991 | Luc Leblanc | Éric Caritoux | Denis Roux |
| 1992 | Richard Virenque | Thierry Claveyrolat | Stephen Roche |
| 1993 | Jacky Durand | Gérard Rué | Thierry Claveyrolat |
| 1994 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Ronan Pensec | Jacky Durand |
| 1995 | Laurent Jalabert | Richard Virenque | Eddy Seigneur |
| 1996 | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Tulle | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Tulle | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Tulle |
| 1997 | Cédric Vasseur | Didier Rous | Abraham Olano |
| 1998 | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Brive et Corrèze | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Brive et Corrèze | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Brive et Corrèze |
| 1999 | Stéphane Heulot | Pascal Hervé | Jacky Durand |
| 2000 | Christophe Moreau | Christophe Agnolutto | Walter Bénéteau |
| 2001 | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Sarran | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Sarran | No race due to Tour de France stage arrival at Sarran |
| 2002 | 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).

