Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers is a

road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

held annually near

Lillers Lillers (; vls, Lillaar) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small farming and light industrial town situated some 15 km northwest of Béthune and 40 km west of Lille, at ...

, a commune in the

Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Cala ...

region of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. The editions 1964-1995 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, it is rated 1.2 on the

UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...

. The race was not held in 2015 because of financial difficulties.

Winners

Reference

External links

2008 GP Lillers
* http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=224 {{DEFAULTSORT:Grand Prix De La Ville De Lillers Cycle races in France UCI Europe Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 1964 1964 establishments in France Sport in Pas-de-Calais