The 2023 La Drôme Classic, officially the Faun Drôme Classic due to sponsorships, was the tenth edition of the
Drôme Classic cycle race. It was held on 26 February 2022 as a category 1.Pro race on the
2023 UCI ProSeries
The 2023 UCI ProSeries was the fourth season of the UCI ProSeries, the second tier road bicycle racing, road cycling tour, below the UCI World Tour, but above the various regional UCI Continental Circuits.
The calendar consisted of 57 events, of ...
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The race started and finished in
Étoile-sur-Rhône
Étoile-sur-Rhône (, literally ''Étoile on Rhône''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Drôme Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in southeastern France.
Population
See also
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and featured several climbs throughout.
It formed a pair of races on the same weekend with the
2023
Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
Faun-Ardèche Classic, held on the previous day.
Teams
Thirteen of the eighteen
UCI WorldTeam
A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...
s, six
UCI ProTeams, and two
UCI Continental
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 ...
teams made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race, with a total of 147 riders, of which 72 finished the race.
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Result
References
External links
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2023 in French sport
2023 UCI ProSeries
2023
Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
February 2023 sports events in France