Tour of Valle d'Aosta / Mont-Blanc (; ) is a stage race
road bicycle race
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held annually in August in
Aosta Valley
The Aosta Valley ( ; ; ; or ), officially the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley, is a mountainous Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region in northwestern Italy. It is bordered by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr ...
, Italy. Since 2005, the race is organized as a
2.2 event 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
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. Since 2012, the race takes place in July.
The concerned municipalities are:
Arvier,
Courmayeur
Courmayeur (; ; Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in northern Italy, in the autonomous region of Aosta Valley.
History
The toponym ''Courmayeur'' has been mentioned as ''Curia majori'' (1233–1381), ''Corte Maggiore'' (1620), ''Cormoyeu'' (1 ...
,
Saint-Vincent Bionaz,
Verrayes,
Fénis and
Valtournenche
Valtournenche (; Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, above the sea level. It is named after and covers the upper side of the ''Valtournenche'', a valley on the left side of the Dora Baltea, ...
.
Winners
References
External links
* {{official website, http://www.girovalledaosta.it
UCI Europe Tour races
Recurring sporting events established in 1962
1962 establishments in Italy
Cycle races in Italy
Sport in Aosta Valley