Chrono des Nations

Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.

Chrono des Nations

Race details
Date	Mid-October
Region	Vendée, France
Local name	Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée (in French)
Discipline	Road race
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Individual time trial
Web site	www.chronodesnations.com
Men's history
First edition	1982 (1982)
Editions	43 (as of 2025)
First winner	Gary Dowdell (GBR)
Most wins	Pascal Lance (FRA) (4 wins)
Most recent	Joshua Tarling (GBR)
Women's history
First edition	1988 (1988)
Editions	38 (as of 2025)
First winner	Jeannie Longo (FRA)
Most wins	Jeannie Longo (FRA) (6 wins)
Most recent	Ellen van Dijk (NED)

It was originally called Chrono des Herbiers but in 2006 the race merged with the now defunct Grand Prix des Nations to create the currently called Chrono des Nations.^[1]

Winners

Men

Elite

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1982	Great Britain	Gary Dowdell	Wolber Spidel
1983	Great Britain	Dave Akam	Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt
1984	France	Patrice Esnault	Skil-Sem
1985	France	Bernard Richard	Mercier
1986	France	Franck Petiteau
1987	France	Pascal Lance	Toshiba-La Vie Claire
1988	France	Pascal Lance	Toshiba-Look
1989	Netherlands	Marco Jeletich
1990	Sweden	Jan Karlsson	Acceptcard Pro Cycling
1991	Sweden	Jan Karlsson	Acceptcard Pro Cycling
1992	Lithuania	Arturas Kasputis	Postobón-Manzana
1993	Great Britain	Chris Boardman	GAN
1994	France	Pascal Lance	GAN
1995	France	Pascal Lance	GAN
1996	Great Britain	Chris Boardman	GAN
1997	Ukraine	Serhiy Honchar	Aki-Safi
1998	Ukraine	Serhiy Honchar	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio
1999	Ukraine	Serhiy Honchar	Vini Caldirola
2000	Switzerland	Jean Nuttli	Phonak
2001	Switzerland	Jean Nuttli	Phonak
2002	Germany	Michael Rich	Gerolsteiner
2003	Germany	Michael Rich	Gerolsteiner
2004	Belgium	Bert Roesems	Relax–Bodysol
2005	Czech Republic	Ondřej Sosenka	Acqua & Sapone–Adria Mobil
2006	Latvia	Raivis Belohvoščiks	C.B. Immobiliare–Universal Caffè
2007	Hungary	László Bodrogi	Crédit Agricole
2008	Netherlands	Stef Clement	Bouygues Télécom
2009	Kazakhstan	Alexandre Vinokourov	Astana
2010	Great Britain	David Millar	Garmin–Transitions
2011	Germany	Tony Martin	HTC–Highroad
2012	Germany	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2013	Germany	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2014	France	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM Cycling
2015	Belarus	Vasil Kiryienka	Team Sky
2016	Belarus	Vasil Kiryienka	Team Sky
2017	Denmark	Martin Toft Madsen	BHS–Almeborg Bornholm
2018	Denmark	Martin Toft Madsen	BHS–Almeborg Bornholm
2019	Netherlands	Jos van Emden	Team Jumbo–Visma
2020	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2021	Switzerland	Stefan Küng[3]	Groupama–FDJ
2022	Switzerland	Stefan Küng	Groupama–FDJ
2023	Great Britain	Joshua Tarling	Ineos Grenadiers
2024	Switzerland	Stefan Küng	Groupama–FDJ
2025	Great Britain	Joshua Tarling	Ineos Grenadiers

Under-23

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1993	Sébastien Noel	Samuel Renaux	Roman Krylov
1994	Sébastien Noel	Samuel Renaux	Gilles Rouyau
1995	Anthony Morin	Guillaume Auger	Damien Nazon
1996	Florent Brard	László Bodrogi	Christophe Barbier
1997	Guillaume Auger	László Bodrogi	Stephano Panetta
1998	Oleg Joukov	László Bodrogi	Florent Brard
1999	Yuriy Krivtsov	Christian Poos	Eric Trokimo
2000	Niels Brouzes	Yuriy Krivtsov	Mariusz Witecki
2001	Yuriy Krivtsov	Xavier Pache	David Le Lay
2002	Gianluca Moi	Jochen Rochau	Damien Monier
2003	Damien Monier	Émilien-Benoît Bergès	Jean Zen
2004	Olivier Kaisen	Florian Morizot	Nicolas Rousseau
2005	Dimitri Champion	Mickaël Muck	Nicolas Baldo
2006	Dominique Cornu	Yoann Offredo	Stéphane Rossetto
2007	Michael Færk Christensen	Yoann Offredo	Alexandre Roux
2008	Julien Fouchard	Fabien Taillefer	Daniel Kreutzfeldt
2009	Romain Lemarchand	Étienne Pieret	Nicolas Boisson
2010	Alex Dowsett	Romain Bacon	Nicolas Bonnet
2011	Yoann Paillot	Erwan Téguel	Pierre Lebreton
2012	Yoann Paillot	Joseph Perrett	Alexis Guérin
2013	Ryan Mullen	Bruno Armirail	Alexis Guérin
2014	Alexis Dulin	Rémi Cavagna	Edmund Bradbury
2015	Truls Engen Korsæth	Julian Braun	Louis Pijourlet
2016	Louis Louvet	Maxime Roger	Louis Pijourlet
2017	Mathias Norsgaard	Christoffer Lisson	Louis Louvet
2018	Mathias Norsgaard	Alexys Brunel	Matt Langworthy
2019	Jasper De Plus	Mathias Norsgaard	Clément Davy
2020	No race
2021	Antoine Devanne	Branko Huys	Jon Knolle
2022	Alec Segaert	Søren Wærenskjold	Pierre Thierry
2023	Kacper Gieryk	Maximilian Cushway	Jonas Walton
2024	Jakob Söderqvist	Luca Giaimi	Jonathan Vervenne
2025	Arthur Blaise	Ferre Geeraerts	Aldo Taillieu

Junior

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1997	Fabrice Salanson	Anthony Michelet	Sandy Casar
1998	Eric Trokimo	Anthony Geslin	Guillaume Reux
1999	Hedson Mathieu	Ludovic Lanceleur	Niels Brouzes
2000	Nicolas Rousseau	Charly Carlier	Alexandre Pichot
2001	Nicolas Rousseau	Olivier Kaisen	Thierry Hupond
2002	Sébastien Coeffier	Romain Feillu	Sébastien Turgot
2003	Damien Gaudin	Anthony Martin	Dimitri Krivtsov
2004	Alexandre Binet	Anthony Martin	Damien Gaudin
2005	Sébastien Ivars	Tony Gallopin	Stéphane Rossetto
2006	Tony Gallopin	Étienne Pieret	Yann Moritz
2007	Fabien Taillefer	Romain Bacon	Aurélien Corbin
2008	Romain Bacon	Kévin Labèque	Adrien Petit
2009	Anthony Saux	Yoann Paillot	Jimmy Turgis
2010	Alliaume Leblond	Jauffrey Bétouigt-Suire	Pierre Almeida
2011	Paul Moerland	Guillaume Thévenot	Thomas Bourreau
2012	Ryan Mullen	David Michaud	Maxime Piveteau
2013	Igor Decraene	Élie Gesbert	Martin Palm
2014	Filippo Ganna	Thomas Denis	Martin Palm
2015	Nazar Lahodych	Julien Souton	Thomas Denis
2016	Alexys Brunel	Sébastien Grignard	Émilien Jeannière
2017	Sébastien Grignard	Antoine Raugel	Thomas Delphis
2018	Remco Evenepoel	Donavan Grondin	Joshua Sandman
2019	Hugo Page	Joris Kroon	Alex Baudin
2020	No race
2021	Alec Segaert	Darren Rafferty	Eddy Le Huitouze
2022	Joshua Tarling	Titouan Fontaine	Baptiste Gillet
2023	Davide Donati	Finlay Tarling	Adam Rafferty
2024	Seth Dunwoody	Ellande Larronde	Thibaut Van Damme
2025	Nicholas Van der Merwe	Jakub Patras	Luc Royer

Women

Year	Country	Rider	Team
1987	France	Jeannie Longo
1988	Italy	Maria Canins
1989	Italy	Maria Canins
1990	Netherlands	Astrid Schop
1991	France	Nathalie Gendron
1992	France	Jeannie Longo
1993	France	Roselyne Riou
1994	France	Marion Clignet
1995	France	Jeannie Longo
1996	France	Chrystèle Richard
1997	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova
1998	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova	Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie
1999	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova	Acca Due O–Lorena Camicie
2000	France	Jeannie Longo
2001	France	Edwige Pitel
2002	Russia	Zulfiya Zabirova	USC Chirio
2003	Australia	Margaret Hemsley	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2004	France	Edwige Pitel
2005	France	Edwige Pitel
2006	Switzerland	Priska Doppmann	Univega Pro Cycling Team
2007	Sweden	Susanne Ljungskog	Team Flexpoint
2008	Sweden	Susanne Ljungskog	Team Flexpoint
2009	France	Jeannie Longo	Team Pro Féminin Les Carroz
2010	France	Jeannie Longo
2011	United States	Amber Neben	Team HTC–Highroad Women
2012	United States	Amber Neben	Team Specialized-lululemon
2013	Ukraine	Hanna Solovey
2014	Ukraine	Hanna Solovey
2015	Russia	Tatiana Antoshina	Servetto Footon
2016	Belgium	Ann-Sophie Duyck	Topsport Vlaanderen–Etixx
2017	France	Audrey Cordon-Ragot	Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling
2018	Uzbekistan	Olga Zabelinskaya	Cogeas–Mettler Pro Cycling Team
2019	United States	Leah Thomas	Bigla Pro Cycling
2020	No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2021	Switzerland	Marlen Reusser[4]	Alé BTC Ljubljana
2022	Netherlands	Ellen van Dijk	Trek–Segafredo
2023	Austria	Anna Kiesenhofer	Israel Premier Tech Roland
2024	Australia	Grace Brown	FDJ–Suez
2025	Netherlands	Ellen van Dijk	Lidl–Trek