Date April / May Editions 9 First winner Monia Baccaille (ITA) First edition 2008 | Local name(s) Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs Discipline Road bicycle racing Region Luxembourg Edition 9 | |
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Type 2008-2011 Single day race
2012- Stage race Organiser Cycling club SaF Zéisséng Most wins Marianne Vos (NED) (3 wins) | ||
The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing calendar. Between 2009 and 2011 it was rated as an UCI 1.1 category race and since 2012 the race is a 2.1 category stage race.
The race is named after Elsy Jacobs the first winner of the UCI Road World Championships - Women's Road Race, which took place at Reims, France in 1958 and Hour record holder from 1958 to 1972.
References
Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA