Gracia-Orlova is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 and Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, created in 1987. Since 2004, it starts in Dětmarovice

Detmarovice

is a village in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the Olza River. It lies near the border with Poland, in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Near the right bank of the Olza lies a complex of 15 ponds....

, in the Moravian–Silesian Region, in the east of the Czech Republic. A mountain stage is competed in Kuźnia Raciborska

Kuznia Raciborska

Kuźnia Raciborska is a town in Racibórz County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 5,630 inhabitants .-External links:*...

, in the Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

, in the south of Poland. The finish to the final stage is located in Orlová

Orlová

Orlová is a town in the Karviná District, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.- History :...

, in the Moravian–Silesian Region.

Honours

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1987	Angela Ranft	Petra Rossner	Kerstin Arndt
1988	Radka Kinclova	Petra Rossner	Angela Kindling
1989	Angela Ranft	Indigo Paczova	Radka Kynclova
1990	Radka Kynclova	Eva Orvosova	Jana Polokova
1991	Ildiko Paczova	Eva Orvosova	Alena Barilleva
1992	Valentina Gerasimova	Marina Proudnikova	Elena Ogouy
1993	Rasa Polikeviciute Rasa Polikeviciute Rasa Polikevičiūtė is a Lithuanian cycle racer. She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond...	Alexandra Koliaseva	Tamara Polyakova
1994	Goulnara Fatkulina	Svetlana Samokhvalova	Olga Sokolova
1995	Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel is a German professional cycle racer. Currently her primary focus is cyclocross racing, however, she has won major road, track and mountain bike races...	Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...	Valentina Gerassimova
1996	Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel is a German professional cycle racer. Currently her primary focus is cyclocross racing, however, she has won major road, track and mountain bike races...	Lenka Ilavska Lenka Ilavská Lenka Ilavská is a retired female racing cyclist from Slovakia. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her biggest achievement was winning the 1993 Giro d'Italia Femminile.-References:*...	Barbara Heeb
1997	Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel is a German professional cycle racer. Currently her primary focus is cyclocross racing, however, she has won major road, track and mountain bike races...	Barbara Heeb	Zulfia Zabirova
1998	Marcia Vouets-Eicher	Kathryn Watt	Lenka Ilavská Lenka Ilavská Lenka Ilavská is a retired female racing cyclist from Slovakia. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Her biggest achievement was winning the 1993 Giro d'Italia Femminile.-References:*...
1999	Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel is a German professional cycle racer. Currently her primary focus is cyclocross racing, however, she has won major road, track and mountain bike races...	Tatiana Stiajkina Tatiana Stiajkina Tatiana Stiajkina is a Ukrainian cycle racer who rides for the Chirio Forno d'Asolo team. She is a notable climber, as demonstrated by her previous strong finishes at the climb of El Boquerón, the long and steep road up the northern face of the San Salvador volcano featured in the Vuelta a El...	Ioulia Mourenkaia
2000	Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel is a German professional cycle racer. Currently her primary focus is cyclocross racing, however, she has won major road, track and mountain bike races...	Meike De Bruyn	Monica Valen
2001	Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...	Nicole Brändli Nicole Brändli Nicole Brändli is a professional cyclist from Switzerland. She's a three time winner of Giro d'Italia Femminile.-Palmarès:...	Lara Ruthven
2002	Amber Neben Amber Neben Amber Neben is an American racing cyclist who won the UCI world time trial championship in 2008 and the U.S. national road race championship in 2003. She is the only active American female cyclist to win multiple UCI category 1 stage races, having won the Gracia Tour in 2002, theTour du Montreal...	Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel Hanka Kupfernagel is a German professional cycle racer. Currently her primary focus is cyclocross racing, however, she has won major road, track and mountain bike races...	Priska Doppmann Priska Doppmann Priska Doppmann is a Swiss road racing cyclist, born in Cham. She finished 7th in the Women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Currently, she is a manager for the women's team .-Palmarès:1999...
2003	Nicole Brändli Nicole Brändli Nicole Brändli is a professional cyclist from Switzerland. She's a three time winner of Giro d'Italia Femminile.-Palmarès:...	Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...	Lada Kozlykova
2004	Nicole Brändli Nicole Brändli Nicole Brändli is a professional cyclist from Switzerland. She's a three time winner of Giro d'Italia Femminile.-Palmarès:...	Annette Beutler	Karin Thürig Karin Thürig Karin Thürig is a Swiss professional racing cyclist and triathlete. She is the sister of fellow professional cyclist Andrea Thürig.-Cycling:2001200220032004...
2005	Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...	Susanne Ljungskog Susanne Ljungskog Susanne Ljungskog is a Swedish cyclist. A four-time Olympian , she won the world road race championship in 2002 and 2003. The same years, she was UCI points champion...	Madeleine Sandig
2006	Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...	Amber Neben Amber Neben Amber Neben is an American racing cyclist who won the UCI world time trial championship in 2008 and the U.S. national road race championship in 2003. She is the only active American female cyclist to win multiple UCI category 1 stage races, having won the Gracia Tour in 2002, theTour du Montreal...	Nicole Brändli Nicole Brändli Nicole Brändli is a professional cyclist from Switzerland. She's a three time winner of Giro d'Italia Femminile.-Palmarès:...
2007	Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...	Alexandra Burchenkova	Andrea Bosman
2008	Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...	Luise Keller	Alexandra Burchenkova
2009	Trixi Worrack Trixi Worrack Beatrix Worrack is an elite professional road racing cyclist and the 2003 German national road race champion...	Fabiana Luperini Fabiana Luperini Fabiana Luperini is an Italian professional cyclist. Luperini has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile a record five times.-Palmarès:1996200020012002200420062008-External links:*...	Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...
2010	Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...	Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten is a Dutch road racing cyclist. She won three races to take the overall 2011 UCI Women's Road World Cup.- Palmarès :- External links :...	Nicole Cooke Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...

External links

• Honours of Gracia-Orlova at Memoire-du-cyclisme.net