Race details | |
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Date | Late June |
Region | Southern France |
English name | South Cycling Route (when known as Route du Sud) |
Local name(s) | La Route d'Occitanie Cycliste (in French) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage-race |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1977 |
Editions | 47 (as of 2023) |
First winner | Jacques Esclassan (FRA) |
Most wins | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Michael Woods (CAN) |
The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France.
Name of the race
- 1977 – 1981 : Tour du Tarn
- 1982 – 1987 : Tour Midi-Pyrénées
- 1988 – 2017 : La Route du Sud
- 2018 – : Route d'Occitanie
Winners
Multiple winners
Wins | Rider | Editions |
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3 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA) | 1980, 1983, 1989 |
2 | Laurent Dufaux (SUI) | 1991, 1995 |
Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | 2006, 2013 | |
Nairo Quintana (COL) | 2012, 2016 | |
Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | 2018, 2019 | |
Michael Woods (CAN) | 2022, 2023 | |
Wins per country
Wins | Country |
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18 | France |
5 | Spain |
4 | Colombia, Switzerland |
3 | Australia, Ireland |
2 | Poland |
1 | Belarus, Canada, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, United States |
1 | No winner |
External links
- Official website (in French)
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