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Race details | |
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Date | Late-June |
Region | Southern France |
English name | South Cycling Route |
Local name(s) | La Route du Sud Cycliste Template:Fr icon |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
Type | Stage-race |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1977 |
Editions | 38 (as of 2015) |
First winner | Jacques Esclassan (FRA) |
Most wins | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Alberto Contador (ESP) |
The Route du Sud 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
- Since 1988 : La Route du Sud
Winners
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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1977 | France | Jacques Esclassan | Peugeot-Esso-Michelin |
1978 | France | Pierre-Raymond Villemiane | Renault-Gitane |
1979 | France | Yvon Bertin | Renault-Gitane |
1980 | France | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Peugeot-Esso-Michelin |
1981 | France | Jean-René Bernaudeau | Peugeot-Esso-Michelin |
1982 | Italy | Francesco Moser | Famcucine |
1983 | France | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Peugeot-Shell-Michelin |
1984 | France | Pascal Simon | Peugeot-Shell-Michelin |
1985 | Ireland | Stephen Roche | La Redoute |
1986 | Switzerland | Niki Rüttimann | La Vie Claire |
1987 | France | Régis Clere | Teka |
1988 | France | Ronan Pensec | Z-Peugeot |
1989 | France | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Z-Peugeot |
1990 | France | Yves Bonnamour | Castorama |
1991 | Switzerland | Laurent Dufaux | Helvetia-La Suisse |
1992 | Lithuania | Arturas Kasputis | Postobon |
1993 | France | Eric Boyer | Gan |
1994 | Colombia | Álvaro Mejía | Motorola |
1995 | Switzerland | Laurent Dufaux | Festina-Lotus |
1996 | France | Laurent Jalabert | O.N.C.E. |
1997 | Australia | Patrick Jonker | Rabobank |
1998 | France | Armand De Las Cuevas | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1999 | United States | Jonathan Vaughters | US Postal Service |
2000 | Poland | Tomasz Brożyna | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2001 | Kazakhstan | Andrei Kivilev | Cofidis |
2002 | United States | ||
2003 | Australia | Michael Rogers | Quick Step-Davitamon |
2004 | Australia | Bradley McGee | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2005 | France | Sandy Casar | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2006 | France | Thomas Voeckler | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2007 | Spain | Óscar Sevilla | Relax-GAM |
2008 | Ireland | Dan Martin | Slipstream-Chipotle |
2009 | Poland | Przemysław Niemiec | Miche-Silver Cross |
2010 | France | David Moncoutié | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2011 | Belarus | Vasil Kiryienka | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2012 | Colombia | Nairo Quintana | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2013 | France | Thomas Voeckler | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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2014 | Ireland | Nicolas Roche | Team Tinkoff-Saxo |
2015 | Spain | Alberto Contador | Team Tinkoff-Saxo |
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 |
Wins per country
Wins | Country |
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18 | France |
3 | Australia, Ireland, Switzerland |
2 | Poland, United States, Colombia, Spain |
1 | Belarus, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania |