Route d'Occitanie

Route d'Occitanie

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Race details
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
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1977 (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

		Rider	Team
1977		Jacques Esclassan (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot
1978		Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (FRA)	Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo
1979		Yvon Bertin (FRA)	Renault–Gitane
1980		Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot
1981		Jean-René Bernaudeau (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot
1982		Francesco Moser (ITA)	Famcucine
1983		Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot
1984		Pascal Simon (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Peugeot
1985		Stephen Roche (IRL)	La Redoute
1986		Niki Rüttimann (SUI)	La Vie Claire
1987		Régis Clère (FRA)	Template:Cycling data Teka
1988		Ronan Pensec (FRA)	Z–Peugeot
1989		Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA)	Z–Peugeot
1990		Yves Bonnamour (FRA)	Template:Cycling data CAS
1991		Laurent Dufaux (SUI)	Helvetia–La Suisse
1992		Artūras Kasputis (LTU)	Template:Cycling data Postobón
1993		Éric Boyer (FRA)	GAN
1994		Álvaro Mejía (COL)	Motorola
1995		Laurent Dufaux (SUI)	Festina–Lotus
1996		Laurent Jalabert (FRA)	ONCE
1997		Patrick Jonker (AUS)	Rabobank
1998		Armand de Las Cuevas (FRA)	Banesto
1999		Jonathan Vaughters (USA)	U.S. Postal Service
2000		Tomasz Brożyna (POL)	Banesto
2001		Andrey Kivilev (KAZ)	Cofidis
2002		Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Rabobank
2003		Michael Rogers (AUS)	Quick-Step–Davitamon
2004		Bradley McGee (AUS)	FDJeux.com
2005		Sandy Casar (FRA)	Française des Jeux
2006		Thomas Voeckler (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom
2007		Óscar Sevilla (ESP)	Relax–GAM
2008		Dan Martin (IRL)	Slipstream–Chipotle
2009		Przemysław Niemiec (POL)	Miche–Silver Cross–Selle Italia
2010		David Moncoutié (FRA)	Cofidis
2011		Vasil Kiryienka (BLR)	Movistar Team
2012		Nairo Quintana (COL)	Movistar Team
2013		Thomas Voeckler (FRA)	Team Europcar
2014		Nicolas Roche (IRL)	Tinkoff–Saxo
2015		Alberto Contador (ESP)	Tinkoff–Saxo
2016		Nairo Quintana (COL)	Movistar Team
2017		Silvan Dillier (SUI)	BMC Racing Team
2018		Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team
2019		Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Movistar Team
2020		Egan Bernal (COL)	Team Ineos
2021		Antonio Pedrero (ESP)	Movistar Team
2022		Michael Woods (CAN)	Template:Cycling data IPT
2023		Michael Woods (CAN)	Template:Cycling data IPT

Multiple winners

Wins	Rider	Editions
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
18	France
5	Spain
4	Colombia, Switzerland
3	Australia, Ireland
2	Poland
1	Belarus, Canada, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, United States
1	No winner