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Route d'Occitanie
Race details
DateLate June
RegionSouthern France
English nameSouth Cycling Route (when known as Route du Sud)
Local name(s)La Route d'Occitanie Cycliste (in French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
TypeStage-race
Web sitewww.laroutedoccitanie.fr Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1977
Editions47 (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.

  • 1977 – 1981 : Tour du Tarn
  • 1982 – 1987 : Tour Midi-Pyrénées
  • 1988 – 2017 : La Route du Sud
  • 2018 – : Route d'Occitanie
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 Country
18  France
5  Spain
4  Colombia,  Switzerland
3  Australia,  Ireland
2  Poland
1  Belarus,  Canada,  Italy,  Kazakhstan,  Lithuania,  United States
1 No winner