36th Route du Sud

[Antoine_Blondin]

Stage 1 | Thursday 14th of june
Lacaune > Albi : 183 kilometers

Stage 2 | Friday 15th of june
Castres > Saint-Michel : 197,1 kilometers

Stage 3 | Saturday 16th of june
Trie-sur-Baïse > Arras en Lavedan : 204,6 kilometers

Stage 4 | Sunday 17th of june
Saint-Gaudens > Saint-Gaudens : 133,4 kilometers

Previous editions
2011 : Vasil Kiryienka (Biélorussie - Movistar Team)
2010 : David Moncoutié (France - Cofidis)
2009 : Przemyslaw Niemec (Pologne - Miche)
2008 : Daniel Martin (Irlande - Slipstream Chipotle)
2007 : Oscar Sevilla (Espagne - Relax-Gam)
2006 : Thomas Voeckler (France - Bouygues Telecom)
2005 : Sandy Casar (France - La Française des Jeux)
2004 : Bradley McGee (Australie - La Française des Jeux)
2003 : Michael Rogers (Australie - Quick Step)
2002 : Levi Leipheimer (Etats-Unis - Rabobank)
2001 : Andrei Kivilev (Kazakhstan - Cofidis)
2000 : Tomasez Brozyna (Pologne - Banesto)

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

The road

The start-list
http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/733437PartantsRDS.jpg

Follow the race
- Livesteam for the finish, interviews and videos on the official website of the Route du Sud ;
- Riders, managers and organizers video interviews Youtube account of the Route du Sud ;
- The Daniel Mangeas's minute (official speaker of the Tour de France), every evening in video ;
- All to know about the news of the race on the Official account of the race on Facebook ;
- Live news on Twitter ;
- The full coverage of the race (live) on DirectVélo ;
- And all to know about the history of the race on the French wikipedia page of the Route du Sud.

 

[trevim]

Wow Route du Sud has a better mountain stage than the entire Tour. Chapeau

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

2011 : Vasil Kiryienka (Biélorussie - Movistar Team)
2010 : David Moncoutié (France - Cofidis)
2009 : Przemyslaw Niemec (Pologne - Miche)
2008 : Daniel Martin (Irlande - Slipstream Chipotle)
2007 : Oscar Sevilla (Espagne - Relax-Gam)
2006 : Thomas Voeckler (France - Bouygues Telecom)
2005 : Sandy Casar (France - La Française des Jeux)
2004 : Bradley McGee (Australie - La Française des Jeux)
2003 : Michael Rogers (Australie - Quick Step)
2002 : Levi Leipheimer (Etats-Unis - Rabobank)
2001 : Andrei Kivilev (Kazakhstan - Cofidis)
2000 : Tomasez Brozyna (Pologne - Banesto)

2012 : Nairo Quintana (Colombie - Movistar Team)

 

[greenedge]

It looks like a good race. I shall say one of Moreno, Quintana and Madrazo to win as the new Movistar signings.

Voeckler could go well here and i think Fedrigo ( after his Criterium International ) performance could as well.

 

[Frosty]

Tough climb, the Spandelles (end of stage 3)

 

[Ruvu75]

It looks like a good race. I shall say one of Moreno, Quintana and Madrazo to win as the new Movistar signings.

Voeckler could go well here and i think Fedrigo ( after his Criterium International ) performance could as well.

Fedrigo fully recovered from his Dauphine crash?

 

[webvan]

Yeah was thinking the same.

Interesting to see the face of Daniel Mangeas, he quickly ran out of tour favorites taking part though ;-)

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Stage 1
1)Stéphane Poulhiès (Saur Sojasun)
2)Arnaud Démare (FDJ - Big Mat)
3)Manuel Belletti (AG2R La Mondiale)
4)Mickael Delage (FDJ - Big Mat)
5)Steven Tronet (Auber 93)
6)Yohann Gene (Europcar)
7)Jimmy Casper (Saur-Sojasun)
8)Enrique Sanz (Movistar)
9)Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet)
10)Fabien Bacquet (Auber 93)

Poulhiès wins in his hometown.

 

[Fetisoff]

Madrazo - DNF

 

[Ruudz0r]

JTL lost 22 seconds :O!

 

[jens_attacks]

quintana too so i'm not worried.the revenge is on the table.
although delfino might spoil the party,he's in good form

 

[Peccio89]

Let's hope Pellizzotti will do well

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Yeah, the Pellizotti comeback is what we all have been waiting for...

I hope for Kenny Elissonde to show something here. That's the terrain where he won last year's Ronde de l'Isard. The first part of this season has been pretty disastrous.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

JTL lost 22 seconds :O!

Caught behind a crash - in an amazing twist of fate he actually didn't get injured.

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

Great and stunning finish today on stage 1 of the 36th edition of the Route du Sud, with the win of Stéphane Pouilhès (Saur-Sojasun) in its hometown of Albi (world heritage site since 2011). The last kilometer was epic with the crossing of the Tarn river on the old red brick bridge, two curves, a climb of 400 meters at 7% and last 100 meters with cobbles.

Christian Prudhomme saw the finish and will follow stage 2 between Castres and Saint-Michel, tomorrow.

Videos of the finish and interviews (Voeckler, Fédrigo, Démare, Prudhomme, Mangeas) to follow tomorrow on the race website.

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Stage 2
1) Arnaud Démare (FDJ-BigMat)
2) Steven Caethoven (Accent jobs-Veranda Willems)
3) Manuel Belletti (AG2R La Mondiale)
4) Yohann Gene (Europcar)
5) Stéphane Poulhiès (Saur-Sojasun)
6) Mickael Delage (FDJ-BigMat)
7) Kristof Goddaert (AGR La Mondiale)
8) Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkreidiet)
9) Jimmy Casper (AG2R La Mondiale)
10) Sergey Shilov (Lokosphinx)

Démare is the new leader.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Jeannesson lost over 8 minutes today - not looking good for the TdF.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Jeannesson lost over 8 minutes today - not looking good for the TdF.

He looked weak already at the Dauphine. Weird

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

Thanks for the pictures.

I love this little stage rage. Beautiful southern France, so far only winners I like and tomorrow this great Pyreneen stage.

 

[Dedelou]

Thanks for the pictures.

I love this little stage rage. Beautiful southern France, so far only winners I like and tomorrow this great Pyreneen stage.

I like it too , especially when I can not only recognized the riders but my legs remember these roads and some of the face in the crowd look so so familiar
can't wait for tomorrow