39th Route du Sud 2015

[Antoine_Blondin]

UCI Europe Tour 2.1
39th Route du Sud - La Dépêche du Midi
From june 18th to june 21st 2015

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Live broadcast on Eurosport France :
Thursday 18th 02:15pm (CET+1)
Friday 19th 02:30pm (CET+1)
Saturday 20th 02:15pm (CET+1)
Sunday 21st 03:00pm (CET+1)

The race was officially presented yesterday in Toulouse, in the headquarters of local newspaper La Dépêche du Midi.

4 stages
692 kilometers
173 kilometers per day
7 host cities
9 sprints
9 climbs
2 French regions crossed (Midi-Pyrénées and Aquitaine)
4 French departements crossed : Hautes-Pyrénées, Gers, Haute-Garonne and Tarn
16 teams (5 WT)
128 riders at the start in Lourdes
2 new jerseys : the white jersey for young classification and the blue jersey for best climber
7 famous touristic sites around the race ("Grands Sites touristiques de Midi-Pyrénées") : Lourdes, Auch, Luchon, Revel Saint-Ferréol lake, Marciac, Abbaye de Flaran et Saint Bertrand de Comminges

Official route

Stage profiles

Stage maps

Teams
AG2R LA MONDIALE
AUBER 93
BRETAGNE - SÉCHÉ ENVIRONNEMENT
CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA
CANNONDALE - GARMIN
COFIDIS SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
COLOMBIA
CULT ENERGY PRO CYCLING
ÉQUIPE CYCLISTE ARMÉE DE TERRE
FDJ
MOVISTAR TEAM
MURIAS TALDEA
RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA
TEAM EUROPCAR
TEAM MARSEILLE 13 - KTM
TINKOFF-SAXO

Start-list (17th june)

Tinkoff - Saxo
CONTADOR Alberto
BASSO Ivan
ROGERS Michael
HERNáNDEZ Jesús
JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
ROVNY Ivan
ZAUGG Oliver
PAULINHO Sérgio

Bretagne - Séché Environnement
SEPúLVEDA Eduardo
DELAPLACE Anthony
FEDRIGO Pierrick
FEILLU Romain
FONSECA Armindo
HIVERT Jonathan
JARRIER Benoit
MCLAY Daniel

Movistar Team
QUINTANA Nairo
GADRET John
DOWSETT Alex
ERVITI Imanol
SOLER Marc
QUINTANA Dayer
SüTTERLIN Jasha
SANZ Enrique

Team Marseille 13 KTM
LOUBET Julien
BLAIN Alexandre
DI GRéGORIO Rémy
EL FARES Julien
GIRAUD Benjamin
PAILLOT Yoann
PENVEN Clément
SAINT MARTIN Clément

Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
ARROYO David
VILELA Ricardo
FERRARI Fabricio
ARAMENDIA Javier
SAEZ Héctor
MOLINA Antonio
PARRA Heiner Rodrigo
MADRAZO Ángel

Rádio Popular ONDA Boavista
FIGUEIREDO Federico
GALLEGO Alberto
RODRIGUES David Miguel Costa
VALE Ricardo
SILVA Daniel
BICO Nuno
MAGALHAES Samuel

AG2R La Mondiale
DUPONT Hubert
DANIEL Maxime
RIBLON Christophe
MONTAGUTI Matteo
BéRARD Julien
GRETSCH Patrick
JAUREGUI Quentin
LATOUR Pierre-Roger

FDJ
GESLIN Anthony
MANZIN Lorrenzo
VEIKKANEN Jussi
LE GAC Olivier
LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri
MOUREY Francis
PINEAU Cédric
ROUX Anthony

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
BAGOT Yoann
CHETOUT Loïc
HARDY Romain
ROSSETTO Stephane
MOLARD Rudy
VENTURINI Clément
VERHELST Louis

Team Europcar
ARASHIRO Yukiya
COQUARD Bryan
COUSIN Jérôme
GAUTIER Cyril
GENE Yohann
JEANDESBOZ Fabrice
TULIK Angelo
BERNAUDEAU Giovanni

Team Colombia
MOLANO Juan Sebastian
AVILA Edwin
CASTIBLANCO Jorge Camilo
DUARTE Fabio
DUQUE Leonardo
MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe
SARMIENTO Jose Cayetano
RUBIANO Miguel Angel

Cult Energy Pro Cycling
GULDHAMMER Rasmus
GERDEMANN Linus
LEMARCHAND Romain
HNIK Karel
MAGER Christian
REIHS Michael
PEDERSEN Mads
CARBEL Michael

Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre
PACHER Quentin
GUYOT Yann
BARBAS Yoann
MAINARD Jerome
COMBAUD Romain
CANAL Fabien
LE ROUX Romain
DUVAL Julien

Auber 93
BIHEL César
GUAY Julien
LEVARLET Guillaume
MALDONADO Anthony
MENUT David
RENAULT Maxime
TRONET Steven
VIMPERE Theo

Murias Taldea
BAGüES Aritz
BIZKARRA Mikel
BRAVO Garikoitz
ESTEVEZ Imanol
GARCíA Egoitz
GONZáLEZ Adrián
LIZARRALDE Eneko
TXOPERENA Beñat

Team Cannondale - Garmin
HESJEDAL Ryder
NORMAN HANSEN Lasse
VILLELLA Davide
BROWN Nathan
KING Edward
SKJERPING Kristoffer

Past winners
1995 Laurent Dufaux
1996 Laurent Jalabert
1997 Patrick Jonker
1998 Armand de Las Cuevas
1999 Jonathan Vaughters
2000 Tomasz Brożyna
2001 Andrei Kivilev
2002 Levi Leipheimer
2003 Michael Rogers
2004 Bradley McGee
2005 Sandy Casar
2006 Thomas Voeckler
2007 Óscar Sevilla
2008 Daniel Martin
2009 Przemysław Niemiec
2010 David Moncoutié
2011 Vasil Kiryienka
2012 Nairo Quintana
2013 Thomas Voeckler
2014 Nicolas Roche

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[Ruudz0r]

Lovely race, stage 3 is great, your startlist looks a bit optimistic though.

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

Yes a little bit, but considering that Contador will race the Giro and the Tour, it is not a pipe dream to foresee him starting the Route du Sud. About Voeckler and Pinot, it's almost done, and for Valverde the probability is quite high but it still depends on the Dauphiné.

 

[ILovecycling]

Thanks for opening perfect OP.
As for the riders I think that at least 3/4 of those Saxo riders won't ride tho

 

[Arredondo]

Re:

Yes a little bit, but considering that Contador will race the Giro and the Tour, it is not a pipe dream to foresee him starting the Route du Sud. About Voeckler and Pinot, it's almost done, and for Valverde the probability is quite high but it still depends on the Dauphiné.

Last year Valverde also didn't rode Dauphine, and only Route du Sud and NC's. Perhaps he thinks it's a better preparation for the Tour.

 

[LaFlorecita]

A l'équipe journo posted today that Contador will ride this race, maybe the team sent in a provisional startlist (not sure if that is required)

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

Giving an interview to Manuel Martinez from l'Equipe.fr, Alberto Contador has confirmed its participation to the Route du Sud ! And Nairo Quintana is also expected. Great news, we will have a great fight in the Pyrenees.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Meh, I think it's obvious Valverde will win this if he starts

 

[Ruudz0r]

Valverde is doing the Dauphine so I dont think he will also ride this. If Quintana is here that would be nice though, but I would rather see him in Suisse especially in the stage towards Rettenbachgietscher.

 

[Jack_89]

Re:

Meh, I think it's obvious Valverde will win this if he starts

Port de Bales is a hard climb and I will make differences. 20-30s might be much more than enough to get alone

 

[Mr.White]

Re: Re:

Meh, I think it's obvious Valverde will win this if he starts

Port de Bales is a hard climb and I will make differences. 20-30s might be much more than enough to get alone

Nobody is getting 20-30s on Valverde at Port de Bales

 

[Jack_89]

Re: Re:

Meh, I think it's obvious Valverde will win this if he starts

Port de Bales is a hard climb and I will make differences. 20-30s might be much more than enough to get alone

Nobody is getting 20-30s on Valverde at Port de Bales

true, many more probably ... don't remember Nibali last year? Every MTF he put at least 60s ...Chamrousse, Risoul,Pla d'Adet, Hautacam

and we do not talk about Vuelta: La Farrapona, Ancares, at least 60s from (an injured ) Contador.
Valverde is a great rider but on long and steep clims he always paid, (so 20-30s are realist from one of the big four). And these are facts.

 

[ILovecycling]

Re:

Valverde is doing the Dauphine so I dont think he will also ride this. If Quintana is here that would be nice though, but I would rather see him in Suisse especially in the stage towards Rettenbachgietscher.

Any news about him going toSuisse?

 

[Mr.White]

Re: Re:

Meh, I think it's obvious Valverde will win this if he starts

Port de Bales is a hard climb and I will make differences. 20-30s might be much more than enough to get alone

Nobody is getting 20-30s on Valverde at Port de Bales

true, many more probably ... don't remember Nibali last year? Every MTF he put at least 60s ...Chamrousse, Risoul,Pla d'Adet, Hautacam

and we do not talk about Vuelta: La Farrapona, Ancares, at least 60s from (an injured ) Contador.
Valverde is a great rider but on long and steep clims he always paid, (so 20-30s are realist from one of the big four). And these are facts.

That same Port de Bales was ridden in last year's Tour, go rewatch that stage and then tell me what time Valverde lost to Nibali there, or to anybody.
That "injured" Contador won the Vuelta last year, injured man doesn't do that.

 

[Jack_89]

Re: Re:

Meh, I think it's obvious Valverde will win this if he starts

Port de Bales is a hard climb and I will make differences. 20-30s might be much more than enough to get alone

Nobody is getting 20-30s on Valverde at Port de Bales

true, many more probably ... don't remember Nibali last year? Every MTF he put at least 60s ...Chamrousse, Risoul,Pla d'Adet, Hautacam

and we do not talk about Vuelta: La Farrapona, Ancares, at least 60s from (an injured ) Contador.
Valverde is a great rider but on long and steep clims he always paid, (so 20-30s are realist from one of the big four). And these are facts.

That same Port de Bales was ridden in last year's Tour, go rewatch that stage and then tell me what time Valverde lost to Nibali there, or to anybody.
That "injured" Contador won the Vuelta last year, injured man doesn't do that.

-
I expected this note:however, it's pretty simple: the day after there was MTF on Pla d'Adet so why Nibali should have strong attack? and in fact, Nibali gave other 1.59s.

ok on Alberto, he was healthy but the result was the same : more than 60s in two stages with hard and long climbs, as always

 

[Mr.White]

Re: Re:

Meh, I think it's obvious Valverde will win this if he starts

true, many more probably ... don't remember Nibali last year? Every MTF he put at least 60s ...Chamrousse, Risoul,Pla d'Adet, Hautacam

and we do not talk about Vuelta: La Farrapona, Ancares, at least 60s from (an injured ) Contador.
Valverde is a great rider but on long and steep clims he always paid, (so 20-30s are realist from one of the big four). And these are facts.

That same Port de Bales was ridden in last year's Tour, go rewatch that stage and then tell me what time Valverde lost to Nibali there, or to anybody.
That "injured" Contador won the Vuelta last year, injured man doesn't do that.

-
I expected this note:however, it's pretty simple: the day after there was MTF on Pla d'Adet so why Nibali should have strong attack? and in fact, Nibali gave other 1.59s.

ok on Alberto, he was healthy but the result was the same : more than 60s in two stages with hard and long climbs, as always

[/quote]

And I expected this too. Thing is when there is only one tough climb, such as Port de Bales, and no other hard climbs, Valverde is pretty undroppable, that's why I gave that statement that no one is going to drop him. Other reason why I said that is that I don't believe he will face some very tough competition in the Route du Sud. And one more thing, Contador never gained more than 60s on Valverde in last year's Vuelta, it was less than 60

 

[Jack_89]

Re: Re:

Meh, I think it's obvious Valverde will win this if he starts

true, many more probably ... don't remember Nibali last year? Every MTF he put at least 60s ...Chamrousse, Risoul,Pla d'Adet, Hautacam

and we do not talk about Vuelta: La Farrapona, Ancares, at least 60s from (an injured ) Contador.
Valverde is a great rider but on long and steep clims he always paid, (so 20-30s are realist from one of the big four). And these are facts.

That same Port de Bales was ridden in last year's Tour, go rewatch that stage and then tell me what time Valverde lost to Nibali there, or to anybody.
That "injured" Contador won the Vuelta last year, injured man doesn't do that.

-
I expected this note:however, it's pretty simple: the day after there was MTF on Pla d'Adet so why Nibali should have strong attack? and in fact, Nibali gave other 1.59s.

ok on Alberto, he was healthy but the result was the same : more than 60s in two stages with hard and long climbs, as always

And I expected this too. Thing is when there is only one tough climb, such as Port de Bales, and no other hard climbs, Valverde is pretty undroppable, that's why I gave that statement that no one is going to drop him. Other reason why I said that is that I don't believe he will face some very tough competition in the Route du Sud. And one more thing, Contador never gained more than 60s on Valverde in last year's Vuelta, it was less than 60[/quote]

Excatly the case of last year : before Bales, what were the hard climbs ? none , Portet d Aspet is only 2° category. At Route before Bales there are two first category climbs so things could change.

about Vuelta : what's the difference beetween 50s or 60s ? The gaps are too big.
This time 20-30s will be enough for a solo win( obvious i talk of one of big four, others are nothing)

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

Alberto Contador to ride the Route du Sud

Other news :
- Garmin Cannondale at the start ;
- Quintana and Voeckler almost sure.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Ok so we will see Quintana vs Berto. Will be good to assess Berto's chances for the Tour

 

[The Hitch]

Re: Re:

Easy edition. Looks like a good race for contador to get back for.

Meh, I think it's obvious Valverde will win this if he starts

Port de Bales is a hard climb and I will make differences. 20-30s might be much more than enough to get alone

Nobody is getting 20-30s on Valverde at Port de Bales

Unless he drops a chain

 

[Jalgratas95]

After looking profile of stage 3 I came to conclusion that Pinot can't win this. But maybe he surprises me and is even better on descents than last year.

 

[Jalgratas95]

Re:

Alberto Contador to ride the Route du Sud

Other news :
- Garmin Cannondale at the start ;
- Quintana and Voeckler almost sure.

Good news. Just 17 days to see Contador race again.

 

[Antoine_Blondin]

As far as we know, Thibaut Pinot will ride the Tour of Switzerland insteaf of Route du Sud

 

[jens_attacks]

Any chance for live broadcast of luchon stage?
Pretty plz!

 

[Carols]

I will be in England during the Route du Sud. Does anyone have any ideas where I would find coverage while there? Does EuroSport carry it? Thanks!