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23rd Route
du Sud, Cat 2.3
The
Route de Sud Results on Bill Cyclingnews
http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/jun99/routedusud99.html
June 19-22, 1999
Preview:
. The race goes from Saturday to Tuesday and takes the
riders from Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne) to the plateau
de Beille (Ariège), finishing with a climb to
1789 metres. Like all the races in June, they are considered
preparation for the Tour de France which
starts (maybe) on July 3.
There are 104 riders starting in the 23rd edition of the Route
du Sud. The 13 teams will contest the GC
over 4 stages. The number of riders is down on last year as a
result of a backlash against the actions that
have followed the Tour de France in 1998. There are very few
top riders entered.
British rider Chris Boardman, Frenchmen Frédéric
Moncassin, Cédric Vasseur and Christophe Rinero,
together with American Lance Armstrong are the exceptions. The
teams entered are Banesto (Spa),
Rabobank (Ned), Lotto-Mobistar (Bel), Home Market-Charleroi (Bel),
Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spa),
Mapei-Quick Step (Ita), US Postal (USA) and the French teams
of Crédit Agricole, Casino, Festina,
Cofidis, La Française des Jeux and Big Mat-Auber 93.
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June 19 - Stage
1a - Montauban - Montauban, 111 kms:
June 19 - Stage 1b - Montauban - Montauban,
ITT, 11.1 kms:
June 20 - Stage 2 - Montauban - Mazamet,
211 kms:
June 21 - Stage 3 - Mazamet - Auzat,
181.3 kms:
June 22 - Stage 4 - Aston - Plateau
de Beille, 106.1 kms:
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Past Winners
The Route du Sud began officially in 1988 as a Cat 2.4 event.
It was previously
known as the Tour du Tarn (1977-81) and then Tour Midi-Pyrénees
(1982-87).
1977 Jacques Esclassan (Fra) Peugeot
1978 Pierre-Raymond Villemiane (Fra) Gitane
1979 Yvon Bertin (Fra) Renault
1980 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Peugeot
1981 Jean-René Bernaudeau (Fra) Peugeot
1982 Francesco Moser (Ita) Famucine
1983 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Peugeot
1984 Pascal Simon (Fra) Peugeot
1985 Stephen Roche (Ire) La Redoute
1986 Niki Rüttimann (Swi) La Vie Claire
1987 Régis Clere (Fra) Teka
1988 Ronan Pensec (Fra) Z Peugeot
1989 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Z Peugeot
1990 Yves Bonnamour (Fra) Castorama
1991 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Helvetia
1992 Arturas Kasputis (Lit) Postobon
1993 Eric Boyer (Fra) GAN
1994 Alvaro Mejia (Col) Motorola
1995 Laurent Dufaux (Sui) Festina
1996 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE
1997 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank
1998 Armand de las Cuevas (Fra) Banesto
Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin
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