# Route d'Occitanie

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

| Year | Country | Rider | Team |
| 1977 | France | Jacques Esclassan | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 1978 | France | Pierre-Raymond Villemiane | Renault–Gitane–Campagnolo |
| 1979 | France | Yvon Bertin | Renault–Gitane |
| 1980 | France | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 1981 | France | Jean-René Bernaudeau | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin |
| 1982 | Italy | Francesco Moser | Famcucine |
| 1983 | France | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Peugeot–Shell–Michelin |
| 1984 | France | Pascal Simon | Peugeot–Shell–Michelin |
| 1985 | Ireland | Stephen Roche | La Redoute |
| 1986 | Switzerland | Niki Rüttimann | La Vie Claire |
| 1987 | France | Régis Clère | Teka |
| 1988 | France | Ronan Pensec | Z–Peugeot |
| 1989 | France | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle | Z–Peugeot |
| 1990 | France | Yves Bonnamour | Castorama |
| 1991 | Switzerland | Laurent Dufaux | Helvetia–La Suisse |
| 1992 | Lithuania | Artūras Kasputis | Postobón–Manzana–Ryalcao |
| 1993 | France | Éric Boyer | GAN |
| 1994 | Colombia | Álvaro Mejía | Motorola |
| 1995 | Switzerland | Laurent Dufaux | Festina–Lotus |
| 1996 | France | Laurent Jalabert | ONCE |
| 1997 | Australia | Patrick Jonker | Rabobank |
| 1998 | France | Armand de Las Cuevas | Banesto |
| 1999 | United States | Jonathan Vaughters | U.S. Postal Service |
| 2000 | Poland | Tomasz Brożyna | Banesto |
| 2001 | Kazakhstan | Andrey Kivilev | Cofidis |
| 2002 | United States | Levi Leipheimer | Rabobank |
| 2003 | Australia | Michael Rogers | Quick-Step–Davitamon |
| 2004 | Australia | Bradley McGee | FDJeux.com |
| 2005 | France | Sandy Casar | Française des Jeux |
| 2006 | France | Thomas Voeckler | Bouygues Télécom |
| 2007 | Spain | Óscar Sevilla | Relax–GAM |
| 2008 | Ireland | Dan Martin | Slipstream–Chipotle |
| 2009 | Poland | Przemysław Niemiec | Miche–Silver Cross–Selle Italia |
| 2010 | France | David Moncoutié | Cofidis |
| 2011 | Belarus | Vasil Kiryienka | Movistar Team |
| 2012 | Colombia | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team |
| 2013 | France | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar |
| 2014 | Ireland | Nicolas Roche | Tinkoff–Saxo |
| 2015 | Spain | Alberto Contador | Tinkoff–Saxo |
| 2016 | Colombia | Nairo Quintana | Movistar Team |
| 2017 | Switzerland | Silvan Dillier | BMC Racing Team |
| 2018 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team |
| 2019 | Spain | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team |
| 2020 | Colombia | Egan Bernal | Team Ineos |
| 2021 | Spain | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar Team |
| 2022 | Canada | Michael Woods | Israel–Premier Tech |
| 2023 | Canada | Michael Woods | Israel–Premier Tech |

### Multiple winners

| Wins | Rider | Editions |
| 3 | Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA) | 1980, 1983, 1989 |
| 2 | Laurent Dufaux (SUI) | 1991, 1995 |
| 2 | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) | 2006, 2013 |
| 2 | Nairo Quintana (COL) | 2012, 2016 |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | 2018, 2019 |
| 2 | 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 |