The 2021 Route d'Occitanie (known as the La Route d'Occitanie -
La Dépêche du Midi
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for sponsorship reasons) was a
road cycling
Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws as ...
stage race that took place between 10 and 13 June 2021 in the southern French
region
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of
Occitanie Occitanie may refer to:
*Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French
*Occitania (administrative region)
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. The race was the 45th edition of the
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 ...
and was rated as a category
2.1
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The rating is represented by a code made of two or three parts and indicates both the type or style ...
event on the
2021 UCI Europe Tour
The 2021 UCI Europe Tour was the 17th season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 24 January 2021 with the Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 – Gran Premio Valencia and ended on 24 October 2021 with the Ronde van Drenthe.
Throughout t ...
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Teams
Eight of the nineteen
UCI WorldTeam
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s, eight
UCI ProTeams, three
UCI Continental
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teams, and the
French national team made up the twenty-teams that participated in the race. Only three teams did not enter a full squad of seven riders: and entered five riders each, while entered six riders. Of the 135 riders who started the race, 107 finished.
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UCI Continental Teams
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National Teams
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France
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Route
Stages
Stage 1
;10 June 2021 –
Cazouls-lès-Béziers to
Lacaune-les-Bains,
Stage 2
;11 June 2021 –
Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Villefranche-de-Rouergue (; oc, Vilafranca de Roergue ) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Villefranche-de-Rouergue station has rail connections to Toulouse, Figeac and Aurillac.
History
At the end of the Albigens ...
to
Auch,
Stage 3
;12 June 2021 –
Pierrefitte-Nestalas
Pierrefitte-Nestalas is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Geography
Pierrefitte-Nestalas is in the southern part of the Lavedan valley in the central French Pyrenees mountains. It is at the point of confluen ...
to
Le Mourtis,
Stage 4
;13 June 2021 –
Lavelanet–Pays d'Olmes to
Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse,
Classification leadership table
* On stage 2,
Magnus Cort
Magnus Cort Nielsen (born 16 January 1993) is a Danish professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Career Orica–GreenEDGE (2015–17)
In June 2014, World Tour team signed Cort for three years, starting from the ...
, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed
Andrea Vendrame
Andrea Vendrame (born 20 July 1994 in Conegliano) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia.
Major results
;2014
: 10th Gran Premio della Liberazione
: 10th ...
wore the orange jersey as the leader of the general classification.
Final classification standings
General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Team classification
References
External links
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2021 UCI Europe Tour
2021 in French sport
June 2021 sports events in France