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
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stage race
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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
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. The race was the 45th edition of the
Route d'Occitanie
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and was rated as a category
2.1 event on the
2021 UCI Europe Tour
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Throughout ...
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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.
UCI WorldTeams
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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 Albigensi ...
to
Auch
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Geography
Localization
Hydrography
The R ...
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Stage 3
;12 June 2021 –
Pierrefitte-Nestalas to
Le Mourtis,
Stage 4
;13 June 2021 –
Lavelanet–Pays d'Olmes to
Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse,
Classification leadership table
* On stage 2,
Magnus Cort
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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 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