Route d'Occitanie
Stage-race
DateLate June
RegionSouthern France
EnglishSouth Cycling Route (when known as Route du Sud)
LocalnamesLa Route d'Occitanie Cycliste (in French)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Europe Tour
First1977
Number48 (as of 2025)
FirstwinnerJacques Esclassan (France)
MostwinsGilbert Duclos-Lassalle (France) (3 wins)
MostrecentNicolas Prodhomme (France)

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

Multiple winners

WinsRiderEditions
3Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (France)1980, 1983, 1989
2Laurent Dufaux (Switzerland)1991, 1995
Thomas Voeckler (France)2006, 2013
Nairo Quintana (Colombia)2012, 2016
Alejandro Valverde (Spain)2018, 2019
Michael Woods (Canada)2022, 2023

Wins per country

WinsCountry
18
5
4,
3,
2
1, , , , ,
1No winner
  • (in French)