Tour Méditerranéen 2013 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 Normally the last finish, the narrow, twisty and scenic climb to the top of Mont Faron will be the penultimate stage of this year's Tour Méditerranéen and as usual it's the first mountaintop finish on the Europe Tour. More photos from previous years: Big Photos from 2013 — sirotti No Big Photos from 2012 Big Photos from 2011 — sirotti Big Photos from 2010 — sirotti |
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| 1 | Wednesday, February 6 | 147 km | ||||||||||
| Limoux → Gruissan | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | Thursday, February 7 | 24 km | ||||||||||
 Cap d'Agde → Sete | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | Friday, February 8 | 159 km | ||||||||||
| Marseille → Saint Remy de Provence | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | Saturday, February 9 | 145 km | ||||||||||
 Rousset → Toulon (Mt Faron) | ||||||||||||
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| 5 | Sunday, February 10 | 192 km | ||||||||||
| Bandol → Grasse | ||||||||||||
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| Total Distance | 667 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Tour Méditerranéen 2013
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage
6 Big Photos from Stage 5 — sirotti
Stage 5 Results BEL 1 ROELANDTS, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) 4:54:49 ITA 2 REDA, Francesco (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 4 ESP 3 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) + 13 COL 4 PANTANO, Jarlinson (COLOMBIA) ITA 5 MALACARNE, Davide (TEAM EUROPCAR) + 15 NED 6 MOLLEMA, Bauke (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) SWE 7 LÖVKVIST, Thomas (IAM CYCLING) + 17 ITA 8 CHIARINI, Riccardo (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) SWE 9 LARSSON, Gustav (IAM CYCLING) FRA 10 VICHOT, Arthur (FDJ) FRA 11 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE) ITA 12 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (BMC RACING TEAM) IRL 13 ROCHE, Nicolas (TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF) FRA 14 SIMON, Julien (SOJASUN) ITA 15 ROSA, Diego (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 31 FRA 16 GENIEZ, Alexandre (FDJ) BEL 17 MONFORT, Maxime (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 35 AUT 18 DENIFL, Stefan (IAM CYCLING) FRA 19 MOLARD, Rudy (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) FRA 20 MOINARD, Amaël (BMC RACING TEAM) FRA 21 ROLLAND, Pierre (TEAM EUROPCAR) FRA 22 VOECKLER, Thomas (TEAM EUROPCAR) COL 23 QUINTERO, Carlos Julian (COLOMBIA) ITA 24 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 41 FRA 25 PAURIOL, Rémi (SOJASUN) Final General Classification SWE 1 LÖVKVIST, Thomas (IAM CYCLING) 12:27:24 FRA 2 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE) ITA 3 REDA, Francesco (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 11 BEL 4 MONFORT, Maxime (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 16 IRL 5 ROCHE, Nicolas (TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF) + 20 NED 6 MOLLEMA, Bauke (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) + 30 BEL 7 ROELANDTS, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) + 41 SWE 8 LARSSON, Gustav (IAM CYCLING) + 50 FRA 9 GENIEZ, Alexandre (FDJ) FRA 10 VICHOT, Arthur (FDJ) + 1:06Full Stage 5 Results and the the final GC — directvelo
Thomas Löfkvist nicks overall race in dramatic final stage — velonation
Roelandts continues Lotto Belisol’s superb season start with eleventh team win — velonation
Tour Méditerranéen Victory Long Time Coming For Löfkvist — cyclingnews
Roche Motivated By Season Start At Tour Med With Saxo-Tinkoff — cyclingnews
Stage 5 Report (1:37 French) — france3
6 Big Photos from Stage 5 — sirotti
Stage 5 preview: Bandol → Grasse, 192 km (hilly)
February 9 update: The Mt Faron summit finish shook up the GC as expected, but the time-trialists are still at the top. Lars Boom slipped out of the race lead and now needs to make
up just one second on new race leader Maxime Monfort (RadioShack) on the final stage. There are two categorized climbs on Stage 5, but the last one is 40 km from the finish. No time bonuses means Boom and his Blanco team will have to drop Monfort for the overall win. Two riders are tied for third just 2s back. — SteveSee the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable
Stage 5 Finish Recon (03:30 No Audio) — letourmediterraneen
Zaugg forced out of Tour of the Mediterranean due to fracture — velonation
Stage 5 start time: Sunday 12:00 CET (11:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Bandol, France
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:05 CET (4:05:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Grasse, France
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage
16 Big Photos from Stage 4 — sirotti
Stage 4 Results FRA 1 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE) 3:33:12 ITA 2 REDA, Francesco (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 19 NED 3 MOLLEMA, Bauke (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) + 24 FRA 4 GENIEZ, Alexandre (FDJ) + 27 ITA 5 MONTAGUTI, Matteo (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 31 SWE 6 LÖVKVIST, Thomas (IAM CYCLING) + 35 ITA 7 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (BMC RACING TEAM) + 39 ITA 8 REBELLIN, Davide (CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE) + 41 IRL 9 ROCHE, Nicolas (TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF) + 44 ESP 10 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) FRA 11 PINOT, Thibaut (FDJ) + 45 FRA 12 VOECKLER, Thomas (TEAM EUROPCAR) FRA 13 MOINARD, Amaël (BMC RACING TEAM) + 54 FRA 14 VICHOT, Arthur (FDJ) COL 15 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (COLOMBIA) FRA 16 PAURIOL, Rémi (SOJASUN) BEL 17 MONFORT, Maxime (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) AUT 18 DENIFL, Stefan (IAM CYCLING) FRA 19 BONNAFOND, Guillaume (AG2R LA MONDIALE) ITA 20 ROSA, Diego (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 58 COL 21 PANTANO, Jarlinson (COLOMBIA) + 1:05 FRA 22 JEANDESBOZ, Fabrice (SOJASUN) + 1:09 FRA 23 CHEREL, Mikael (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 1:11 SWE 24 LARSSON, Gustav (IAM CYCLING) AUT 25 ROHREGGER, Thomas (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 1:14 NED 26 TEN DAM, Laurens (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) + 1:17 NED 27 BOOM, Lars (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) BEL 28 ROELANDTS, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) + 1:22 ITA 29 CHIARINI, Riccardo (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 1:25 FRA 30 MOLARD, Rudy (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) General Classification after Stage 4 BEL 1 MONFORT, Maxime (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) 7:32:16 NED 2 BOOM, Lars (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) + 1 SWE 3 LÖVKVIST, Thomas (IAM CYCLING) + 2 FRA 4 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE) IRL 5 ROCHE, Nicolas (TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF) + 22 ITA 6 REDA, Francesco (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 26 NED 7 MOLLEMA, Bauke (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) + 34 FRA 8 GENIEZ, Alexandre (FDJ) + 38 SWE 9 LARSSON, Gustav (IAM CYCLING) + 52 BEL 10 ROELANDTS, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) + 1:00 AUT 11 DENIFL, Stefan (IAM CYCLING) + 1:05 FRA 12 VICHOT, Arthur (FDJ) + 1:08 FRA 13 PAURIOL, Rémi (SOJASUN) + 1:15 ITA 14 MONTAGUTI, Matteo (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 1:17 NED 15 TEN DAM, Laurens (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) + 1:20 AUT 16 ROHREGGER, Thomas (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 1:26 FRA 17 ROY, Jérémy (FDJ) + 1:30 ITA 18 SANTAROMITA, Ivan (BMC RACING TEAM) + 1:42 ESP 19 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon (EUSKALTEL EUSKADI) + 1:47 FRA 20 ROUX, Anthony (FDJ) + 1:50Thieves strip Garmin-Sharp truck of 250,000 euros’ worth of bikes — velonews
Stage 4 Full Results and GC — directvelo
Péraud escapes to victory on Mont Faron — cyclingnews
Maxime Monfort takes the lead on Mont Faron stage — velonation
Boom just one second off yellow jersey and determined to strike back — velonation
16 Big Photos from Stage 4 — sirotti
Stage 4 Report (2:04 French) — france3
Stage 4 Highlights (1:40 Ambient Noise) — letourmediterraneen
Stage 4 preview: Rousset → Toulon (Mt Faron), 145 km (Mountain)
February 8 update: The traditional mountaintop finish on Mt Faron (5.5 km long, averages 9%, last 3 km are 10-12%) outside the city of Toulon (see photo above). The winner of this stage is often the overall winner but the Stage 2 individual time-trial has spread out the field more than in previous years. David Moncoutié, now retired, has won this stage more times than any other rider with 2011 being his fourth and final win (see photos below). — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable
Stage 4 Finish Recon at Mt Faron (09:22 No Audio) — letourmediterraneen
Nicolas Roche feature: Improved confidence with Team Saxo Tinkoff — velonation
12 Big Photos from Stage 5 (Mt Faron) in 2011 — sirotti 9 Big Photos from Stage 5 (Mt Faron) in 2010 — sirottiStage 4 start time: Saturday 12:30 CET (11:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Rousset, France
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:13 CET (3:13:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Toulon (Mt Faron), France
Stage 3 Canceled At Tour Méditerranéen — cyclingnews
Radioshack Defend Schleck After Tour Of Med Retirement — cyclingnews
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage
13 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti
Stage 2 Results NED 1 BOOM, Lars (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) 32:25 BEL 2 MONFORT, Maxime (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 22 FRA 3 ROUX, Anthony (FDJ) + 36 SWE 4 LÖVKVIST, Thomas (IAM CYCLING) + 43 FRA 5 ROY, Jérémy (FDJ) + 47 LUX 6 JUNGELS, Bob (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 51 POR 7 GONÇALVES, José (LA POMME MARSEILLE) + 52 IRL 8 ROCHE, Nicolas (TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF) + 54 BEL 9 ROELANDTS, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) SWE 10 LARSSON, Gustav (IAM CYCLING) + 57 USA 11 TALANSKY, Andrew (GARMIN SHARP) + 59 LTU 12 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas (GARMIN SHARP) + 1:12 CZE 13 KREUZIGER, Roman (TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF) + 1:17 FRA 14 PERAUD, Jean-Christophe (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 1:18 NED 15 TEN DAM, Laurens (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) + 1:19 ITA 16 REDA, Francesco (ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI) + 1:23 USA 17 KING, Benjamin (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 1:24 NED 18 MOLLEMA, Bauke (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) + 1:26 FRA 19 PAILLOT, Yoann (LA POMME MARSEILLE) AUT 20 DENIFL, Stefan (IAM CYCLING) + 1:27 General Classification after Stage 2 NED 1 BOOM, Lars (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) 57:48 BEL 2 MONFORT, Maxime (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 22 FRA 3 ROUX, Anthony (FDJ) + 36 SWE 4 LÖVKVIST, Thomas (IAM CYCLING) + 43 FRA 5 ROY, Jérémy (FDJ) + 47 LUX 6 JUNGELS, Bob (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) + 51 POR 7 GONÇALVES, José (LA POMME MARSEILLE) + 52 IRL 8 ROCHE, Nicolas (TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF) + 54 BEL 9 ROELANDTS, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) SWE 10 LARSSON, Gustav (IAM CYCLING) + 57Tour Stage 2 ITT Results — cyclingnews
Pinotti suffers fractured ribs in Tour Med TT crash — velonews
Lars Boom powers into the lead in stage two time trial — velonation
Stage 2 Highlights (1:18 Ambient Noise) — letourmed
Stage 2 Highlights (2:49 French) — france3
13 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti
Stage 2 preview: Cap d'Agde → Sete, 24 km (TT)
February 7 update: A flat, 24 km individual time-trial on a spit along the Mediterranean Sea with an uphill (max. 15%) finish in Sete. Stage 13 of the 2012 Tour de France finished at the start host, Cap d’Agde, see photos below. — SteveSee the race summary for the stage profile, map and timetable
Stage 2 Finish Recon in Sete (05:26 No Audio) — letourmediterraneen
Stage 2 interactive map — bikemap
Big Photos from the Cap d’Agde Finish at the 2012 Tour de France — sirotti/flockton/reuters
Stage 2 start time: Thursday 13:00 CET (12:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Cap d'Agde, France
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:45 CET (3:45:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Sete, France
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage
13 Big Photos from Stage 1 — sirotti
Stage 1 Results GER 1 GREIPEL, André (LOTTO BELISOL) 3:25:23 ITA 2 PELUCCHI, Matteo (IAM CYCLING) FRA 3 DANIEL, Maxime (SOJASUN) ITA 4 NIZZOLO, Giacomo (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) BEL 5 ROELANDTS, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) FRA 6 DRUJON, Mathieu (BIGMAT - AUBER 93) BEL 7 LODEWYCK, Klaas (BMC RACING TEAM) NED 8 HOFLAND, Moreno (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) NOR 9 HUSHOVD, Thor (BMC RACING TEAM) NED 10 KREDER, Raymond (GARMIN SHARP) General Classification after Stage 1 GER 1 GREIPEL, André (LOTTO BELISOL) 3:25:23 ITA 2 PELUCCHI, Matteo (IAM CYCLING) FRA 3 DANIEL, Maxime (SOJASUN) ITA 4 NIZZOLO, Giacomo (RADIOSHACK LEOPARD) BEL 5 ROELANDTS, Jurgen (LOTTO BELISOL) FRA 6 DRUJON, Mathieu (BIGMAT - AUBER 93) BEL 7 LODEWYCK, Klaas (BMC RACING TEAM) NED 8 HOFLAND, Moreno (BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM) NOR 9 HUSHOVD, Thor (BMC RACING TEAM) NED 10 KREDER, Raymond (GARMIN SHARP)Full Official Stage 1 Results — letourmed
Stage 1 Results — cyclingnews
Tour Méditerranéen: André Greipel takes stage one in Gruissan bunch sprint — velonation
Schleck abandons 2013 Tour Mediterraneen — velonews
13 Big Photos from Stage 1 — sirotti
Stage 1 Highlights (1:40 Ambient Noise) — letourmed
Stage 1 Highlights (2:45 French) — france3
Stage 1 preview: Limoux → Gruissan, 147 km (hilly/flat)
February 6 update: Stage 1 starts out hilly after the start in Limoux but the second of the stage is flat as the race heads to the Mediterranean Sea and the finish in Gruissan. High winds forecasted. — SteveSee the race summary for the stage profile, map and timetable
Stage 1 Finish Recon in Gruissan (04:39 No Audio) — letourmediterraneen
Official Startlist with bib numbers (updated Feb 6th) — steephill.tv
Stage 1 start time: Wednesday 12:20 CET (11:20:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Limoux, France
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:15 CET (3:15:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Gruissan, France
2013 Tour Méditerranéen Race Preview
GC Favorites (according to cyclismactu.net)*** : Pierre Rolland, Michel Kreder
** : Christophe Le Mével, Thomas Voeckler, Thomas Dekker
* : Thibaut Pinot, Thomas Lofkvist, Fabio Duarte, Davide Rebellin, Nicolas Roche, Alexandre Geniez, Pierrick Fédrigo, Jean Christophe Péraud, Franco Pellizotti, Romain Sicard, Bauke Mollema, Robert Kiserlovski
February 6 update:
Hushovd continues comeback at Tour Med — velonews
February 5 update:
Le Tour Méditerranéen demain midi — midilibre.fr
Official Site — letourmed.fr
more to come...
Live Streaming Video and TV Coverage
Feburary 5 update: As usual, there is no live video for this race, only official live text updates on Twitter. Expect, brief highlights from france3 later in the day and big photos from Sirotti. — SteveStage 5 Live Updates (French... English Translation) — direct.directvelo
2013 Tour Méditerranéen Route Map
