Route du Sud (2015) Photos Jun 18 - 21

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Linus Gerdeman Germany Cult Energy Team at the Route Du Sud	Brian Cocquard France Europcar team at the Route Du Sud	Dayer & Nairo Quintana Colombia racing together in teh Movistar Team at Route Du Sud here at Lourdes sign-on
Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo team at sign on in Lourdes	Mick Rogers Australia Tinkoff-Saxo team at sign on in Lourdes Route Du Sud	Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo team at sign on in Lourdes for Route Du Sud
Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo team at sign on in Lourdes	Alberto Contador receiving a gift from organizers as a tribute to his recent Giro win
Ivan Basso Italy Tinkoff-Saxo team at the start of stage 1	Alberto Contador	Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador rues	Nairo Quintana Colombia Mivistar team & Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff Saxo team at the start of st1 Route Du Sud	Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo leads the peloton out in Lourdes
		Romain Feillu France Bretagne Seche Environment team was teh first to try and escape at km0 Route Du Sud st1 but it was shortlived
Jesus Hernandes Spain, Alberto Contador Spain & Iva Basso Italy lead Tinkoff-Saxo 3 minutes behind the 4 breakaway riders on st1	Movistar & Tinkoff-Saxo team cars in discussion	Escape of teh day finally settled down to Benat Txoperena Matxikote Spain Murias Taldea team, Daniel Martinez Colombia team (who took both mountains points), Cedric Pineau France FDJ team who took both sprints, and Hector Saez Benito Spain Caa Rural team. The escape lasted until teh final GPM 17 kms from teh finish when Martinexz went ahead before being caiught on teh final drag to the finish line
Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo 4th from left has his team controlling teh gap	Cedric Pineau France FDJ took both intermediate sprints on st1	Daniel Martinez Colombia & Colombia Team took both KOM GPM cat s summits during stage 1 Route Du Sud
Daniel Martinez Colombia & Colombia Team took both KOM GPM cat s summits during stage 1 Route Du Sud	Alberto Contador Soain Tinkoff Saxo during st1 Route Du Sud	Alberto Contador centre of shot takes a gel from Mick Rogers during st1
Alberto Contador centre of shot takes a gel from Mick Rogers during st1 Route Du Sud
Ryder Hesjedal Canada Cannondale Garmin, one of 4 previous Giro D'Italia winners in a quality field at Route Du Sud St1	Alex Dowsett England GBR Movistar here supporting Nairo Quinatana at Route du sud	Steven Tronet France Auber93 wins stage 1 Route Du sud after a 1400m uphill drag to teh line in Auch
		Contador was 10th
Your stage 1 winner, Steven Tronet France Auber93	Daniel Martinez Colombia takes the polka dot mountain points lead after st1 Route Du Sud	Benat Txoporena Matxikote Spain Muris Taldea team takes the combativity prize, as one of teh 4 breakaways st1 Rute du sud
Hector Saez Benito Spain Caja Rural took the amabilite award ensuring all 4 break away riders won something st 1 route du sud

Stage 2:  Auch → Saint-Gaudens, 141 km  Full Results and Report

Auch home of Dartagnan of 3 musketeers fame prepares for Route Du Sud st2	here talking to Christian Prudhomme boss of teh Tour De France in Auch before Route Dud Sud stage 2 start in Auch
	one of 2 british riders in the Route Du Sud here in Auch at st2 start	Steven Tronet France of Auber93 team starts teh day in teh leaders Coral jersey at teh Route Du Sud stage 2
Nairo Quintana Colombia Team Movistar at teh start of st2 Route Du Sud in Auch		Nairo Quintana Colombia Team Movistar at teh start of st2 Route Du Sud in Auch
	Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo on teh start line in Auch	Route Du Sud stage 2 start from Auch
Route Du Sud stage 2 start from Auch 19/06/15 with Steven Tronet France Auber93 in coral leaders jersey and Daniel Martinez Colombia in blue polka dot mountains jersey	Route Du Sud stage 2 start from Auch 19/06/15 with Steven Tronet France Auber93 in coral leaders jersey and Daniel Martinez Colombia in blue polka dot mountains jersey	Christian Prudhomme boss of the Tur de France in the presidents car for st2 of Route Du Sud from Auch to St Gaudens
Yoann Paillot France Team Marseille and Eneko Lizarralde Spain Murias Taldea Basque team	Samuel Magalhaes Portugal Radio Populaire team wins the KOM mountain points
Contadors Tinkoff-Saxo team took second place in teh pelotion all day on st 2 Route Du Sud as the leaders jersey was held by Auber93 they did the chasing of teh break	Yoann Paillot France team Marseille took the intermediate sprint st2 Route Du Sud	they were followed by the Tinkoff-Saxo
Samuel Magalhaes Portugal Radio Populaire team wins the 2nd KOM mountain points	Jorge Castiblanco Cubides Colombia team takes 2nd again in mountain points Route Du Sud st2
Mads Pederson Cult energy Denmark team in teh berak stage 2 Route Du Sud
Samuel Magalhaes Portugal Radio Populaire team was the first of the breakaway to be dropped in a hilly finale of stage 2 Route Du Sud	tomorrows mountains!	Bryan Coquard France Europcar team wins stage 2 Route Du Sud in another uphill sprint
Bryan Coquard France Europcar team wins stage 2 Route Du Sud in another uphill sprint		Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo team comfortably finished close to teh stage winner on stage 2 Route Du Sud
There were splits in the peloton today, and Ivan Basso having done sterling work for Contador again, finsihed in teh 2nd group	Nairo Quintana Colombia Movistar team after sta2 Route Du Sud
Steven Tronet Auber93 finished in teh lead group and retains the leaders jersey at Route Du Sud	Samuel Magalhaes Portugal Radio Populaire team took pver the lead of teh King of teh mountains competition stage 2 Route Du Sud	Bryan Coquard France Europcar team wins stage 2 Route Du Sud and wears the best young riders white jersey
Mads Pederson Cult energy Denmark team in the berak stage 2 Route Du Sud 19/06/15 and wins the combativity award		Yohan Bagot of Cofidis received the Green Jersey from none other than Erik Zabel multiple green jersey winner at teh Tour De France

Stage 3:  Izaourt → Bagnères-de-Luchon, 181 km  Full Results and Report

Alberto Contador Signing In
Two Giro d'Italia winners Ryder Hesjedal Canada Cannondale Garmin team and Ivan Basso Italy Tinkoff Saxo team in discussion before the stage start in Route du Sud stage 3	Stage 3 rollout
The 8 man breakaway	Loic Chetout France Cofidis in the early 8 man break	Daniel Martinez Colombia again in the break and chasing the mountains jersey
	Jerome Cousin France Europcar team in the break	Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff Saxo team with his familiar bouncing on the pedals style just behind his teammates at the front of an already reduced peloton on the Peyresourde
Haute Pyrenees summits amidst great weather on stage 3	Tinkoff Saxo lead the main peloton or whats left of it while Contador turns around to see who is left. Quintana is there just a few back.	Fast Sweeping descents with Tinkoff Saxo in front and Movistar 2nd in the peloton
Romain Hardy France Cofidis in the green jersey struggled to stay with the Tinkoff group
		Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff Saxo, Nairo Quintana Colimbia Movistar team and Pierre-Roger Latour France AG2R are the last 3 standing on the Port de Bales, with Latour the young frenchman being the big surprise
		Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) attacked a small group on the descent of Port de Bales to claim Stage 3 by 13s over Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
Alberto Contador celebrates his Stage 3 win which puts him in the race lead	2nd Nairo Quintana Colombia Movistar + 13s	Pierre-Roger Latour France Ag2r took 3rd place + 35s on the queen stage and even attacked Contador and Quintana at one point. He's only 21 years old!
	Stephane Rosetto France Cofidis was 4th + 48s and Eduardo Sepulveda Argentina Bretagne Seche Environment team was 5th	Your Stage 3 winner, Alberto Contador
		New race leader by 17s and likely the overall winner, Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo), with one more stage to go

Stage 4:  Revel → Gaillac, 166 km  Full Results and Report

Radio Popular from Portugal won the teams competion
Pierre-Roger Latour France Ag2r team in the maillot blanc white young riders jersey on the start of the final stage	Nairo Quintana Colombia Movistar team before the final stage where he sits in 2nd place behind Contador	Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo team in the leaders coral jersey before the final stage
11:31:13 where again he had to work on teh front at teh Route Du Sud IMG_3869.jpg	Daniel Martinez Colombia team retains the mountains lead	Alex Dowsett GB Movistar team before the start of teh final stage
Pierre-Roger Latour France Ag2r team in the maillot blanc white young riders jersey at the start of the final stage talking with Romain Hardy Frace Cofidis team the green spinters jersey holder	Nairo Quintana Colombia Movistar team before the final stage
Nairo Quintana talking with former pro Erik Zabel	Ivan Basso Italy Tinkoff Saxo greets old friend Erik Zabel at the start of the final stage
Rollout for Stage 4
	Happy father's day	The breakaway of the day, as is now obligatory included a Colombia team rider and Jerome Cousin (Europcar) 4th back
Jerome Cousin Europcar ventre of shot, in another break today		Pierre Henri LeCuisinier France FDJ team, despite being top 10 on the queen stage, and a former world junior champion, has to go and get team bidons from the car
	Pierrick Fedrigo France Bretagne Seche Environment in todays breakaway	Fabio Duarte Colombia team took both KOM / GPM summits today to protect his teammates lead in that competition Route Du Sud stage 4
	Sergio Paulinho Portugal and Chris Juul Jensen Denmark both Tinkoff Saxo lead the chase to keep Contador's lead controlled, while fans point to Contador.	14:24:05 Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo team in the leaders coral jersey protected by his team
Loic Chetout France Cofodis Team also in yesterday's break, was dropped on the GPM / KOM climbs by the peloton and had to fight to get back in	Eurosport Helicopter and the peloton pass through hot fields of southwest France during the final stage	Oliver Zaugg Austria Tinkoff Saxo team again leading the whole peloton in the chase of the breakaway
Crossing the river Tran just a few km before the finish	Bryan Coquard France Europcar team wins his 2nd stage of this year's Route Du Sud in Gaillac while his teammate raises his hands first
Bryan Coquard France Europcar team takes the final green points / sprinters jersey at the Route Du Sud		Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo team in the leaders coral jersey safely crosses the line in the main bunch to hold onto the overall lead
Jerome Cousin France Europcar didnt win the overall combativity prize, but, he seemed to spend a lot of kms in breaks!	Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo team on his way back to the podium at the end of stage 4, a very hot day
Your stage 4 winner, Bryan Coquard France Europcar	Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo on the podium as the Route Du Sud winner
		Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo and his famous pistolero salute!
	Bryan Coquard France Europcar team takes the final green points / sprinters jersey at Route Du Sud	Daniel Martinez Colombia team wins the King of The Mountains jersey
Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff Saxo hopes to be on the same podium step in Paris at the end of the Tour De France, while Nairo Quinatana Colombia Movistar is hoping for better	Alberto Contador Spain Tinkoff-Saxo on the podium with Pierre Roger Latour (AG2R) who finished 3rd overall and took the young riders white jersey	Your 2014 overall podium: 3rd Pierre-Roger LATOUR (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 41s, 1st Alberto CONTADOR (TINKOFF - SAXO) 16:53:22, 2nd Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR) + 17s
Mateo Montaguti Italy AG2R team took the comativity award for the final stage	Radio Popular Portugal team held the teams prize through the final day