Route du Sud 2016 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 Route du Sud is a low key stage race in the French Pyrenees just before the Tour de France. The 2016 route has been announced with one addional stage this year, a TT stage. Race info posted below.
Big Photos from 2016 — flockton |
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| 1 | Thursday, June 16 | 196 km | ||||||||||
| Saint-Pons-de-Thomières → Bessières | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | Friday, June 17 | 93 km | ||||||||||
| Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy → Albi | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | Friday, June 17 | 13.4 km | ||||||||||
 Albi → Albi | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | Saturday, June 18 | 185 km | ||||||||||
 Saint-Gaudens → Val d’Azun Couraduque | ||||||||||||
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| 5 | Sunday, June 19 | 155 km | ||||||||||
| Gers → Astarac Arros en Gascogne | ||||||||||||
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| Total Distance | 642 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Route du Sud 2016
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage 
40 Big Photos from Stage 5 — flockton
Stage 5 Results 1 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) 3:42:02 2 GENE, Yohann (DEN) 3 POULHIES, Stéphane (ADT) 4 BELLETTI, Manuel (STH) 5 HARDY, Romain (COF) 6 MARTINEZ, Yannick (DMP) 7 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOV) 8 BOEV, Igor (GAZ) 9 KAMP, Alexander (SSG) 10 CALMEJANE, Lilian (DEN) 11 LASTRA MARTINEZ, Jonathan (CJR) 12 DRAPERI, Matteo (STH) 13 JAUREGUI, Quentin (ALM) 14 Bagües Aritz (EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS) 15 FERREIRA Ricardo (RADIO POPULAR - BOAVISTA) 16 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUS) 17 BONNAFOND, Guillaume (ALM) 18 DELAGE, Mickael (FDJ) 19 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 20 FERNANDEZ CRUZ, Delio (DMP) 21 BUSATO, Matteo (STH) 22 Mager Christian (STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP) 23 EDET, Nicolas (COF) 24 OFFREDO, Yoann (FDJ) 25 BREEN, Vegard (FVC) 26 SOLER, Marc (MOV) 27 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 28 BIZKARRA, Mikel (EUS) 29 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) 30 VILELA, Ricardo (CJR) 31 GERARD, Arnaud (FVC) 32 NYCH, Artem (GAZ) 33 COMBAUD, Romain (DMP) 34 MARTÍNEZ, Daniel (STH) 35 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) 36 TULIK, Angelo (DEN) 37 DE ALMEIDA, Guillaume (RPB) 38 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) 39 JEANNESSON, Arnold (COF) 40 COUSIN, Jerome (COF) Final General Classification 1 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 16:34:57 2 SOLER, Marc (MOV) + 36 3 EDET, Nicolas (COF) + 1:06 4 VOECKLER, Thomas (DEN) + 1:15 5 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 1:55 6 VILELA, Ricardo (CJR) + 2:01 7 BIZKARRA, Mikel (EUS) + 2:12 8 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) + 2:20 9 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 2:36 10 NYCH, Artem (GAZ) + 2:38 11 ITURRIA SEGUROLA, Mikel (EUS) + 3:06 12 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOV) + 3:12 13 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) + 3:14 14 FERNANDEZ CRUZ, Delio (DMP) + 3:38 15 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUS) + 4:10 16 LEVARLET, Guillaume (AUB) + 4:41 17 JEANNESSON, Arnold (COF) + 5:41 18 FIGUEIREDO, Frederico (RPB) + 6:23 19 SEPULVEDA, Eduardo (FVC) + 7:13 20 QUINTANA ROJAS, Dayer Uberney (MOV) + 7:14Démare wins the final stage; Quintana wins the overall at Route du Sud — cyclingnews
Last 16 Km of Stage 5 (22:04 English) — eurosport
40 Big Photos from Stage 5 — flockton
Official Stage 5 Highlights (05:47 French) — LaRouteduSud
Stage 5 preview: Gers → Astarac Arros en Gascogne, 155 km (lumpy circuit)
June 18 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.
Exclusive interview with Nairo Quintana (01:46 Spanish) — LaRouteduSud
Interviews de départ - 5e étape (06:18 French) — CyclingProNet
Hugh Carthy Pre Stage 5 Interview (01:40 English) — LaRouteduSud
Stage 5 start time: Sunday 12:30 CET (10:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Gers, France
Earliest live video: 14:00 CET (12:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:11 CET (2:11:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Astarac Arros en Gascogne, France
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage
51 Big Photos from Stage 4 — flockton
Stage 4 Results 1 SOLER, Marc (MOV) 5:36:13 2 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) + 4 3 CARTHY, Hugh (CJR) 4 EDET, Nicolas (COF) + 17 5 VOECKLER, Thomas (DEN) + 21 6 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 33 7 VILELA, Ricardo (CJR) + 55 8 BIZKARRA, Mikel (EUS) + 57 9 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 10 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) + 1:25 11 ITURRIA SEGUROLA, Mikel (EUS) + 1:33 12 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) + 1:37 13 NYCH, Artem (GAZ) + 1:45 14 LEVARLET, Guillaume (AUB) + 2:09 15 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOV) 16 FERNANDEZ CRUZ, Delio (DMP) + 2:17 17 QUINTANA ROJAS, Dayer Uberney (MOV) + 2:53 18 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUS) 19 FIGUEIREDO, Frederico (RPB) + 3:47 20 JEANNESSON, Arnold (COF) + 3:59 21 SEPULVEDA, Eduardo (FVC) + 5:49 22 MARTÍNEZ, Daniel (STH) + 6:27 23 BARBAS, Yoann (ADT) + 8:21 24 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) 25 HERRADA LOPEZ, José (MOV) + 8:40 26 PEDERSEN, Mads (SSG) + 9:54 27 KADRI, Blel (ALM) + 10:20 28 OFFREDO, Yoann (FDJ) 29 DOMONT, Axel (ALM) 30 BONNAFOND, Guillaume (ALM) 31 BIDARD, François (ALM) 32 RYBALKIN, Aleksey (GAZ) 33 FEDRIGO, Pierrick (FVC) + 15:00 34 LOUBET, Julien (FVC) + 15:09 35 LASTRA MARTINEZ, Jonathan (CJR) + 15:28 36 BUSATO, Matteo (STH) + 17:56 37 GUERRERO BONILLA, Pablo (RPB) 38 HARDY, Romain (COF) + 21:13 39 VAUGRENARD, Benoît (FDJ) 40 PACHER, Quentin (DMP) + 21:31 General Classification after Stage 4 1 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 12:52:55 2 SOLER, Marc (MOV) + 36 3 CARTHY, Hugh (CJR) + 58 4 EDET, Nicolas (COF) + 1:06 5 VOECKLER, Thomas (DEN) + 1:15 6 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 1:55 7 VILELA, Ricardo (CJR) + 2:01 8 BIZKARRA, Mikel (EUS) + 2:12 9 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) + 2:20 10 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 2:36 11 NYCH, Artem (GAZ) + 2:38 12 ITURRIA SEGUROLA, Mikel (EUS) + 3:06 13 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOV) + 3:12 14 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) + 3:14 15 FERNANDEZ CRUZ, Delio (DMP) + 3:38 16 LEVARLET, Guillaume (AUB) + 3:55 17 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUS) + 4:10 18 QUINTANA ROJAS, Dayer Uberney (MOV) + 4:32 19 FIGUEIREDO, Frederico (RPB) + 5:35 20 JEANNESSON, Arnold (COF) + 5:41Full Official Stage 4 Results and General Classification — laroutedusud
Soler wins stage 4 atop Val d'Azun Couraduque — cyclingnews
Brit Hugh Carthy battles with Nairo Quintana on Route du Sud mountain stage — cyclingweekly
Last 13 Km of Stage 4 (26:50 English) — eurosport
51 Big Photos from Stage 4 — flockton
Official Stage 4 Highlights (05:30 French) — LaRouteduSud
Interviews d'arrivée - 4e étape (04:00 French) — CyclingProNet
Full On-Demand Stage 4 Broadcast (2:16:42 English) — eurosport
Stage 4 preview: Saint-Gaudens → Val d’Azun Couraduque, 185 km (Mountain)
June 17 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 4 start time: Saturday 11:00 CET (9:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Saint-Gaudens, France
Earliest live video: 14:00 CET (12:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:16 CET (2:16:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Val d’Azun Couraduque, France
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage
8 Big Photos from the Stage 3 ITT — flockton
Stage 3 Results 1 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 15:45 2 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) + 6 3 ERVITI OLLO, Imanol (MOV) + 17 4 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) + 22 5 COQUARD, Bryan (DEN) 6 MAS BONET, Luis (CJR) + 25 7 SEPULVEDA, Eduardo (FVC) + 29 8 DELAPLACE, Anthony (FVC) + 30 9 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) + 36 10 SOLER, Marc (MOV) + 39 11 OFFREDO, Yoann (FDJ) + 41 12 VAUGRENARD, Benoît (FDJ) + 43 13 EDET, Nicolas (COF) 14 DASSONVILLE, Flavien (AUB) + 46 15 MARTÍNEZ, Daniel (STH) 16 NYCH, Artem (GAZ) 17 BREEN, Vegard (FVC) + 47 18 VOECKLER, Thomas (DEN) 19 HERRADA LOPEZ, José (MOV) + 48 20 SEROV, Alexander (GAZ) 21 LOUBET, Julien (FVC) + 50 22 GERARD, Arnaud (FVC) 23 CALMEJANE, Lilian (DEN) 24 CARTHY, Hugh (CJR) + 51 25 FEDRIGO, Pierrick (FVC) + 53 26 SUTHERLAND, Rory (MOV) + 54 27 ARMIRAIL, Bruno (ADT) + 55 28 MOUREY, Francis (FVC) + 57 29 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 58 30 VILELA, Ricardo (CJR) + 59 31 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOV) + 1:00 32 HUPOND, Thierry (DMP) + 1:01 33 BUSATO, Matteo (STH) + 1:02 34 ESTEVEZ, Imanol (EUS) + 1:03 35 DOMONT, Axel (ALM) + 1:04 36 DUVAL, Julien (ADT) + 1:06 37 TULIK, Angelo (DEN) + 1:07 38 BIZKARRA, Mikel (EUS) + 1:08 39 MOLINA, Antonio (CJR) + 1:09 40 LEMARCHAND, Romain (SSG) General Classification after Stage 3 1 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) 7:16:44 2 CHAVANEL, Sylvain (DEN) + 11 3 COQUARD, Bryan (DEN) 4 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) + 21 5 ERVITI OLLO, Imanol (MOV) + 22 6 MAS BONET, Luis (CJR) + 30 7 SEPULVEDA, Eduardo (FVC) + 34 8 DELAPLACE, Anthony (FVC) + 35 9 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) + 41 10 SOLER, Marc (MOV) + 44 11 EDET, Nicolas (COF) + 47 12 DASSONVILLE, Flavien (AUB) + 51 13 MARTÍNEZ, Daniel (STH) 14 NYCH, Artem (GAZ) 15 BREEN, Vegard (FVC) + 52 16 VOECKLER, Thomas (DEN) 17 HERRADA LOPEZ, José (MOV) + 53 18 LOUBET, Julien (FVC) + 55 19 GERARD, Arnaud (FVC) 20 CARTHY, Hugh (CJR) + 56Full Official Stage 3 Results and General Classification — laroutedusud
Quintana wins time trial, takes race lead — cyclingnews
Bryan Coquard - interview d'arrivée - 3e étape (01:31 French) — CyclingProNet
Quintana takes morale-boosting TT win, lead at Route du Sud — velonews
Final Riders from the Stage 3 ITT (09:59 English) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from the Stage 3 ITT (01:23 Spanish) — @Movistar_Team
Winner's Interview from the Stage 3 ITT (01:13 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
8 Big Photos from the Stage 3 ITT — flockton
Stage 3 Highlights (02:23 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Stage 3 preview: Albi → Albi, 13.4 km (TT)
June 16 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3 start time: Friday 14:35 CET (12:35:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Albi, France
Earliest live video: 15:30 CET (1:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:03 CET (3:03:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Albi, France
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage
Stage 2 Results 1 COQUARD, Bryan (DEN) 2:11:03 2 POULHIES, Stéphane (ADT) 3 BELLETTI, Manuel (STH) 4 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOV) 5 MCLAY, Daniel (FVC) 6 MARTINEZ, Yannick (DMP) 7 SARREAU, Marc (FDJ) 8 LASTRA MARTINEZ, Jonathan (CJR) 9 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) 10 BOEV, Igor (GAZ) 11 KAMP, Alexander (SSG) 12 CHETOUT, Loïc (COF) 13 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 14 DELAGE, Mickael (FDJ) 15 PACHER, Quentin (DMP) 16 MALDONADO, Anthony (AUB) 17 DANIEL, Maxime (ALM) 18 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUS) 19 LEVARLET, Guillaume (AUB) 20 SOLER, Marc (MOV) General Classification after Stage 2 1 COQUARD, Bryan (DEN) 7:00:48 2 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) + 10 3 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) + 11 4 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOV) + 12 5 POULHIES, Stéphane (ADT) 6 BERARD, Julien (ALM) + 13 7 BELLETTI, Manuel (STH) + 14 8 DELAGE, Mickael (FDJ) 9 EDET, Nicolas (COF) + 15 10 MCLAY, Daniel (FVC) + 16 11 MARTINEZ, Yannick (DMP) 12 LASTRA MARTINEZ, Jonathan (CJR) 13 KAMP, Alexander (SSG) 14 DANIEL, Maxime (ALM) 15 CHETOUT, Loïc (COF) 16 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 17 BOEV, Igor (GAZ) 18 LEVARLET, Guillaume (AUB) 19 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUS) 20 PACHER, Quentin (DMP)Full Official Stage 2 Results and General Classification — laroutedusud
Coquard wins again on stage 2 — cyclingnews
Finish line clip from Stage 2 (00:20 Ambient) — @ESPCyclingQueen
Winner's Interview from Stage 2 (02:03 French) — CyclingProNet
Stage 2 preview: Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy → Albi, 93 km (hilly)
June 16 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 2 start time: Friday 10:00 CET (8:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Saint-Pierre-de-Trivisy, France
Earliest live video: No live video; Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 12:12 CET (10:12:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Albi, France
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage
41 Big Photos from Stage 1 — flockton
Stage 1 Results 1 COQUARD, Bryan (DEN) 4:50:01 2 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) 3 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOV) 4 MARTINEZ, Yannick (DMP) 5 MCLAY, Daniel (FVC) 6 DANIEL, Maxime (ALM) 7 POULHIES, Stéphane (ADT) 8 DELAGE, Mickael (FDJ) 9 HARDY, Romain (COF) 10 BELLETTI, Manuel (STH) 11 KAMP, Alexander (SSG) 12 LASTRA MARTINEZ, Jonathan (CJR) 13 OFFREDO, Yoann (FDJ) 14 CHETOUT, Loïc (COF) 15 QUINTANA ROJAS, Dayer Uberney (MOV) 16 LEVARLET, Guillaume (AUB) 17 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 18 COMBAUD, Romain (DMP) 19 BUSATO, Matteo (STH) 20 DELAPLACE, Anthony (FVC) General Classification after Stage 1 1 COQUARD, Bryan (DEN) 4:49:51 2 DEMARE, Arnaud (FDJ) + 4 3 QUINTANA ROJAS, Nairo (MOV) + 5 4 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin (MOV) + 6 5 DELAGE, Mickael (FDJ) + 8 6 MARTINEZ, Yannick (DMP) + 10 7 MCLAY, Daniel (FVC) 8 DANIEL, Maxime (ALM) 9 POULHIES, Stéphane (ADT) 10 HARDY, Romain (COF)Full Official Stage 1 Results — laroutedusud
Coquard wins opening stage — cyclingnews
Nairo Quintana gets in the breakaway at the Route du Sud; wins basket of fruit — cyclingweekly
Arnaud Démare au terme de la 1e étape (01:22 French) — CyclingProNet
Quintana returns to Europe with a bang — velonews
Quintana stretches his legs in Route du Sud breakaway — cyclingnews
Last 17 Km of Stage 1 (23:45 English) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 1 (01:00 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Stage 1 Rollout (00:16 Ambient Noise) — cyclismactu
41 Big Photos from Stage 1 — flockton
Official Stage 1 Highlights (05:34 French/Music) — LaRouteduSud
Stage 1 preview: Saint-Pons-de-Thomières → Bessières, 196 km (hilly/flat)
June 13 update: preview coming... — SteveArnaud Démare au départ de la 1ère étape de la Route du Sud (01:43 French) — CyclingProNet
Bryan Coquard au départ de la 1ère étape de la Route du Sud (02:09 French) — CyclingProNet
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 1 start time: Thursday 11:00 CET (9:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
Earliest live video: 14:00 CET (12:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 15:40 CET (1:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Bessières, France
2016 Route du Sud Preview
June 15 update:
Preview: Quintana puts finishing touches on Tour de France preparation — cyclingnews
Overall Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Official Startlist w/ bib numbers — steephill.tv
June 11 update:
Quintana to cap off Tour de France preparation in Route du Sud — cyclingnews
May 18 update:
Quintana opts out of Suisse and Dauphine Tour tune-ups for Route du Sud — velonews
May 15 update:
The 2016 route has been announced with one additional (TT) stage this year:
Stage profiles, maps and timetables are now posted. See the race summary table (right)
Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
Race History with Past Winners — wikipedia
Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage
 
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2016 Route du Sud Route Map
Stage maps are posted in the race summary table.