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 2017 route has been announced with one addional stage this year, a TT stage. Race info posted below.
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1 | Thursday, June 15 | 177 km | ||||||||||
Villeveyrac → Saint-Pons-de-Thomières | ||||||||||||
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2 | Friday, June 16 | 174 km | ||||||||||
Espace Loisirs Sor et Agout → Saramon | ||||||||||||
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3 | Saturday, June 17 | 167 km | ||||||||||
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4 | Sunday, June 18 | 155 km | ||||||||||
Gers – Saint Michel → Nogaro | ||||||||||||
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Total Distance | 673 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Route du Sud 2017
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage 
34 Big Photos from Stage 4 — flocktonREPORT: @KennyElissonde wraps up third overall on an exciting final day at the Route du Sud.
— Team Sky 🚲 (@TeamSky) June 18, 2017
📝 > https://t.co/0ikrPrShFX #RDS2017🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/ROUezLcMYZ
Stage 4 Results 1 SCULLY, Thomas (CDT) 3:27:03 2 LETURNIER, Mathias (COF) 3 MAINARD, Jerome (ADT) 4 STALNOV, Nikita (AST) 5 LEDANOIS, Kevin (FVC) 6 CHEVRIER, Clement (ALM) 7 VIVIANI, Elia (SKY) 8 COQUARD, Bryan (DEN) 9 ANTOMARCHI, Julien (RLM) 10 BARBERO CUESTA, Carlos (MOV) 11 DRUCKER, Jean-Pierre (BMC) 12 VAN ASBROECK, Tom (CDT) 13 VENTURINI, Clement (COF) 14 MANZIN, Lorrenzo (FDJ) 15 BIZKARRA ETXEGIBEL, Mikel (EUS) 16 FOURNIER, Marc (FDJ) 17 MALDONADO, Anthony (AUB) 18 TOUZE, Damien (AUB) 19 LASTRA MARTINEZ, Jonathan (CJR) 20 SISKEVICIUS, Evaldas (DMP) Final General Classification 1 DILLIER, Silvan (BMC) 17:11:09 2 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) + 7 3 ELISSONDE, Kenny (SKY) + 1:44 4 FEILLU, Brice (FVC) + 2:47 5 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) + 4:07 6 LOUBET, Julien (ADT) + 4:42 7 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) + 5:38 8 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (CDT) + 5:45 9 FINETTO, Mauro (DMP) + 5:51 10 DUPONT, Hubert (ALM) + 6:33Dillier seals overall Route du Sud victory — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 4 (01:42 Ambient) — eurosport
Last 10 Km of Stage 4 (14:21 English) — eurosport
34 Big Photos from Stage 4 — flockton
Interview with the Overall Winner Pre-Stage 4 (01:08 French) — LaRouteduSud
Résumé étape 4 / Official Stage 4 Highlights (03:58 French) — LaRouteduSud-LaDépêcheduMidi
Stage 4 preview: Gers – Saint Michel → Nogaro, 155 km (lumpy)
June 17 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 4 start time: Sunday 12:00 CET (10:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Gers – Saint Michel, France
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 15:40 CET (1:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Nogaro, France
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage 
76 Big Photos from Stage 3 — flocktonRolland a fait la brèche ! #RDS2017#Gavarnie pic.twitter.com/Jvx7yeR5K0
— La Route du Sud (@RDSudOfficiel) June 17, 2017
Stage 3 Results 1 ROLLAND, Pierre (CDT) 4:56:06 2 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) + 42 3 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) 4 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (CDT) 5 DILLIER, Silvan (BMC) + 55 6 DUPONT, Hubert (ALM) + 1:23 7 SEPULVEDA, Eduardo (FVC) + 1:41 8 KOZHATAYEV, Bakhtiyar (AST) + 1:49 9 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) + 2:15 10 ELISSONDE, Kenny (SKY) 11 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 2:41 12 FEILLU, Brice (FVC) + 3:11 13 ZEITS, Andrey (AST) + 3:27 14 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 4:38 15 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) 16 LOUBET, Julien (ADT) + 5:49 17 VOECKLER, Thomas (DEN) + 5:57 18 COMBAUD, Romain (DMP) + 6:24 19 FINETTO, Mauro (DMP) + 6:26 20 SENNI, Manuel (BMC) + 7:06 21 THOMAS, Geraint (SKY) + 7:19 22 RIBLON, Christophe (ALM) + 8:37 23 EDET, Nicolas (COF) + 9:29 24 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) 25 BIDARD, François (ALM) 26 ROY, Jérémy (FDJ) + 9:41 27 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 10:30 28 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 29 DI GREGORIO REMY (DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM) + 10:52 30 BIZKARRA ETXEGIBEL, Mikel (EUS) + 11:24 31 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUS) 32 TXOPERENA MATXIKOTE Beñat (EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS) 33 VALGREN ANDERSEN, Michael (AST) + 12:03 34 PEREZ, Anthony (COF) + 12:19 35 GESBERT, Elie (FVC) + 13:29 36 VINCENT, Léo (FDJ) + 14:02 37 MOLINA CANET, Antonio (CJR) + 14:54 38 SLAGTER, Tom-Jelte (CDT) + 15:21 39 ARCAS PEÑA Jorge (MOVISTAR) + 16:10 40 HERRADA LOPEZ Jose (MOVISTAR) + 16:57 General Classification after Stage 3 1 DILLIER, Silvan (BMC) 13:44:06 2 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) + 1 3 ELISSONDE, Kenny (SKY) + 1:38 4 FEILLU, Brice (FVC) + 2:34 5 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) + 4:01 6 LOUBET, Julien (ADT) + 4:36 7 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) + 5:32 8 URAN URAN, Rigoberto (CDT) + 5:39 9 FINETTO, Mauro (DMP) + 5:45 10 DUPONT, Hubert (ALM) + 6:20Rolland claims queen stage of Route du Sud — cyclingnews
Dillier surprised by chance to win Route du Sud overall — cyclingnews
Last 4 Km of Stage 3 (19:12 Ambient Noise) — eurosport
Last 12 Km of Stage 3 (40:30 English) — eurosport
Stage 3 winner's interview (01:41 French/English) — eurosport
76 Big Photos from Stage 3 — flockton
Résumé étape 3 / Official Stage 3 Highlights (04:30 French) — LaRouteduSud
Stage 3 preview: Saint-Gaudens → Gavarnie-Gèdre, 167 km (Mountain)

June 16 update:
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3 start time: Saturday 11:00 CET (9:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Saint-Gaudens, France
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 15:46 CET (1:46:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Gavarnie-Gèdre, France
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage 
53 Big Photos from Stage 2 — flocktonVictoire de @eliaviviani au sprint à Saramon dans le Gers pour la 2e étape de la #RDS2017 ! pic.twitter.com/3TBi1YKohW
— La Route du Sud (@RDSudOfficiel) June 16, 2017
Stage 2 Results 1 VIVIANI, Elia (SKY) 4:15:08 2 BARBERO CUESTA, Carlos (MOV) 3 MANZIN, Lorrenzo (FDJ) 4 DRUCKER, Jean-Pierre (BMC) 5 COQUARD, Bryan (DEN) 6 VENTURINI, Clement (COF) 7 VAN ASBROECK, Tom (CDT) 8 VEREECKEN, Nicolas (RLM) 9 MALDONADO, Anthony (AUB) 10 WIPPERT, Wouter (CDT) 11 GRIVKO, Andrey (AST) 12 TRONET, Steven (ADT) 13 GERTS, Floris (BMC) 14 JAUREGUI, Quentin (ALM) 15 VERMEULEN, Emiel (RLM) 16 LASTRA MARTINEZ, Jonathan (CJR) 17 FOURNIER, Marc (FDJ) 18 MCLAY, Daniel (FVC) 19 MARTINEZ, Yannick (DMP) 20 CARDIS, Romain (DEN) General Classification after Stage 2 1 LOUBET, Julien (ADT) 8:46:47 2 DILLIER, Silvan (BMC) + 24 3 FINETTO, Mauro (DMP) + 32 4 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) + 36 5 FEILLU, Brice (FVC) 6 ELISSONDE, Kenny (SKY) 7 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 8 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) 9 PEREZ, Anthony (COF) 10 GUILLEMOIS, Romain (DEN) + 1:23Viviani wins stage 2 at Route du Sud — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 2 (02:40 English) — eurosport
Last 18 Km of Stage 2 (24:20 English) — eurosport
Résumé étape 2 / Official Stage 2 Highlights (03:48 French) — LaRouteduSud
53 Big Photos from Stage 2 — flockton
Stage 2 preview: Espace Loisirs Sor et Agout → Saramon, 174 km (lumpy)
June 15 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 2 start time: Friday 12:00 CET (10:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Espace Loisirs Sor et Agout, France
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:08 CET (2:08:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Saramon, France
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage 

68 Big Photos from Stage 1 — flockton
Stage 1 Results 1 LOUBET, Julien (ADT) 4:31:53 2 DILLIER, Silvan (BMC) + 22 3 FINETTO, Mauro (DMP) 4 PEREZ, Anthony (COF) 5 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 6 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) 7 FEILLU, Brice (FVC) 8 ELISSONDE, Kenny (SKY) 9 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) 10 GUILLEMOIS, Romain (DEN) + 1:09 11 ROY, Jérémy (FDJ) + 1:11 12 CHEVRIER, Clement (ALM) 13 SMUKULIS, Gatis (DMP) + 3:22 14 TOUZE Fabien (HP BTP - AUBER 93) + 5:56 15 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) 16 TRONET, Steven (ADT) 17 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) 18 VALGREN ANDERSEN, Michael (AST) 19 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu (FDJ) 20 PACHER, Quentin (DMP) 21 POELS, Wout (SKY) 22 KOZHATAYEV, Bakhtiyar (AST) 23 KORSÆTH Truls (ASTANA) 24 LASTRA MARTINEZ, Jonathan (CJR) 25 HENAO MONTOYA, Sergio Luis (SKY) 26 SENNI, Manuel (BMC) 27 GOUAULT, Pierre (AUB) 28 THOMAS, Geraint (SKY) 29 RIBLON, Christophe (ALM) 30 COMBAUD, Romain (DMP) 31 HERRADA LOPEZ Jose (MOVISTAR) 32 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC) 33 FERRARI BARCELO, Fabricio (CJR) 34 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) 35 TXOPERENA MATXIKOTE Beñat (EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS) 36 ZEITS, Andrey (AST) 37 VENTURINI, Clement (COF) 38 DI GREGORIO REMY (DELKO MARSEILLE PROVENCE KTM) 39 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz (EUS) 40 MARTINEZ, Yannick (DMP) General Classification after Stage 1 1 LOUBET, Julien (ADT) 4:31:39 2 DILLIER, Silvan (BMC) + 24 3 FINETTO, Mauro (DMP) + 32 4 PEREZ, Anthony (COF) + 36 5 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 6 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) 7 FEILLU, Brice (FVC) 8 ELISSONDE, Kenny (SKY) 9 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) 10 GUILLEMOIS, Romain (DEN) + 1:23Full Official Stage 1 Results — rds
Loubet claims opening stage of Route du Sud — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 1 (02:02 English) — eurosport
Last 17 Km of Stage 1 (23:23 English) — eurosport
68 Big Photos from Stage 1 — flockton
Résumé étape 1 / Highlights stage 1 (03:35 French) — LaRouteduSud-LaDépêcheduMidi
Stage 1 preview: Villeveyrac → Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, 177 km (hilly)
June 14 update: Villeveyrac, grand départ de la 41e Route du Sud La Dépêche-Midi Libre — midilibre.fr
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 1 start time: Thursday 12:00 CET (10:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Villeveyrac, France
Earliest live video: 15:00 CET (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:30 CET (2:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Saint-Pons-de-Thomières, France
2017 Route du Sud Preview 
June 14 update:Thursday in Villeveyrac, 5 olympic medalists at the start of the #RDS2017 : Coquard, Viviani, Sanchez, Uran...and Geraint Thomas 🥇🥈🥉 pic.twitter.com/PEv7cLYPs1
— La Route du Sud (@RDSudOfficiel) June 13, 2017
Geraint Thomas: My Giro what ifs and bouncing back for the Tour de France — cyclingnews
Wout Poels has to prove form at Route de Sud if he wants to race Tour de France — cyclingweekly
May 4 update:
Route du Sud : découvrez le tracé de l'édition 2017 — ladepeche.fr
Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
Race History with Past Winners — wikipedia
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Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage 
June 14 update: A work in progress for 2017 Route du Sud live and delayed coverage. Most live feeds will be country restricted, but unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Stevemedia source | tv or internet | comments/restrictions | |
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2017 Route du Sud Route Map 

Stage maps are posted in the race summary table.