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L'Étape du Tour

March 28, 2023

L'Étape du Tour de France (also called L'Étape du Tour or just L'Étape) is an organised mass participation cyclosportive that allows amateur cyclists to race over the same route as a Tour de France stage. First held in 1993, and now organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), it takes place each July, normally on a Tour rest day.

Most often the stage chosen for L'Étape du Tour is the queen stage of the Tour de France, which normally is a high mountain stage in either the Pyrenees or French Alps. 15,000 entries are being sold by the organizers, with many participants travelling from foreign countries to compete. The event takes place on roads closed by the police to other traffic, with refreshment stops, mechanical assistance, and medical support provided along the route.

International versions of L'Étape, marketed under the name Étape by Tour de France series, are held annually in various countries around the world to give local riders a Tour de France-like experience. Events are currently being staged in Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Greece, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, and the USA.

All male winners

  • 1993 Christophe Rinero. Rinero went on to finish 4th at the 1998 Tour de France.
  • 1994 Igor Pavlov. This edition was poorly coordinated and a number of incidents including cows standing in the middle of the road on the Tourmalet were reported.
  • 1995 Thierry Bourguignon. There was tragedy in this event as young cyclist Sylvain Chaigneau died on the descent of the Croix De Fer.
  • 1996 Frédéric Bessy. Bessy went on to ride in the professional peloton and won the 2004 GP Lugano in Switzerland. He retired in 2007.
  • 1997 Patrick Bruet. The man who finished second, Grzegorz Gwiazdowski, arrived late and set off ten minutes behind everyone else and he technically was the real time winner
  • 1998 Joe Doran, an Australian cyclist racing in France. For security reasons the organisers held two qualifying heats on 3 and 10 May.
  • 1999 Cyril Bastière. There were no qualifying heats this time and the police helped with organization which made the race much safer.
  • 2000 Igor Pavlov. Pavlov recorded his second win at the Étape. Some very well known cyclists rode the event including Greg LeMond, Éric Boyer, Bruno Cornillet, Atle Kvålsvoll, François Lemarchand, Ronan Pensec and Jérôme Simon. The race finished on Mont Ventoux
  • 2001 Igor Pavlov. Pavlov got a back to back victory and his third victory at the Étape.
  • 2002 Laurent Marcon. Astonishingly, there was a high rate of finishers. 7,108 finished from 7,500 starters. Nearly 95% of people finished.
  • 2003 Loic Herbreteau. Really hot temperatures made some of the climbs unbearable. Spanish cycling legends, Miguel Induráin and Abraham Olano, both competed.
  • 2004 Jean-Christophe Currit. It was the longest route ever. French cycling legend Raymond Poulidor started the race. Abraham Olano competed for the second year in succession.
  • 2005 Laurent Marcon. Marcon took his second victory at the Étape. 8500 people entered the Étape.
  • 2006 Blaise Sonnery. Sonnery went on to ride for Ag2r–La Mondiale He rode for them until 2009.
  • 2007 Nicolas Fritsch. Fritsch was a former professional peloton rider and he rode for Marc Madiot on the Française Des Jeux team. Olano and LeMond competed in the event once more.
  • 2008 Laurent Four. It was extremely cloudy which prevented the riders from seeing the sights of the race.
  • 2009 Dimitri Champion. Dimitri Champion was racing for Bretagne–Schuller at the time and he was also the French national road race champion. It was an extremely hot day with many riders having to dismount on Mont Ventoux because of the heat.
  • 2010 Jean-Christophe Currit. Currit took his second Étape victory. The race finished on the Col Du Tourmalet. 10,000 people entered the race.
  • 2011. There was a change in 2011 and a two-day race occurred rather than just the one day.

Stage one Jean-Christophe Currit. Currit took the first stage which went over the Col Du Galibier and finished at the Alpe d'Huez.

Stage two Lilian Jégou Jégou was a former professional peloton rider who retired the previous at Bretagne–Schuller. He had previously ridden for Française des Jeux for a number of years. Heavy rain meant poor conditions and only 2094 people crossed the line at the end.

  • 2012. Once more a two-day event

Stage one Robin Cattet. A day of high climbing with a lack of preparation hindered many participants.

Stage two Nicolas Roux. As it was Bastille day it was a day of celebration. Frenchmen Nicolas Roux took the victory. Rain meant the sights of the Pyrenees couldn't be seen.

  • 2013 Nicolas Roux. Back to the original one day format. Roux took a second Étape win. Climbed up to Annecy Semnoz for the win. 11,475 started which is the best ever participation. Over 10,000 finished.
  • 2014 Loic Herbreteau. Eleven years after his first Étape victory, Herbreteau struck again beating Peter Pouly by nearly four minutes. Former winner Lilian Jégou was sixth and Nicolas Roux, 2013 winner, finished sixteenth. Former professional rider Julien Belgy finished 44th. 2008 Winner Laurent Four finished 133rd
  • 2015 Jérémy Bescond. Former Cofidis rider Bescond won the race. Former winner Lillian Jegou finished 74th.
  • 2016 French rider Tao Quéméré won this year's race.
  • 2017 This years edition was won by Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen.
  • 2018 French rider Victor Lafay took the victory. He went on to win the 8th stage of the 2021 Giro d'Italia.
  • 2019 Cédrick Dubois claimed this year's victory.
  • 2022 Stefan Kirchmair from Austria took the victory in the 2022 edition.

Recent Étapes du Tour

2007

Greg LeMond rode this Étape along with his son, after being inspired by his son riding it previously. LeMond said "I had the time of my life", despite getting "650th place" and being "impressed that I even finished". "I decided that day that nobody's going to keep me from cycling, not Trek, not Armstrong, not Verbuggen, not anybody.". [1][2] British comedian Hugh Dennis also rode this Étape.

2008

 
2008 Tour de France Stage 10 profile

In 2008, the 167 km stage 10 from Pau to Hautacam, including a passage over the 2114 m./6935 ft. Col du Tourmalet was selected for L'Étape du Tour with Laurent Four coming home in the fastest time of 5 hours 38 minutes. Unfortunately, the weather on the day was very poor and visibility at the summit of the Tourmalet was down to 10m.

2009

The 2009 edition started in Montélimar (Drôme) and covered 172 km and four smaller climbs (côte de Citelle, col d'Ey, col de Fontaube, col de Notre-Dame des Abeilles) before finishing at the summit of Mont Ventoux.

2010

The 2010 event started in Pau and finished at the Col du Tourmalet on 18 July 2010. Nearly 7000 cyclists completed the event, thanks to weather far better than the pros had several days later.

2011

For 2011, ASO organised two "Étapes". The first, on 11 July, on the Modane – Alpe d'Huez stage covering 109 km, was the shortest in history. This is the same stage the pros rode in Stage 19 on 22 July. The second Étape for 2011, on 17 July, was actually the longest in history, covering 208 km, from Issoire to Saint Flour in the massif central (south of Clermont-Ferrand). The pros rode this stage on 10 July in Stage 9 of the 2011 TdF.

2012

In 2012 there were two events. The first event was from Albertville to La Toussuire on 8 July, following the 140 km route of stage 11 of the Tour de France and including the Col de la Madeleine and the Col de la Croix de Fer, finishing at La Toussuire, part of the Les Sybelles ski area.[3] The second event held on 14 July followed the route of stage 16 from Pau to Bagnères-de-Luchon, crossing the Col d'Aubisque, Col du Tourmalet, Col d'Aspin, and Col de Peyresourde for a total distance of 197 km.[4] Only about 60% of entrants finished either event within the official cut-off times.

2013

ASO reverted to a single event for 2013 partly because the 2012 event lost money due to logistics associated with deploying buses and trucks to recover riders who were unable to finish. On 7 July, the Étape recreated stage 20 of the 2013 Tour de France, starting in the town of Annecy and finishing at the ski station of Annecy-Semnoz at an altitude of 1,655m. The 130 km route included the climb of the 1,142m des Prés and the 1,463m Mont Revard.[5]

2014

The 2014 event on 20 July 2014 followed a similar route to the 2008 event, beginning in Pau and finishing at Hautacam.

2015

The 2015 route began in the Savoie town of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and covered a 140 km course, climbing the Col de Chaussy, Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Mollard, with a summit finish at La Toussuire.

2016

In 2016, the event began in Megève and ended in Morzine in the Haute Savoie. The race was shortened to 122 km and three mountain passes after Col de la Ramaz had to be skipped due to rockfall danger on the descent. 11,471 participants set off from Megève to climb the 1,487m Col des Aravis, the 1,618m Col de la Colombière and the 1,691m Col de Joux Plane. A record 11,212 finishers reached Megève. The winner was Tao Quemere in 3h33'35" and the first woman was Edwige Pitel in 3h56'37".

2017

The 2017 event, held on 16 July, followed a nearly identical route to what was used four days later for Stage 18 of the 2017 Tour de France. Both L'Étape and the Tour's Stage 18 started in Briançon and ended atop the 2,360m Col d'Izoard, with L'Étape listed as 181 km and Stage 18 as 179.5 km.

2018

L'Étape du Tour 2018 was held on 8 July and featured a 169 km route from Annecy to Le Grand-Bornand, taking in four significant climbs, and totalling 4,756m of vertical ascent.

2019

The 2019 edition was held on 21 July on the course of stage 20 of the Tour de France of the same year. The 135 km route from Albertville to Val Thorens featured 4,563m of climbing up to Cormet de Roselend (Catégorie 1), Côte de Longefoy (Catégorie 2), and the final climb to Val Thorens (Hors Catégorie). The actual Tour de France stage six days later had to be cut short to just 59 km, due to a heavy hailstorm that caused landslides the day before.

2020 and 2021

The 2020 event, which was set to follow the route of stage 2 of the 2020 Tour de France from Nice to Nice, had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizers attempted to run the same route in 2021, but ultimately this plan also had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022

The 30th edition of L'Étape du Tour took place on 10 July 2022 on the same route as stage 12 of the Tour de France between Briançon and Alpe d'Huez over 168 km with more than 4,700m of climbing, including the Col du Galibier (hors catégorie), Col de la Croix de Fer (hors catégorie), and the final climb to Alpe d'Huez (hors catégorie). In the COVID-19 aftermath only 11,000 riders out of 16,000 inscriptions showed up at the starting line, and 8,685 finished within the official time limit.

2023

The 31st edition of L’Étape du Tour will be held on 9 July 2023 on the same route as stage 14 of the Tour de France between Annemasse and Morzine over 152 km with more than 4,100m of climbing, including the Col de Saxel (Catégorie 3), Col de Cou (Catégorie 1), Col de Feu (Catégorie 1), Col de la Ramaz (Catégorie 1), and Col de Joux Plane (Hors Catégorie).

References

  1. ^ Greg LeMond - 'Cycling is dying through Drugs' at Play the Game Conference, 25:00, Play the Game Conference, Coventry University, 2009 Jun 12, retr 2012 10 14
  2. ^ Greg LeMond - ‘Cycling is dying through drugs’, 25:00, Coventry University, Play the Game Conference, 2009 Jun 12. retrieved 2012 10 14
  3. ^ "Albertville – La Toussuire – Les Sybelles". L'Étape du Tour. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  4. ^ "Albertville – La Pau – Bagnères-de-Luchon". L'Étape du Tour. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Annecy – Annecy Semnoz: The 100th Edition of the Tour Version Cyclo!". Amaury Sport Organisation. Retrieved 26 February 2013.

External links

  • Official l'Étape du Tour site
  • Velo Magazine Étape du Tour site
  • Sunday Times article about riding and suffering during the 2007 Etape
  • atomicecho.com/etape A blog about training for and riding the Etape du Tour
  • Very detailed article on 2007 Étape
  • L'Etape du Tour for Charity The charity which helps raise funds for children and young adults to enter the paralympics
  • Preview videos and trailers on Vimeo Channel
  • 2011 Etape Alps report with photos
  • 2010 Etape Pyrenees report on the epic stage to the Tourmalet

March 28, 2023
Étape, tour, france, also, called, just, Étape, organised, mass, participation, cyclosportive, that, allows, amateur, cyclists, race, over, same, route, tour, france, stage, first, held, 1993, organised, amaury, sport, organisation, takes, place, each, july, n. L Etape du Tour de France also called L Etape du Tour or just L Etape is an organised mass participation cyclosportive that allows amateur cyclists to race over the same route as a Tour de France stage First held in 1993 and now organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation ASO it takes place each July normally on a Tour rest day Most often the stage chosen for L Etape du Tour is the queen stage of the Tour de France which normally is a high mountain stage in either the Pyrenees or French Alps 15 000 entries are being sold by the organizers with many participants travelling from foreign countries to compete The event takes place on roads closed by the police to other traffic with refreshment stops mechanical assistance and medical support provided along the route International versions of L Etape marketed under the name Etape by Tour de France series are held annually in various countries around the world to give local riders a Tour de France like experience Events are currently being staged in Australia Bolivia Brazil Canada China Colombia Cyprus Czech Republic Ecuador Greece Indonesia Malaysia Mexico Netherlands Romania Spain and the USA Contents 1 All male winners 2 Recent Etapes du Tour 2 1 2007 2 2 2008 2 3 2009 2 4 2010 2 5 2011 2 6 2012 2 7 2013 2 8 2014 2 9 2015 2 10 2016 2 11 2017 2 12 2018 2 13 2019 2 14 2020 and 2021 2 15 2022 2 16 2023 3 References 4 External linksAll male winners Edit1993 Christophe Rinero Rinero went on to finish 4th at the 1998 Tour de France 1994 Igor Pavlov This edition was poorly coordinated and a number of incidents including cows standing in the middle of the road on the Tourmalet were reported 1995 Thierry Bourguignon There was tragedy in this event as young cyclist Sylvain Chaigneau died on the descent of the Croix De Fer 1996 Frederic Bessy Bessy went on to ride in the professional peloton and won the 2004 GP Lugano in Switzerland He retired in 2007 1997 Patrick Bruet The man who finished second Grzegorz Gwiazdowski arrived late and set off ten minutes behind everyone else and he technically was the real time winner 1998 Joe Doran an Australian cyclist racing in France For security reasons the organisers held two qualifying heats on 3 and 10 May 1999 Cyril Bastiere There were no qualifying heats this time and the police helped with organization which made the race much safer 2000 Igor Pavlov Pavlov recorded his second win at the Etape Some very well known cyclists rode the event including Greg LeMond Eric Boyer Bruno Cornillet Atle Kvalsvoll Francois Lemarchand Ronan Pensec and Jerome Simon The race finished on Mont Ventoux 2001 Igor Pavlov Pavlov got a back to back victory and his third victory at the Etape 2002 Laurent Marcon Astonishingly there was a high rate of finishers 7 108 finished from 7 500 starters Nearly 95 of people finished 2003 Loic Herbreteau Really hot temperatures made some of the climbs unbearable Spanish cycling legends Miguel Indurain and Abraham Olano both competed 2004 Jean Christophe Currit It was the longest route ever French cycling legend Raymond Poulidor started the race Abraham Olano competed for the second year in succession 2005 Laurent Marcon Marcon took his second victory at the Etape 8500 people entered the Etape 2006 Blaise Sonnery Sonnery went on to ride for Ag2r La Mondiale He rode for them until 2009 2007 Nicolas Fritsch Fritsch was a former professional peloton rider and he rode for Marc Madiot on the Francaise Des Jeux team Olano and LeMond competed in the event once more 2008 Laurent Four It was extremely cloudy which prevented the riders from seeing the sights of the race 2009 Dimitri Champion Dimitri Champion was racing for Bretagne Schuller at the time and he was also the French national road race champion It was an extremely hot day with many riders having to dismount on Mont Ventoux because of the heat 2010 Jean Christophe Currit Currit took his second Etape victory The race finished on the Col Du Tourmalet 10 000 people entered the race 2011 There was a change in 2011 and a two day race occurred rather than just the one day Stage one Jean Christophe Currit Currit took the first stage which went over the Col Du Galibier and finished at the Alpe d Huez Stage two Lilian Jegou Jegou was a former professional peloton rider who retired the previous at Bretagne Schuller He had previously ridden for Francaise des Jeux for a number of years Heavy rain meant poor conditions and only 2094 people crossed the line at the end 2012 Once more a two day eventStage one Robin Cattet A day of high climbing with a lack of preparation hindered many participants Stage two Nicolas Roux As it was Bastille day it was a day of celebration Frenchmen Nicolas Roux took the victory Rain meant the sights of the Pyrenees couldn t be seen 2013 Nicolas Roux Back to the original one day format Roux took a second Etape win Climbed up to Annecy Semnoz for the win 11 475 started which is the best ever participation Over 10 000 finished 2014 Loic Herbreteau Eleven years after his first Etape victory Herbreteau struck again beating Peter Pouly by nearly four minutes Former winner Lilian Jegou was sixth and Nicolas Roux 2013 winner finished sixteenth Former professional rider Julien Belgy finished 44th 2008 Winner Laurent Four finished 133rd 2015 Jeremy Bescond Former Cofidis rider Bescond won the race Former winner Lillian Jegou finished 74th 2016 French rider Tao Quemere won this year s race 2017 This years edition was won by Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen 2018 French rider Victor Lafay took the victory He went on to win the 8th stage of the 2021 Giro d Italia 2019 Cedrick Dubois claimed this year s victory 2022 Stefan Kirchmair from Austria took the victory in the 2022 edition Recent Etapes du Tour Edit2007 Edit Greg LeMond rode this Etape along with his son after being inspired by his son riding it previously LeMond said I had the time of my life despite getting 650th place and being impressed that I even finished I decided that day that nobody s going to keep me from cycling not Trek not Armstrong not Verbuggen not anybody 1 2 British comedian Hugh Dennis also rode this Etape 2008 Edit 2008 Tour de France Stage 10 profile In 2008 the 167 km stage 10 from Pau to Hautacam including a passage over the 2114 m 6935 ft Col du Tourmalet was selected for L Etape du Tour with Laurent Four coming home in the fastest time of 5 hours 38 minutes Unfortunately the weather on the day was very poor and visibility at the summit of the Tourmalet was down to 10m 2009 Edit The 2009 edition started in Montelimar Drome and covered 172 km and four smaller climbs cote de Citelle col d Ey col de Fontaube col de Notre Dame des Abeilles before finishing at the summit of Mont Ventoux 2010 Edit The 2010 event started in Pau and finished at the Col du Tourmalet on 18 July 2010 Nearly 7000 cyclists completed the event thanks to weather far better than the pros had several days later 2011 Edit For 2011 ASO organised two Etapes The first on 11 July on the Modane Alpe d Huez stage covering 109 km was the shortest in history This is the same stage the pros rode in Stage 19 on 22 July The second Etape for 2011 on 17 July was actually the longest in history covering 208 km from Issoire to Saint Flour in the massif central south of Clermont Ferrand The pros rode this stage on 10 July in Stage 9 of the 2011 TdF 2012 Edit In 2012 there were two events The first event was from Albertville to La Toussuire on 8 July following the 140 km route of stage 11 of the Tour de France and including the Col de la Madeleine and the Col de la Croix de Fer finishing at La Toussuire part of the Les Sybelles ski area 3 The second event held on 14 July followed the route of stage 16 from Pau to Bagneres de Luchon crossing the Col d Aubisque Col du Tourmalet Col d Aspin and Col de Peyresourde for a total distance of 197 km 4 Only about 60 of entrants finished either event within the official cut off times 2013 Edit ASO reverted to a single event for 2013 partly because the 2012 event lost money due to logistics associated with deploying buses and trucks to recover riders who were unable to finish On 7 July the Etape recreated stage 20 of the 2013 Tour de France starting in the town of Annecy and finishing at the ski station of Annecy Semnoz at an altitude of 1 655m The 130 km route included the climb of the 1 142m des Pres and the 1 463m Mont Revard 5 2014 Edit The 2014 event on 20 July 2014 followed a similar route to the 2008 event beginning in Pau and finishing at Hautacam 2015 Edit The 2015 route began in the Savoie town of Saint Jean de Maurienne and covered a 140 km course climbing the Col de Chaussy Col de la Croix de Fer Col du Mollard with a summit finish at La Toussuire 2016 Edit In 2016 the event began in Megeve and ended in Morzine in the Haute Savoie The race was shortened to 122 km and three mountain passes after Col de la Ramaz had to be skipped due to rockfall danger on the descent 11 471 participants set off from Megeve to climb the 1 487m Col des Aravis the 1 618m Col de la Colombiere and the 1 691m Col de Joux Plane A record 11 212 finishers reached Megeve The winner was Tao Quemere in 3h33 35 and the first woman was Edwige Pitel in 3h56 37 2017 Edit The 2017 event held on 16 July followed a nearly identical route to what was used four days later for Stage 18 of the 2017 Tour de France Both L Etape and the Tour s Stage 18 started in Briancon and ended atop the 2 360m Col d Izoard with L Etape listed as 181 km and Stage 18 as 179 5 km 2018 Edit L Etape du Tour 2018 was held on 8 July and featured a 169 km route from Annecy to Le Grand Bornand taking in four significant climbs and totalling 4 756m of vertical ascent 2019 Edit The 2019 edition was held on 21 July on the course of stage 20 of the Tour de France of the same year The 135 km route from Albertville to Val Thorens featured 4 563m of climbing up to Cormet de Roselend Categorie 1 Cote de Longefoy Categorie 2 and the final climb to Val Thorens Hors Categorie The actual Tour de France stage six days later had to be cut short to just 59 km due to a heavy hailstorm that caused landslides the day before 2020 and 2021 Edit The 2020 event which was set to follow the route of stage 2 of the 2020 Tour de France from Nice to Nice had to be cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic The organizers attempted to run the same route in 2021 but ultimately this plan also had to be cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 2022 Edit The 30th edition of L Etape du Tour took place on 10 July 2022 on the same route as stage 12 of the Tour de France between Briancon and Alpe d Huez over 168 km with more than 4 700m of climbing including the Col du Galibier hors categorie Col de la Croix de Fer hors categorie and the final climb to Alpe d Huez hors categorie In the COVID 19 aftermath only 11 000 riders out of 16 000 inscriptions showed up at the starting line and 8 685 finished within the official time limit 2023 Edit The 31st edition of L Etape du Tour will be held on 9 July 2023 on the same route as stage 14 of the Tour de France between Annemasse and Morzine over 152 km with more than 4 100m of climbing including the Col de Saxel Categorie 3 Col de Cou Categorie 1 Col de Feu Categorie 1 Col de la Ramaz Categorie 1 and Col de Joux Plane Hors Categorie References Edit Greg LeMond Cycling is dying through Drugs at Play the Game Conference 25 00 Play the Game Conference Coventry University 2009 Jun 12 retr 2012 10 14 Greg LeMond Cycling is dying through drugs 25 00 Coventry University Play the Game Conference 2009 Jun 12 retrieved 2012 10 14 Albertville La Toussuire Les Sybelles L Etape du Tour Retrieved 2 July 2012 Albertville La Pau Bagneres de Luchon L Etape du Tour Retrieved 2 July 2012 Annecy Annecy Semnoz The 100th Edition of the Tour Version Cyclo Amaury Sport Organisation Retrieved 26 February 2013 External links EditOfficial l Etape du Tour site Velo Magazine Etape du Tour site L Etape analysis amp reconnaissance DVDs on Cycle Film website Sunday Times article about riding and suffering during the 2007 Etape atomicecho com etape A blog about training for and riding the Etape du Tour Very detailed article on 2007 Etape L Etape du Tour for Charity The charity which helps raise funds for children and young adults to enter the paralympics Preview videos and trailers on Vimeo Channel 2011 Etape Alps report with photos 2010 Etape Pyrenees report on the epic stage to the Tourmalet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title L 27Etape du Tour amp oldid 1141310501, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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