Circuit du Midi

The Tunisian Ali Neffati won in 1919.

The Circuit du Midi (also Critérium du Midi ) was a cycling race that was held between 1913 and 1945 in the south of France.

The race was held parallel to the Tour de France , which is why those good drivers who did not start in the tour were preferred. In one year the tracks of the two races crossed.

The first two events were reserved for drivers without a team, in 1921 for the juniors. The editions of 1931, 1932, 1938 and 1945 took place as one-day races , the rest as stage races .

The race is considered the forerunner of the Grand Prix Midi Libre , which was held from 1949 to 2002.

Palmarès

1913 Frank Henry 1914 Frank Henry 1919 Ali Neffati 1920 Louis Luguet 1921 Charles Delclaud 1922 René Vermandel 1923 Felix Sellier 1924 Adelin Benoît 1925 René Vermandel 1926 Maurice De Waele 1927 Victor Fontan 1928 Aimé Deolet 1929 Frans Bonduel 1930 Leander Ghyssels

1931 Jean Aerts 1932 Léon Louyet 1933 Raymond Louviot 1934 Alfred Bula 1935 Antonio Giuseppe Negrini 1936 Nello Troggi 1937 Lucien Vlaemynck 1938 Décimo Bettini 1939 Antonio Bertola 1941 Dante Gianello 1942 Louis Gauthier 1943 René Vietto 1945 Dante Gianello

Web links

• Palmares: Circuit du Midi. In: archives.velo-club.net. Retrieved May 27, 2017 (French). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jacques Augendre: Petites histoires secrètes du Tour .... Place Des Editeurs, 2015, ISBN 978-2-263-06995-6 ( limited preview in Google book search).