Mediterranean cruise

The Mediterranean Tour (French: Tour méditerranéen , 2016 officially: La Méditerranéenne ) was a French stage race .

The cycling event, which has been held since 1974, traditionally took place in February. For a long time the race consisted of five to eight stages, the start and finish locations were in the French Mediterranean region, in some years with detours to the Italian Riviera. Almost every year, a high point of the race was the climb to Mont Faron above Toulon, which is often held as a time trial . The race has been part of the UCI Europe Tour in UCI Category 2.1 since 2005 .

The event was initially canceled for 2012; the reason given was "reporting errors" at the French Cycling Federation. In January 2012 the UCI confirmed the subsequent inclusion of the tour in the racing calendar. In January 2015, the organizing agency LNC announced that the race planned for February would be shortened from five to three days until the race was finally canceled at the beginning of February due to a financial dispute.

After the Mediterranean Tour ( Tour méditerranéen cycliste professionnel ) led through southern France in previous years, the race was held again in 2016 under the new name La Méditerranéenne as a three -country tour with stages in Spain , France and Italy . In 2017 the race was canceled because a sufficient police motorcycle escort was not ensured.

winner

2017 not held 2016 Andrij Hrywko  2015 not held 2014 Steve Cummings 2013 Thomas Lövkvist 2012 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke 2011 David Moncoutié 2010 Rinaldo Nocentini 2009 Luis León Sánchez 2008 Alexander Botscharow 2007 José Iván Gutiérrez 2006 Cyril Dessel 2005 Jens Voigt 2004 Jörg Jaksche

2003 Paolo Bettini 2002 Michele Bartoli 2001 Davide rebel 2000 Laurent Jalabert 1999 Davide rebel 1998 Rodolfo Massi 1997 Emmanuel Magnien 1996 Frank Vandenbroucke 1995 Gianni Bugno 1994 Davide Cassani 1993 Charly Mottet 1992 Rolf Gölz 1991 Phil Anderson 1990 Gerard Rué 1989 Tony Rominger

1988 Jan Nevens 1987 Gerrit Solleveld 1986 J.-F. Bernard 1985 Phil Anderson 1984 Jean-Claude Bagot 1983 Gerrie Knetemann 1982 Michel Laurent 1981 Stefan's mother 1980 Gerrie Knetemann 1979 Michel Laurent 1978 Gerrie Knetemann 1977 Eddy Merckx 1976 Roy Schuiten 1975 Joseph Bruyère 1974 Charly Rouxel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2012 no Mediterranean tour on radsport-news.com v. December 19, 2011
2. ↑ rad-net.de v. January 27, 2012: UCI awards 2013 and 2014 World Track Championships to Minsk and Cali
3. ↑ Tour Méditerranéen 2015 canceled. rad-net, February 5, 2015, accessed February 5, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Three-country tour celebrates its premiere. radsport-news.com, February 11, 2016, accessed March 6, 2016 . 
5. ↑ 2nd edition of La Méditerranéenne canceled. radsport-news.com, January 17, 2017, accessed January 17, 2017 . 
6. ↑ CAS extends Alejandro Valverde's ban from CONI from May 11, 2009 to races in Italy and retrospectively recognizes all victories since January 1, 2010

Web links

• Official website (French)
• Tour of the Mediterranean in the Radsportseiten.net database