2023 Route d’Occitanie
Male Team 15 - 18 Jun

Route d'Occitanie

719 Kilometers 4 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Imanol Erviti
  2. Einer Rubio
  3. Sergio Samitier
  4. Abner González
  5. Vinícius Rangel
  6. Iván Sosa
  7. Ruben Guerreiro
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TV

Live coverage from all four stages will be available via Eurosport and GCN, at 2pm CEST.

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Timetable

Stages will end at 3.30-3.45pm CEST.

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Bonus

There will be 10-6-4″ at every finish and 3-2-1″ at the intermediate sprints.

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Social Media

The organisers’ official Instagram account is @routeoccitanie; the hashtag is #RDO2023.

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Score

The Movistar Team has -considering only its Telefónica-sponsored era- six GC victories in the event, with Kiryienka, Quintana (2x), Valverde (2x) and Antonio Pedrero’s 2021 success.

Stages

Analysis

01
Narbonne - Gruissan (184.3km)
15 June
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  1. 01 Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost 4h18'54"
  2. 02 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers "
  3. 03 Sandy Dujardin Team TotalEnergies "
  4. 17 Einer Rubio Movistar Team "
  5. 41 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +45"
  6. 43 Ruben Guerreiro Movistar Team "
  7. 62 Iván Sosa Movistar Team "
  8. 77 Vinícius Rangel Movistar Team +3'59"
  9. 103 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +9'59"
  10. 104 Abner González Movistar Team "
02
Cazouls-lès-Béziers - Graulhet (182km)
16 June
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  1. 01 Jason Tesson Team TotalEnergies 4h44'14"
  2. 02 Corbin Strong Israel – Premier Tech "
  3. 03 Elia Viviani INEOS Grenadiers "
  4. 22 Einer Rubio Movistar Team "
  5. 23 Ruben Guerreiro Movistar Team "
  6. 30 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
  7. 31 Vinícius Rangel Movistar Team "
  8. 35 Abner González Movistar Team "
  9. 66 Iván Sosa Movistar Team "
  10. 109 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team +27"
03
Gimont - Nistos Cap Nestès (189km)
17 June
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  1. 01 Michael Woods Israel – Premier Tech 5h02'14"
  2. 02 Cristian Rodríguez Arkéa Samsic +3"
  3. 03 Jesús Herrada Cofidis +12"
  4. 05 Iván Sosa Movistar Team +16"
  5. 06 Ruben Guerreiro Movistar Team +23"
  6. 08 Einer Rubio Movistar Team +29"
  7. 59 Abner González Movistar Team +17'07"
  8. 62 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +18'28"
  9. 63 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
  10. 99 Vinícius Rangel Movistar Team +30'17"
04
Saint-Gaudens - Saint-Girons (164.7km)
18 June
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  1. 01 Simon Carr EF Education-EasyPost 3h54'50"
  2. 02 Lars van den Berg Groupama-FDJ "
  3. 03 Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost "
  4. 07 Ruben Guerreiro Movistar Team "
  5. 09 Einer Rubio Movistar Team "
  6. 22 Iván Sosa Movistar Team "
  7. 71 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +8'36"
  8. 73 Sergio Samitier Movistar Team "
  9. 78 Vinícius Rangel Movistar Team +11'52"
  10. 89 Abner González Movistar Team "

Analysis

True to the route pattern they’ve respected since they changed their name to include the whole region they take place in, the Route d’Occitanie offer in its 2023 edition two clear sprint chances plus two spectacular mountain stages, with some well-known climbs while others -this has been a main feature of the race for many years- are completely new to pro racing.

Stage one will be one along the coast, with a resemblance of Bessèges or Provence, with a final circuit in Gruissan (Thursday 15th). The other bunch sprint, should the day’s three rated ascents allow so -watch out for Fontfroide (Cat-1) almost from the very start-, will be held in Graulhet (Friday 16th).

The decisive stages will happen in the weekend. On Saturday 17th, the bunch will take on Larrieu (Cat-2), Menté (Cat-1) and a finish up Nistos Cap Nestès (Cat-1), over 13km at almost 7% and quite demanding maximum slopes. Finally, on Sunday 18th, we will face the Col de la Core (Cat-1) and Latrape (Cat-2), the latter crested with 36km from the finish in Saint-Girons.