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L'Étape du Tour (French for 'stage of the Tour') is an organised mass participation cyclosportive event 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), in conjunction with ''Vélo Magazine'', it takes place each July, normally on a Tour rest day. L'Étape du Tour is normally held over mountain roads in either the Pyrenees or French Alps, up climbs such as the Col du Galibier, Col d'Aubisque, Mont Ventoux or the Col du Tourmalet. Around 15,000 riders participate - many travelling from other countries to compete - and the event takes place on roads closed by the police to other traffic, with refreshment stops and medical support provided along the route. == 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 José Doran. For security reasons the organisers held two qualifying heats on the 3rd and 10th 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 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 Française Des Jeux team. Olano and LeMond competed in the event once more. *2008 Laurent Four. It was extremely cloudy which prevented the riders to see 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 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 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 Jérémy Bescond. Former Cofidis rider Bescond won the race. Former winner Lillian Jegou finished 74th. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「L'Étape du Tour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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