The Tour de France
A land of passage
The Tour's very first visit to Gap was in 1931. It was the 15th stage that linked Nice to the Hautes-Alpes prefecture. The Frenchman Antonin Magne kept the Yellow Jersey against the Belgian Jef Demuysere who won the stage.
This date 1931 is the start of many other stages of the Tour on our territory Gap Tallard Vallées.
In 2019, the Grande Boucle crossed our territory again to finish its race in Gap.
This 106th edition was won by the Colombian rider Egan Bernal.
It also marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first victory of the Tour of Eddy Merckx.
Gap Tallard Vallées, a territory of passage and stage cities
2 CITIES STAGES, GAP AND TALLARD :
> Gap (24 arrivals/departures) : 1931 : Demuysère - 1932 : Leducq - 1933 : Speicher - 1934 : Martano - 1935 : Aerts - 1950 : Géminiani - 1951 : Baeyens - 1953 : Wagtmans (W.) - 1956 : Forestier - 1958 : Nencini - 1960 : Van Aerde - 1965 : Fezzardi - 1970 : P. Mori - 1986 : Bernard (J.F.) - 1989 : Nijdam (J.) - 1991 : Lietti - 1996 : Zabel - 2003 : Vinokourov - 2006 : Fédrigo - 2010 : Paulinho - 2011 : Hushovd - 2013 : Rui Costa, Départ - 2015 : Plaza - 2019 : Trentin - 2020 W. Van Aert
> Tallard (2 departures) : 2007 : Contador - 2014 : Bardet
2 PASSES, THE COL BAYARD AND THE COL DE LA SENTINELLE :
> Col Bayard, 26 ascensions (1 264m) : 1905 : Maintron - 1906 : Pottier (R.) - 1907 : Georget (E.) - 1908 : Pottier (A.) - 1909 : Faber - 1910 : Georget (E.) - 1911 : Faber - 1912 : Lapize - 1913 : Faber, Garrigou - 1914 : Thys - 1919 : Barthelemy (H.) - 1920 : Heusghem - 1921 : Scieur - 1928 : Magne (A.) - 1929 : Demuysere - 1930 : Faure (B.) - 1931 : Magne (A.) – 1932 : Trueba - 1933 : Lemaire - 1934 : Martano - 1935 : Ruozzi - 1936 : Cloarec - 1937 : Weckerling - 1954 : Bahamontes - 1991 : Ruiz- Cabestany - 2015 : Rodriguez (J.).
> Col de la Sentinelle, 11 ascensions (981m) : 1950 : Géminiani - 1951 : Baeyens - 1953 : Wagtmans (W.) - 1956 : Forestier - 1958 : Nencini - 1960 : Rostollan - 1965 : Fezzardi - 1970 : Mori - 1996 : Sorensen - 2006 : Commesso - 2019 : Trentin.
Do you remember?
Lance Armstrong, La Rochette
Era il 2003, a 5 km dal traguardo di Gap. Il caldo soffocante di quella bella giornata di luglio ha alterato il manto stradale e il corridore Cjoseba Beloki è caduto durante la discesa del Col de La Rochette. Lance Armstrong, che stava pedalando a tutta velocità proprio dietro di lui, lo ha evitato per un pelo e ha finito per attraversare un campo.
Questo aneddoto ha segnato il Tour 2003!
INA, Cjoseba Beloki's fall in a mountain pass
Program: Cycling. Tour de France
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