The Tour de France and Ariège is quite a story! Since 1903, the Grande Boucle in Ariège has been a story of the heart! The multicolored peloton regularly takes on the climbs and hurtles down the passes. The teams continue on to the legendary and wild passes of Ariège Pyrénées.
In 2024, the Tour de France makes its way to Ariège for the 15th stage Loudenvielle / Plateau de Beille! 🚵🏼♂️
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© Stéphane Meurisse – Ariège Pyrénées Tourism
🎉Activities await you BEFORE and AFTER the Tour de France!
The Ariégeoise cyclosportive organizes numerous activities to make you wait before the Tour de France passes through Ariège which has after the event to continue the cycling activities!
Beforehand, discover every day, a pass who made the tour legendary! You will find the Col de Pailhères, the Col de Port, the Plateau de Beille and the Prat d’Albis.
And after ? The party continues, time for the After Tour, the Ariégeoise organizes climbs of the Plateau de Beille in the months of July and August.
DISCOVER ALL THE ANIMATIONS
🚵🏼♂️ The Ariège stopover towns of the Tour de France
- Beille Plateau: 7 times city stopover (1998, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2024)
- Foix and Prat d’Albis: 7 times city stopover (2001, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2019 (Prat d’Albis), 2022)
- Saint-Girons: 6 times city stopover (1984, 1988, 1995, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2017)
- Bonascre Plateau / Ax 3 Domaines: 5 times city stopover (2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013)
- Ax les Thermes: 3 times stage city (1955, 1957, 1965)
- Guzet: 3 times city stopover (1984, 1988, 1995)
- Lavelanet: Twice stage city (2 and 2002)
- Lézat Sur Lèze: 1 time stopover city in 2005
- Pamiers: 1 time stopover city in 2010
- Tarascon on Ariège: 1 time stopover city in 1998
🏆 The runners who left their mark on Ariège
De many French or foreign runners have marked Ariège and its inhabitants through the Tour de France, thus certain passes have become legendary.
- Victory for Marco Pantani to Guzet from Saint-Orens-de-Gameville in 1995 and to the Beille plateau from Luchon in 1998
- Victory for Lans Armstrong at the Beille plateau in 2002
- Victory for Thomas Voeckler at the Beille plateau in 2004
- Victory for Christopher Froome at Ax 3 Domaines in 2013
Did you know ? 💡
French Warren Barguil win the 13rd stage of the Tour de France le July 17, 2017 in Foix, during the national holiday on the100% Ariège stage of the Tour de France Saint Girons – Foix over 100km.
Find the essential circuit of this stage : the one that left its mark on Ariège and cycling 🚲
⛰️ The legendary Ariège passes
To know everything about cycling, from its history to its events, from the emblematic riders who came to Ariège to the lexicon of the Tour de France, consult the Dico Cyclo.
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Most passes are open from May 1st! 🚵🏼♂️
To check their accessibility, go to inforoute09.fr
