title: Route de France
text: # Route de France
  
  The Route de France was a multi-day road cycling race held in France between 1951 and 1990. The race was considered an amateur version of the Tour de France and competed with the Tour de l'Avenir after its creation in 1961. Its route traveled through Auvergne, around Vichy, and climbed in particular the Puy de Dôme. It was organized by the newspaper Route et piste, directed by Jean Leulliot [fr], which also organized at the time Paris–Nice and the Étoile des Espoirs.
  
  ## Winners
  
  | Year | Winner | Second | Third |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1951 | Jacques Vivier | Marcel Bon | René Volet |
  | 1952 | André Bernard | Roger Julienne | Jean Adriaensens |
  | 1953 | Louis Barès | René Desmet | Blaise Bertolotti |
  | 1954 | Nicolas Barone | Orphée Meneghini | Willem Vandenbosch |
  | 1955 | René Genin | Gérard Saint | Pierre Beuffeuil |
  | 1956 | Raymond Mastrotto | Marcel Queheille | Michel Vermeulin |
  | 1957 | Raymond Mastrotto | Michel Vermeulin | Robert Roudaut |
  | 1958 | Guy Ignolin | René Jousset | Gérard Thiélin |
  | 1959 | Henri Duez | Jean Bonifassi | Gérard Bauman |
  | 1960 | Marc Huiart | Jean-Claude Lebaube | Jean-Claude Morio |
  | 1961 | Jean Jourden | Alban Cauvet | Marcel Flochlay |
  | 1962 | Peter Crinnion | André Grain | Blaise Gallo |
  | 1963 | Lucien Aimar | Georges Chappe | Raymond Delisle |
  | 1964 | Christian Raymond | Charles Rigon | Désiré Letort |
  | 1965 | Charly Grosskost | Jean Dumont | Maurice Izier |
  | 1966 | Paul Maes | Derek Harrison | Robert Bouloux |
  | 1967 | Derek Harrison | René Grelin | Daniel Samy |
  | 1968 | Jean Pinault | Marcel Duchemin | Mariano Martínez |
  | 1969 | Jean-Pierre Parenteau | Max Heuzebroc | Joël Millard |
  | 1970 | Régis Ovion | Paul Ravel | Pierre Rivory |
  | 1971 | Régis Ovion | Claude Aigueparses | Michel Le Denmat |
  | 1972 | Jean-Pierre Guitard | Daniel Leveau | Patrice Testier |
  | 1973 | Bernard Bourreau | Michel Charlier | Michel Jacquier |
  | 1974 | Michel Laurent | Bernard Hinault | Bernard Vallet |
  | 1975 | Bernard Vallet | Alain Meslet | Bernard Quilfen |
  | 1976 | Michel Herbault | Philippe Bodier | Michel Zuccarelli |
  | 1977 | Loïc Gautier | Jean-Pierre Bouteille | Joël Gallopin |
  | 1978 | Didier Lebaud | Graham Jones | Michel Larpe |
  | 1979 | Robert Millar | Régis Clère | Loubé Blagojevic |
  | 1980 | Jérôme Simon | Stephen Roche | Pierre Le Bigaut |
  | 1981 | Étienne Néant | Fabien De Vooght | Daniel André |
  | 1982 | Gilles Mas | Pascal Trimaille | Gilbert Lagarde |
  | 1983 | Robert Forest | Michel Jean | Bernard Faussurier |
  | 1984 | Bruno Huger | Ronan Pensec | Serge Bodin |
  | 1985 | Jean Guérin | Pascal Rouquette | Philippe Goubin |
  | 1988 | Hervé Henriet | Gérard Picard | Nicolas Dubois |
  | 1989 | Marc Thévenin | Franck Simon | Jean-Luc Aulnette |
  | 1990 | Jean-Philippe Dojwa | Pascal Berger | Jean-Cyril Robin |
  