Blog - Tour du Haut Var

All information about this hilly early season race.

Added: thursday 19 February 2015 at 22:53:00
The Tour du Haut Var 2015 race route in Google Maps/Google Earth
This Saturday, the Tour du Haut Var 2015 will take place in the south of France. As usual, this will be a 2 day race, with one stage between Le Cannet des Maures and Seillans and one stage with start and finish in Draguignan.

In this article you'll find all the details of this race, with the time- and route schedules, the profiles and the race route of the stages on Google Maps/Google Earth.
The Tour du Haut Var 2015 race route in Google Maps
The Tour du Haut Var 2015, officially called the Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var-matin will contain a stage of 164.6 and a stage of 194.7 kilometers and Sunday at the end of the afternoon, we'll thus know - after 359.3 kilometers - who will succeed to Carlos Betancur (AG2R La Mondial ...
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Added: friday 21 February 2014 at 22:59:00
The Tour du Haut Var 2014 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth, itinerary tables and stage profiles
Tomorrow the Tour du Haut Var 2014 will start in the south of France. As usual this is a 2 day race, with one stage between Le Cannet des Maures and La Croix Valmer and one stage which starts and finishes in Draguignan.

In this article you can discover all the details of this race, with the time- and route schedules, the stage profiles and the race route of both stages on Google Maps/Google Earth.
The Tour du Haut Var 2014 race route on Google Maps
The Tour du Haut Var 2014, which is officially called the Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var-matin, will offer one stage of 151 and another stage of 203.4 kilometers and Sunday at the end of the afternoon we'll thus know, after 354.4 kilometers, who will succeed Arthur Vichot (FDJ ...
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Added: friday 15 February 2013 at 9:40:00
The Tour du Haut Var-Matin 2013 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth
After the Etoile de Bessèges which was won this year by Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun) and the Tour Méditerranéen won by less than a tube distance (over 5 stages!) by Thomas Lövkvist (IAM Cycling), it will be time for the Tour du Haut Var-Matin this weekend already, as usual with two stages in the beautiful Haut-Var region.

In this article you'll find all details about the race route of this 45th edition of the race in the south-east of France, with the time- and route schedule, the profile and the race route on Google Maps/Google Earth for the two stages of the Tour du Haut Var-Matin 2013.
The Tour du Haut Var-Matin 2013 race route on Google Maps
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Added: sunday 19 February 2012 at 17:00:00
Jonathan Tiernan-Locke wins the Tour du Haut Var 2012 by winning the 2nd stage!
Under a bright and sunny sky, the second stage of the 44th edition of the Tour du Haut Var took place between Fréjus and Fayence today and even more hillier roads than yesterday. Today, the breakaway didn't manage to stay ahead until the finsih and in the end it was Jonathan Tiernan-Locke who not only won the stage but also his second general classification in only one week, after the Tour Med! Clearly, the young British rider made the good choice to come back to the peloton after having put his cycling career on standby to finish his school ...
The summary of the 2nd stage of the Tour du Haut Var 2012: Fréjus > Fayence
This morning around 11.30AM, the start of the 2nd and last stage of the Tour du Haut Var-Matin 2012 took place on the Place de la Porte d'Hermès in Fréjus.

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Added: saturday 18 February 2012 at 17:09:00
Romain Hardy wins the first stage of the Tour du Haut Var-Matin 2012
The first stage of the Tour du Haut Var took place today between Draguignan and La Croix-Valmer. This stage was won by Romain Hardy who thus will start in Fréjus tomorrow wearing the yellow jersey!
The summary of the first stage of the Tour du Haut Var 2012 : Draguignan > La Croix-Valmer
Almost right from the start of the stage in Draguignan, a breakaway was formed and this leading group finally contained 7 riders: Romain Hardy (Bretagne-Schuller), Clément Koretzky (La Pomme Marseille), Angel Madrazo (Movistar Team), Rubens Bertogliati (Team Type 1-Sanofi), Anthony Colin (Roubaix-Lille Métropole), Hugo Houle (Spidertech powered by C10) and Sylvain Georges (AG2R La Mondiale).

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Added: friday 17 February 2012 at 9:51:00
The Tour du Haut Var 2012 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth and the time and route schedules + profiles
After two stage races in which the stages were altered due to the bad weather conditions (snow), the Etoile de Bessèges and the Tour Med, the French cycling season continues thus weekend with the Tour du Haut Var, also known as the Course aux Mimosas Fleuris.

Who will succeed Thomas Voeckler as the winner of this race full of climbs? Will all the winners again be Franch? (last year the stages were won by Samuel Dumoulin and Julien Antomarchi)

On Saturday and Sunday, 2 stages are scheduled for this race in the south of France. You'll discover them in full details in this article. Hereunder you'll find the itinerary tables, the profile and Google Maps/Google Earth version of the route of the two stages of the Tour du Haut Var 2012*.
The Tour du Haut Var 2012 race route on Google Maps
1/ Saturday 18 February 2012 - Draguignan > La Croix-Valmer - 189.2 km
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Added: sunday 20 February 2011 at 16:55:00
A stage animated by Jérémy Roy, won by Julien Antomarchi in the Tour du Haut Var 2011
In the second stage of the 2011 Tour du Haut Var, Jérémy Roy (FDJ) was in front pretty much all day, but an animated final part of the race saw Julien Antomarchi (VC La Pomme Marseille) winning the stage. Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) managed to get rid of Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) in the final part of the stage and thus won the general classification of the race.
The summary of the second stage of the Tour du Haut Var 2011
After the beautiful stage win of Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) yesterday, the rider from Vénissieux came to the start at the end of the morning in the leader's jersey which was hidden under his long sleeved jersey (see Samuel Dumoulin wins the first stage of th ...
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Added: saturday 19 February 2011 at 16:53:00
Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis) wins the first stage of the Tour du Haut Var 2011
Today the first of two stages of the 2011 Tour du Haut Var took place (for more informatie see the 2011 Tour du Haut Var 2011 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth).

This first stage between La Croix Valmer and Grimaud (168.8 km) was won by Samuel Dumoulin.
The summary of the first stage of the Tour du Haut var 2011
Quickly after the start a leading group was formed by 3 French riders: Dimitri Le Boulch (Big Mat-Auber 93), Arthur Vichot (FDJ) and Benjamin Giraud of VC La Pomme Marseille.

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Added: sunday 13 February 2011 at 23:35:00
The 2011 Tour du Haut Var race route on Google Maps / Google Earth
Now the Tour Méditerranéen is over, it's time to get ready for the 2011 Tour du Haut Var. This race, which is composed of 2 stages since 2009, will take place next weekend, on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 February 2011.

Who will succeed to Christophe Le Mével in this race filled with climbs?

As you'll see with the 2011 Tour du Haut Var race route on Google Maps, this race is once again made for a pure climber!
Short summary of the Tour Med
The Tour Med has been a celebration for French riders this year. Indeed, after a first stage victory by Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) staying ahead with a leading group, Romain Feillu signed for no less than stage victories which finished in a sprint, thus getting the lead in the general classification right from the third stage. In the last stage, the Mont Faron played its usual decisive role in the Tour Méditerranéen and this again led to a triple victory. Not in the same year but as the 3rd stage victory o ...
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