| Route de France | |
| Region: | France |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Type: | Stage race |
| Number: | 40 |
| Final: | 1990 |
| Mostwins: | (2 wins) |
The Route de France was a multi-day road cycling race held in France between 1951 and 1990.[1] 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.[2] It was organized by the newspaper Route et piste, directed by, which also organized at the time Paris–Nice and the Étoile des Espoirs.
| Year | Winner | Second | Third | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  Jacques Vivier | Marcel Bon | René Volet | |
| 1952 | Roger Julienne |  Jean Adriaensens | ||
| 1953 | ||||
| 1954 | Orphée Meneghini | Willem Vandenbosch | ||
| 1955 | Gérard Saint | Pierre Beuffeuil | ||
| 1956 | Marcel Queheille | Michel Vermeulin | ||
| 1957 | Michel Vermeulin | Robert Roudaut | ||
| 1958 | René Jousset | Gérard Thiélin | ||
| 1959 | Jean Bonifassi | Gérard Bauman | ||
| 1960 | Jean-Claude Lebaube | Jean-Claude Morio | ||
| 1961 | Alban Cauvet | Marcel Flochlay | ||
| 1962 |  Peter Crinnion | André Grain | Blaise Gallo | |
| 1963 | Georges Chappe | Raymond Delisle | ||
| 1964 | Charles Rigon | Désiré Letort | ||
| 1965 | Jean Dumont | Maurice Izier | ||
| 1966 | Paul Maes |  Derek Harrison | Robert Bouloux | |
| 1967 | René Grelin | Daniel Samy | ||
| 1968 | Marcel Duchemin | Mariano Martínez | ||
| 1969 | Max Heuzebroc | Joël Millard | ||
| 1970 | Paul Ravel | Pierre Rivory | ||
| 1971 | Claude Aigueparses | Michel Le Denmat | ||
| 1972 | Daniel Leveau | Patrice Testier | ||
| 1973 | Michel Charlier | Michel Jacquier | ||
| 1974 | ||||
| 1975 | Alain Meslet | Bernard Quilfen | ||
| 1976 | Michel Herbault | Philippe Bodier | Michel Zuccarelli | |
| 1977 | Jean-Pierre Bouteille | Joël Gallopin | ||
| 1978 | Graham Jones | Michel Larpe | ||
| 1979 | Régis Clère | Loubé Blagojevic | ||
| 1980 | Stephen Roche | Pierre Le Bigaut | ||
| 1981 | Fabien De Vooght | Daniel André | ||
| 1982 | Pascal Trimaille | Gilbert Lagarde | ||
| 1983 | Michel Jean | Bernard Faussurier | ||
| 1984 | Ronan Pensec | Serge Bodin | ||
| 1985 | Pascal Rouquette | Philippe Goubin | ||
| 1988 | Gérard Picard | Nicolas Dubois | ||
| 1989 | Franck Simon | Jean-Luc Aulnette | ||
| 1990 | Pascal Berger | Jean-Cyril Robin |