Everything went the way of the Renault-Elf-Gitane team during the Tour’s first-ever stage finish in Rodez in 1984. Vincent Barteau was wearing the Yellow Jersey and was set to hand it over a few days later to his team leader, Laurent Fignon, who was delighted to see his teammate and friend, the late Pierre-Henri Menthéour, join the ranks of Tour stage winners that day. Since then, Rodez has favoured puncheurs: Greg Van Avermaet won there in 2015, followed by Michael Matthews in 2017. Five years on, stage 15 of the Tour ran from Rodez to Carcassonne, where Jasper Philipsen claimed his first stage victory.
- Stage town for the 6th time
- Prefecture of Aveyron (12)
- Population: 24,000
- ville-rodez.fr
