8th edition - Tuesday 11th July 2000 ~ CARPENTRAS > MONT VENTOUX
Location: Provence Alpes Côtes d'Azur
Departments crossed: Vaucluse (84)
Km: 155
Difficulties: Col de Murs, Col de Notre-Dame des Abeilles, Côte de Mormoiron, Mont Ventoux
Number of registered participants: 7 561
Numbers of finishers: 4 726
Reception Village: Sport Center in Carpentras
Finish: Pick « Mont Ventou » and the town of Malaucène
Race celebrities
G. Lemond, E. Boyer, B. Cornillet, A. Kvalsvoll, F. Lemarchand, R. Pensec, J. Simon, A. Prost, B. Darniche, P. Belmondo, E. Clerico, P. Portes
Winner
~ Men: Igor Pavlov born 12/03/69
~ Women: Séverine Desbouys born 17/08/74
Participating countries: Germany, Andorra, England, Argentin, Belgium, Scotland, Spain, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Argentina, Canada, Columbia, The United States, Australia, The United Arab Emirates, Japan, Singapore, South Africa.
TOTAL : 1084 foreign participants.
Second Trophy for the most animated town
~ Sault in the Vaucluse region
(1999: Beurières in the Puy de Dôme region)
Stage numbers
~ 1: the temperature at the summit of du Mont Ventoux.
~ 8: the number of televisions present on l'Etape.
~ 27: the number of people included in the organisation team.
~ 88: c'est l'âge du vétéran de l'étape.
~ 190: the largest number of participants from the Rhône region.
~ 196: the total number of women entered in the competition.
~ 678: the number of English present at the starting line in Carpentras.
~ 1 084: the total number of foreign participants entered in l'Étape du Tour Vélo Magazine.
~ 1 255: the total number of gifts won in the Tombola on the 10th of July 2000 at the reception village in Carpentras.
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