Critérium du Dauphiné

The Critérium du Dauphiné stage race (formerly Criterium du Dauphine Libere ) applies in addition to the Tour de Suisse as the most important preparation race for the Tour de France. It is a demanding eight-day tour of the French Dauphiné. In addition to the usual individual time trial prologue as a mountain time trial often difficult part of the program of the Dauphiné. The Dauphiné was one of the newly introduced in 2005 UCI ProTour, a series of the most important bike race of the year. Since 2011, the race is part of the follow-up series UCI World Tour.

The race is named after the organizing Le Dauphiné Libéré. 2010, the race was taken over by the ASO and in its name since no longer the Libéré. Despite its name, it is the Critérium du Dauphiné is not a criterion for the purposes of the regulations of the International Cycling Union UCI.

List of winners

  • 2005 Spain Iñigo Landaluze
  • 2004, Spain Iban Mayo
  • 2003 United States Lance Armstrong
  • 2002 United States Lance Armstrong
  • 2001 France Christophe Moreau
  • 2000 United States Tyler Hamilton
  • 1999 Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan
  • 1998 France Armand de Las Cuevas
  • 1997 Germany Udo Bölts
  • 1996 Spain Miguel Indurain
  • 1995 Spain Miguel Indurain
  • 1994 Switzerland Laurent Dufaux
  • 1993 Switzerland Laurent Dufaux
  • 1992 France Charly Mottet
Race stage Amaury Sport Organisation Bradley Wiggins Alexander Vinokourov Urs Zimmermann Australia Michel Laurent Michel Pollentier Bernard Hinault Jacques Anquetil Brian Robinson (cyclist) Jean Dotto Henry Anglade Louis Rostollan Marcel Rohrbach Louison Bobet Édouard Fachleitner 2014 UCI World Tour Tour Down Under Volta a Catalunya E3 Harelbeke Tour of Flanders Tour of the Basque Country Amstel Gold Race Tour de Romandie Tour de Pologne 2010 UCI ProTour
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