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Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France
Winners, podium, distance, average speeds
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The race:
The Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, along with the Tour of Switzerland, is an important pre-Tour de France race. Held in June, it is often used as a final training tune-up by Tour contenders. Run in the Dauphiné region of France, the week-long race often features many of the same Alpine climbs used in the upcoming Tour. Recent editions have been so fiercely fought that the winner is sometimes still tired and uncompetitive in the Tour.
In recent years the race was jointly organized by the Dauphiné Libéré newspaper and ASO, the owners of the Tour de France. In 2010 ASO completely took over the race and renamed it the Critérium du Dauphiné.
It is the only race that has been won by all the 5-time Tour de France winners.
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Critérium du Dauphiné complete podium history:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Edouard Kablinski 27hr 59min 52sec |
Gino Sciardis @ 10sec |
Fermo Camellini @ 44sec |
967 km |
34.54 |
| 1948 | Edouard Fachleitner 33hr 9min 56sec |
Paul Giguet @ 4min 2sec |
Jean Robic @ 4min 33sec |
1158 km |
34.92 |
| 1949 | Lucien Lazarides 42hr 35min 46sec |
Jean Robic @ 7min 29sec |
Fermo Camellini @ 8min 25sec |
1396 km |
32.77 |
| 1950 | Nello Lauredi 47hr 49min 26sec |
Apo Lazarides @ 9min 28sec |
Bim Diederich @ 29min 58sec |
1623 km |
33.937 |
| 1951 | Nello Lauredi 47hr 25min 59sec |
Antonin Rolland @ 5min 16sec |
Lucien Lazarides @ 9min 14sec |
1632 km |
34.41 |
| 1952 | Jean Dotto 42hr 47min 1sec |
Nello Lauredi @ 53sec |
Jean Le Guilly @ 7min 57sec |
1530 km |
35.76 |
| 1953 | Lucien Teisseire 47hr 6min 28sec |
Charly Gaul @ 4min 59sec |
Jean Robic @ 5min 32sec |
1666 km |
35.366 |
| 1954 | Nello Lauredi 51hr 51min 40sec |
Jean-Pierre Schmitz @ 4min 11sec |
Pierre Molineris @ 6min 50sec |
1815 km |
34.997 |
| 1955 | Louison Bobet 49hr 40min 1sec |
Roger Walkowiak @ 9min 51sec |
Marcel De Mulder @ 12min 46sec |
1777 km |
35.78 |
| 1956 | Alex Close 51hr 46min 41sec |
Antonin Rolland @ 4min 11sec |
Fernand Picot @ 5min 13sec |
1934 km |
37.35 |
| 1957 | Marcel Roherbach 49hr 5min 20sec |
René Privat @ 1min 40sec |
Jean-Pierre Schmitz @ 3min 8sec |
1769 km |
36.04 |
| 1958 | Louis Rostollan 37hr 34min 14sec |
Francois Pipelin @ 4sec |
Jean-Pierre Schmitz @ 6min 23sec |
1368 km |
36.41 |
| 1959 | Henry Anglade 35hr 58min 7sec |
Raymond Mastrotto @ 17sec |
Roger Rivière @ 6min 57sec |
1394 km |
38.76 |
| 1960 | Jean Dotto 40hr 8min 38sec |
Raymond Mastrotto @ 1min 46sec |
Gérard Thiélin @ 7min 11sec |
1390 km |
34.63 |
| 1961 | Brian Robinson 41hr 8min 34sec |
Raymond Mastrotto @ 6min 12sec |
François Mahé @ 7min 11sec |
1500 km |
36.46 |
| 1962 | Raymond Mastrotto 41hr 22min 4sec |
Hans Junkermann @ 43sec |
Raymond Poulidor @ 1min 33sec |
1487 km |
35.95 |
| 1963 | Jacques Anquetil 40hr 7min 16sec |
José Perez-Frances @ 1min 19sec |
Fernando Manzaneque @ 2min 14sec |
1441 km |
35.92 |
| 1964 | Valentin Uriona 52hr 57min 13sec |
Raymond Poulidor @ 1min 58sec |
Esteban Martin @ 3min 32sec |
1889 km |
35.67 |
| 1965 | Jacques Anquetil 42hr 4min 36sec |
Raymond Poulidor @ 1min 43sec |
Karl- Heinz Kunde @ 5min 58sec |
1565 km |
37.194 |
| 1966 | Raymond Poulidor 46hr 13min 5sec |
Carlos Echeverria @ 2min 4sec |
Francisco Gabica @ 2min 26sec |
1613 km |
34.90 |
| 1967 | No race held | ||||
| 1968 | No race held | ||||
| 1969 | Raymond Poulidor 29hr 42min 55sec |
Ferdi Bracke @ 18sec |
Roger Pingeon @ 45sec |
1126 km | 37.893 |
| 1970 | Luis Ocaña 32hr 11min 8sec |
Roger Pingeon @ 1min 36sec |
Herman Van Springel @ 2min 6sec |
1274 km |
39.583 |
| 1971 | Eddy Merckx 26hr 42min 39sec |
Luis Ocaña @ 54sec |
Bernard Thévenet @ 1min 43sec |
992.5 km | 37.157 |
| 1972 | Luis Ocaña 26hr 20min 11sec |
Bernard Thévenet @ 3min 5sec |
Lucien Van Impe @ 5min 25sec |
997.7 km | 37.883 |
| 1973 | Luis Ocaña 39hr 24min 42sec |
Bernard Thévenet @ 1min 10sec |
Joop Zoetemelk @ 10min 9sec |
1423 km |
36.106 |
| 1974 | Alain Santy 37hr 10min 14sec |
Raymond Poulidor @ 4sec |
Jean-Pierre Danguillaume @ 48sec |
1315.8 km | 35.404 |
| 1975 | Bernard Thévenet 35hr 39min 36sec |
Francesco Moser @ 4min 57sec |
Joop Zoetemelk @ s.t. |
1367 km |
38.334 |
| 1976 | Bernard Thévenet 39hr 36min 28sec |
Vicente Lopez-Carril @ 1min 5sec |
Raymond Delisle @ 2min 3sec |
1418.4 km | 35.80 |
| 1977 | Bernard Hinault 38hr 31min 17sec |
Bernard Thévenet @ 9sec |
Lucien Van Impe @ 2min 2sec |
1402.5 km | 36.40 |
| 1978 | Michel Pollentier 36hr 23min 3sec |
Mariano Martinez @ 3min 3sec |
Francisco Galdos @ 4min 40sec |
1325 km | 36.417 |
| 1979 | Bernard Hinault 37hr 6min 26sec |
Henk Lubberding @ 10min 27sec |
Francisco Galdos @ 11min 56sec |
1395 km |
37.594 |
| 1980 | Johan Van der Velde 37hr 47min 45sec |
Raymond Martin @ 2min 10sec |
Joaquim Agostinho @ 3min 19sec |
1396 km |
36.935 |
| 1981 | Bernard Hinault 36hr 22min 38sec |
Joaquim Agostinho @ 12min 7sec |
Greg LeMond @ 13min 5sec |
1287.5 km | 35.352 |
| 1982 | Michel Laurent 35hr 25min 3sec |
Jean-René Bernaudeau @ 28sec |
Pascal Simon @ 45sec |
1301.9 km | 36.761 |
| 1983 | Greg LeMond 34hr 12min (Pascal Simon finished 1st but relegated to 4th for dope) |
Robert Millar @ 2min 53sec |
Robert Alban @ 6min 12sec |
1261.5 km | 36.899 |
| 1984 | Martin Ramirez 35hr 23min 11sec |
Bernard Hinault @ 27sec |
Greg LeMond @ 5min 7sec |
1266.8 km | 35.805 |
| 1985 | Phil Anderson 31hr 44min 7sec |
Steven Rooks @ 24sec |
Pierre Bazzo @ 27sec |
1218.3 km | 38.380 |
| 1986 | Urs Zimmermann 34hr 16min 28sec |
Ronan Pensec @ 3min 15sec |
Joop Zoetemelk @ 3min 44sec |
1288 km |
37.597 |
| 1987 | Charly Mottet 34hr 30min 25sec |
Henry Cardenas @ 2min 44sec |
Ronan Pensec @ 3min 32sec |
1283 km |
37.181 |
| 1988 | Luis "Lucho" Herrera 28hr 46min 27sec |
Nikki Ruttimann @ 2min 7sec |
Charly Mottet @ 2min 51sec |
1020.1 km | 35.448 |
| 1989 | Charly Mottet 33hr 54min 3sec |
Robert Millar @ 18sec |
Thierry Claveyrolat @ 1min 50sec |
1223.7 km | 36.105 |
| 1990 | Robert Millar 33hr 42min |
Thierry Claveryrolet @ 1min 35sec |
Alviro Meija @ 1min 56sec |
1297.2 km | 38.486 |
| 1991 | Luis "Lucho" Herrera 28hr 38min 9sec |
Laudelino Cubino @ 46sec |
Tony Rominger @ 1min 18sec |
1101.5 km | 38.483 |
| 1992 | Charly Mottet 36hr 30min 19sec |
Luc Leblanc @ 43sec |
Gianni Bugno @ 2min 11sec |
1297.3 km | 35.529 |
| 1993 | Laurent Dufaux 32hr 11min 31sec |
Oliviero Rincon @ 3min |
Eric Boyer @ 5min 25sec |
1147.5 km | 35.661 |
| 1994 | Laurent Dufaux 32hr 21min 53sec |
Ronan Pensec @ 55sec |
Arturas Kasputis @ 1min 25sec |
1207.4 km | 37.294 |
| 1995 | Miguel Indurain 28hr 51min 32sec |
Chris Boardman @ 2min 21sec |
Vicente Aparicio @ 3min 39sec |
1151.2 km | 39.884 |
| 1996 | Miguel Indurain 30hr 57min 49sec |
Tony Rominger @ 1min 21sec |
Richard Virenque @ 1min 32sec |
1202.8 km | 38.852 |
| 1997 | Udo Bölts 30hr 49min 58sec |
Abraham Olano @ 13sec |
Jean-Cyril Robin @ 1min 42sec |
1186.1 km | 38.466 |
| 1998 | Armand de las Cuevas 28hr 8min 56sec |
Miguel-Angel Pena @ 34sec |
Andrei Teteriouk @ 2min 17sec |
1063.2 km | 37.763 |
| 1999 | Alexandre Vinokourov 30hr 25min 19sec |
Jonathan Vaughters @ 1min 14sec |
Wladimir Belli @ 3min 48sec |
1146.4 km | 37.670 |
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| 2000 | Tyler Hamilton 30hr 22min 7sec |
Haimar Zubaldia @ 31sec |
Lance Armstrong @ 36sec |
1163.3 km | 38.296 |
| 2001 | Christophe Moreau 28hr 24mn 10sec |
Pavel Tonkov @ 1sec |
Benoît Salmon @ 2min 1sec |
1097 km |
38.623 |
| 2002 | Lance Armstrong 28hr 38min 50sec |
Floyd Landis @ 2min 3sec |
Christophe Moreau @ 2min 24sec |
1096 km |
38.259 |
| 2003 | Lance Armstrong 29hr 31min 53sec |
Iban Mayo @ 1min 12sec |
David Millar @ 2min 47sec |
1197.5 km | 40.228 |
| 2004 | Iban Mayo 29hr 27min 15sec |
Tyler Hamilton @ 36sec |
Oscar Sevilla @ 1min 14sec |
1112 km |
37.754 |
| 2005 | Iñigo Landaluze 28hr 24min 46sec |
Santiago Botero @ 11sec |
Levi Leipheimer @ 48sec |
1149.9 km | 40.475 |
| 2006 | Levi Leipheimer 28hr 7min 6sec |
Christophe Moreau @ 1min 48sec |
Bernhard Kohl @ 2min 51sec |
1098.1 km | 39.052 |
| 2007 | Christophe Moreau 29hr 50min 35sec |
Cadel Evans @ 14sec |
Andrey Kashechkin @ 1min 27sec |
1139.9 km | 38.196 |
| 2008 | Alejandro Valverde 27hr 34min 39sec |
Cadel Evans @ 39sec |
Levi Leipheimer @ 1min 24sec |
1092.6 km | 39.615 |
| 2009 | Alejandro Valverde 26hr 33min 15sec |
Cadel Evans @ 16sec |
Alberto Contador @ 1min 18sec |
1030.0 km | 38.789 |
| 2010 | Janez Brajkovic 28hr 6min 28sec |
Alberto Contador @ 1min 41sec |
Tejay Van Garderen @ 2min 41sec |
1076.0 km | 38.281 |
| 2011 | Bradley Wiggins 26hr 40min 51sec |
Cadel Evans @ 1min 26sec |
Alexandre Vinokourov @ 1min 49sec |
1064.4 km | 39.879 |
| 2012 | Bradley Wiggins 26hr 40min 46sec |
Michael Rogers @ 1min 17sec |
Cadel Evans @ 1min 26sec |
1,052 km | 39.431 |
| 2013 | Christopher Froome 29hr 28min 46sec |
Richie Porte @ 58sec |
Daniel Moreno @ 2min 12sec |
1,117 km | 37.891 |
| 2014 | Andrew Talansky 31hr 8min 8sec |
Alberto Contador @ 27sec |
Jurgen Van den Broeck @ 35sec |
1,187.4 km | 38.14 |
| 2015 | Christopher Froome 30hr 59min 2sec |
Tejay van Garderen @ 10sec |
Rui Costa @ 1min 16sec |
1,212.5 km | 39.15 |
| 2016 | Christopher Froome 29hr 59min 31sec |
Romain Bardet @ 12sec |
Daniel Martin @ 19sec |
1,153.5 km | 38.46 km/hr |
| 2017 | Jakob Fuglsang 29hr 5min 54sec |
Richie Porte @ 10sec |
Daniel Martin @ 1min 32sec |
1,155 km | 39.693 km/hr |
| 2018 | Geraint Thomas 24hr 43min 12sec |
Adam Yates @ 1min 0sec |
Romain Bardet @ 1min 47sec |
960.1 km | 38.839 km/hr |
| 2019 | Jakob Fuglsang 30hr 44min 27sec |
Tejay van Garderen @ 20sec |
Emanuel Buchmann @ 21sec |
1,202.1 km | 39.104 km/hr |
| 2020 | Daniel Martinez 21hr 44min 58sec |
Thibaut Pinot @ 29sec |
Guillaume Martin @ 41sec |
801.5 km | 36.852 km/hr |
| 2021 | Richie Porte 29hr 37min 5sec |
Alexey Lutsenko @ 17sec |
Geraint Thomas @ 29sec |
1,198.9 km | 40.479 km/hr |
| 2022 | Primoz Roglic 29hr 11min 22sec |
Jonas Vingegaard @ 40sec |
Ben O'Connor @ 1min 41sec |
1,193.6 km | 40.892 km/hr |
| 2023 | Jonas Vingegaard 29hr 28min 39sec |
Adam Yates @ 2min 23sec |
Ben O'Connor @ 2min 56sec |
1,209.5 km | 41.031 km/hr |
| 2024 | Primoz Roglic 25hr 35min 40sec |
Matteo Jorgenson @ 8sec |
Derek Gee @ 36sec |
1,020.6 km | 39.876 km/hr |
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