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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
km/hr

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

 


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