Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

- _For the type of cycling race see Criterium_

The **Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré** is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. It is organised by the _Le Dauphiné Libéré_ newspaper. Along with the Tour de Suisse, the Dauphiné Libéré is an important race in the lead-up to the Tour de France in July.

Because the Dauphiné is a mountainous area, the winners are often climbing specialists. Many climbs that are famous from the Tour de France, like the Mont Ventoux, the Col du Galibier or _Col de la Chartreuse_ appear often in the Dauphiné Libéré.

All cyclists who have won the Tour de France five times or more have also won the Dauphiné Libéré.

The first Dauphiné Libéré was held in 1947 when Eduard Klablinski from Poland was the winner. Nello Lauredi, Luis Ocaña, Charly Mottet and Bernard Hinault share the record of the most wins, with three each.

Iban Mayo won in 2004, when he climbed Mont Ventoux very quickly.  In the 2005 Dauphiné the winner was Iñigo Landaluze, of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team.

### 1947 to 1999

|Year|Winner|Nat|Team|Team Nat||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|valign="top"|{|class="wikitable"|||||||
|1947|Édouard Kablinski|||||||
|1948|Édouard Fachleitner|||||||
|1949|Lucien Lazarides||France Sport-Dunlop|||||
|1950|Nello Lauredi|||||||
|1951|Nello Lauredi|||||||
|1952|Jean Dotto||France Sport|||||
|1953|Lucien Teisseire||Terrot-Hutchinson|||||
|1954|Nello Lauredi|||||||
|1955|Louison Bobet||Stella/Mercier|||||
|1956|Alex Close||Elvé-Peugeot|||||
|1957|Marcel Rohrbach|||||||
|1958|Louis Rostollan|||||||
|1959|Henry Anglade|||||||
|1960|Jean Dotto||Liberia-Grammont|||||
|1961|Brian Robinson||Rapha-Gitane-Dunlop|||||
|1962|Raymond Mastrotto||Gitane-Leroux-Dunlop|||||
|1963|Jacques Anquetil||Saint-Raphaël|||||
|1964|Valentin Uriona|||||||
|1965|Jacques Anquetil||Ford-Gitane|||||
|1966|Raymond Poulidor||Mercier-BP|||||
|1969|Raymond Poulidor||Mercier-BP|||||
|1970|Luis Ocaña||Bic|||||
|1971|Eddy Merckx||Peugot-BP-Michelin|||||
|1972|Luis Ocaña||Bic|||||
|1973|Luis Ocaña||Bic|||||
|1974|Alain Santy||Gan-Mercier||}|valign="top"|{| class="wikitable"|
|1975|Bernard Thévenet||Peugot-BP-Michelin|||||
|1976|Bernard Thévenet||Peugot-BP-Michelin|||||
|1977|Bernard Hinault||Gitane|||||
|1978|Michel Pollentier||Flandria-Velda-Latina|||||
|1979|Bernard Hinault||Renault-Gitane|||||
|1980|Johan van der Velde|||||||
|1981|Bernard Hinault||Renault-Gitane|||||
|1982|Michel Laurent||Peugeot-Shell-Michelin|||||
|1983|Greg LeMond||Renault-Elf-Gitane|||||
|1984|Martin Ramirez|||||||
|1985|Phil Anderson|||||||
|1986|Urs Zimmermann||Carrera-Albuch|||||
|1987|Charly Mottet||Système U|||||
|1988|Luis Herrera|||||||
|1989|Charly Mottet||RMO|||||
|1990|Robert Millar||Z|||||
|1991|Luis Herrera|||||||
|1992|Charly Mottet||RMO|||||
|1993|Laurent Dufaux||Helvetia|||||
|1994|Laurent Dufaux||Helvetia|||||
|1995|Miguel Indurain||Banesto|||||
|1996|Miguel Indurain||Banesto|||||
|1997|Udo Bölts||Team Deutsche Telekom|||||
|1998|Armand De Las Cuevas|||||||
|1999|Alexander Vinokourov||Casino||}|||

### After 1999

|Year|Winner|Nat|Team|Team Nat|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|Tyler Hamilton||U.S. Postal Service||
|2001|Christophe Moreau||Festina||
|2002|~~Lance Armstrong~~||U.S. Postal Service||
|2003|~~Lance Armstrong~~||U.S. Postal Service||
|2004|Iban Mayo||Euskaltel-Euskadi||
|2005|Iñigo Landaluze||Euskaltel-Euskadi||
|2006|Levi Leipheimer||Team Gerolsteiner||
|2007|Christophe Moreau||Ag2r||
|2008|Alejandro Valverde||||
|2009|Alejandro Valverde||||
|2010|Janez Brajkovič||||

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (cycling race)

- **name**: Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- **current event**: 2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- **date**: Early June
- **region**: Dauphiné, France
- **english**: Dauphiné Libéré Tour
- **localnames**: Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- **nickname**: Dauphiné Libéré
- **discipline**: Road
- **competition**: UCI ProTour
- **type**: Stage race
- **first**: 1947
- **number**: 59 (as of 2007)
- **firstwinner**: Eduard Klabinski
- **mostwins**: _3 times:_

Nello Lauredi

Luis Ocaña

Charly Mottet

Bernard Hinault
- **mostrecent**: Christophe Moreau