Dauphiné Libéré

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 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, and it is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. Because the Dauphiné is a mountainous area, the winners are often climbing specia... more

Also known as:

  • Dauphine Libere
top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Amstel Gold Race

    Amstel Gold Race

    The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held (mostly) in the southern part of the province of Limburg, The Netherlands. Since 1989 it has been among the races included in season long rankings tables, as part of the UCI Road World Cup (1989-2004), the UCI ProTour (2005-2008) and the current UCI...
  • 2009 Tour De France - Montpellier

    This was the first team time trial in the Tour since 2005. Riders finishing with the first five members of their team all received the same time: riders who became isolated from their team recorded an individual time. The time trial was won by Astana, beating Garmin-Slipstream, who rode about half...
  • 2009 Tour De France - Saint-Gaudens to Tarbes

    The Pyrenees portion of the 2009 Tour ended with this stage which had two categorized climbs, the Col d'Aspin and the Col de Tourmalet and, as the previous day, a lengthy flat stretch before the finish, essentially neutralising the stage in terms of challenges relevant to the overall classification...
  • 2009 Tour De France - Montélimar to Mont Ventoux

    This was the first time the Tour had had a mountain stage on its second-to-last day. The early stages, which included four categorised climbs, saw a group of 16 riders build a lead in excess of 10'30" before Team Saxo Bank started to limit their gains. Under pressure from Astana, the chase group...
  • 2009 Tour De France - Bourgoin-Jallieu to Aubenas

    This was a largely flat stage, but featured a category 2 climb 16 km from the finish. A twenty-rider breakaway after 9 km never gained more than three minutes advantage over a peloton paced by Team Milram and Rabobank, and an attack by Leonardo Duque after 110 km reduced the group to five, his...
  • Vuelta a Mallorca

    The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca (English: Tour of Majorca, Catalan: Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of five professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in early February. The event is used as an early season preparatory event by many of...
  • 2009 Tour De France - Barcelona to Andorra-Arcalis, Andorra

    This second stage in a row that did not visit French soil was both the longest stage, and the highest finish of this year's tour. The first key break of the day comprised three riders, and escaped after 8 km of cycling, but it was joined by a six man chase group shortly after the first of the day's...
  • Amgen Tour of California

    The Tour of California is a professional cycling stage race on the UCI America Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that debuted on February 19, 2006. The annual eight-day race covers between 650-700 miles (1,045 - 1,126 km) throughout California — beginning in Nevada City, traveling through the...
  • 2009 Tour De France - Vatan to Saint-Fargeau

    This was another flat stage, with a two man breakaway, consisting of Johan Van Summeren and Marcin Sapa, which reached its largest advantage of 4'45" after 45 km and was caught with 5 km remaining. Mark Cavendish again dominated the sprint, taking his fourth stage of the tour and regaining the...
  • Tour of Lombardy

    The Giro di Lombardia (English: Tour of Lombardy) is a cycling race, in Lombardy, Italy. It is the last 'Monument' of the European calendar, and although no longer part of the UCI ProTour, it is the last event in the UCI World Ranking calendar, and therefore potentially decisive in that title. Its...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Dauphiné Libéré was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution