2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

The 2007 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 59th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race and was held from 10 June to 17 June 2007. The race consisted of a Prologue and seven stages, of which one was a time trial, covering a total of about 1,140 km (710 mi), starting in Grenoble and finishing in Annecy.

Teams

Nineteen teams, each with a maximum of eight riders, entered the race:

• Discovery Channel
• AG2R Prévoyance
• Gerolsteiner
• Rabobank
• Caisse d'Epargne
• Saunier Duval–Prodir
• Crédit Agricole
• Astana
• Cofidis
• Predictor–Lotto
• Team CSC
• Française des Jeux
• T-Mobile Team
• Liquigas
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Quick-Step–Innergetic
• Lampre–Fondital
• Bouygues Télécom
• Team Milram

Pre-race favourites

The race was important preparation for the Tour de France. Of top names, defending champion Levi Leipheimer, Alejandro Valverde, Óscar Pereiro, Denis Menchov and Alexander Vinokourov were in the race while Thor Hushovd and Tom Boonen head the sprinters' group.

Route

Stages

The first, second and third placed riders, of each stage, were given 3, 2 and 1 UCI ProTour points, respectively.

Prologue

10 June 2008 - Grenoble, 4.2 km (2.6 mi) (ITT)

Stage 1

11 June 2008 - Grenoble to Roanne, 219 km (136 mi)

Stage 2

12 June 2008 - Saint-Paul-en-Jarez to Saint-Étienne, 157 km (98 mi)

Stage 3

13 June 2008 - Anneyron, 40.7 km (25.3 mi) (ITT)

Stage 4

14 June 2008 - Hauterives to Le Mont-Ventoux, 197 km (122 mi)

Stage 5

15 June 2008 - Nyons to Digne-les-Bains, 195 km (121 mi)

Stage 6

16 June 2008 - Gap to Valloire, 198 km (123 mi)

Stage 7

17 June 2008 - Valloire to Annecy, 129 km (80 mi)

General Classification

Jersey progress

Further reading

• [Rules of the race] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from (PDF) on 15 October 2007.
• [Prologue / Sunday 10 June 2007] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from (PDF) on 15 October 2007.
• [Stage 1 / Monday 11 June 2007] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from (PDF) on 14 October 2007.
• [Stage 2 / Tuesday 12 June 2007] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from (PDF) on 14 October 2007.
• [Stage 3 / Wednesday 13 June 2007] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from (PDF) on 15 October 2007.
• [Stage 4 / Thursday 14 June 2007] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from (PDF) on 15 October 2007.
• [Stage 5 / Friday 15 June 2007] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from (PDF) on 15 October 2007.
• [Stage 6 / Saturday 16 June 2007] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from (PDF) on 15 October 2007.
• [Stage 7 / Sunday 17 June 2007] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from (PDF) on 14 October 2007.

External links

• . Le Dauphine. Archived from on 13 October 2007. (in English)