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 , starting in Grenoble and finishing in Annecy.
Teams Nineteen teams, each with a maximum of eight riders, entered the race:
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 +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 10 June Grenoble Individual time trial 1 11 June Grenoble to Roanne 2 12 June Saint-Paul-en-Jarez to Saint-Étienne 3 13 June Anneyron to Anneyron Individual time trial 4 14 June Hauterives to Mont Ventoux 5 15 June Nyons to Digne-les-Bains 6 16 June Gap to Valloire 7 17 June Valloire to Annecy
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, (ITT)
Prologue Result and General Classification after Prologue RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1" 3 + 2" 4 + 2" 5 + 3"
Stage 1 11 June 2008 - Grenoble to Roanne,
Stage 1 Result RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1" 3 + 2" 4 + 2" 5 + 3"
Stage 2 12 June 2008 - Saint-Paul-en-Jarez to Saint-Étienne,
Stage 2 Result RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 + 33" 4 + 33" 5 + 33"General Classification after Stage 2 RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 7" 3 + 24" 4 + 25" 5 + 26"
Stage 3 13 June 2008 - Anneyron, (ITT)
Stage 3 Result RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 9" 3 + 38" 4 + 39" 5 + 40"General Classification after Stage 3 RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 32" 4 + 40" 5 + 41"
Stage 4 14 June 2008 - Hauterives to Le Mont-Ventoux,
Stage 4 Result RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1' 08" 3 + 1' 21" 4 + 1' 51" 5 + 1' 51"General Classification after Stage 4 RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 14" 3 + 25" 4 + 26" 5 + 26"
Stage 5 15 June 2008 - Nyons to Digne-les-Bains,
Stage 5 Result RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 + 15" 4 + 15" 5 + 15"General Classification after Stage 5 RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 14" 3 + 25" 4 + 26" 5 + 26"
Stage 6 16 June 2008 - Gap to Valloire,
Stage 6 Result RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 51" 3 + 51" 4 + 51" 5 + 2' 16"General Classification after Stage 6 RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 14" 3 + 1' 27" 4 + 1' 52" 5 + 2' 16"
Stage 7 17 June 2008 - Valloire to Annecy,
Stage 7 Result RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 37" 3 + 37" 4 + 37" 5 + 37"General Classification after Stage 7 RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 14" 3 + 1' 27" 4 + 1' 52" 5 + 2' 16"
General Classification
RankRiderTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints 1 50 2 + 14" 40 3 + 1' 27" 35 4 + 1' 52" 30 5 + 2' 16" 25 6 + 4' 24" 20 7 + 5' 00" 15 8 + 5' 01" 10 9 + 5' 17" 5 10 + 5' 38" 2
Jersey progress
Stage(Winner)General classificationMountains classificationPoints classificationCombination classificationTeam Classification Prologue(Bradley Wiggins) Bradley Wiggins Sylvain Chavanel Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins no award Stage 1(Heinrich Haussler)Tom Boonen Stage 2(Christophe Moreau) Christophe Moreau Heinrich Haussler Christophe Moreau Stage 3(Alexander Vinokourov) Alexander Vinokourov Andrey Kashechkin Stage 4(Christophe Moreau) Andrey Kashechkin Christophe Moreau Christophe Moreau Christophe Moreau Stage 5 (Antonio Colom) Stage 6 (Maxim Iglinsky) Christophe Moreau Rémy Di Gregorio Stage 7 (Final) (Alexander Vinokourov) Alexander Vinokourov
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