2000 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Cycling race

2000 Critérium du Dauphiné LibéréRace details

Dates| 4–11 June 2000
Stages| 7 + Prologue
Distance| 1,163.3[1] km (722.8 mi)
Winning time| 30h 22' 07"
Results
| |  Winner|   Tyler Hamilton (USA)|  (U.S. Postal Service)

|
|
|

|  Second|   Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)|  (Euskaltel–Euskadi)
|  Third|  ~~Lance Armstrong~~|  ( ~~U.S. Postal Service~~ )

* * *

|  Points|   Tyler Hamilton (USA)|  (U.S. Postal Service)
|  Mountains|   Íñigo Cuesta (ESP)|  (ONCE–Deutsche Bank)

← 1999

2001 →

The 2000 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 52nd edition of the cycle race and was held from 4 June to 11 June 2000. The race started in Grenoble and finished in Sallanches. The race was won by Tyler Hamilton of the U.S. Postal Service team.

## Teams

[edit]

Fourteen teams, containing a total of 112 riders, participated in the race:[2]

* ONCE–Deutsche Bank
* U.S. Postal Service
* Festina
* Euskaltel–Euskadi
* Française des Jeux
* Banesto
* Crédit Agricole
* Lotto–Adecco
* BigMat–Auber 93
* Cofidis
* AG2R Prévoyance
* Bonjour
* Jean Delatour
* Kelme–Costa Blanca

## Route

[edit]

Stage characteristics and winners[2] Stage  | Date  | Course  | Distance  | Type  | Winner

|
|
|
|
|

P  | 4 June  | Grenoble | 3.6 km (2.2 mi)  |  | Individual time trial |  Alberto López de Munain (ESP)
1  | 5 June  | Grenoble to Lyon | 189 km (117 mi)  |  |  |  Frédéric Guesdon (FRA)
2  | 6 June  | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne to Saint-Étienne | 210 km (130 mi)  |  |  |  Fabrice Gougot (FRA)
3  | 7 June  | Saint-Étienne to Saint-Chamond | 35.7 km (22.2 mi)  |  | Individual time trial | ~~ Lance Armstrong (USA)~~[nb 1]
4  | 8 June  | Romans-sur-Isère to Mont Ventoux | 159 km (99 mi)  |  |  |  Tyler Hamilton (USA)
5  | 9 June  | Beaumes-de-Venise to Digne-les-Bains | 201 km (125 mi)  |  |  |  Tyler Hamilton (USA)
6  | 10 June  | Digne-les-Bains to Briançon | 218 km (135 mi)  |  |  |  Íñigo Cuesta (ESP)
7  | 11 June  | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Sallanches | 147 km (91 mi)  |  |  |  Laurent Jalabert (FRA)

## General classification

[edit]

Final general classification[2][3][4] | Rank  | Rider  | Team  | Time

|
|
|

1  |  Tyler Hamilton (USA) | U.S. Postal Service | 30h 22' 07"
2  |  Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | \+ 31"
~~3~~ | ~~ Lance Armstrong (USA)~~ | ~~U.S. Postal Service~~ | ~~\+ 36"~~ [nb 1]
4  |  Alex Zülle (SUI) | Banesto | \+ 1' 42"
5  |  Jonathan Vaughters (USA) | Crédit Agricole | \+ 2' 56"
6  |  Christophe Moreau (FRA) | Festina | \+ 3' 36"
7  |  Mikel Pradera (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | \+ 3' 56"
8  |  Peter Luttenberger (AUT) | ONCE–Deutsche Bank | \+ 4' 44"
9  |  Andrey Kivilev (KAZ) | AG2R Prévoyance | \+ 5' 07"
10  |  Ramón González Arrieta (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | \+ 5' 21"

## Notes

[edit]

1. ^ a b In 2012, Lance Armstrong was disqualified from his position in the race. He was also stripped of all results after 1 August 1998, as a result of a massive doping scheme.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
2. ^ a b c "52ème Dauphiné Libéré 2000". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004.
3. ^ "2000 Critérium du Dauphiné". First Cycling. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
4. ^ "Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2000". LesSports.info. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013.

## Further reading

[edit]

* "52nd Criterium du Dauphiné Libére - 2.HC". Cycling News.
* "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 June 2000. p. 42.
* "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 June 2000. p. 43.
* "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 June 2000. p. 32.
* "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 June 2000. p. 33.
* "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 June 2000. p. 42.
* "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 June 2000. p. 43.
* "Ciclismo Dauphine Libere" [Cycling Dauphine Libere] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 June 2000. p. 36.
* "Ciclismo Dauphine Libere" [Cycling Dauphine Libere] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 June 2000. p. 37.
* "Ciclismo Dauphine Libere" [Cycling Dauphine Libere] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 June 2000. p. 41.
* "Ciclismo Dauphine Libere" [Cycling Dauphine Libere] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 June 2000. p. 44.
* "Ciclismo Dauphine Libere" [Cycling Dauphine Libere] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 June 2000. p. 45.
* "Ciclismo/Dauphine" [Cycling/Dauphine] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 June 2000. p. 48.
* "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 June 2000. p. 46.
* "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 June 2000. p. 47.

* v
* t
* e

Critérium du Dauphiné

* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

*[USA]: United States
*[ESP]: Spain
*[FRA]: France
*[SUI]: Switzerland
*[AUT]: Austria
*[KAZ]: Kazakhstan
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template