1993 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

The 1993 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 45th edition of the cycle race and was held from 31 May to 7 June 1993. The race started in Charbonnières-les-Bains and finished in Aix-les-Bains. The race was won by Laurent Dufaux of the ONCE team.^[2]

1993 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Race details
Dates	31 May – 7 June 1993
Stages	7 + Prologue
Distance	1,147.5[1] km (713.0 mi)
Winning time	32h 11' 31"
Results
Winner  Laurent Dufaux (SUI) (ONCE)   Second  Oliverio Rincón (COL) (Amaya Seguros)   Third  Éric Boyer (FRA) (GAN) Points  Jacky Durand (FRA) (Castorama) Mountains  Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA) (GAN)   Team Festina–Lotus[2]
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Teams

Fourteen teams, containing a total of 108 riders, participated in the race:^[2]

• Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer
• Castorama
• Gatorade–Mega Drive–Kenwood
• GAN
• ONCE
• WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca
• Amaya Seguros
• Festina–Lotus
• Lotto
• Chazal–Vetta–MBK
• Subaru–Montgomery
• Sicasal–Acral
• La William
• Recer–Boavista

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type[3]		Stage winner[3]
P	31 May 1993	Lyon	4 km (2.5 mi)		Individual time trial	Raúl Alcalá (MEX)
1	1 June 1993	Charbonnières to Guilherand-Granges	188 km (117 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Frédéric Moncassin (FRA)
2	2 June 1993	Guilherand to Saint-Étienne	162.5 km (101 mi)		Flat stage	Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (FRA)
3	3 June 1993	Saint-Étienne to Saint-Étienne	43.5 km (27 mi)		Individual time trial	Raúl Alcalá (MEX)
4	4 June 1993	Vienne to Bonneville	218.5 km (135.8 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Eddy Bouwmans (NED)
5	5 June 1993	Bonneville to Grenoble	191 km (119 mi)		High mountain stage	Laurent Dufaux (SUI)
6	6 June 1993	Grenoble to Bourg-Saint-Maurice	200 km (120 mi)		High mountain stage	Oliverio Rincón (COL)
7	7 June 1993	Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Aix-les-Bains	140 km (87 mi)		Flat stage	Cezary Zamana (POL)

General classification

Final general classification[3][4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Laurent Dufaux (SUI) ONCE 32h 11' 31" 2  Oliverio Rincón (COL) Amaya Seguros + 3' 00" 3  Éric Boyer (FRA) GAN + 5' 25" 4  Jean-Philippe Dojwa (FRA) Festina–Lotus + 6' 19" 5  Richard Virenque (FRA) Festina–Lotus + 13' 16" 6  Éric Caritoux (FRA) Chazal–Vetta–MBK + 13' 32" 7  Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA) GAN + 13' 36" 8  Raúl Alcalá (MEX) WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca + 15' 22" 9  Miguel Arroyo (MEX) Subaru–Montgomery + 16' 27" 10  Joaquim Gomes (POR) Recer–Boavista + 20' 12"

References

1. "Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
2. "45ème Dauphiné Libéré 1993". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 29 January 2004.
3. "Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1993". LesSports.info. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013.
4. "1993 Critérium du Dauphiné". First Cycling. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

Further reading

• "Alcalá lider en la Dauphiné" [Alcalá leader in the Dauphiné] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 June 1993. p. 44.
• "Alcalá sigue lider en el Criterium Dauphiné Libéré" [Alcalá continues to lead the Criterium Dauphiné Libéré] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 June 1993. p. 48.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 June 1993. p. 48.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 4 June 1993. p. 50.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 June 1993. p. 40.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 June 1993. p. 51.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 June 1993. p. 50.
• "Ciclismo" [Cycling] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 June 1993. p. 42.