Critérium International

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Critérium International

Race details
Date	Late-March
Region	Ardennes, France
English name	International Criterium
Local name(s)	Critérium International (French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1932
Editions	77 (as of 2008)
First winner	Léon Le Calvez
Most wins	Emile Idée Raymond Poulidor (5 wins)
Most recent	Jens Voigt

The Critérium International is a two day bicycle stage race held in France every spring. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932.

For many years it was considered a sort of French national championship and was only opened to non-French cyclists in 1979.

The race has been won by some of the most famous names in cycling including Jacques Anquetil, Seán Kelly, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Jens Voigt. Italian rider Ivan Basso won in 2006.

[edit] Winners

1932 Léon Le Calvez 1933 André Leducq 1934 Roger Lapébie 1935 René Le Grevès 1936 Paul Chocque 1937 Roger Lapébie René Le Grevès 1938 Pierre Jaminet 1939 André Deforge 1940 Emile Idée 1941 Yvan Marie Benoît Faure 1942 Emile Idée Emile Bertocco 1943 Emile Idée Louis Gauthier 1944 Roger Piel 1945 Jo Goutorbe 1946 Kleber Piot 1947 Emile Idée 1948 Camille Danguillaume 1949 Emile Idée 1950 Pierre Barbotin 1951 Louison Bobet 1952 Louison Bobet 1953 Robert Desbats 1954 Roger Hassenforder 1955 René Privat

1956 Roger Hassenforder 1957 Jean Forestier 1958 Roger Hassenforder 1959 André Darrigade 1960 Jean Graczyk 1961 Jacques Anquetil 1962 Joseph Groussard 1963 Jacques Anquetil 1964 Raymond Poulidor 1965 Jacques Anquetil 1966 Raymond Poulidor 1967 Jacques Anquetil 1968 Raymond Poulidor 1969 Gilbert Bellone 1970 Georges Chappe 1971 Raymond Poulidor 1972 Raymond Poulidor 1973 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume 1974 Bernard Thévenet 1975 Jacques Esclassan 1976 Patrick Beon 1977 Jean Chassang 1978 Bernard Hinault 1979 Joop Zoetemelk 1980 Michel Laurent 1981 Bernard Hinault

1982 Laurent Fignon 1983 Seán Kelly 1984 Seán Kelly 1985 Stephen Roche 1986 Urs Zimmerman 1987 Seán Kelly 1988 Erik Breukink 1989 Miguel Indurain 1990 Laurent Fignon 1991 Stephen Roche 1992 Jean-François Bernard 1993 Erik Breukink 1994 Giorgio Furlan 1995 Laurent Jalabert 1996 Chris Boardman 1997 Marcelino García 1998 Bobby Julich 1999 Jens Voigt 2000 Abraham Olano 2001 Rick Verbrugghe 2002 José Martinez 2003 Laurent Brochard 2004 Jens Voigt 2005 Bobby Julich 2006 Ivan Basso 2007 Jens Voigt 2008 Jens Voigt

[edit] References

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