The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cyclingroad race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part of the UCI World Tour calendar and counts as one of the foremost races in the lead-up to the Tour de France in July, along with the Tour de Suisse in the latter half of June.
The race was inaugurated in 1947 by local newspaper, the Dauphiné Libéré, which served as the event's title sponsor until 2009. Since 2010 the race is organized by ASO, which also organizes most other eminent French cycling races, notably the Tour de France, Paris–Nice and Paris–Roubaix.
The Dauphiné (/ˌdoʊfiːˈneɪ/ or /ˈdoʊfɪneɪ/; French pronunciation:[dofine]) or Dauphiné Viennois, formerly Dauphiny in English, is a former province in southeastern France, whose area roughly corresponded to that of the present departments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes. The Dauphiné was originally the County of Albon.
In the 12th century, the local ruler Count Guigues IV of Albon (c.1095–1142) bore a dolphin on his coat of arms and was nicknamed "le Dauphin" (French for dolphin). His descendants changed their title from Count of Albon to Dauphin of Viennois. The state took the name of Dauphiné. It became a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century.
The Dauphiné is best known for its transfer from the last non-royal Dauphin (who had great debts and no direct heir) to the King of France in 1349. The terms of the transfer stipulated that the heir apparent of France would henceforth be called the "le Dauphin" and included significant autonomy and tax exemption for the Dauphiné region, most of which it retained only until 1457, though it remained an imperial state until the French Revolution.
The Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin (Dolphin), formerly known as the Aérospatiale SA 365 Dauphin 2 and the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin, is a medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter currently produced by Airbus Helicopters. It was originally developed and manufactured by French firm Aérospatiale, which was merged into the multinational Eurocopter company during the 1990s. Since entering production in 1975, the type has been in continuous production for more than 40 years. The intended successor to the Dauphin is the Airbus Helicopters H160, which is yet to enter operational service as of March 2015.
The Dauphin 2 shares many similarities with the Aérospatiale SA 360, a commercially unsuccessful single-engine helicopter; however the twin-engine Dauphin 2 did meet with customer demands and has been operated by a wide variety of civil and military operators. Since the type's introduction in the 1970s, several major variations and specialised versions of the Dauphin 2 have been developed and entered production, including the military-oriented Eurocopter Panther, the air-sea rescue HH/MH-65 Dolphin, the Chinese-manufactured Harbin Z-9 and the modernised Eurocopter EC155.
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It is a very young squad, with Ayuso doubling up in both the time trial and road race ... #Paris2024 ... He won the Tour of the Basque Country and placed well in some of the year's biggest races, including the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de Romandie.
GETTY IMAGES ... In 2024 he won Ghent-Wevelgem ... His team, Lidl-Trek, will miss him as he is always a great support for their leader, Giulio Ciccone, who is 13th in the general classification.Pedersen wins the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné ... .
... race, the Dauphiné in France, that he can be up there,” Pekatch explained. (Gee came in third overall in the mountainous eight-stage, 737.9-mile 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné that ended on June 9.).
But not the 111th ...Tour de France 2024 ... And while Haig will ride for Bahrain-Victorious, his 16th place overall at the traditional pre-Tour warm-up race, the Critérium du Dauphiné, did not suggest form that would see him challenging for the podium ... .
The Slovenian’s win at the Critérium du Dauphiné shows he’s on track; Alexandr Vlasov and Hindley offer mountain support and can target stages if Roglic falls off, which has been an issue in the past.
... ability of the seasoned racers around him – “I hated it, I didn’t have the skills” – to a rider who would win three stages in the Tour’s key warm-up race, the Critérium du Dauphiné.
THÔNES, France — Canadian rider Derek Gee celebrated his first ever WorldTour general classification podium Sunday, finishing third in the Critérium du Dauphiné... The Critérium du Dauphiné is considered a key Tour de France warm-up race ... ---.
THÔNES — Canadian rider Derek Gee celebrated his first ever WorldTour general classification podium Sunday, finishing third in the Critérium du Dauphiné... The Critérium du Dauphiné is considered a key Tour de France warm-up race ... Roglic was sixth ... --- ... .
