1986 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1986 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Race details
Dates	25 May – 1 June 1986
Stages	7 + Prologue
Distance	1,288 km (800.3 mi)
Winning time	34h 16' 28"
Results
Winner Urs Zimmermann (SUI) (Carrera Jeans–Vagabond)   Second Ronan Pensec (FRA) (Peugeot–Shell)   Third Joop Zoetemelk (NED) (Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko) Points Jean-Claude Leclercq (FRA) (Kas) Mountains Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA) (RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic)

The 1986 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 38th edition of the cycle race and was held from 25 May to 1 June 1986. The race started in Annecy and finished in Nyons. The race was won by Urs Zimmermann of the Carrera team.

Teams

Thirteen teams, containing a total of 113 riders, participated in the race:

• Fagor
• La Vie Claire
• Café de Colombia–Varta
• Kas
• Peugeot–Shell
• Teka
• Miko
• RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic
• Système U
• Hitachi–Marc
• Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko
• Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
• Colombia amateur team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	25 May	Annecy	4.1 km (2.5 mi)		Individual time trial	Jean-François Bernard (FRA)
1	26 May	Annecy to Villeurbanne	176 km (109 mi)			Hans Daams (NED)
2	27 May	Belleville to Gueugnon	186 km (116 mi)			Laurent Fignon (FRA)
3	28 May	Digoin to Saint-Étienne	195 km (121 mi)			Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
4a	29 May	Saint-Chamond to Charavines	100 km (62 mi)			Bruno Wojtinek (FRA)
4b	29 May	Chambéry to Chambéry	94 km (58 mi)			Luc Roosen (BEL)
5	30 May	Chambéry to Albertville	184 km (114 mi)			Erich Maechler (SUI)
6	31 May	Grenoble to Grenoble	207 km (129 mi)			Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
7a	1 June	Laragne to Camaret	106 km (66 mi)			Maarten Ducrot (NED)
7b	1 June	Camaret to Nyons	35.9 km (22.3 mi)		Individual time trial	Jean-François Bernard (FRA)

General classification

Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Urs Zimmermann (SUI) Carrera Jeans–Vagabond 34h 16' 28" 2 Ronan Pensec (FRA) Peugeot–Shell + 3' 15" 3 Joop Zoetemelk (NED) Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko + 3' 44" 4 Jean-Claude Bagot (FRA) Fagor + 3' 46" 5 Jean-Claude Leclercq (FRA) Kas + 3' 58" 6 Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA) RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic + 5' 07" 7 Jean-François Bernard (FRA) La Vie Claire + 5' 12" 8 Luc Roosen (BEL) Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko + 5' 25" 9 Éric Caritoux (FRA) Fagor + 7' 06" 10 Charly Bérard (FRA) La Vie Claire + 9' 22"

Further reading

• "Dauphine Libere: Primer "Maillot" para Bernard" [Dauphine Libere: First "jersey" for Bernard] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 27 May 1986. p. 40.
• "El Holandes Daams, en la tormenta" [The Dutch Daams, in the storm] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 May 1986. p. 43.
• "Fignon: Etapa y maillot" [Fignon: Stage and jersey] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 29 May 1986. p. 40.
• "Claveyrolat, un escalador al sprint" [Claveyrolat, a climber to the sprint] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 30 May 1986. p. 49.
• "Fignon se consolida en el "Dauphine"" [Fignon consolidates in the "Dauphine"] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 31 May 1986. p. 51.
• "¡Exploto en Dauphine Libere!" [It exploded in Dauphine Libere!] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 June 1986. p. 51.
• ""Bis" de Claveyrolat y Zimmermann de Amarillo" ["Encore" of Claveyrolat and Zimmermann of yellow] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 June 1986. p. 46.
• "Zimmermann, primer Suizo que gana la "Dauphine"" [Zimmermann, the first Swiss to win the "Dauphine"] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 June 1986. p. 50.