Critérium International

The Critérium International (until 1980: Critérium National ) was a French road bike race . Despite its name, this race was not a criterion in the sense of the regulations of the UCI World Cycling Association .

The race has been held uninterruptedly since 1932, initially as a one-day race and later as a stage race , and until 1980, as Critérium National, was reserved for French drivers or teams . In the war years 1941 to 1943 there were separate events in the occupied and the unoccupied zone .

From 1981 the competition was included in the international calendar of the UCI and was named Critérium International . Organizers at this time was the Tour de France organizer Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), which the race over two days consisting of a flat stage, a mountain stage and a time trial , first in the south of France, then from 2001 to 2009 in the French Ardennes , and since 2010 in Corsica . Most recently it was part of the UCI Europe Tour and there in the hors category

Record winners of the race with five wins each are Émile Idée , Raymond Poulidor and Jens Voigt . The best-known winners of the international events include Bernard Hinault , Laurent Fignon , Sean Kelly , Miguel Induráin , Laurent Jalabert , Chris Boardman , Ivan Basso , Cadel Evans , Fränk Schleck and Chris Froome .

In November 2016, the organizer ASO announced that the race would no longer be held after 85 years due to the competition with other competitions and the resulting increasingly weaker starting field.

winner

2016 Thibaut Pinot 2015 Jean-Christophe Péraud 2014 Jean-Christophe Péraud 2013 Chris Froome 2012 Cadel Evans 2011 Frank Schleck 2010 Pierrick Fédrigo 2009 Jens Voigt 2008 Jens Voigt 2007 Jens Voigt 2006 Ivan Basso 2005 Bobby Julich 2004 Jens Voigt 2003 Laurent Brochard 2002 José Alberto Martínez 2001 Rik Verbrugghe 2000 Abraham Olano 1999 Jens Voigt 1998 Bobby Julich 1997 Marcelino Gargia 1996 Chris Boardman 1995 Laurent Jalabert 1994 Giorgio Furlan 1993 Erik Breukink 1992 Jean-François Bernard 1991 Stephen Roche 1990 Laurent Fignon 1989 Miguel Induráin 1988 Erik Breukink 1987 Sean Kelly 1986 Urs Zimmermann 1985 Stephen Roche 1984 Sean Kelly 1983 Sean Kelly 1982 Laurent Fignon 1981 Bernard Hinault 1980 Michel Laurent 1979 Joop Zoetemelk 1978 Bernard Hinault 1977 Jean Chassang 1976 Patrick Beon 1975 Jacques Esclassan

1974 Bernard Thévenet 1973 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume 1972 Raymond Poulidor 1971 Raymond Poulidor 1970 Georges Chappe 1969 Gilbert Bellone 1968 Raymond Poulidor 1967 Jacques Anquetil 1966 Raymond Poulidor 1965 Jacques Anquetil 1964 Raymond Poulidor 1963 Jacques Anquetil 1962 Joseph Groussard 1961 Jacques Anquetil 1960 Jean Graczyk 1959 André Darrigade 1958 Roger Hassenforder  1957 Jean Forestier  1956 Roger Hassenforder  1955 René private  1954 Roger Hassenforder  1953 Robert Desbats  1952 Louison Bobet  1951 Louison Bobet  1950 Pierre Barbotin  1949 Émile Idée  1948 Camille Danguillaume  1947 Émile Idée  1946 Kleber Piot and Camille Danguillaume   1945 Jo Goutorbe  1944 Roger Piel  1943 Émile Idée / Louis Gauthier   1942 Émile Idée / Emile Bertocco   1941 Yvan Marie / Benoît Faure   1940 Émile Idée  1939 André Deforge  1938 Pierre Jaminet  1937 Roger Lapébie and René Le Grevès   1936 Paul Chocque  1935 René Le Grevès  1934 Roger Lapébie  1933 André Leducq  1932 Léon Le Calvez

References and comments

1. ↑ ASO discontinues the Critérium International. radsport-news.com, November 18, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The race was held in the German occupied zone .
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The race was held in the unoccupied zone .

Web links and sources

• ASO announces end of Criterium International - Race will not be held in 2017, ending 85-year run. cyclingnews.com, November 18, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016 . 
• Critérium International in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Critérium International in the ProCyclingStats.com database