Tags: Cycling Race, Race.
The Critérium du Dauphiné (known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré before 2010) is an annual cycling road race run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. The race was inaugurated in 1947 by a local newspaper the Dauphiné Libéré which gave its name to the event.