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2000 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
Race details
Dates	4–11 June 2000
Stages	7 + Prologue
Distance	1,163.3 km (722.8 mi)
Winning time	30h 22' 07"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
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The 2000 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 52nd edition of the cycle race and was held from 4 June to 11 June 2000. The race started in Grenoble and finished in Sallanches. The race was won by Tyler Hamilton of the U.S. Postal Service team.

Teams

Fourteen teams, containing a total of 112 riders, participated in the race:^[2]

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]
Stage	Date	Course	Distance		Winner
P	4 June	Grenoble	3.6 km (2.2 mi)	Individual time trial	Alberto López de Munain (ESP)
1	5 June	Grenoble to Lyon	189 km (117 mi)		Frédéric Guesdon (FRA)
2	6 June	Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne to Saint-Étienne	210 km (130 mi)		Fabrice Gougot (FRA)
3	7 June	Saint-Étienne to Saint-Chamond	35.7 km (22.2 mi)	Individual time trial	~~Lance Armstrong (USA)~~^{[nb 1]}
4	8 June	Romans-sur-Isère to Mont Ventoux	159 km (99 mi)		Tyler Hamilton (USA)
5	9 June	Beaumes-de-Venise to Digne-les-Bains	201 km (125 mi)		Tyler Hamilton (USA)
6	10 June	Digne-les-Bains to Briançon	218 km (135 mi)		Íñigo Cuesta (ESP)
7	11 June	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Sallanches	147 km (91 mi)		Laurent Jalabert (FRA)

General classification

Final general classification^[2]^[3]^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tyler Hamilton (USA)	U.S. Postal Service	30h 22' 07"
2	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 31"
3	~~Lance Armstrong (USA)~~	~~U.S. Postal Service~~	~~+ 36"~~^{[nb 1]}
4	Alex Zülle (SUI)	Banesto	+ 1' 42"
5	Jonathan Vaughters (USA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 2' 56"
6	Christophe Moreau (FRA)	Festina	+ 3' 36"
7	Mikel Pradera (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 3' 56"
8	Peter Luttenberger (AUT)	ONCE–Deutsche Bank	+ 4' 44"
9	Andrey Kivilev (KAZ)	AG2R Prévoyance	+ 5' 07"
10	Ramón González Arrieta (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 5' 21"

Notes

^ ^a ^b In 2012, Lance Armstrong was disqualified from his position in the race. He was also stripped of all results after 1 August 1998, as a result of a massive doping scheme.

References

^ "Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "52ème Dauphiné Libéré 2000". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004.
^ "2000 Critérium du Dauphiné". First Cycling. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^ "Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2000". LesSports.info. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013.

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