Tomorrow we start, the racers roll to Nancy from the ramp to the prologue of the Dauphiné, and who lives in southern Germany and the border is not too far could make even a trip to the starting point. Since it's been a little list of the stages were, as it is now with a few other nice links to Dauphiné? The cycling-seite.de is always there and how cyclingnews.com also offers plenty of material. Therefore, even this beautiful explanation:
Le Dauphiné
It's a 'mini-Tour de France' and another much-loved French race Organised by a newspaper.
Just as the L'Auto newspaper instituted the Tour de France in 1903 to boost circulation, Le Dauphiné is the publication behind the pre-tour warmup held in the second week of June.
The newspaper represents the Rhône-Alps region and the race is a representation of the aspects that make La Grande Boucle great. The parcours runs through the areas covered by Le Dauphiné's pages, some of the best territory to host a major cycling tour.
There's something for sprinters, time trial specialists and the climbers, with swings in the race leadership expected and a few surprise packets unveiled.
A 'mini-Tour de France' which is of course also such prominent names in the winners' list as Meckx, Hinault, Indurain and Armstrong ....
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