1977 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
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| Dates | 30 May – 6 June 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,402.5[1] km (871.5 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 38h 31' 17" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1977 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 29th edition of the cycle race and was held from 30 May to 6 June 1977. The race started in Avignon and finished at Thonon-les-Bains. The race was won by Bernard Hinault of the Gitane–Campagnolo team. An all time highlight from this race was on the stage to Grenoble when Hinault miscalculated a high speed turn and went into a ravine. He left his totaled bike at the bottom, climbed back up, got on a new bike and went on to win the stage and the race by nine seconds over Bernard Thévenet. This race included five eventual Tour de France winners, all of whom finished in the top 10 including previous winners Merckx, Van Impe and Thevenet as well as future winners Hinault and Zoetemelk.
Teams
[edit]Nine teams, containing a total of 89 riders, participated in the race:[2]
Route
[edit]| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| P | 30 May | Avignon | 5 km (3.1 mi) | 
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Individual time trial |  Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)
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| 1 | 31 May | Orange to Saint-Étienne | 228 km (142 mi) |  Bernard Hinault (FRA)
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| 2 | 1 June | Saint-Étienne to Montceau-les-Mines | 204 km (127 mi) | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (FRA)
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| 3 | 2 June | Montceau-les-Mines to Mâcon | 186 km (116 mi) | Patrick Sercu (BEL)
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| 4a | 3 June | Mâcon to Vienne | 119 km (74 mi) | Patrick Sercu (BEL)
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| 4b | 3 June | Vienne to Valence | 129 km (80 mi) | Patrick Sercu (BEL)
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| 5 | 4 June | Romans-sur-Isère to Grenoble | 214 km (133 mi) | Bernard Hinault (FRA)
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| 6 | 5 June | Grenoble to Annecy | 192 km (119 mi) | Lucien Van Impe (BEL)
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| 7a | 6 June | Annecy to Thonon-les-Bains | 89 km (55 mi) | Patrick Sercu (BEL)
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| 7b | 6 June | Thonon-les-Bains | 36.5 km (22.7 mi) |
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Individual time trial | Bernard Thévenet (FRA)
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General classification
[edit]Final general classification[2][3]
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References
[edit]- ^ "Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d "29ème Dauphiné Libéré 1977". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 23 April 2004.
- ^ "1977 Critérium du Dauphiné". First Cycling. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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