1987 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

1987 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Race details
Dates	25 May – 2 June 1987
Stages	8 + Prologue
Distance	1,283 km (797.2 mi)
Winning time	34h 30' 25"
Results
Winner Charly Mottet (FRA) (Système U)   Second Henry Cárdenas (COL) (Café de Colombia–Varta)   Third Ronan Pensec (FRA) (Vétements Z–Peugeot) Points Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA) (RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic) Mountains Henry Cardenas (COL) (Café de Colombia–Varta)   Combination Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA) (RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic)   Team Vétements Z–Peugeot

The 1987 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 39th edition of the cycle race and was held from 25 May to 2 June 1987. The race started in Grenoble and finished in Carpentras. The race was won by Charly Mottet of the Système U team.

Teams

Fifteen teams, containing a total of 131 riders, participated in the race:

• Carrera Jeans–Vagabond
• Vétements Z–Peugeot
• Superconfex–Kwantum–Yoko–Colnago
• Fagor–MBK
• Kas
• RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic
• Toshiba–Look
• Café de Colombia–Varta
• Système U
• AD Renting–Fangio–IOC–MBK
• Teka
• Colombia amateur team
• Poland amateur team
• Czechoslovakia amateur team
• Italy amateur team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	25 May	Grenoble	3 km (1.9 mi)		Individual time trial	Erich Maechler (SUI)
1	26 May	Grenoble to Ferney-Voltaire	202 km (126 mi)			Laurent Biondi (FRA)
2	27 May	Bellegarde to Saint-Étienne	195 km (121 mi)			Bruno Cornillet (FRA)
3	28 May	Saint-Étienne to Valence	110 km (68 mi)			Bruno Wojtinek (FRA)
4	29 May	Valence	32 km (20 mi)		Individual time trial	Erich Maechler (SUI)
5	30 May	Chambéry to Lyon	202 km (126 mi)			Niki Rüttimann (SUI)
6	31 May	Chambéry to Valfréjus	183 km (114 mi)			Henry Cárdenas (COL)
7	1 June	Bardonecchia to Bardonecchia	163 km (101 mi)			Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA)
8	2 June	Sisteron to Carpentras	193 km (120 mi)			Roy Knickman (USA)

General classification

Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Charly Mottet (FRA) Système U 34h 30' 25" 2 Henry Cárdenas (COL) Café de Colombia–Varta + 2' 44" 3 Ronan Pensec (FRA) Vétements Z–Peugeot + 3' 32" 4 Thierry Claveyrolat (FRA) RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic + 3' 54" 5 Bruno Cornillet (FRA) Vétements Z–Peugeot + 5' 17" 6 Bernard Vallet (FRA) RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic + 5' 30" 7 Régis Simon (FRA) RMO–Cycles Méral–Mavic + 5' 50" 8 Luc Leblanc (FRA) Toshiba–Look + 6' 02" 9 Eduardo Chozas (ESP) Teka + 7' 56" 10 Pascal Simon (FRA) Vétements Z–Peugeot + 8' 23"

Further reading

• "Zoetemelk, favorito sin quererlo en la Dauphine" [Zoetemelk, unwittingly favorite in the Dauphine] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1987. p. 54.
• "Maechler, donde debio estar Blanco Villar" [Maechler, where Blanco Villar should have been] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 26 May 1987. p. 30.
• "Da Silva, de amarillo en un caotico "Dauphine"" [Da Silva, in yellow in a chaotic "Dauphine"] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 27 May 1987. p. 32.
• "Cornillet, tercer lider del Dauphine" [Cornillet, third leader of the Dauphine] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 May 1987. p. 38.
• "Maechler, la "locomotora del Dauphine"" [Maechler, the "locomotive of the Dauphine"] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 29 May 1987. p. 42.
• "Ruttimann, en una etapa nada inofensiva" [Ruttimann, in a stage that wasn't harmless] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 30 May 1987. p. 38.
• "Henry Cardenas remato la faena" [Henry Cardenas finished the job] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 31 May 1987. p. 44.
• "Claveyrolat, en la alta montana" [Claveyrolat, in the high mountains] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 1 June 1987. p. 53.
• "Mottet: Buena inyeccion de moral para el "Tour"" [Mottet: Good morale injection for the "Tour"] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2 June 1987. p. 37.