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Laurent Dufaux
Personal information
Born (1969-05-20) 20 May 1969 (age 55)
Montreux, Switzerland
Height 1.69 m
Weight 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1996)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (1996)

Stage races

Critérium du Dauphiné (1993, 1994)
Tour de Romandie (1998)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1991)

Laurent Dufaux (born 20 May 1969 in Montreux, Switzerland) is a former professional road cyclist from 1991 to 2004. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1991.

Major results

1990
9th Giro dell'Emilia
1991
1st MaillotSuiza.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Route du Sud
1st Coppa Placci
2nd Giro del Lazio
4th Tour du Nord–Ouest
5th Overall Tour de Romandie
7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
7th Trofeo Laigueglia
1992
1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
3rd Tour de Berne
5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
6th Overall Tour de Romandie
6th Overall Tour of Galicia
6th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
6th Classique des Alpes
7th GP Ouest–France
1993
1st Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 5
2nd Gran Piemonte
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
5th Classique des Alpes
7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
1994
1st Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
5th Leeds International Classic
7th Classique des Alpes
9th Overall Tour de l'Oise
1st Stage 2
1995
1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Route du Sud
1st Jersey violet.svg Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 4a
1996
2nd Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 19
3rd À travers Lausanne
4th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 17
6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
7th Trofeo Luis Puig
8th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1997
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall À travers Lausanne
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 2 (ITT)
1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
2nd Overall Paris–Nice
3rd Overall Vuelta a España
6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
9th Overall Tour de France
1998
1st Jersey green.svg Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 3
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Midi Libre
1st Stage 5
4th Overall À travers Lausanne
7th Amstel Gold Race
8th Overall Paris–Nice
9th La Flèche Wallonne
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1999
1st Polynormande
2nd À travers Lausanne
3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
4th Overall Tour de France
4th Overall Tour de Suisse
4th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
5th Road race, National Road Championships
2000
1st Züri-Metzgete
3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
3rd À travers Lausanne
3rd Grand Prix Gippingen
5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
6th Amstel Gold Race
9th Overall Deutschland Tour
2001
1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino
3rd À travers Lausanne
4th Tre Valli Varesine
6th Road race, National Road Championships
9th Giro del Lazio
2002
1st Trofeo Melinda
2nd Giro del Veneto
3rd Tre Valli Varesine
4th Overall Tour de Suisse
4th Overall Giro Riviera Ligure Ponente
6th Grand Prix Gippingen
9th Clásica de San Sebastián
10th Züri-Metzgete
10th Giro dell'Appennino
2003
2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 3
5th Classique des Alpes
2004
9th Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Source:

Grand Tour 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 43 40
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF 35 19 4 9 DNF 4 DNF DNF 21 67
A yellow jersey/A gold jersey Vuelta a España 37 2 3 DNF DNF DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Laurent Dufaux para niños

  • List of doping cases in cycling
  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
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