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Laurent Dufaux

Personal information
Born	(1969-05-20) 20 May 1969 (age 56) Montreux, Switzerland
Height	1.69 m
Weight	60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1996) Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1996) Stage races Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1993, 1994) Tour de Romandie (1998) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1991)

Laurent Dufaux is a former professional road cyclist from Switzerland. He was born on May 20, 1969, in Montreux. He competed in professional cycling races from 1991 to 2004.

Laurent Dufaux was known as a "climber" in cycling. This means he was very good at riding uphill, especially on steep mountain roads. Even though he was a climber, he also won a hilly one-day race called Züri-Metzgete in 2000. He beat famous cyclists like Jan Ullrich and Francesco Casagrande in a fast finish.

He achieved great results in some of the biggest cycling races, known as Grand Tours. He finished 4th overall in the Tour de France twice (in 1996 and 1999). He also placed 2nd and 3rd overall in the Vuelta a España in 1996 and 1997.

Laurent Dufaux also won other important races. He won his home region race, the Tour de Romandie, in 1998. He also won the Dauphine Libere in both 1993 and 1994. In 1991, he became the Swiss National Road Race champion.

Major Wins and Achievements

Laurent Dufaux had many impressive results during his career. Here are some of his main achievements:

Key Victories

• 1991
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships
  • 1st Overall Route du Sud
  • 1st Coppa Placci
• 1992
  • 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
• 1993
  • 1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (and Stage 5)
• 1994
  • 1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (and Stage 2)
• 1995
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos (and Stages 3 & 4a)
  • 1st Overall Route du Sud
• 1996
  • 1st Stage 19 Vuelta a España
  • 1st Stage 17 Tour de France
• 1997
  • 1st Overall À travers Lausanne (and Stages 1 & 2)
  • 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
• 1998
  • 1st Overall Tour de Romandie (and Prologue, Stages 1 & 3)
  • 1st Overall Midi Libre (and Stage 5)
• 1999
  • 1st Polynormande
• 2000
  • 1st Züri-Metzgete
• 2001
  • 1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino
• 2002
  • 1st Trofeo Melinda
• 2003
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie

Grand Tour Results

Laurent Dufaux competed in the three biggest cycling races, known as Grand Tours: the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and the Vuelta a España.

Grand Tour	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	43	—	—	—	—	—	40	—	—	—
Tour de France	DNF	—	35	19	4	9	DNF	4	DNF	—	DNF	21	67
/ Vuelta a España	—	37	—	—	2	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	—	—	—	—

See also

In Spanish: Laurent Dufaux para niños