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.[1] Despite being a climber, he also won the hilly Züri-Metzgete one-day classic in 2000, outsprinting Jan Ullrich and Francesco Casagrande in a flat three-man group sprint finish.[2][3] Notable results in the Grand Tours include a 4th place overall finish in both the 1996 and 1999 Tour de France and 2nd and 3rd place finishes in the 1996 and 1997 Vuelta a España, respectively. He also won the 1998 edition of his home region race, the Tour de Romandie, the 1993 and 1994 editions of the Dauphine Libere, and finished in the top 5 of the Tour de Suisse twice.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Laurent Dufaux |
| Born | 20 May 1969 Montreux, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional teams | |
| 1991–1992 | Helvetia |
| 1993–1994 | ONCE |
| 1995–1998 | Festina |
| 1999–2001 | Saeco |
| 2002–2003 | Alessio |
| 2004 | Quick-Step–Davitamon |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Following the exclusion of his Festina team from the 1998 Tour de France due to doping, Laurent Dufaux admitted to doping (alongside his teammates) with EPO throughout the 1998 season.[4] Together with Festina teammates Alex Zülle, Armin Meier, Didier Rous, Laurent Brochard, all of whom confessed like Dufaux, he received a seven-month suspension.[5]
Major results
edit- 1990
- 9th Giro dell'Emilia
- 1991
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st
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
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
- 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
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 4a
- 1st
- 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
Overall À travers Lausanne
- 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
- 1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 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
editSource:[6]
| Grand Tour | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | |
| DNF | — | 35 | 19 | 4 | 9 | DNF | 4 | DNF | — | DNF | 21 | 67 | |
| — | 37 | — | — | 2 | 3 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ swissinfo.ch, S. W. I. (2000-08-20). "Dufaux wins Zurich World Cup race". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ Hood, Edmond (2006-09-28). "Zuri-Metzgete: The Historical Look". PezCycling News. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ Abt, Samuel; Tribune, International Herald (1998-07-25). "Expelled Tour Riders Admit Drug Use". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
- ^ autobus.cyclingnews.com http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/oct00/oct25news.shtml. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Laurent Dufaux". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
External links
edit- "Laurent Dufaux Official Webpage". Archived from the original on 2005-10-24. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- Laurent Dufaux at Cycling Archives
- Laurent Dufaux at ProCyclingStats
- Laurent Dufaux at Cycling Quotient
- Laurent Dufaux at CycleBase
- Laurent Dufaux at Olympedia
- Official Tour de France results for Laurent Dufaux