Thursday 30 May 2013 at 18h41

This Sunday, the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 will start, just on the other side of the border, in Champéry in Switzerland. This miniature Tour de France is made up of 8 stages at less than 4 weeks before the start of the Tour itself on Corsica, especially with the climb of the Alpe d'Huez and the Col de Sarenne followed by the descent towards Bourg d'Oisans.

In this article, you'll find all the information you need about this race, which already is at its 65th edition this year, with maps of the race route on Google Maps/Google Earth, the time- and route schedules and the profiles of each of the stages.

The Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 race route on Google Maps

The Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 is made up of 8 stages of which only one will be an individual time trial. Indeed, the first stage is a roundtrip with start and finish in Champéry (Switzerland) and the 6 other stages are also stages in line. Only Wednesday's stage will take place as a time trial.

1/ Sunday 2 June 2013 - Champéry (CH) > Champéry (CH) - 121 km

The first stage of this smaller sister of the Tour de France will start and finish in Switzerland, in Champéry, but the biggest part of the stage will take place on French soil anyway.

Indeed, after the start in Champéry the riders will go towards Troistorrents where they'll turn west to start the climb of the Côte de Morgins, a first category climb which, with its 9.2 km @ 6%, is a good way to start this race. After having crossed the French border they'll go through Châtel, Abondance and Bonnevaux where they'll turn right to go up to the most western part of this stage just before Thonon-les-Bains. That's where they'll turn around and via La Vernaz and Le Biot they'll get on the Col du Corbier (first category / 7.6 km @ 7.5%). After the descente they'll get back on the same route they took on the way in Bonnevaux where they'll turn right towards the intermediate sprint in La Chapelle-d'Abondance.

Except for a few places where they'll take a slightly alternative route, the route they'll follow will be the same as on their way to this place, with a climb of the Pas de Morgins (2nd category) which, with its 4.5 km @ 6,7%, will be less difficult than when they came from the other side. Just before they finish they'll climb the Côte de Champéry (3rd category, 6.9 km @ 3,3%) which has its summit at 1 kilometer from the finish on the Route d'Entrevayes in Champéry.

Hereunder you'll find the time- and route schedule, the profile and the race route on Google Maps for this stage. Click on the images to open them.

2/ Monday 3 June 2013 - Châtel > Oyonnax - 191 km

The second stage will start in the station which was already visited the day before and which saw the finish of the last stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012, Châtel.

After the start from the Place de l'Eglise, the peloton goes off towards Thonon-les-Bains to turn left towards Annemasse where the riders will turn towards the climb of the Côte de Mornex (4th category, 2.6 km @ 4,7%). They'll then continue in the same direction until the feeding zone close to Allonzier-la-Caille before they continue west.

Via the Côte de Mons (4th category, 1 km @ 5.5%), they'll go up to Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and the Côte de Lancrans (3rd category, 3.1 km @ 5,2%). They'll battle for the intermediate sprint points in Montanges before they climb the Côte de Communal (2nd category, 5.6 km @ 6.3%), the Côte du Bugnon (4th category, 1.9 km @ 6.1%) and the Col du Sentier (2nd category, 2.7 km @ 7.6%), finally followed by the descent towards the finish in Oyonnax where the finish line will be drawn in the Cours de Verdun.

Hereunder you'll find the time- and route schedule, the profile and the race route on Google Maps for this stage. Click on the images to open them.

3/ Tuesday 4 June 2013 - Ambérieu-en-Bugey > Tarare - 167 km

The 3rd stage will have a quite flat first part of the stage after the start from the Rue Alexandre Bérard in Ambérieu-en-Bugey and at the end of this flat part, the riders can get some forces in the feeding zone in Lancié before they attack, a few kilometers further, the climb of the Col des Echarmeaux (3rd category, 10.6 km @ 3%).

After the descent of this climb they'll battle for the intermediate sprint in Cublize and continue towards the finish in Tarare (Avenue Edouard Hérriot), via the Col des Sauvages (3rd category, 4 km @ 5.5%).

Hereunder you'll find the time- and route schedule, the profile and the race route on Google Maps for this stage. Click on the images to open them.

4/ Wednesday 5 June 2013 - Villars-les-Dombes > Parc des Oiseaux - 32.5 km - individual time trial

A completely flat time trial over 32.5 kilometers will be the 4th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 this Wednesday.

The start and finish will be in Villars-les-Dombes with the finish location being its Parc des Oiseaux, used to receive cycling races.

Hereunder you'll find the time- and route schedule, the profile and the race route on Google Maps for this stage. Click on the images to open them.

5/ Thursday 6 June 2013 - Grésy-sur-Aix > Valmorel - 139 km

A quite particular stage profile for this 5th stage starting in Grésy-sur-Aix which will start with a circuit via Cusy. When they climb the Côte de Trévignin for the first time it will be just before the real start but the second time it will count as a 3rd category climb (4.4 km @ 6.6%).

Direction south-east then towards the Col du Frêne (4th category, 1.9 km @ 6%) before they go on to Albertville. From there, the riders will again go south via the intermediate sprint in La Bâthie and the Côte de la Croix (4th category, 2.3 km @ 4.1%) until Aigueblanche where they'll turn right to start the final climb towards the finish in Valmorel.

Hereunder you'll find the time- and route schedule, the profile and the race route on Google Maps for this stage. Click on the images to open them.

6/ Friday 7 June 2013 - La Léchère-les-Bains > Grenoble - 143 km

After the start in La Léchère-les-Bains, the 60 first kilometers of this stage, via Albertville and its intermediate sprint, are quite calm.

The Côte d'Arvillard (4th category, 2.2 km @ 5.3%) will only be a starter of what will follow, with the Col du Barioz (first category, 7.1 km @ 7.3%), the Col des Ayes (2nd category, 3.8 km @ 8.1%) and a little bit less the Col des Mouilles (4th category, 2 km @ 6.1%). These will be followed by a few hilly kilometers before the descent towards the finish in Grenoble where the white line will be drawn close to the bike track, in the Boulevard Clémenceau.

Hereunder you'll find the time- and route schedule, the profile and the race route on Google Maps for this stage. Click on the images to open them.

7/ Saturday 8 June 2013 - Le Pont-de-Claix > Superdévoluy - 187.5 km

The 7th and forelast stage of this Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 will bring back the high mountains and the only hors category climb of this race.

After the start in Le Pont-de-Claix, the riders will first go to Bourg d'Oisans where they'll start this climb, the climb with the 21 turns of the Alpe d'Huez (12 km @ 8.6%) and they'll then continue the climb, as it will be the case in the Tour de France 2013 for the double climb of the Alpe d'Huez, towards the Col de Sarenne (2nd category, 3.1 km @ 6.8%).

The descente towards Bourg d'Oisans will not be followed by a second climb in the Dauphiné though because in this stage the riders will continue further on the way the came from before they turn left towards the climb of the Col d'Ornon (first category, 10.5 km @ 6.1%).

After the descent they'll find the feeding zone in Valbonnais, sprint in Corps and go on via the Col du Noyer (first category, 11.3 km @ 7.2%) towards the mountain top finish in Superdévoluy (3rd category, 4 km @ 5.7%).

Hereunder you'll find the time- and route schedule, the profile and the race route on Google Maps for this stage. Click on the images to open them.

8/ Sunday 9 June 2013 - Sisteron > Risoul - 155.5 km

After the start from the Place de la République in Sisteron, the race will for this last stage go north-east until Espinasses where it will really go east towards the Côte de la Bréole (3rd category, 5.4 km @ 5%) and the feeding zone in Le Lauzet-Ubaye.

Via Barcelonnette the riders then arrive at the intermediate sprint in Jausiers before they go up furthr north via the Col de Vars/b> (first category, 10.4 km @ 6.9%). After the descent of this col, via Guillestre, they'll be at the foot of the final climb towards Risoul (13.9 km @ 6.7%).

Hereunder you'll find the time- and route schedule, the profile and the race route on Google Maps for this stage. Click on the images to open them.

8/ Sisteron > Risoul

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8/ Sisteron > Risoul

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The Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 race route in Google Earth

Would you prefer to see all stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 on a single map? Or discover the details of these 8 stages by doing a virtual fly-over of the race route? You can by downloading the following KML and open it in Google Earth:

>> Download the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 race route in Google Earth

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