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Front Side of the 2006 Cyclepassion Calendar
Critérium International, France
25 - 26 March
Preview
![Overall Map](javascript:ImagePopup("../../map/2006/CriteriumInternational.gif", 526, 523, "Overall Map");){kind=link}
Stages
25 March, Stage 1, Sedan - Charleville-Mezieres, 192K, Map
26 March, Stage 2, Les Vieilles Forges - Montherme, 101K, Map
26 March, Stage 3, Charleville-Mezieres TT, 8.3K, Map
Total 301.3K
![Map](javascript:ImagePopup("../../map/2006/CriteriumInternational1.gif", 532, 280, "Stage Map");){kind=link}
![Map](javascript:ImagePopup("../../map/2006/CriteriumInternational2.gif", 532, 280, "Stage Map");){kind=link}
![Map](javascript:ImagePopup("../../map/2006/CriteriumInternational3.gif", 532, 280, "Stage Map");){kind=link}
![Julich the 2005 Overall Winner](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2005/CriteriumInternational/WatsonJulichPodium.jpg", 492, 640, "Julich the 2005 Overall Winner"); "Julich the 2005 Overall Winner, photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval")
Julich the 2005 Overall Winner, photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval
The 2006 Critérium International presents three stages, each with its own particular features: the first stage, run on the flatlands from Sedan to Charleville-Mézières. This stage is followed by the rolling Sunday morning stage, using the Ardennes. Riders will face a new difficulty, the Roc la Tour, a climb of more than three kilometers, touching 10% gradient. The finale of the three-stage race is the traditional and decisive crono, in the superb setting of the Place Ducale, where the overall winner will be decided by seconds.
Past Winners (from 1995):
2005 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
2004 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC
2003 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
2002 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2001 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
2000 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE
1999 Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole
1998 Bobby Julich (USA) Cofidis
1997 Marcelino Garcia (Spa) ONCE
1996 Chris Boardman (GB) GAN
1995 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE
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