Goodbye Critérium Du Dauphiné, Hello Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - French Stage Race Undergoes Major Name Change
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The Critérium du Dauphiné, a historic French cycling test that predates the Tour de France and that in this 2025 edition has been won by the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), will be renamed from 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. "This change is the result of a long collaboration between the Region and the organizer of the event and a logical step in its lasting association. It is also a tribute to a territory that has already contr…
While the Critérium du Dauphiné finished this Sunday on a stage win by Lenny Martinez, the race will change its name.
The Critérium du Dauphiné, one of the most prestigious one-week races in the cycling calendar, will now be called the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes from the 2026 edition. The announcement was made this Monday, June 16th by the region and the organisers, the day after the arrival of the 77th edition in Val-Cenis (Savoie).
The Region and ASO have just announced that the criterium of the Dauphiné, which had already changed its name in 2010, will now be called the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Tadej Pogacar will have been Sunday the last winner of the event under his former name.
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lejsl.comCreated in 1947 under the name Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and renamed Critérium du Dauphiné in 2010 following its assignment by Le Dauphiné Libéré to Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the race will change its name again in 2026 to become the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
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