The 1972 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 24th edition of the cycle race and was held from 30 May to 4 June 1972. The race started in

Chalon-sur-Saône Chalon-sur-Saône (, literally ''Chalon on Saône'') is a city in the Saône-et-Loire Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is a Subprefectures in France, sub-prefectu ...

and finished at

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. The race was won by

Luis Ocaña Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía (; 9 June 1945 – 19 May 1994) was a Spanish road bicycle racer who won the 1973 Tour de France and the 1970 Vuelta a España. During the 1971 Tour de France he launched an amazing solo breakaway that put him ...

of the Bic team.

Teams

Ten teams, containing a total of 100 riders, participated in the race: * * * * *

La Casera–Peña Bahamontes La Casera–Peña Bahamontes was a Spanish professional cycling team that existed from 1968 to 1974. Pedro Torres won the mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cyc ...

* Magniflex–de Gribaldy * * * *

Route

General classification

References

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

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