title: Laurent Dufaux
text: # Laurent Dufaux
  
  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.
  
  ## Major results
  
  ### 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 Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
      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 Overall Route du Sud
      1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos
         1st Points classification
         1st Stages 3 & 4a
  
  ### 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 Stages 1 (ITT) & 2 (ITT)
      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 Overall Tour de Romandie
         1st Prologue, Stages 1 & 3
      1st Overall Midi Libre
         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
  
  Source:
  
  | Grand Tour | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | — |
  | Tour de France | DNF | — | 35 | 19 | 4 | 9 | DNF | 4 | DNF | — | DNF | 21 | 67 |
  | / Vuelta a España | — | 37 | — | — | 2 | 3 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | — | — | — |
  
  Legend :
  
  | — | Did not compete |
  | - | - |
  | DNF | Did not finish |
  