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2014 Dauphine map: 8 stages, 1,176 km

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Sunday June 15: 8th and Final Stage, Megève - Courcheval, 131.5 km

Stage 8 photos | Stage 8 profile |

Rated Ascents:

• Km 16.5: Côte de Domancy, 2.5 km @ 9.6% average gradient, Category 2
• Km 47: Col des Saises, 13.4 km 2 5.2%, Category 1
• Km 115.5: Côte de Montagny, 8 km @ 6.5%, Category 1
• Km 131.5: Montée de Courchevel Le Praz, 5.9 km @ 6.2%, Category 1

The Race: Things were close going into the final stage. Alberto Contador had an eight-second lead over Chris Froome, while Froome led Contador in the points classification by two points. In the young rider classification Wilco Kelderman had a 1min 12sec lead over Romain Bardet. The mountains classification was not so volatile. Alessandro de Marchi led Egor Selin by 38 points with a total of 55 mountains points on the table today.

Before the race was even 30 km old, 23 riders broke away. With riders such as Andrew Talansky (3rd in GC) and Ryder Hesjedal in the group, Sky and Saxo-Tinkoff worked to conrol the gap.

On the Col des Saises, Froome attacked and took 16 riders with him, including several of the big guys including Contador, Wilco Kelderman and Vincenzo Nibali.

At km 75, the time gap was 1min 55sec between the Talansky lead group of 21 riders at the front and the Contador/Froome group, and still anouther two minutes back to the peloton.

As the Côte de Montagny loomed, Sky worked to chase, trying to bring Froome up to the lead group with Talansky, but Froome and Contador refused to work together, Contador (without teamamtes) telling Froome to chase. The gap to the Kelderman/Talansky group at km 105 was 2min 21sec.

Nibali, seeing the deadlock, took off and was soon a minute in front of the Contador/Froome group. Ag2r had several riders in the front group and slaved away to advance Romain Bardet's cause.

Contador went alone on the Montagny, eliciting no reaction from Froome.

Contador proceeded to ride like a man possessed, racing through the riders of the front break who had been dropped and closing the gap to the Talansky group. With 16 km to go, he was 93 seconds behind the leaders.

Talansky, looking to burgle the tour du Dauphiné, descended the Montagny like his hair was on fire.

What a race! The chase was on. With eight km to go Talansky was fighting to stay away, Nibali chasing at less than a minute, the Contador group with Leopold Konig for help at 70 seconds and Froome looking out of gas, more than three minutes behind Talansky.

Four km to go: Contador, going flat out, was 54 seconds behind.

2.5 km to go, the gap grew out to 1 minute! Contador was losing ground and the Dauphiné! Contador blew by Nibali, who looked to have cracked. Up Front Mikel Nieve and others left Talansky to get a stage win, taking the time bonuses out of play.

Talansky did it! The Garmin-Sharp rider commited the hold-up of the year. Contador lost ground in the final kilometer. Mikel Nieve held his lead and won the stage.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 39.35 km/hr

1	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	3hr 20min 29sec
2	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 3 seconds
3	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:00:05
4	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:09
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	0:00:15
7	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:32
8	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:00:36
9	Daniel Navarro	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:00:41
10	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:01:15
11	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
12	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	0:01:44
13	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
14	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
15	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:01:51
16	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:02:10
17	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:02:38
18	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
19	Elia Favilli	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:03:53
20	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	0:05:05
21	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
22	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
23	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
24	Luis Angel Mate Mardones	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
25	Igor Anton	MOVISTAR TEAM
26	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	TEAM KATUSHA	0:05:23
27	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
28	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:08:46
29	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
30	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP	0:11:53
31	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:12:05
32	Yoann Bagot	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:12:55
33	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:16:33
34	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
35	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
36	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	0:18:51
37	Vasil Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	0:23:52
38	Martijn Keizer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
39	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	0:25:28
40	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	0:26:22
41	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:27:11
42	Andrey Zeits	ASTANA PRO TEAM
43	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
44	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
45	Carlos Verona	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
46	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING
47	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
48	Nicky Van Der Lijke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
49	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL
50	Stig Broeckx	LOTTO-BELISOL
51	José Ivan Gutierrez	MOVISTAR TEAM
52	Enrique Sanz Unzue	MOVISTAR TEAM
53	Kevin De Weert	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
54	Johannes Fröhlinger	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
55	Sébastien Hinault	IAM CYCLING
56	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
57	Daniel Schorn	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
58	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
59	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
60	Matthias Brandle	IAM CYCLING
61	Markel Irizar	TREK FACTORY RACING
62	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	TINKOFF-SAXO
63	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.FR
64	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
65	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
66	Cesare Benedetti	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
67	Maxime Bouet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
68	Daryl Impey	ORICA GREENEDGE
69	Damiano Cunego	LAMPRE - MERIDA
70	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING
71	Chad Haga	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
72	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
73	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
74	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
75	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
76	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
77	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA
78	Natnael Berhane	TEAM EUROPCAR
79	Alexei Tcatevich	TEAM KATUSHA
80	Nicki Sorensen	TINKOFF-SAXO
81	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE
82	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
83	Damien Howson	ORICA GREENEDGE
84	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
85	Rein Taaramae	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
86	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
87	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
88	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
89	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
90	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
91	Pierrick Fedrigo	FDJ.FR
92	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
93	Scott Thwaites	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
94	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
95	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
96	Romain Sicard	TEAM EUROPCAR
97	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR
98	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
99	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
100	Alexander Rybakov	TEAM KATUSHA
101	George Bennett	CANNONDALE
102	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING
103	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
104	Xabier Zandio	TEAM SKY
105	Jonathan Hivert	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
106	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
107	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
108	Dmitry Kozontchuk	TEAM KATUSHA
109	Ralf Matzka	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
110	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
111	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
112	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
113	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
114	Yaroslav Popovych	TREK FACTORY RACING
115	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
116	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
117	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM CYCLING
118	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE
119	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
120	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL
121	Kris Boeckmans	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:27:23
122	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:28:06
123	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:29:05
124	Julian Alaphilippe	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:29:21
125	Nikias Arndt	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:29:37
126	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	0:29:46
127	Rory Sutherland	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:29:53
128	Michael Valgren Andersen	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:29:53

Final GC after Stage 8: 1,187.4 km raced an average speed of 38.14 km/hr

1	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	31hr 08min 08sec
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 27 seconds
3	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:35
4	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:43
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:01:20
6	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:02:05
7	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:02:12
8	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	0:02:59
9	Daniel Navarro	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:03:04
10	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:03:17
11	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:04:03
12	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	0:04:25
13	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	0:05:11
14	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	0:06:31
15	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:06:33
16	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	0:07:02
17	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:08:37
18	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM	0:08:43
19	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	TEAM KATUSHA	0:09:07
20	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:09:20
21	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:17:01
22	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	0:20:15
23	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	0:20:50
24	Luis Angel Mate Mardones	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:20:52
25	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP	0:22:10
26	Igor Anton	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:23:55
27	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:23:55
28	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:30:04
29	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:30:27
30	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:30:30
31	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	0:30:56
32	Yoann Bagot	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:30:56
33	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA	0:31:21
34	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:31:58
35	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:33:50
36	Maxime Bouet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:35:11
37	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:35:18
38	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.FR	0:36:15
39	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING	0:37:30
40	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:39:21
41	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:42:24
42	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:42:57
43	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	0:45:17
44	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:45:28
45	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	0:45:58
46	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	0:47:20
47	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	0:47:58
48	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	0:49:28
49	Romain Sicard	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:49:29
50	Carlos Verona	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:49:56
51	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	0:52:15
52	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:55:32
53	George Bennett	CANNONDALE	0:56:00
54	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:57:17
55	Kevin De Weert	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:58:18
56	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	1:00:20
57	Julian Alaphilippe	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1:01:02
58	Elia Favilli	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:01:15
59	Christophe Le Mevel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1:01:47
60	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	1:04:12
61	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	1:04:28
62	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1:06:02
63	Alexander Rybakov	TEAM KATUSHA	1:08:50
64	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	1:08:56
65	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	1:10:03
66	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1:10:33
67	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:10:38
68	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	1:11:37
69	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:12:24
70	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1:12:26
71	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1:12:40
72	Damiano Cunego	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:13:35
73	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL	1:13:41
74	Andrey Zeits	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1:14:38
75	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	1:17:26
76	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	1:17:29
77	Markel Irizar	TREK FACTORY RACING	1:17:44
78	José Ivan Gutierrez	MOVISTAR TEAM	1:18:09
79	Pierrick Fedrigo	FDJ.FR	1:18:21
80	Chad Haga	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1:19:27
81	Dmitry Kozontchuk	TEAM KATUSHA	1:20:00
82	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1:20:28
83	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:22:18
84	Martijn Keizer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	1:22:45
85	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	1:24:13
86	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING	1:26:09
87	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:26:14
88	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1:28:11
89	Daryl Impey	ORICA GREENEDGE	1:28:59
90	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	1:31:41
91	Nikias Arndt	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1:32:07
92	Nicky Van Der Lijke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	1:33:12
93	Damien Howson	ORICA GREENEDGE	1:33:17
94	Matthias Brandle	IAM CYCLING	1:34:27
95	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	1:34:52
96	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	1:35:03
97	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:35:22
98	Johannes Fröhlinger	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1:35:59
99	Cesare Benedetti	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:37:50
100	Enrique Sanz Unzue	MOVISTAR TEAM	1:38:12
101	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:41:13
102	Nicki Sorensen	TINKOFF-SAXO	1:42:01
103	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1:43:10
104	Aleksejs Saramotins	IAM CYCLING	1:43:11
105	Yaroslav Popovych	TREK FACTORY RACING	1:46:11
106	Michael Valgren Andersen	TINKOFF-SAXO	1:47:02
107	Stig Broeckx	LOTTO-BELISOL	1:48:22
108	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	1:49:15
109	Sébastien Hinault	IAM CYCLING	1:50:20
110	Natnael Berhane	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:50:25
111	Ralf Matzka	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:52:39
112	Rory Sutherland	TINKOFF-SAXO	1:52:45
113	Daniel Schorn	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:53:21
114	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	1:53:32
115	Scott Thwaites	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:55:04
116	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:55:17
117	Vasil Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	1:57:14
118	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	1:59:33
119	Rein Taaramae	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1:59:56
120	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	2:01:18
121	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	2:02:00
122	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	2:02:33
123	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	2:04:06
124	Alexei Tcatevich	TEAM KATUSHA	2:05:03
125	Kris Boeckmans	LOTTO-BELISOL	2:12:58
126	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	2:15:36
127	Jonathan Hivert	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	2:21:35
128	Xabier Zandio	TEAM SKY	2:36:20

Final Points Classification:

1	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	34 points
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	33
3	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	32
4	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	29
5	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	28
6	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	27
7	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	27
8	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	23
9	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	20
10	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	15
11	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	15
12	Nikias Arndt	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	15
13	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	14
14	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL	13
15	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	13
16	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING	12
17	Kris Boeckmans	LOTTO-BELISOL	12
18	Matthias Brandle	IAM CYCLING	11
19	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	11
20	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA	11
21	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	11
22	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING	10
23	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	8
24	Daryl Impey	ORICA GREENEDGE	8
25	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR	8
26	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	7
27	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP	6
28	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	6
29	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	6
30	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	5
31	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	5
32	Cesare Benedetti	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	5
33	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	TEAM KATUSHA	5
34	Maxime Bouet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
35	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	5
36	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4
37	Igor Anton	MOVISTAR TEAM	4
38	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4
39	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	4
40	Vasil Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	4
41	Alexei Tcatevich	TEAM KATUSHA	4
42	Daniel Navarro	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	3
43	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	3
44	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	3
45	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	3
46	Yoann Bagot	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	3
47	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	3
48	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	3
49	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	3
50	Natnael Berhane	TEAM EUROPCAR	3
51	Daniel Schorn	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	3
52	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	2
53	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA	2
54	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1
55	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	1
56	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1
57	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1
58	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	1
59	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	1

Final Mountains Classification:

1	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	102 points
2	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA	64
3	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	61
4	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	58
5	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	48
6	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP	48
7	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	44
8	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	42
9	Matthias Brandle	IAM CYCLING	40
10	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	39
11	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	36
12	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	36
13	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	33
14	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	31
15	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	30
16	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	25
17	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	24
18	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	23
19	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	22
20	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	22
21	Natnael Berhane	TEAM EUROPCAR	20
22	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	20
23	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM	18
24	Cesare Benedetti	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	18
25	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	17
26	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	17
27	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	16
28	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	16
29	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	16
30	Julian Alaphilippe	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	16
31	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	15
32	Daryl Impey	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
33	Daniel Navarro	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	13
34	Rein Taaramae	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	13
35	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	11
36	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	11
37	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	10
38	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
39	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	10
40	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	10
41	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	9
42	Igor Anton	MOVISTAR TEAM	8
43	Jean-Christophe Peraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	8
44	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	8
45	Daniel Schorn	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
46	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
47	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	7
48	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	7
49	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez	TINKOFF-SAXO	6
50	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	5
51	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
52	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING	2
53	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	1
54	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
55	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1

Final Young Rider Classification:

1	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	31hr 08min 51sec
2	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 37 seconds
3	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:22
4	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	0:05:48
5	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.FR	0:35:32
6	Carlos Verona	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:49:13
7	George Bennett	CANNONDALE	0:55:17
8	Julian Alaphilippe	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1:00:19
9	Elia Favilli	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:00:32
10	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1:05:19
11	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:09:55
12	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING	1:25:26
13	Nikias Arndt	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1:31:24
14	Nicky Van Der Lijke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	1:32:29
15	Damien Howson	ORICA GREENEDGE	1:32:34
16	Matthias Brandle	IAM CYCLING	1:33:44
17	Enrique Sanz Unzue	MOVISTAR TEAM	1:37:29
18	Michael Valgren Andersen	TINKOFF-SAXO	1:46:19
19	Stig Broeckx	LOTTO-BELISOL	1:47:39
20	Natnael Berhane	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:49:42
21	Ralf Matzka	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:51:56
22	Scott Thwaites	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:54:21
23	Alexis Gougeard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:54:34
24	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	2:00:35
25	Alexei Tcatevich	TEAM KATUSHA	2:04:20

Final Team Classification:

1	ASTANA PRO TEAM	93hr 29min 36sec
2	TEAM SKY	@ 18min 26sec
3	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:32:50
4	TEAM KATUSHA	0:36:59
5	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:38:05
6	BMC RACING TEAM	0:40:01
7	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:44:15
8	MOVISTAR TEAM	1:02:51
9	GARMIN - SHARP	1:16:15
10	IAM CYCLING	1:21:10
11	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1:23:36
12	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1:25:13
13	TINKOFF-SAXO	1:38:49
14	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	1:41:14
15	LAMPRE - MERIDA	1:44:05
16	ORICA GREENEDGE	1:51:48
17	TEAM EUROPCAR	1:54:11
18	CANNONDALE	1:59:19
19	TREK FACTORY RACING	2:38:54
20	FDJ.FR	2:46:01
21	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3:27:09

Stage 8 photos:

Alberto Contador on his solo chase of the Talansky group.

In the closing kilometers Andrew Talansky was able to increase his gap back to Contador.

Vincenzo Nibali tried to take advantage of the stalemate between Froome and Contador, but cracked badly in the final kilometers.

Chris Froome (green jersey) didn't have the suds to contain the other attackers today.

Mikel Nieve sets out to win the stage.

Tejay Van Garderen

Wilco Kelderman was the final Young Rider Classification winner.

Ryder Hesjedal buried himself for Talansky today.

Andrew Talansky and Jurgen Van den Broeck finish stage eight.

Alberto Contador and Jakob Fuglsang finish.

I think this photo of Joihn Gadret finishing explains how hard this Dauphiné was.

Stage winner Mikel Nieve

Winner of the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, Andrew Talansky.

The final podium, from left: Alberto Contador, Andrew Talansky and Jurgen Van den Broeck.

Stage 8 profile:

Stage 8 profile

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Saturday, June 14: Stage 7, Ville la Grand - Finhaut Émosson, 160 km

Complete Stage 7 results, GC, photos and profile |

Rated ascents:

• Km 34: Côte des Gets, 10.3 km @ 4.9% average gradient, Category 2
• Km 64: Col du Corbier, 7.5 km @ 7.5%, Category 1
• Km 88.5: Pas de Morgins, 6 km @ 5.7%, Category 2
• Km 142: Col de la Forclaz, 12.6 km @ 8.2%, Hors Category
• Km 160: Montée de Finhaut-Émosson, 10.2 km @ 8%, Hors Category

The Race: The organizers call this the Queen Stage, and I have no argument with that. With five ascents rated Category Two or higher with the final pair of passes classed "above categorisation", this will really be a day to test Chris Froome and see if the injuries he sustained in his stage six crash will impair his climbing. The two final climbs are in Switzerland.

Early on, a fourteen-man break went clear on the Côte des Gets. Lieuwe Westra, in 25th place and down 5min 59sec was the best-placed rider in the escape. By the end of the Col du Cordier's descent the break's gap was about five and a half minutes.

Sky put several riders at the front on the Forclaz with Froome and Contador close together near the front of the peloton. Further up, Yury Trofimov had again set off alone looking for another stage win. On the descent, Egor Selin joined his Katusha teammate Trofimov to form a two-man break.

On the Finhaut-Émosson, with seven kilometers to go, Contador had only one teammate but Sky had four riders helping Froome at the front and they were setting a fiery pace. Up front the Russian duo had four and a half minutes. Kelderman and Nibali were sticking close to Froome.

With two kilometers to go the Russians still had three minutes. None of the contenders had yet tried to test Froome with an attack.

As the Katusha duo look to have sealed the stage win, out of nowhere Lieuwe Westra, a member of the original break and probably burning from his second place the day before, came out of nowhere and took the stage.

Bam! With 1.1 km to go Contador blasted off and opened a significant gap. Froome, sitting on Richie Port's wheel, looked terrible and initially didn't react. And then he went, chasing the Spaniard with obvious determination and desperation. He couldn't close enough of the gap and Contador takes over the lead.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 35.18 km/hr

1	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4hr 32min 51sec
2	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	@ 7 seconds
3	Egor Silin	TEAM KATUSHA	0:00:16
4	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:01:33
5	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	0:01:51
6	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP	0:01:53
7	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
8	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:02:11
9	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:02:16
10	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	0:02:19
Complete Stage 7 results, GC, photos and profile

GC after Stage 7: 1055.9 km raced so far at an average speed of 38.012 km/hr

1	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	27hr 46min 51sec
2	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	@ 8 seconds
3	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	0:00:39
4	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:59
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:01:14
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:16
7	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:02:11
8	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	0:02:14
9	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:02:50
10	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:02:52
Complete Stage 7 results, GC, photos and profile

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Friday, June 13: Stage 6, Grenoble - Poisy, 178.5 km

Complete Stage 6 results, GC, photos and profile |

Rated Ascents:

• Km 89.5: Côte de la Bétaz, 1.5 km @ 4.4% average gradient, Category 4
• Km 159: Côte de Marcellaz-Albanais, 4.6 km @ 4.1%, Category 4
• Km 171: Côte de Ronzy, 1.7 km @ 6.3%, Category 4

The Race: The first 40 kilometers were jumpy with constant attacks until 16 riders (with Jens Voigt, of course!) were able to go clear. A gap of five and a half minutes had been allowed but first Sky and then FDJ went to the front to control the break. With 25 km remaining the gap was slightly more than four minutes.

Sixteen riders in a break meant someone would get ambitious. Lieuwe Westra jumped, quickly to be joined by Pim Lightart and Jan Bakelandts who clawed their way off the front of the escape. with 17 km to go, the strong trio had 20 seconds on the break and were three and a half minutes ahead of the peloton.

Westra and Bakelandts shelled Ligthart. Further back, a crash took down race leader Chris Froome, delaying the waiting peloton and allowing the gap to the front duo to grow to nearly five minutes.

Shortly after the red kite Westra jumped, trying to force Bakelants into the barriers. But Bakelandts came by to win stage six.

Chris Froome, showing the effects of his crash, finished with the main group to conserve his 12-second lead over Alberto contador and Wilco Kelderman.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 43.330 km/hr

1	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	4hr 07min 20sec
2	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
3	Zdenek Stybar	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	@ 24 seconds
4	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL
5	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
6	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
7	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
8	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
9	Valerio Conti	LAMPRE - MERIDA
10	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
Complete Stage 6 results, GC, photos and profile

GC after Stage 6: 895.9 km raced so far at an average speed of 38.609 km/hr

1	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	23hr 12min 15sec
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 12 seconds
3	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
4	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	0:00:33
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:35
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:00:50
7	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:22
8	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
9	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:24
10	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:35
Complete Stage 6 results, GC, photos and profile

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Thursday, June 12: Stage 5, Sisteron - La Mure, 189.5 km

Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos and profile |

Rated Ascents:

• Km 68.5: Col de Manse, 6.6 km @ 6.2% average gradient, Category 2
• Km 100: Côte du Motty, 2.3 km @ 8.1%, Category 3
• Km 125.5: Côte du Pont-Haut, 2.7 km @ 7.4%, Category 3
• Km 135: Col de Malissol, 2.0 km @ 8.8%, Category 3
• Km 149.5: Col de la Morte, 3.1 km @ 8.4%, Category 2
• Km 169: Côte de Laffrey, 6.3 km @ 6.2%, Category 2

The Race: What a day! Hot weather today.

Yesterday Sky seemed to show signs of tiredness. Today, on the descent of the Côte de Laffrey, Alberto Contador (with temporary help from teammate Sergio Paulinho) attacked the Yellow Jersey group and quickly established a gap of over a minute.

Earlier a 17-man escape had gone clear and with 20 km remaining Contador had started picking up help from those who had been dropped (including French champion Arthur Vichot) from the original break. Sky, understanding the seriousness of the moment, was at the front of the pack (about 18 riders strong) laboring to bring back the fleeing Spaniard.

Contador couldn't get enough help from his fellow breakaways and was back in the Froome group with 16 km to go.

Meanwhile, there were still riders of the original break off the front with Simon Spilak alone ahead of everyone.

Spilak motored to the finish to win the stage, making two stage wins in a row for Katusha, while the remaining breakaways were mopped up. Back in the Yellow Jersey group Wilco Kelderman and Adam Yates attacked the Froome group. Sky mounted a frenzied chase, but Kelderman (with Yates) stayed away to grab the six-second time bonus for second place, making him tied with Contador in the GC.

With lots of work, Froome preserved his overall lead.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 39.02 km/hr

1	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	4hr 51min 24sec
2	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	@ 14 seconds
3	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
4	Daryl Impey	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:00:17
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
6	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	TEAM KATUSHA
7	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM
8	Damiano Caruso	CANNONDALE
9	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
10	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos and profile

GC after Stage 5: 717.4 km raced so far at an average speed of 37.725 km/hr

1	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	19hr 01min 00sec
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 12 seconds
3	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
4	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	0:00:33
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:35
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:00:50
7	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:22
8	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
9	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:24
10	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:35
Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos and profile

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Wednesday, June 11: Stage 4, Montélimar - Gap, 167.5 km

Complete Stage 4 results, GC, photos and profile |

Rated ascents:

• Km 80.5: Côte de Rosans, 1.5 km @ 3.6% average gradient, Category 4
• Km 155: Col de Manse, 9.6 km @ 5.2%, Category 2

The Race: The organizers called this a day for "butterflies in the stomach" because of the highly technical descent of the Col de Manse shortly before the finish in Gap. Overall they considered it a day made for adventurous breakaways with both the curvy roads between Nyons and Veynes (roughly the stage's middle third) and the hair-raising ride down the Manse.

Early on, a thirteen-man group escaped and was allowed to gain a five-minute gap. By the Col de Manse the break was partly reeled in, having a couple of minutes in hand. Sky did the hard work of controlling the peloton while the break fragmented on the climb. Katusha's Yury Trofimov (a good descender) attacked the break and went over the top of the Manse about two and a half minutes ahead of the yellow jersey group with lots of riders scattered in between.

Trofimov's race down the difficult mountain road was completely insane. He held his lead on the short flat section leading into Gap and took a wonderful, well-earned solo win.

Chris Froome maintained his 12-second lead in the GC over Alberto Contador.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.99 km/hr

1	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	3hr 59min 22sec
2	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING	@ 23 seconds
3	Pim Ligthart	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:25
4	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:28
5	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
6	Maxime Bouet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
7	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
8	Damiano Caruso	CANNONDALE
9	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:31
10	Ryder Hesjedal	GARMIN - SHARP
Complete Stage 4 results, GC, photos and profile

GC after Stage 4:

1	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	14hr 09min 19sec
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 12 seconds
3	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:21
4	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	0:00:33
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:35
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:00:50
7	Maxime Bouet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:01:01
8	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:22
9	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
10	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:31
Complete Stage 4 results, GC, photos and profile

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Tuesday, June 10: Stage 3, Ambert - Le Teil, 194 km

Complete Stage 3 results, GC, photos and profile |

Rated ascents:

• Km 28.5: Côte de Lavet, 8.7 km @ 4.4% average gradient, category 2
• Km 148: Col de la Mûre 3.8 km @ 6.3%, category 2

The Race: Stage 3 was the 2014 edition's longest stage with two second-category climbs followed by a flat run-in to the 450 meter-long Allée Paul Avon finish.

It was a hot day but that did not deter a three-man break from staying away until the final ten kilometers. Then other attacks fired off, but it came down to a big sprint. Nikias Arndt barely won the stage. French super-sprinter Arnaud Demare managed only eighth place.

Christopher Froome remains the overall leader with a 12-second lead over Alberto Contador.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 35.267 km/hr

1	Nikias Arndt	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5hr 30min 03sec
2	Kris Boeckmans	LOTTO-BELISOL
3	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
4	Yannick Martinez	TEAM EUROPCAR
5	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
6	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
7	Alexei Tcatevich	TEAM KATUSHA
8	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
9	Gianni Meersman	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
10	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
Complete Stage 3 results, GC, photos and profile

GC after Stage 3: 360.4 km raced so far at an average speed of 35.539 km/hr

1	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY	10hr 07min 47sec
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 12 seconds
3	Wilco Kelderman	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:21
4	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	0:00:33
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:00:35
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:00:50
7	Haimar Zubeldia	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:22
8	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
9	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:31
10	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:01:35
Complete Stage 3 results, GC, photos and profile

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Monday, June 9: Stage 2, Tarare - Pays d'Olliergues/Col du Béal, 156 km

Complete stage 2 results, GC, photos and stage profile |

Rated Ascents:

• Km 5.5: Côte de Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé, 5.5 km @ 6.1% average gradient, category 2
• Km 16.5: Côte d'Albigny, 2.3 km @ 5.5%, category 4
• Km 90.5: Côte de Bard, 6.3 km @ 5.3%, category 2
• Km 100.5: Col de la Croix de l'Homme Mort, 5.6 km @ 5.6%, category 2
• Km 115: Col des Pradeaux, 7.3 km @ 3.6%, category 3
• Km 156: Col du Béal, 13.6 km @ 6.6 %, Hors Category

The Race: All the real action was on the final ascent, the above-category Col du Béal where the day's break was caught and the contenders unsheathed their broadswords.

After Sky's Mikel Nieve reduced the front group to a small elite of about six riders, several riders tried to escape, including Wilco Kelderman, Andrew Talansky and Jurgen Van den Broek. But Chris Froome was constantly on guard and did the work of retrieving each attack.

Of the three most serious contenders (Froome, Contador, Nibali), Vincenzo Nibali showed the greatest weakness. He would be dropped and then claw his way back. Alberto Contador refused to work, just following Froome, seemingly without any stuggle. Under the Red Kite Froome attacked a couple of times, each time taking only Contador.

Froome couldn't drop the Spaniard, but he did win the stage and retain his overall lead.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 35.363 km/hr

1	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	4hr 24min 41sec
2	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo
3	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 4 seconds
4	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto-Belisol	0:00:10
5	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - Sharp	0:00:12
6	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	0:00:27
7	Igor Anton	Movistar Team	0:00:40
8	Adam Yates	Orica Greenedge	0:00:42
9	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	0:00:44
10	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:45
Complete stage 2 results, GC, photos and stage profile

GC after Stage 2:

1	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	4hr 37min 44sec
2	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 12 seconds
3	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling	0:00:21
4	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - Sharp	0:00:33
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto-Belisol	0:00:35
6	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	0:00:50
7	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing	0:01:22
8	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	0:01:22
9	Adam Yates	Orica Greenedge	0:01:31
10	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	0:01:35
Complete stage 2 results, GC, photos and stage profile

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Sunday, June 8: Stage 1, Lyon 10.4 km individual time trial

Complete Stage 1 results, photos and stage profile |

Rated ascent:

• Km 4.6: Montée de l'Observance, 8 km @ 5.5% average gradient

The Race: Chris Froome's sparkling condition was on display during the Dauphiné's technical first stage when he beat all the other contenders (notably Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali) by significant margins. Froome said his resounding win was a surprise, but I don't believe it and if Froome was surprised by his win, he was probably the only one.

Alberto Contador, who was tenth in the Dauphiné last year and is looking to peak for the Tour de France, pronounced himself happy with his second place.

Tomorrow's stage is a hilly challenge with six categorized climbs, the last of which is a finish at the top of the HC-rated Col du Béal.

Results (GC is the same):

Winner's average speed: 47.177 km/hr

1	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	13min 13.6sec
2	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 8 seconds
3	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	0:00:09
4	Andrew Talansky	Garmin - Sharp	0:00:11
5	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling
6	Lars Boom	Belkin Pro Cycling	0:00:12
7	Vasil Kiryienka	Team Sky
8	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	0:00:13
9	Tejay Van Garderen	Bmc Racing Team
10	Matthias Brandle	Iam Cycling
Complete Stage 1 results, photos and stage profile