2014 Critérium du Dauphiné (World Tour), France
66th edition: June 8 - June 15, 2014
Critérium du Dauphiné podium history | 2013 edition | 2015 edition |
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8 |
2014 Dauphine map: 8 stages, 1,176 km
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |