Cadel Evans lead the race when the💎 Dauphine finished atop Mont Ventoux in 2009(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2015 Criterium du Dauphine podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Aಌlpe d'Huez featured early on stage 7 of the 2013 Criterium du Dauphine but lacked the crowds associated with the Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Thomas Voeckler celebrating a stage win in 2013(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rohan Dennis 𓄧first wore ⛦the Criterium du Dauphine's yellow jersey back in 2013 with Garmin-Sharp(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Chris Froome celebrates his first career C⛎riterium du Dauphinᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
David Veille🉐ux was a surprise stage winner and yell𒉰ow jersey holder in 2013(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alberto Contador started the 2013 Criterium du D⛦auphine as 𒉰one of the overall favourites (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2012 Criterium du Dauphine podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Wilco Kelderman emerged💙 from the 2012 Criterium du Dauph🅠ine as a rider to watch(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Nairo Quintan🍒a's first WဣorldTour win came in the 2012 Criterium du Dauphine (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Wearing dossard nu🧜mber, Bradley Wiggins rides to the Bourg-en-Bresse time trial win in 2012(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Yukihiro Doi is happy t꧒o be racing the Criterium du Dauphine back in 2012(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Andy Schleck's career was dealt a massive blow when he crashed during the 2012 time trial, fractuಞring his ﷽sacrum(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Luke Durbridge's prologue win in 🧸2012 took many by surprise, including Bradley Wiggins who was one second slow♑er(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Th💧e 2011 Criterium du Dauphine w🌳as Bradley Wiggins' first major stage race victory(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
John Degenkolb knows the taste of Criterium du Da෴uphine succes♓s(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sammy Sanchez l🌃ooks to the heavens after his stage win in 2013(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2013 Criterium du Dauphine podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Chris𒆙 Froome riding away to the final stage and overall at the 2015 Criterium du Dauphin🎶e(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
ꦇVincenzo Nibali in yellow before the start of a stage in 2015(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Stage 6 of the 2015 Criterium d🌌u Dauphine was one for the ages(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tejay van Garderen riding t൲o save his yellow jersey(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Romain Bardet's daredevil descent on the Col d'Allos🗹 set up his Pra Loup stage win(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Daniel Teklehaimanot won the KOM classification at the 2015 Dauphi🗹ne. He went on to wear the💞 same jersey at the Tour one month lateer(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Roh🌺an Dennis back in yellow but this time with BMC(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Pete♛r Kennaugh held off the sprinters on stage 1 of the 2015 Dauphine(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The final 2014 Criterium du Dauphine podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alberto Contador pulls on the yellow jersey during 🐟the 2014 Criterium du Dau💯phine(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Lieuwe Westra won the stage to Finhaut-E💮mosson in 2014. The Tour de France features a stage finish here in 2016(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Chris🔥 Froome rides away from Andrew Talansky and Ryder Hesjedal. Talansky would go onto the claim the ov🧸erall honours(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alberto Contador𒅌 was flying during the 2014 Dauphine but ended the race eᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚmpty handed(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The facade of Rocher de la ꩵBaume towers over Sister𒆙on(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Chris Froome gets t♚he better of Alberto Cont🐬ador in 2014(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Say cheese! 🍎Chris Froome bagged from c🅷heese after a stage win in 2014(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Chris Froome with then Sky teammate🌼 Richie Porte riding to overall victory 🌳in 2013(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jurgen Van den Broeck doesn't win regularly as his o🌜pen jersey would suggest(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2010 Criterium du Dauphine pod༺ium featured a young Tejay van Garderen(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Christo🐼phe Moreau remains the last Frenchman to win the Dau༒phine. He won the 2007 edition of the race(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
One-two for Antonio Colom and Alexander Vinokoﷺurov in 2007 at Digne-Les-Bains(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Race leader Alexander꧅ Vinokourov climbing to the Mont Vento𒐪ux finish line(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2006 Tour de France wi꧒nner Óscar Pereiro at the Dauphine(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bradley Wiggins first wore the Dauphine leader🐲's jersey with Cofidis back in 200𒅌7(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Christophe Moreau does th💃e 'rock the cradle' c🧜elebration in 2007(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2006 Criterium du Dauphine was won by✃ Levi Leipheimer(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
I&ꦗntilde;igo Landaluze won the 2006 Criterium du Dauphine to mඣake it two wins in a row for Euskaltel–Euskadi(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Lanc♛e Armstrong in yellow leads Christophe Moreau back at the 2002 Dauphine(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mont Ventoux has be🐟en a crucial fixture in the history of the Dauphine(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Criteꦿrium du Dauphin𒐪e never fails to deliver a scenic route(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Carlos Sastre was 20th𒀰 at Criterium du Dauphine before going on to win the 2008 Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A young Tejay van Garderen back in 2010(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Baby faced Gerainꦗt Thomas in the points je🤡rsey at the 2010 Tour(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Surprise 2010 Criterium du Dauphine winner, Janez Brajkovič(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alberto Contador fires off a shot in the 2010 race. He would go on to the Tour one month later but would lose in the race in ꧑the courts(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2009 Criterium du Dauphine podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The peloton riding th🎃e Col du Galibier during the 2009 Dauphine(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There♈ was still plentyꦰ of snow around in June when the Dauphine peloton went over the Col du Galibier in 2009(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mont Ventoux has hostꩲed several crucial stages of the Criterium du Dauphine over the years(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sylwester Szmyd wins the 2009 Mont Ventoux stage as Alejandro Valverde celebrates moving into the yellow jersey 🙈back in 2009(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
2008 time tria🔥l world champion Berജt Grabsch won the 2009 test against the clock(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Robert Gesink was fourth overall in 2009(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Pierre Rolland riding the Criterium du Dauphine dur🐻ing his Credit Agricole days(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Iban Mayo riding to the 🔯overall 2004 Dauphi𝔍ne victory(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
How to follow the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Critérium du Dauphiné: Cyclingnews will have live text coverage from start to finish for every stage, as well as rider interviews, race reports, podcasts, video highlights and post-race analysis.
Like several of the major stage races on the cycling calendar, the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Criterium du Dauphine was created with aim of boostingthe circulation of a newspaper. Le Dauphiné libéré launched the race back in 1947 and the Tour de France dress rehearsal has been held every year bar two since, with&n💝bsp;Nello L🦋auredi, Luis Ocaña, Bernard Hinault and Charly Mottet holding the honour as three time winners.
As an important test for t🦂he Tour, thꦆe Dauphine takes in some of the most iconic climbs of the French Alps with the 'Giant of Provence', Mont Ventoux, also a regular feature. The Col du Galibier, Alpe d'Huez and the Col du Glandon have also made their mark on the race in recent years.
With ASO ever on the hunt for new and exciting climbs an꧃d stage finishes, the Dauphine has included several stages thaꦿt have gone to be used by the Tour de France. The 2014 stage to Finhaut-Emosson will feature in the third week of the 2016 Tour while the 2015 stage to Pra Loup, won by Romain Bardet via a daring descent on the Col d'Allos, was one of the racing highlights of last season.
In recent years, Team S💃ky have made the race its own with four overall wins in five y♑ears with Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins sharing the honours. Froome is expected to again finish on the podium in what is a stacked field of 2016 Tour contenders, including Alberto Contador, Fabio Aru, Thibaut Pinot, Richie Porte and Bardet.
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