Critérium du Dauphiné

Jakob Fuglsang secured the overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné after his Astana team controlled the race

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Dutch climb specialist Wout Poels of Team Ineos won the mountainous penultimate stage of the Criterium du Dauphine, which was raced in a downpour on Saturday.

Jakob Fuglsang moves into overall lead as overnight leader Adam Yates finishes sixth.

The new Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge will send pro riders racing up the Giant of Provence this coming Monday

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Experience gives French star Julian Alaphilippe a winning edge over Gregor Mühlberger in a very close finish

Doctors are optimistic that Chris Froome can return to racing—when that will be is yet to be determined

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Belgian star Wout van Aert takes his second stage win in 24 hours with a commanding sprint in Voiron

With Chris Froome ruled out of this year's Tour de France following his crash at the Dauphiné, the race has suddenly taken a very different complexion

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Belgian cross star dominates time trial; Adam Yates claims yellow and Chris Froome crashes out in practice

Team officials confirm Chris Froome will not start the Tour de France next month following a crash Wednesday in a training ride

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Ireland's Sam Bennett dominates sprint finish as Dylan Teuns retains lead on stage 3 of the Critérium du Dauphiné

After crashing out the Giro d'Italia, Tom Dumoulin is back in action at the Critérium du Dauphiné. But he's still not completely recovered from his knee injury

Belgian Dylan Teuns takes first win since 2017 after escaping with France's Guillaume Martin

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Norwegian takes Dimension's Data first WorldTour win of the season as GC favorites finish together.

After skipping a title defense at the Giro, Froome is hopeful a strong Dauphiné will bode well for a run at a fifth yellow jersey

July favorites chase confidence and confirmation in June

It's June ... Do you know where your Tour de France stars are? Some went to Suisse, others to Dauphiné — which is better?

Do Geraint Thomas have a real shot at yellow if something derails Chris Froome's Tour bid? Who should hit the panic button?

Cycling's governing body will not allow riders to race with the substance spread on their skin for the purpose of gaining aero benefits.

Geraint Thomas's victory at the Critérium du Dauphiné moves him into the second spot on Sky's Tour de France lineup.

Adam Yates won the final stage of the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné while Geraint Thomas took overall victory.

Romain Bardet is growing weary of the questions and controversy surrounding Chris Froome's salbutamol case.

Pello Bilbao (Astana) rode away from his breakaway companions to win the sixth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Dan Martin takes advantage of a steep finish climb to claim stage 5 of Critérium du Dauphiné.

With a blistering attack on the finish climb, Dan Martin wins stage 5 at the Critérium du Dauphiné, his first victory in more than a year.

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe collects his first career stage win at Critérium du Dauphiné in a tough uphill sprint finish.

Team Sky's deep bench of domestiques was on display in Criterium du Dauphine stage 4, and that's good news for Chris Froome.

Dario Cataldo comes close to victory, but a fast-finishing Julian Alaphilippe seizes the stage. Gianni Moscon takes GC lead.

This week's episode unearths some new tech at the Dauphiné, puts a Dirty Kanza controversy in context, and fixes the ebike problem once and for all

Team Sky dominates Critérium du Dauphiné stage 3 team time trial, winning by a 38-second margin.

In final kilometers, Kwiatkowski crashes. With another top sprint result, Daryl Impey takes overall lead with time bonuses.

In a hectic sprint finale, Pascal Ackermann takes the win, Michal Kwiatkowski crashes, and Daryl Impey takes GC lead.

Daryl Impey wins Dauphiné stage 1 in a sprint after a tough finish circuit. Kwiatkowski keeps yellow jersey.

Michal Kwiatkowski won while teammate Geraint Thomas crashed at the opening 6.6-kilometer prologue of the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné.

Michal Kwiatkowski won the opening 6.6-kilometer prologue of the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné to take the overall lead.

ASO lays out parcours for the 70th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

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The Porte/Froome rivalry gets a kick-start in the Dauphiné. Astana looks strong, and poor, poor Alberto Contador. What can he do?

Chris Froome might not have won the Dauphiné's yellow jersey, but he was champion of the pre-Tour de France head games.

As it does every year, the Dauphine has delivered plenty of talking points to the cycling world as we head toward the Tour de France.

Chris Froome won the Dauphiné before each of his Tour victories. What's going on in 2017?

Sunday’s final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné got it right. Whether the Tour can repeat that drama remains to be seen.

Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang shines at Critérium du Dauphine over three-time champion Chris Froome and Australian Richie Porte.

Jakob Fuglsang outshone Chris Froome and Richie Porte to win the final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné to claim overall victory.

Sky's Peter Kennaugh takes stage 7, while former teammate Richie Porte extends overall lead at Critérium du Dauphiné.

Sky's Peter Kennaugh cruised to a solo win on stage 7 at Critérium du Dauphiné on Saturday.

20-year-old French up-and-comer David Gaudu abandons Dauphiné. FDJ is gradually developing the young talent.

The Dauphiné's GC race begins in stage 6 as Porte and Froome attack. Fuglsang wins the sprint for the stage win.

Jakob Fuglsang out-sprinted Chris Froome and Richie Porte to win stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné Friday.

Everyone at the Dauphiné has an excuse. They may secretly want to win, but everyone says they're just thinking about the Tour de France.

Phil Bauhaus wins his first WorldTour race. The 22-year-old edged out top sprinter Arnaud Démare in Dauphiné stage 5.

Alberto Contador refines his time trial position on a new Trek bike. With a strong result in the Dauphiné TT, he looks to be on track.

German youngster Phil Bauhaus stuns French duo Arnaud Démare and Bryan Coquard, winning Critérium du Dauphiné stage 5.

With the Tour de France, weeks away, Richie Porte puts Chris Froome on notice Wednesday at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Richie Porte took a big win in the Dauphiné's stage 4 time trial, coming home ahead of top GC riders Chris Froome and Alberto Contador.

Australia's Richie Porte of BMC romped to victory over a 23.5km individual time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

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Dutch youngster Koen Bouwman and his breakaway move gives the sprinters the slip in Critérium du Dauphiné stage 3.

Young Dutchman Koen Bouwman emerges from a six-man breakaway to win Tuesday's 184km third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

The Italian was forced to miss the Giro d'Italia because of an injury, so his attention has now turned toward the yellow jersey.

The Frenchman has never won a Tour de France stage, a benchmark for any French sprinter in the peloton.

The Dauphiné's second stage serves up a sprint finish, which plays out perfectly for Arnaud Démare.

Arnaud Démare wins stage 2 at Critérium du Dauphiné in a bunch sprint. Thomas de Gendt keeps his overall lead.

Belgian Thomas De Gendt takes the opening stage in Saint-Étienne and dons all three major classification jerseys in the process.

Belgium's Thomas De Gendt burst away to win the opening stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, a 170.5km ride around Saint-Étienne on Sunday.

Though he has never won the Dauphiné, Alberto Contador is content to use the one-week French race as a tune-up for the Tour de France.

The Critérium du Dauphiné is a key tune-up race for the Tour de France. Expect to see fireworks when Froome, Contador, and Porte line up.

Critérium du Dauphiné is key to Tour de France preparation. What will the top riders show us in this week-long race through France?

The Critérium du Dauphiné boasts a strong field ahead of the Tour de France, with most of the favorites for yellow racing.

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Reports say the two famous ascents will reappear next season in the Spanish grand tour and the Tour de France tuneup.

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