Critérium du Dauphiné

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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Chris Froome will start next month's Tour de France as the outright favorite, but he does have a few vulnerabilities.

Richie Porte dropped from second to fourth after three Sky riders outmaneuvered him when he attacked in Sunday's final stage.

Scenes from the Dauphine's final stage, which saw Steve Cummings nab a stage victory as Chris Froome wrapped up the GC win

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Enrico Gasparotto and Bjorn Thurau rested by Wanty – Groupe Gobert due to low cortisol levels

Steve Cummings sticks a long solo move out of the break to win stage 7 of the Critérium du Dauphine as Chris Froome wraps up the GC win

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Thibaut Pinot climbs to a stage victory as Chris Froome holds on in yellow in the Dauphiné's challenging but scenic sixth stage

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Chris Froome holds on in yellow as Thibaut Pinot nabs the Dauphine's sixth stage just ahead of Romain Bardet

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Chris Froome is climbing strong at the Dauphiné, winning stage 5 and taking the overall lead from Alberto Contador.

Chris Froome climbs to an impressive win in Critérium Dauphiné stage 5, beating Alberto Contador on a mountaintop finish and taking the GC lead.

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The decisive weekend at the Critérium du Dauphiné has three climbing stages that include 18 rated climbs.

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Edvald Boasson Hagen masters a tricky finish in stage 4, but Contador misses the split and loses precious seconds to GC rival Froome.

Edvald Boasson Hagen is fastest in a tough, technical sprint, while Alberto Contador continues to lead the Dauphiné overall.

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Fabio Aru snuck off the front on the final categorized climb of a hilly day to win stage 3 ahead of a charging Kristoff and the rest of the sprinters.

Fabio Aru wins stage 3 with a gutsy solo attack in the final 15 kilometers of racing in France. Alberto Contador keeps his overall lead.

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Jesus Herrada won a punchy uphill finish in stage 2, while race leader Alberto Contador stayed at the top of the GC leaderboard.

Jesus Herrada wins stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné while Alberto Contador maintains the overall lead after a short, tough finish climb.

A police motorbike found itself in the middle of a tightly packed group of riders during stage 1 at the Critérium du Dauphiné Monday.

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Was Nacer Bouhanni too aggressive in stage 1 of the Dauphiné? Fellow professionals feel the Frenchman was too rough in the final sprint.

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Nacer Bouhanni won stage 1 and dedicated the victory to Muhammad Ali after a full-contact sprint finish at the Dauphiné.

Nacer Bouhanni nearly comes to blows with Alexander Kristoff in stage 1 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, but the Cofidis rider delivers a brilliant sprint win.

Richie Porte wants to be BMC Racing's top GC man at the Tour de France, and he's using the Critérium du Dauphiné to show off his skills.

Alberto Contador's prologue win at the Critérium du Dauphiné shows he's on track for another run at the yellow jersey next month.

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Alberto Contador wins the Dauphiné's tough uphill TT prologue, getting the better of Chris Froome on a steep, short climbing test.

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Cannondale's Pierre Rolland has yet to deliver any big results this season, but the French rider is hoping that will change on home roads in the Dauphiné and upcoming Tour

Who will win the Criterium du Dauphine and the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic Women's WorldTour event?

The week-long Tour de France tuneup starts Sunday with a prologue and ends with three days in the French Alps.

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Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 starts with short, steep uphill TT and features three stages with major climbing in France's high mountains.

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Haga races one final event before his summer break and finds the Dauphiné to be a bit mellower than the crazy, hectic, and hard Giro

The American finishes second in the Critérium du Dauphiné behind Chris Froome

Chris Froome wins the Critérium du Dauphiné, but he admits he's not in top form with the Tour de France less than three weeks away

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One late attack and a time bonus does the trick for Chris Froome in the finale of the Critérium du Dauphiné

The final stage sees Chris Froome leapfrog over Tejay van Garderen for the overall victory at the Critérium du Dauphiné

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Scenes from the queen stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné

Results from the seventh stage of the Dauphiné

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Tejay van Garderen shows form and racing savvy fighting for the Dauphiné GC lead with the likes of Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali

Tejay van Garderen retakes the Dauphiné lead as Chris Froome climbs to a queen stage victory and second place in the general classification

Building on strong results from the first few months of 2015, Boswell continues to show form riding in support of Froome in the Dauphiné

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Tejay Van Garderen lost the Dauphiné's yellow jersey on Friday to a bold, early-stage attack by Vincenzo Nibali, but vows to keep fighting

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In a wet and wild day at the Dauphiné, Rui Costa punches his way to a stage win while the yellow jersey changes hands again

Vincenzo Nibali rides an aggressive race to claim the yellow after a tough, rainy stage 6

The Astana rider finishes second in stage 6, enough to put him into the yellow jersey as Rui Costa wins in final kilometer

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