Critérium International 2010 Live Dashboard

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Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong meet for the first time in 2010 at the Criterium International

Saturday, March 27

176 km

Porto-Vecchio → Col de l'Ospedale

Sunday, March 28

75 km

Porto-Vecchio → Porto-Vecchio

Sunday, March 28

7.7 km

Porto-Vecchio → Porto-Vecchio

Total Distance

259 km

2010 Critérium International Teams

Team Rosters and ~~Withdrawals~~

HTC - Columbia (THR)
(USA)

1	RABON Frantisek	CZE
2	ALBASINI Michael	SUI
3	GRABSCH Bert	GER
4	GULDHAMMER Rasmus	DEN
5	MONFORT Maxime	BEL
6	PINOTTI Marco	ITA
7	ROGERS Michael	AUS
8	VELITS Peter	SVK

Astana (AST)
(KAZ)

11	CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto	ESP
12	FOFONOV Dmitriy	KAZ
13	GOUROV Maxim	KAZ
14	KIREYEV Roman	KAZ
15	NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel	ESP
16	NOVAL GONZALEZ Benjamin	ESP
17	RAIMBEKOV Bolat	KAZ
18	VINOKOUROV Alexandre	KAZ

RadioShack (RSH)
(USA)

21	ARMSTRONG Lance	USA
22	BUSCHE Matthew	USA
23	HERMANS Ben	BEL
24	HORNER Chris	USA
25	MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto	POR
26	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira	POR
27	ROVNY Ivan	RUS
28	POPOVYCH Yaroslav	UKR

Ag2r - La Mondiale (ALM)
(FRA)

31	CHAMPION Dimitri	FRA
32	BOUET Maxime	FRA
33	DUPONT Hubert	FRA
35	GADRET John	FRA
36	KADRI Blel	FRA
37	LE LAY David	FRA
38	MANDRI René	EST

Garmin - Transitions (GRM)
(USA)

41	MILLAR David	GBR
42	CARLSEN Kirk	USA
43	KESSIAKOFF Fredrik	SWE
44	LOWE Trent	AUS
45	MARTIN Daniel	IRL
46	PATE Danny	USA
47	PETERSON Thomas	USA
48	VAN DER VELDE Ricardo	NED

BMC Racing (BMC)
(USA)

51	EVANS Cadel	AUS
52	BEYER Chad	USA
53	FRANK Mathias	SUI
54	FREI Thomas	SUI
55	LOUDER Jeff	USA
56	MORABITO Steve	SUI
57	SANTAMBROGIO Mauro	ITA
58	STALDER Florian	SUI

Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne (COF)
(FRA)

61	MONCOUTIÉ David	FRA
62	DUQUE Leonardo Fabio	COL
63	EL FARES Julien	FRA
64	KRIIT Kalle	EST
65	MOINARD Amaël	FRA
66	PAURIOL Rémi	FRA

Française des Jeux (FDJ)
(FRA)

71	VAUGRENARD Benoît	FRA
72	CAZAUX Pierre	FRA
73	CHEREL Mikael	FRA
74	MEERSMAN Gianni	BEL
75	ROUX Anthony	FRA
76	SULZBERGER Wesley	AUS
77	VEIKKANEN Jussi	FIN
78	VICHOT Arthur	FRA

Sky (SKY)
(GBR)

81	LÖFKVIST Thomas	SWE
82	CALZATI Sylvain	FRA
83	CARLSTRÖM Kjell	FIN
84	CUMMINGS Stephen	GBR
85	DOWNING Russell	GBR
86	GERRANS Simon	AUS
87	NORDHAUG Lars Petter	NOR
88	POSSONI Morris	ITA

Bbox - Bouygues Telecom (BBO)
(FRA)

91	VOECKLER Thomas	FRA
92	ARASHIRO Yukiya	JPN
93	CHARTEAU Anthony	FRA
94	FEDRIGO Pierrick	FRA
95	GAUTIER Cyril	FRA
96	LEFEVRE Laurent	FRA
97	ROLLAND Pierre	FRA
98	TROFIMOV Yury	RUS

Caisse d'Epargne (GCE)
(ESP)

101	MOREAU Christophe	FRA
102	AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey	CRC
103	JEANNESSON Arnold	FRA
104	LOPEZ GARCIA David	ESP
105	COBO ACEBO Juan Jose	ESP
106	PERGET Mathieu	FRA
107	SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio	COL
108	URAN URAN Rigoberto	COL

Euskaltel - Euskadi (EUS)
(ESP)

111	SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel	ESP
112	AZANZA SOTO Jorge	ESP
113	INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat	ESP
115	MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi	ESP
116	NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel	ESP
117	OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose	ESP
118	VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI Gorka	ESP

Saur - Sojasun (SAU)
(FRA)

121	COPPEL Jérôme	FRA
122	ENGOULVENT Jimmy	FRA
123	HIVERT Jonathan	FRA
124	JOLY Sébastien	FRA
125	LEMOINE Cyril	FRA
126	LEVARLET Guillaume	FRA
127	MANGEL Laurent	FRA
128	SIMON Julien	FRA

Skil - Shimano (SKS)
(NED)

131	DOI Yukihiro	JPN
132	GENIEZ Alexandre	FRA
133	GESCHKE Simon	GER
134	HUGUET Yann	FRA
135	HUPOND Thierry	FRA
136	FENG Han	CHN
138	WILMANN Frederik	NOR

Roubaix - Lille Metropole (RLM)
(FRA)

141	LHOTELLERIE Clément	FRA
142	BAR Jocelyn	FRA
143	BOULO Matthieu	FRA
144	DION Renaud	FRA
145	LARPE Mickael	FRA
146	MOLMY Arnaud	FRA
147	PINEAU Cédric	FRA
148	TRONET Steven	FRA

Vacansoleil (VAC)
(NED)

151	FEILLU Brice	FRA
152	CARRARA Matteo	ITA
153	GOLAS Michal	POL
154	HOOGERLAND Johnny	NED
155	LAGUTIN Sergey	UZB
156	POELS Wout	NED
157	ROSSETTO Stéphane	FRA
158	RUIJGH Rob	NED

Bretagne - Schuller (BSC)
(FRA)

161	GONZALO RAMIREZ Eduardo	ESP
162	GUILLOU Florian	FRA
163	HARDY Romain	FRA
164	JEGOU Lilian	FRA
165	LE BON Johan	FRA
166	MALACARNE Gaël	FRA
167	VACHON Florian	FRA

2010 Provisional Rosters/Startlist — letour.fr

News and Updates for Critérium International 2010

Stage 3 results: David Millar wins the TT; Pierrick Fedrigo has no problem completing the overall win

Mar. 27, 2010 - Porto Vecchio, France - epa02095546 Pierrick Fedrigo from BBox Bouygues Telecom team salutes wearing the yellow shirt after winning the first stage of the Criterium International cycling race, in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, France, 27 March 2010.

Full Final Results — letour.fr

Fédrigo hangs on to win Criterium International — cyclingnews

Graham Watson stage 3 (initial) photos — biciciclismo

David Millar Stage 3 Winner's Interview (01:26 english) — versus

John Lelangue Interview (01:40 english) — versus

Lance Armstrong Pre-Stage Interview (01:40 english) — versus

Allan Lim Interview (01:22 english) — versus

Chris Horner Pre-Stage Interview (02:25 english) — versus

Armstrong not impressed with Contador's performance — velonation

Stage 3 ITT Highlights (10:51 french) — france3

Stage 3 Graham Watson photos — grahamwatson

ITT Highlights with Phil Leggitt (03:07 english) — versus

Stage 3 preview: Porto-Vecchio → Porto-Vecchio, 7.7 km (TT)

March 27 update: This is element #3: a rolling then flat, short individual time-trial to decide the winner. After the mountaintop finish on stage 1, not many riders are left in contention. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map, timetable and race previews below. — Steve

TT Startlist is the reverse of the GC after Stage 2 — letour.fr

Stage 3 start time: Sunday 13:40 CEST (11:40:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Porto-Vecchio
Live video: 15:10 CEST (1:10:00 PM GMT+0000); Live video, audio and text options
Approximate finish: 15:50 CEST (1:50:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Porto-Vecchio

Stage 2 results
1  Russel Downing (Team Sky)                    1h42'20" 
2  Michael Albasini (Team HTC - Columbia) 
3  Pierrick Fedrigo (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) 
4  Leonardo Duque (Cofidis Le Credit en Ligne) 
5  Florian Vachon (Bretagne - Schuller) 
6  Arnaud Molmy  (Roubaix Lille Metropole) 
7  Jeremy Galland (Saur-Sojasun)
8  Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) 
9  Blel Kadri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) 
10 Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) 

General classification after stage 2
1  Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues)         
2  Tiago Machado (RadioShack)            + 0:17
3  Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)      0:23
4  Cadel Evans (BMC)                       0:27
5  David Moncoutie (Cofidis) 
6  Matteo Carrara (VaVacansoleil)
7  Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia)
8  Christopher Horner (RadioShack)

Full Results — letour.fr

Russel Downing wins sprint at Criterium International — cyclingnews

Sky's Downing takes sprint in second Critérium International stage — velonation

Stage 2 Graham Watson photos — grahamwatson

Stage 2 preview: Porto-Vecchio → Porto-Vecchio, 75 km (flat)

March 27 update: This is element #2: a flat, short stage for the sprinters. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map, timetable and race previews below. — Steve

Stage 2 start time: Sunday 9:10 CEST (7:10:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Porto-Vecchio
Live video: none; Live video, audio and text options
Approximate finish: 10:47 CEST (8:47:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Porto-Vecchio

Stage 1 results: A surprising mountaintop finish with Pierrick Fedrigo leading the way

Mar. 27, 2010 - Porto Vecchio, France - epa02095548 The pack rides during the first stage of the Criterium International cycling race in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, France, 27 March 2010. Pierrick Fedrigo from BBox Bouygues Telecom team won the first stage.

Stage 1 results
1  Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues)          5:19:46
2  Tiago Machado (RadioShack)            + 0:11
3  Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)      0:15
4  Cadel Evans (BMC)
5  David Moncoutie (Cofidis) 
6  Matteo Carrara (VaVacansoleil)
7  Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia)
8  Christopher Horner (RadioShack)
10 David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne)
...
23 Alberto Contador (Astana)             + 1:13
...
50 Lance Armstrong (RadioShack)          + 4:51

Pierrick Fedrigo stock photo (from one of this two 2009 Tour de France wins) — sirotti

Fedrigo flies to victory on Col de l'Ospedale (Full Results) — cyclingnews

Alberto Condador post stage 1: Dia duro,la alergia ha aperecido,ha sido una pena no entrar con los primeros por mis compañeros,ahora recuperando (Allergy problems, thanks his teammates for their effort)

Fedrigo takes stage and lead in Critérium Int'l, Armstrong and Contador dropped — velonation

Fedrigo takes opening stage at Criterium International — velonews

Allergy-hit Contador misses at Criterium — news.smh.au

Contador and Armstrong crack at Criterium — reuters

Stage 1 Col de l’Ospedale finish: Part 1 (07:16 french) | Part 2 (07:15) — france2

Graham Watson photos — grahamwatson

Stage 1 Highlights w/ Phil Liggett (03:10 english) — versus

Planet Armstrong: Part 1 (01:35 english) | Part 2 (02:55 english) | Part 2 (02:33 english) — eurosport

Johan Bruyneel Post-Stage 1 Interview (03:20 english) — versus

Stage 1 preview: Porto-Vecchio → Col de l'Ospedale, 176 km (Mountain)

March 26 update: The mountain stage kicks off this year's race for Corsica's first year in hosting this event and what a nice summit finish [profile]... for this or any other time on the race calendar. The stage finishes atop Col de l’Ospedale after 14.2km of 6.2% for 175km in total. See the race summary table (r) for the stage profile, map, timetable and race previews below. — Steve

The view from the top looking back and down at the start in Porto-Vecchio

Stage 1 start time: Saturday 11:00 CEST (9:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Porto-Vecchio
Live video: 14:50 CEST (12:50:00 PM GMT+0000); Live video, audio and text options
Approximate finish: 16:40 CEST (2:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Col de l'Ospedale

March 26 update:

Contador: Criterium start is ‘no message’ for Armstrong — velonews

Armstrong vs. Contador? Make it Evans vs. Contador — reuters
March 25 update:

Contador doing recon in Corsica — biciciclismo

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2010 Provisional Startlist

Bruyneel looks forward to Armstrong-Contador match-up at C.I. — cyclingnews

March 18 update: In North America, Versus will air the mountain stage of Criterium International on March 27 at 2:30 ET.

March 16 update:
Contador to face Armstrong in Criterium International — cyclingnews
Voigt won't defend Critérium International crown — velonews

En Direct: Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

March 27 update: A work in progress. Check back at race time for the latest live links and feel free to send in additional sources for live video or tv coverage as they become known. — Steve

media source	tv or internet	comments/restrictions
	live video (english) live video (english) tv schedule	South Africa; Super Sport with english commentary at 14:50-15:55 CET on Saturday and 15:10-16:15 CEST on Sunday. Satellite feed (temporarily?) lost
	live video (spanish) live video (spanish) live video (restricted) tv schedule	Spanish; Teledeporte feed starts at 14:50 CET on Saturday and 15:20 CET on Sunday. Best video quality
	live video (french) live video (english) live video (spanish) live video (other) live video (other) tv schedule	UK Europsort; hard to believe but according to the UK TV Schedule there is only delayed coverage on both Saturday and Sunday. Eurosport France has live coverage at 15:15 CET (45 min)
	live video (french) tv schedule	Saturday stage only; likely restricted to France and french-speaking countries
	live video (french) tv schedule	Sunday stage only; likely restricted to France and french-speaking countries
	live video (italian) tv schedule	video likely restricted to Italy; Sunday only at 15:30 CET (30 min); alternative video (Italy)
	live video (french)	French TV from Belgium;
	tv schedule	Saturday and Sunday delayed coverage at 2:30-4:00 PM ET (90 min)
	live text updates ES live text updates EN	The Spanish website Biciciclismo will have the latest race updates
	live text updates	English
	live ticker	live text updates/ticker and key moments; French ticker as well
	steephill text updates #criterium tweets	short text updates from any and everyone
check back at race time for more and updated links; send a comment or a new live link

2010 Race Details

February 2 update: The 2010 route has been announced. All three stages will start from Porto-Vecchio on Corsica, a mountainous French island west of Italy. As usual there is a sprint stage, a mountain stage and a time-trial stage over one weekend in March. Normally, the sprinters' stage is first but this year with the move from the Ardennes to Corsica, the mountain stage will kick things off on Saturday March 27th with a 175 km course. A short (75 km) sprint stage and a 7.7 km time-trial will be held the next day on Sunday. Lance Armstrong and Cadel Evans are expected to partake. — Steve

Critérium International opener to include summit finish — cyclingnews

2010 Carte du Parcours

Saturday, March 28th

190 km

Monthois → Charleville-Mézières

Sunday, March 29th

99 km

Les Mazures → Monthermé

Sunday, March 29th

8.3 km

Charleville-Mézières

Total Distance

297 km

2009 Critérium International Teams

Team Rosters and ~~Withdrawals~~

18 Teams (10 ProTour):
AG2R-LA MONDIALE
AGRITUBEL
ASTANA
BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM
BESSON CHAUSSURES - SOJASUN
BMC RACING TEAM
BRETAGNE SCHULLER
CAISSE D'EPARGNE
COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE COLUMBIA - HIGH ROAD
EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
FRANCAISE DES JEUX
GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM
KATUSHA
LANDBOUWKREDIET - COLNAGO
SAXO BANK
SKIL-SHIMANO
VACANCESOLEIL PRO CYCLING TEAM

Team Rosters/Startlist — letour.fr

News and Updates for Critérium International 2009

March 29 update: North America TV coverage today (Sunday) on VERSUS at 5 PM ET/ 2 PM PT. Online video highlights of all stages will be posted here on Monday.

Stage 3 results and overall winner

Stage 3 Results and Overall winner — cyclingnews

Graham Watson Stage 3 Photos — grahamwatson

Jen Voigt TT Video — versus

Stage 2 results

Stage 2 Results — cyclingnews

Stage 2 report and photos — velonews

Graham Watson Stage 2 Photos — grahamwatson

Stage 2 Highlights — france3

Stage 1 results: Jimmy Casper meets the first criteria

Stage 1 results
1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Besson Chaussures - Sojasun       4.42.15 (40.390 km/h)
2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux                 
3 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano                            
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                 
5 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                                
6 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                       
8 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream                       
9 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                
10 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne

Full Results — cyclingnews

Graham Watson Stage 1 Photos — grahamwatson

Bad Luck For Astana Cycling Team - Renev Follows Armstrong's Example — astana-cyclingteam

Stage 1 Highlights — france3

Le Direct: Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

March 29 update: Live video is not expected for the Saturday stage so live text updates may be your only choice. On Sunday, France3 will be broadcasting live at 15:15 CET (2:15:00 PM GMT+0000). There should be several live feeds to select from. In North America, Versus will delay broadcast on Sunday at 5PM ET.

As usual, results, photos and video highlights will be posted as they are available. Sunday results will be hidden (behind a link) until the Versus coverage is completed. — Steve

Stage 2 Start Time: Sunday 8:30 PM CET (6:30:00 AM GMT+0000);
No live video expected for Stage 2
Approximate Finish: 11:07 PM CET (9:07:00 AM GMT+0000)

Stage 3 Start Time: Sunday 2:30 PM CET (12:30:00 PM GMT+0000);
Live video starts: 3:15 PM CET (1:15:00 PM GMT+0000);
See all the live video, audio and text options
Approximate Finish: 4:05 PM CET (2:05:00 PM GMT+0000)

Team rosters with bib numbers
Current Time, Weather and Wind Direction in Sedan, France

media source	tv or internet	comments/restrictions
	live video streaming live video streaming ... completed tv schedule	live on Sunday from 15H15 - 16H20 CET (65 min); unrestricted live video worldwide from French Television
	live video streaming tv schedule	North America; delayed broadcast on Mar 29 @ 5PM ET
	live text updates	There is suppose French and English text updates
	steephill text updates #criterium twitter group	short text updates from any and everyone
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Race Preview

March 28 update:

Who can challenge Voigt? — cyclingnews

The Critérium International is a two day bicycle stage race held in France every spring. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. [The modern version consists of a long, rolling stage with a flat finish, a short, hilly/mountain stage with an uphill finish and a short time-trial].

For many years it was considered a sort of French national championship and was only opened to non-French cyclists in 1979.

The race has been won by some of the most famous names in cycling including Jacques Anquetil, Seán Kelly, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain, Stephen Roche, Laurent Fignon and Jens Voigt. -- Critérium International Wiki

The Official 2009 Route Map (La Carte du Parcours)

Critérium International 2010 Live Dashboard

News and Updates for Critérium International 2010

Stage 3 results: David Millar wins the TT; Pierrick Fedrigo has no problem completing the overall winpermalink("#03-results-2010");

Stage 3 preview: Porto-Vecchio → Porto-Vecchio, 7.7 km (TT)permalink("#03-preview-2010");

Stage 2 preview: Porto-Vecchio → Porto-Vecchio, 75 km (flat)permalink("#02-preview-2010");

Stage 1 results: A surprising mountaintop finish with Pierrick Fedrigo leading the waypermalink("#01-results-2010");

Stage 1 preview: Porto-Vecchio → Col de l'Ospedale, 176 km (Mountain)permalink("#01-preview-2010");

En Direct: Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage permalink("#live");