Critérium du Dauphiné (2012) Photos; Stage 1: Seyssins → Saint-Vallier, 187 km
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Smiles from Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez and Egoi Martinez at the start in Seyssins, but Sanchez later crashed heavily 47 km into the stage. He finished but "is off to hospital to have check-ups"		share this photo
Andy Schleck (Radioshack - Nissan) seems to have a lot on his mind. He was dropped on the final modest categorized climb and finished 138th + 3:10		share this photo
Conversely, BMC's Cadel Evans and George Hincapie day went according to plan. We'll see them again later.		share this photo
BMC has brought their Tour de France team		share this photo
Astana's Alexandre Vinokourov looks worried. He was later dropped today along with Andy Schleck. Will he be at one more Tour de France?		share this photo
The late break with three riders led by Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) on the twisty run to the line		share this photo
They broke clear with about 5 km to go		share this photo
The peloton just a few seconds back		share this photo
Luke Durbridge (Orica GreenEdge) lost his leader's jersey when he was dropped on the final climb with 9 km to go and finished 27s back		share this photo
The late break succeeds by four seconds thanks to a huge pull by Cadel Evans		share this photo
Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) led out and beat Jerome Coppel (Saur - Sojasun) and Andrey Kashechkin (Astana)		share this photo
Bike throw finish close-up. It wasn't as close as it looked.		share this photo
No victory salute today. Cadel Evans said he saw an opportunity on the technical descent so we went for it. A tremendous show of power to lead the break for the last 2 km and then win the three-man bunch sprint.		share this photo
Led by two teammates, Samuel Sanchez finished in a lot of pain (video)		share this photo
Your stage 1 winner, Cadel Evans (BMC), is back in business just in time to defend his Tour de France title		share this photo
Bradley Wiggins dons the Yellow Jersey he narrowly missed out on yesterday although he said post-stage, "I don't think I've been so disappointed to take the Yellow Jersey."		share this photo
Critérium du Dauphiné (2012) Photos; Stage 1: Seyssins → Saint-Vallier, 187 km
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