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Critérium du Dauphiné 2014 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 Alberto Contador said this week he's not afraid of anyone. Chris Froome better not take his eyes off of him during the weekend mountain stages. Froome has a 12s lead over Contador heading into Stage 7 (the queen stage). Big Photos from 2014 — sirotti Big Photos from 2013 — sirotti/flockton Big Photos from 2012 — sirotti/flockton Big Photos from 2011 — sirotti/flockton Big Photos from 2010 — sirotti Big Photos from 2009 — sirotti |
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News and Updates for Critérium du Dauphiné 2014
June 11 - 15 update:Also this week, Canada's premiere stage race, 2014 Tour de Beauce (2.2 CAN): race info, startlist, results, big photos and daily highlights
and
Starting Saturday, Tour de Suisse (2.UWT SUI): race info, startlist, previews, broadcasters
June 16 update:
Analysis: Talansky’s dramatic Dauphine win sets stage for epic Tour battle — velonews
Stage 8 Post-Race Coverage
Contador (TCS) cruza la meta de Courchevel a 1'04" de Talansky (GRS), ganador final del Critérium du #Dauphiné 2014. pic.twitter.com/XBcy12zca2
— Movistar Team (@Movistar_Team) June 15, 2014Stage 8 Report — cyclingnews
Andrew Talansky wins Criterium du Dauphine — velonews
Talansky remains realistic for Tour de France after Dauphiné triumph — cyclingnews
Jurgen Van den Broeck seals Critérium du Dauphiné podium place — cyclingnews
Froome medication broke no rules say uci — afp/sbs.au
Froome happy with Dauphiné stage wins and green jersey — cyclingnews
Full On-Demand Stage 8 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
June 14 update: An exciting Critérium du Dauphiné concludes with a mountain stage and the cat 1 climb to Courchevel. This is the first time ASO has used Courchevel since the 2005 Tour de France (see video below); however, apparently the Sunday finish (profile) doesn't go as far up the climb as 2005. It should be another great Contador vs. Froome battle before they resume at the Tour de France in just three weeks. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 8 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 7 Post-Race Coverage
Full Official Stage 7 Results and GC — letour.fr
Stage 7 Report — cyclingnews
Alberto Contador takes lead in Criterium du Dauphine — velonews
Contador: It will be more important to beat Froome in July — cyclingnews
Contador shines, other Tour contenders falter — cyclingtips
Froome optimistic after testing ride by contador — afp/sbs.au
Talansky heads towards Dauphine podium — velonews
Full On-Demand Stage 7 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
June 13 update: Stage 7 with five categorized climbs ending with two HC climbs is the Queen Stage of this year's event. The course meanders south of Lake Geneva starting from Ville-la-Grand and ending at a small, picturesque (see above) mountain hamlet, Finhaut, previously used by the Tour de Suisse and Tour de l'Avenir. Chris Froome leads by 12s over Alberto Contador which isn't much given the difficulty of this stage and the number of sections greater than 9% on the finishing climb (profile) including the last km. The climb is perfectly suited to Alberto Contador. — Steve
Contador ready to attack on Dauphiné's toughest stages — cyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 7 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 6 Post-Race Coverage
Full Official Stage 6 Results and GC — letour.fr
Stage 6 Report — cyclingnews
Froome: "It's quite painful but I was okay to finish the stage" — cyclingnews
Full On-Demand Stage 6 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
June 12 update: Stage 6 is a 179 km twisty, lumpy route from Grenoble to Poisy. The twisty finish in Poisy will test riders' allround skills with a Cat 4 climb 8 km to go and a 15% section before the flat final km. Arnaud Demare said pre-stage 6: "Plutôt une arrivée pour puncheur / A finish for punchers" or look for another successful break. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 6 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage
Full Official Stage 5 Results and GC — letour.fr
Stage 5 Report — cyclingnews
Spilak wins fifth Dauphine stage as Kelderman creeps closer to Froome — velonews
Alberto Contador puts Chris Froome under pressure in Criterium du Dauphine — cyclingweekly
Impromptu attack by Contador puts GC rivals on notice — cyclingnews
Aggressive Kelderman showing no sign of Giro fatigue — cyclingnews
June 11 update: Stage 5 starts at the most southern point of the race, Sisteron, a valley town in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, and heads north over six categorized climbs (see below) to the rolling finish in La Mure. This is another good opportunity for a successful break. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage
Full Official Stage 4 Results and GC — letour.fr
Stage 4 Report — cyclingnews
Trofimov grabs stage 4 victory at Criterium du Dauphine — velonews
Full On-Demand Stage 4 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
June 10 update: Stage 4 features the same final 45 km often used by the Tour de France. With 13 km to go, the race crests the cat 2 Col de Manse (9.6 km, average grade 5.2 %) before the tricky descent into Gap where Rui Costa soloed into at the end of Stage 16 at the 2013 Tour de France and Thor Hushovd won a small bunch sprint in 2011. See more photos in the links just below. — Steve
Tour of France 2013 Stage 16 finish into Gap won by Rui Costa — reuters/sirotti
Tour of France 2011 Stage 16 finish into Gap won by Thor Hushovd — reuters/sirotti
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage
Full Official Stage 3 Results and GC — letour.fr
Stage 3 Report — cyclingnews
Arndt sprints to stage 3 Criterium du Dauphine victory — velonews
Froome says UCI allows him to use inhaler to treat his asthma — velonews
Van Garderen not hitting the panic button ahead of Tour de France — cyclingnews
Full On-Demand Stage 3 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
June 9 update: Stage 3 is hilly as we head south through the Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire and Ardèche regions and then dead flat for the final 40 km and the finish in the small Ardèche town, Le Teil. This is the only chance for the sprinters this week, what few of them are here. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage
Full Official Stage 2 Results and GC — letour.fr
Stage 2 Report — cyclingnews
Froome wins Dauphine stage 2 to preserve race lead — velonews
Contador holds firm but loses stage to Froome — cyclingnews
Talansky impresses for Garmin-Sharp at the Dauphiné — cyclingnews
Froome in control as Contador shows resilience — cyclingnews
Kelderman amazed with form at Dauphiné after tough Giro d’Italia — cyclingnews
After two Dauphine stages, it’s clear Alberto Contador is back on form — velonews
Contador ‘very happy’ with how he performed on stage two — cyclingtips
Full On-Demand Stage 2 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
June 8 update: We'll waste no time getting down to business on the first road stage. As you can see from the list of categorized climbs below, Stage 2 features five categorized climbs including the generously labeled HC climb at the end of 156 km on Col du Béal in the Massif Central (south-central France). It's doubtful it is steep enough for big splits among the GC contenders, but there will be plenty of opportunities for a break. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage
Full Official Results from Stage 1 — letour.fr
Chris Froome wins stage 1 at 2014 Criterium du Dauphine — velonews
Stage 1 TT Report — cyclingnews
Chris Froome wins opening time trial to claim yellow jersey — skysports
Contador stays up beat after Froome wins Dauphine opener — cyclingnews
Froome stays focused on the Criterium du Dauphine — cyclingnews
Tejay van Garderen hopes to use Dauphine as springboard to Tour — velonews
Full On-Demand Stage 1 Broadcast (English, subscription req'd) — cycling.tv
June 4 update: A fairly technical, point-to-point 10 km TT in downtown Lyon with a cat 4 climb at the halfway point. — Steve
Stage 1 Start Order and Times (CET) — biciciclismo
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.
2014 Critérium du Dauphiné Preview
June 7 update:
Race Preview and Favorites — c-cycling
Race Preview — cyclingnews
Official Startlist w/ bib numbers — steephill.tv
Contador afraid of winning the Dauphiné — cyclingnews
Chris Froome free to focus on Alberto Contador as Dauphine looms — velonews
Froome-Contador: le match dans les Alpes, avant le Tour de France — france3.fr
Contador en el Criterium du Dauphiné “Estaré en buena forma, pero sin la obsesión de ganar” — biciciclismo
Nibali hits back at his critics before the Critérium du Dauphiné — cyclingnews
June 6 update:
Valverde to ride Route du Sud instead of Critérium du Dauphiné — cyclingnews
Clash of the Titans: Froome, Contador, Nibali square off at Dauphine — velonews
Kwiatkowski given free rein for Critérium du Dauphiné — cyclingnews
June 4 update:
Van Garderen ready to lead BMC at Dauphiné and Tour de France — cyclingnews
Voeckler targets Dauphine ahead of Tour challenge — velonews
Voeckler primed for Dauphine — sbs.au
June 3 update:
Provisional Startlist. No Valvarde, he's racing Route du Sud instead. — steephill.tv
Bradley Wiggins omitted by Team Sky for Tour de France warm-up race — theguardian
June 2 update:
All stage profiles (course and finish), maps and timetables are now posted. See the race summary table (right).
Froome, Contador et les autres... sur le Critérium du Dauphiné — alpes.france3.fr
March 3 update:
Criterium du Dauphine route revealed — cyclingnews
Froome, Nibali, Contador to tackle climb-heavy Criterium du Dauphine route — velonews
Le parcours du Critérium du Dauphiné 2014 dévoilé à Lyon. Froome, Nibali et Contador annoncés - France 3 Alpes — france3.fr
 
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Most of the profiles are posted in the race summary table (right) Race History with Past Winners — wikipedia
Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage
June 5 update: The tv and online options to view the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné are now listed below. Unrestricted live links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for updates to the online links and tv schedules. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video or tv coverage as they become known. — Steve Warning: Any unrestricted live video links (in bold) in the table below that we suspect or have been reported to contain MS Windows malicious/malware popups are now denoted with 'm' as in "live videom (english)". Ignore the requests to upgrade/install/download a media player. Please ensure your Windows computer is virus protected before using "live videom" links as they are beyond our control. Expand the video to full screen to avoid the popups or click the tiny '[x]' close boxes.| media source | tv or internet | comments/restrictions | |
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USA & Canada; Stages 1-6 LIVE at 1130 UTC (7:30 EDT), Stages 7-8 at 1325 UTC (9:25 EDT) with Marty Macdonald. | |
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live video (french) live videom (french) tv schedule |
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live videom (english) live videom (english) live videom (english) live videom (french) live videom (spanish) tv schedule (british) tv schedule (int'l/cet) |
Live and delayed coverage. Most or all stages starting at 13:30 CET |
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live video (italian) live video (italian) tv schedule |
Rai; Italian | |
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SBS in Australia: live online coverage followed by delayed tv coverage | |
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Norway; Live on TV 2 | |
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 french internet audio |
daily on France BLEU: radio schedule | |
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live video (english) tv schedule (see comments) |
North America; Live online streaming for tv subscribers and delayed tv coverage on NBCSN - Sunday Stage 1, Midnight ET, Monday June 9 Stage 2 - Friday June 13 Stage 6, 6:30 p.m. ET, Saturday, June 14 Stage 7, 6 p.m. ET, Sunday, June 15 Stage 8, 10:30 p.m. ET | |
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Canada; Delayed same day coverage on Sportsnet | |
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live text updates/official ticker and key moments; French ticker as well | |
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 steephill text updates |
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2014 Critérium du Dauphiné Route Map
Route Map (Large Version) — letour.fr
See the race summary table for more route details.