2018 Critérium du Dauphiné
Male Team 03 - 10 Jun

Critérium du Dauphiné

949 Kilometers 8 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Jorge Arcas
  2. Héctor Carretero
  3. Jaime Castrillo
  4. Imanol Erviti
  5. Jaime Rosón
  6. Marc Soler
  7. Jasha Sütterlin
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TV

The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport 2, from 3.15pm Mon-Fri and 1.30pm in the weekends. Some stages could be taken to Eurosport 1 instead. ITV will also cover the weekend's stages in the UK.
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Timetable

The finish of every stage from Monday to Friday is scheduled around 4.30pm; the prologue and the last two stages in the weekend are expected to finish before 3pm.
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Bonus

There will be 10-6-4" bonuses at the finish of the six road stages. There won't be any intermediate sprints in this race.
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Social Media

The race's official Twitter account and hashtag are homonymous: @dauphine / #Dauphiné. Over at @Movistar_Team we'll follow closely on the Blues' efforts during the eight-day French race.
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Score

The squads managed by Eusebio Unzué have won the Dauphiné five times: twice with Miguel Indurain (1995 y 1996), once with Armand de las Cuevas (1998) and twice with Alejandro Valverde (2008 y 2009). The Movistar Team's organisation has also got twelve stage victories, two of them notched up with its current title sponsor in 2012 (Nairo Quintana, Morzine) and 2016 (Jesús Herrada, Chalmazel). The full list is available on our website's History section.

Stages

Analysis

01
Valence (CRI / ITT) (6.6km)
03 June
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  1. 01 Michal Kwiatkowski Team Sky 7'25"
  2. 02 Jos Van Emden LottoNLJumbo 1"
  3. 03 Gianni Moscon Team Sky +3"
  4. 27 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team +17"
  5. 36 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +19"
  6. 39 Marc Soler Movistar Team +20"
  7. 52 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team +23"
  8. 60 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +25"
  9. 61 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team "
  10. 85 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +33"
02
Valence - Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (170km)
04 June
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  1. 01 Daryl Impey Mitchelton-Scott 4h24'26"
  2. 02 Julian Alaphilippe Quick Step "
  3. 03 Pascal Ackermann Bora-Hansgrohe "
  4. 10 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team "
  5. 41 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  6. 45 Marc Soler Movistar Team "
  7. 60 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
  8. 68 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +40"
  9. 83 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team +1'19"
  10. 90 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +2'35"
03
Montbrison - Belleville (181km)
05 June
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  1. 01 Pascal Ackermann Bora-Hansgrohe 4h19'57"
  2. 02 Edvald Boasson Hagen Dimension Data "
  3. 03 Daryl Impey Mitchelton-Scott "
  4. 26 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team "
  5. 36 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
  6. 75 Marc Soler Movistar Team "
  7. 107 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +5'22"
  8. 111 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  9. 130 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team +10'56"
  10. 138 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
04
Pont-de-Vaux - Louhans (CRE / TTT) (35km)
06 June
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  1. 01 Team Sky 36'33"
  2. 02 BMC Racing Team +37"
  3. 03 Lotto Soudal +52"
  4. 08 Movistar Team +1'31" Team: Jorge Arcas Héctor Carretero Jaime Castrillo Imanol Erviti Jaime Rosón Marc Soler Jasha Sütterlin
05
Chazey-sur-Ain - Lans-en-Vercors (181km)
07 June
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  1. 01 Julian Alaphilippe Quick Step 4h26'58"
  2. 02 Daniel Martin UAE Team Emirates "
  3. 03 Geraint Thomas Team Sky "
  4. 16 Marc Soler Movistar Team +8"
  5. 25 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team +27"
  6. 57 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +7'51"
  7. 92 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team +20'56"
  8. 98 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
  9. 102 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team "
  10. 107 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
06
Grenoble - Valmorel (130km)
08 June
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  1. 01 Daniel Martin UAE Team Emirates 3h21'19"
  2. 02 Geraint Thomas Team Sky +4"
  3. 03 Adam Yates Mitchelton-Scott +15"
  4. 13 Marc Soler Movistar Team +26"
  5. 55 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team +8'31"
  6. 56 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team +8'34"
  7. 75 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +11'48"
  8. 85 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +15'27"
  9. 111 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team +16'23"
  10. 122 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
07
Frontenex - La Rosière (110km)
09 June
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  1. 01 Pello Bilbao Astana Pro Team 3h34'11"
  2. 02 Geraint Thomas Team Sky +21"
  3. 03 Dan Martin UAE Team Emirates +23"
  4. 17 Marc Soler Movistar Team +1'45"
  5. 44 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +13'38"
  6. 77 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team +23'52"
  7. 78 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team "
  8. 103 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team +31'40"
  9. 107 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
  10. 108 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
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Moûtiers - Saint-Gervais (136km)
10 June
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  1. 01 Adam Yates Mitchelton-Scott 3h51'34"
  2. 02 Dani Navarro Cofidis +4"
  3. 03 Romain Bardet AG2R La Mondiale +9"
  4. 29 Marc Soler Movistar Team +6'04"
  5. 66 Jaime Rosón Movistar Team +18'28"
  6. 69 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
  7. 80 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +21'03"
  8. 85 Jaime Castrillo Movistar Team "
  9. 87 Jasha Sütterlin Movistar Team "
  10. 102 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +22'59"

Analysis

The Critérium du Dauphiné, long considered the best touchdown before heading towards the Tour de France, has become more of a test for the Grande Boucle’s routes -much similarities in the last few years with the French grandtour’s courses– yet not so much in the way it’s tackled, with many riders aiming for it rather than using it as a launchpad for July, and even some coming from the Giro to profit from their good form.

In any case, the 70th edition of the French event continues to forge a very distinct character from previous years, its short mountain stages set to decide the final outcome together with its two time trials. A 6.6km prologue in Valence (Sunday 3rd June) will open the race, while a 35km TTT on Wednesday 6th, from Pont-de-Vaux to Louhans, will surely create some significant gaps before in the GC.

On Thursday 7th, a series of four brutal mountain stages will kick off. The Mont Noir (HC) and Lans-en-Vercors (Cat-2) are scheduled for stage four; the demanding Valmorel (HC; 13km, 7%), already overcome in 2013, will decide stage five (Friday 8th); Bisanne (HC), Pré (HC), Cormet de Roselend (Cat-2) and La Rosière (Cat-1), squeezed in just 110km, will be tackled on Saturday 9th; and five climbs in Savoie, capped off with Amerands (Cat-1) and Saint-Gervais (Cat-1), will mark the Queen stage, and the decisive one, on Sunday 10th.