2021 Critérium du Dauphiné
Male Team 30 May - 06 Jun

Critérium du Dauphiné

1171 Kilometers 8 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Alejandro Valverde
  2. Jorge Arcas
  3. Imanol Erviti
  4. José Joaquín Rojas
  5. Enric Mas
  6. Carlos Verona
  7. Miguel Ángel López
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TV

Live pictures of the race will be available on Eurosport 2 (except for stage one) and GCN.

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Timetable

Stages will finish around 4pm (weekdays), 5pm (stage one) and 3pm (final weekend).

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Bonus

There will be 10-6-4″ available at every non-ITT stage, plus 3-2-1″ at the intermediate sprints.

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Social Media

The race’s official Twitter account is @dauphine; the hashtag is #Dauphiné.

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Score

Eusebio Unzué’s squads have achieved five overall victories in the Dauphiné: two with Miguel Indurain (1995, 1996), another two with Alejandro Valverde (2008, 2009) and one with Arnaud de las Cuevas (1998).

Stages

Analysis

01
Issoire (181.3km)
30 May
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  1. 01 Brent Van Moer Lotto Soudal 4h13'00"
  2. 02 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain Victorious +25"
  3. 03 Clément Venturini AG2R La Mondiale "
  4. 10 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team "
  5. 29 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
  6. 34 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team "
  7. 50 Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team "
  8. 66 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
  9. 94 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +4'36"
  10. 103 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
02
Brioude - Saugues (169.7km)
31 May
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  1. 01 Lukas Pöstlberger Bora-Hansgrohe 4h25'20"
  2. 02 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain Victorious +11"
  3. 03 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team "
  4. 28 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
  5. 36 Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team "
  6. 52 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +52"
  7. 63 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +3'00"
  8. 98 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +8'56"
  9. 100 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team "
03
Langeac - Saint-Haon-le-Vieux (169.7km)
01 June
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  1. 01 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain Victorious 3h56'36"
  2. 02 Alex Aranburu Astana – Premier Tech "
  3. 03 Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates "
  4. 11 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team "
  5. 39 Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team "
  6. 40 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
  7. 64 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +16"
  8. 97 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +1'49"
  9. 99 Carlos Verona Movistar Team "
  10. 116 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +2'31"
04
Firminy - Roche-la-Molière (CRI / ITT) (16.3km)
02 June
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  1. 01 Alexey Lutsenko Astana – Premier Tech 21'36"
  2. 02 Ion Izagirre Astana – Premier Tech +8"
  3. 03 Kasper Asgreen Deceuninck – Quick Step +9"
  4. 20 Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team +42"
  5. 46 Enric Mas Movistar Team +1'15"
  6. 49 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +1'17"
  7. 90 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +2'07"
  8. 116 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +2'46"
  9. 119 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +2'49"
  10. 124 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +3'02"
05
Saint-Chamond - Saint-Vallier (166.8km)
03 June
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  1. 01 Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers 4h02'15"
  2. 02 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain Victorious "
  3. 03 Alex Aranburu Astana – Premier Tech "
  4. 08 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team "
  5. 40 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
  6. 42 Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team "
  7. 46 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +21"
  8. 77 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +3'03"
  9. 78 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
  10. 103 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +7'02"
06
Loriol-sur-Drôme - Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse (163.3km)
04 June
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  1. 01 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team 3h52'53"
  2. 02 Tao Geoghegan Hart INEOS Grenadiers "
  3. 03 Patrick Konrad Bora-Hansgrohe "
  4. 05 Enric Mas Movistar Team "
  5. 20 Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team "
  6. 50 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +5'55"
  7. 63 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +8'12"
  8. 76 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +8'43"
  9. 80 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +9'57"
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Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux - La Plagne (171km)
05 June
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  1. 01 Mark Padun Bahrain Victorious 4h35'07"
  2. 02 Richie Porte INEOS Grenadiers +34"
  3. 03 Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team +43"
  4. 08 Enric Mas Movistar Team +43"
  5. 11 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +1'04"
  6. 40 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +11'51"
  7. 58 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +17'28"
  8. 68 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +21'01"
  9. 69 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team "
08
La Léchère-les-Bains - Les Gets (136.9km)
06 June
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  1. 01 Mark Padun Bahrain Victorious 4h06'49"
  2. 02 Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo – Visma +1'36"
  3. 03 Patrick Konrad Bora-Hansgrohe "
  4. 11 Miguel Ángel López Movistar Team +2'10"
  5. 15 Enric Mas Movistar Team +2'50"
  6. 20 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team +4'04"
  7. 26 Carlos Verona Movistar Team +5'16"
  8. 40 Jorge Arcas Movistar Team +7'43"
  9. 46 Imanol Erviti Movistar Team +9'50"
  10. 72 José Joaquín Rojas Movistar Team +20'57"

Analysis

The Critérium du Dauphiné will be the Movistar Team’s main approach towards the Tour de France in 2021, with both Enric Mas and Miguel Ángel López tackling the ‘Grande Boucle’ with the GC in mind. Both will be riding in France from May 30th alognside Alejandro Valverde, who had started the second half of his season a few days earlier at the Vuelta a Murcia.

This year’s Dauphiné route will be as traditional as it can get. Two lumpy stages on Sunday 30th (Issoire) and Monday 31st) (Saugues) will be followed by two sprinter-suited finishes in Saint-Haon (Tuesday 1st June) and Saint-Vallier (Thursday 3rd). The keys to the overall result, though, will be the individual time trial -16km towards Roche-la-Molière, Wednesday 2nd- and the mountain stages on the final weekend.

Friday 4th, the riders will get to Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse (Cat-3), after the previous climbs of the Col de la Placette (Cat-2) and the Col de Porte (Cat-2). Saturday 5th will bring the peloton to La Plagne (HC; 17km at 7.5%), following the Col de Pré (HC) and the Cormet de Roselend (Cat-2). And Sunday 6th, a series of brutal climbs will decide the race’s outcome, with six categorized climbs including the Col de la Colombière (Cat-1) and the Joux Plane (HC) before the finish in Les Gets.