Male Team 02 - 09 Jun Critérium du Dauphiné
Critérium du Dauphiné 
1185 Kilometers 8 Stages
Participants list
- Antonio Pedrero
- Iván García Cortina
- Gregor Mühlberger
- Oier Lazkano
- Iván Sosa
- Davide Formolo
- Javier Romo
TV
The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport, with the following start times (CEST): 15.10 (Sun-Wed) / 12.45 (Thurs) / 15.25 (Fri) / 13.00 (last weekend).
Bonus
There will be 10-6-4″ at the finishes of all seven road stages, with 3-2-1″ attributed at each intermediate sprint (one per stage).
Score
Eusebio Unzué’s squads have five overall victories to its different monikers in the Dauphiné: two with Miguel Indurain (1995, 1996), another two with Alejandro Valverde (2008, 2009) and one with Armand de las Cuevas (1998).
Stages
Analysis
01
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule (172.5km)
02 June
02
Gannat - Col de la Loge (142km)
03 June
03
Celles-sur-Durolle - Les Estables (181.7km)
04 June
04
Saint-Germain-Laval - Neulise (CRI / ITT) (34.4km)
05 June
05
Amplepuis - Saint-Priest (167km)
06 June
06
Hauterives - Le Collet d'Allevard (174.1km)
07 June
07
Albertville - Samoëns 1600 (155.3km)
08 June
08
Thônes - Plateau des Glières (160.6km)
09 June
Analysis
Five mountain-top finishes! It would be hard to beat that number on an eight-day stagerace even if trying, the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné 2024 focused – other than a crucial, potentially decisive 34km ITT to Neulise on day four (Wednesday 5th June) – on offering the best possible launchpad as one of two WorldTour stageraces before the Tour de France.
The sprinters attending the race will have their chances at Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, at the inaugural stage on Sunday 2nd, and Saint-Priest, on Thursday 6th. Stage two on Monday 3rd will already feature two Cat-2 and Cat-3 ascents before the uphill finish – not the steepest one – at the Col de la Loge; a little bit more serious will be Les Estables (Cat-3), over a final 4km at 5%.
The final weekend will feature the usual flurry of ports. On Friday 7th, riders will climb the Granier (Cat-2) and finish up Le Collet d’Allevard (HC; 11km at 8%); on Saturday 8th, on Savoie roads, the menu will be Saisies (Cat-1) + Arâches (Cat-1) + La Ramaz (Cat-1) to end in Samoëns 1600 (HC; 10km at 9.3%); and on Sunday 9th, things will end with Le Salève (Cat-1) and the Plateau des Glières (Cat-1), this time through a different side not featuring its characteristic gravel section.