Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 – Stage 7 [FULL STAGE] (flemish)

June 12, 2016
Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 – Stage 7 [FULL STAGE] – Cluses – Saint-Vulbas – 186 km

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The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part of the UCI World Tour calendar and counts as one of the foremost races in the lead-up to the Tour de France in July, along with the Tour de Suisse in the latter half of June.

Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) enhanced his already growing reputation as a breakaway specialist with a superb victory on the final day of the Criterium du Dauphine as Chris Froome(Team Sky) managed to control one last attack from Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) and so secure overall victory.

However a late surge to the finish by Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) gave him second on the stage and enough seconds to move up to third place overall, at 19 seconds. Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale) went with him to hold onto second place, 12 seconds down on Froome but that cost Richie Porte (BMC) his place on the final podium. The Australia bumped shoulders and seemed to lock bikes with Froome as the attacks began. He lost a chance to jump after Martin, lost time and so slipped to fourth overall at 21 seconds. Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) finished fifth at 35 seconds but had the minor consolation of taking the lead in the UCI WorldTour rankings.

Half way into the ascent to tough Col du Noyer, with just 15km to race, Contador attacked twice and forced Froome to chase him alone. It was a brave move but Froome was there after his teammates dragged him across and they were joined Bardet and Porte, as Martin and the other chased over the top. However the leading riders came back together on the descent and Froome’s bodyguards: Poels, Landa and Henao also got back on, to control the peloton and the fifth for the overall classification until the final kilometre surge.

It was Froome’s third victory at the Criterium du Dauphine and the fifth for Team Sky, just three weeks out from the start of the Tour de France. Team Sky’s strength in depth made a significant difference during the key stages, allowing Froome to step in to defend his race lead only when under direct threat.

“It’s a massive satisfaction to win the Dauphiné for the third time. It’s a very important race in the calendar,” Froome said.

“Coming into this week, I was just happy fighting for the podium. Sitting here with the yellow-blue jersey is an amazing feeling. The last few days, we went flat out and today was no different. My teammates came back to help me control the race at the end. I knew via radio that Landa, Henao and Poels were coming across. But we almost crashed together near the end and that caused the gap that cost Richie [Porte] his spot on the podium. I feel sorry for him but he’s in a fantastic form ahead of July. He’ll be one of the main contenders at the Tour too.”

“This is a great time for me to have a win under the belt. It’s a booster confidence ahead of the Tour de France but there’s still some work to do before July. I’m at my best yet. I hope to reach that by the start of the Tour de France. I’ve not raced much this year in order to be at my best during the third week of the Tour.”

Rule Britannia

With Cummings also winning the stage, it was a moment of Rule Britannia –as the official race reports dubbed it, on the final stage of the Dauphine. It was also an excellent day for Dimension Data and African cycling, as Edvald Boasson Hagen hung on and suffered on the climbs to win the green points jersey and Daniel Teklehaimanot won the red polka-dot climber’s jersey after being in the break with Cummings.

Cummings is remembered for his Tour de France victory last year, when he outwitted both Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) and Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale). He has now won three WorldTour stages in 2016, all with classy and intelligent racing.

This time he was part of the 20-rider break that formed early on the stage. It was a strong move but also included Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Ben Gastauer (AG2R-La Mondiale), Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Katusha), Tony Gallopin and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Ryder Hesjedal (Trek-Segafredo), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Jack Bauer and Tom-Jelte Slagter (Cannondale), Jérôme Coppel (IAM Cycling), Bartosz Huzarski and Paul Voss (Bora-Argon 18) and Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida).

Cummings bided his time until Teklehaimanot took some key climber’s points on the early climbs but then took off alone with 50 kilometres remaining. It was a huge effort, that splintered the break but he opened a significant lead, despite a head wind on the long Col de Moissière, and then finished off the task with a determined ride to the finish.

“It’s getting harder and harder to win but I felt I had to try to force something. This is the day I picked out before race. I was just thinking that going in the break was good training for the Tour de France but I also knew that there wouldn’t be many riders left and that the favourites would watch each other,” Cummings explained.

“There was a head wind on climb on the big climb but knew that if I got through that I had a chance. Of course I still had two climbs after that and so it was hard. This is third WorldTour stage win (this season) so it’s really good.”

The Criterium du Dauphine represented the final stage race for most of those focused on the Tour de France. Some will ride their national championships in two weeks time but the rest will now recover and prepare for the Tour de France which begins on Saturday July 2 in the northern Le Manche area of France.

Results :

1 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 4:05:06
2 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:03:58
3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
4 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky
5 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge
6 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
7 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
8 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida
9 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:04:03
10 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
11 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team
12 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:04:05
13 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:07
14 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling
15 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
16 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling
17 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 0:04:22
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team 0:05:25
19 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
20 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:58
21 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
22 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:06:09
23 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:06:37
24 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:07:56
25 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
26 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale Pro Cycling
27 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
28 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
29 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team
30 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
31 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:31
32 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team
33 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team
34 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:09:40
35 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:09:46
36 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:10:17
37 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida
38 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:11:28
39 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 0:12:58
40 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
41 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
42 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
43 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
44 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
45 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team
46 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha
47 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie
48 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:13:15
49 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 0:14:39
50 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
51 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida
52 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ
53 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling
54 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida
55 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
56 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky
57 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step
58 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
59 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
60 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
61 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:16:06
62 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 0:16:17
63 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team
64 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step
65 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:17:32
66 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team
67 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
68 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:18:13
69 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:18:49
70 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 0:19:48
71 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:26:13
72 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
73 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
74 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling
75 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
76 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
77 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
78 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
79 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge
80 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
81 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
82 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
83 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie
84 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling
85 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling
86 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
87 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge
88 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
89 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky
90 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
91 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo
92 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
93 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team
94 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:30:20
95 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
96 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
97 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
98 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
99 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
100 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
101 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
102 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge
103 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling
104 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
105 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha
106 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18
107 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
108 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
109 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling
110 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin
111 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
112 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha
113 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
114 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie
115 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – Merida
116 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
117 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
118 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
119 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team
120 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
121 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 0:33:11
122 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha
123 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
124 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
125 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
126 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ
127 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step
128 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
129 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18
130 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha
131 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
132 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
133 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling
134 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF Sergio Paulinho (Por) Tinkoff Team
DNF Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick-Step
DNF Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step
DNF Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
DNF Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Lotto Soudal
DNF Omar Fraile (Spa) Dimension Data
DNF Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data
DNF Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
DNF Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Brian Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
DNF Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
DNF Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18
DNF Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
DNS Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
DNS Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
DNS Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty – Groupe Gobert

General classification after Stage 7:

1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 29:59:31
2 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:12
3 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:19
4 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:21
5 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 0:00:35
6 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:00:51
7 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:57
8 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:13
9 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre – Merida 0:01:30
10 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:43
11 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:20
12 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Team Sky 0:03:21
13 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:03:36
14 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:05:38
15 Stef Clement (Ned) IAM Cycling 0:05:48
16 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0:06:05
17 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:07:42
18 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:07:56
19 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team 0:07:58
20 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:08:13
21 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:09:16
22 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:11:24
23 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:44
24 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 0:17:22
25 Wouter Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:18:32
26 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 0:19:24
27 Andre Cardoso (Por) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:19:27
28 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:20:28
29 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:21:03
30 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team 0:21:38
31 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:22:50
32 Valerio Conti (Ita) Lampre – Merida 0:22:59
33 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:23:43
34 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:26:09
35 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:28:46
36 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 0:28:53
37 Jerome Coppel (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:30:00
38 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:34:30
39 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 0:34:55
40 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:35:29
41 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 0:37:05
42 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:38:03
43 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 0:38:12
44 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Soudal 0:39:37
45 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:40:08
46 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEdge 0:41:32
47 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 0:43:51
48 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Lampre – Merida 0:45:55
49 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
50 Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 0:46:48
51 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:49:11
52 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ 0:49:20
53 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:49:22
54 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:49:34
55 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:49:45
56 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 0:50:45
57 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ 0:54:05
58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 0:54:48
59 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
60 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team 0:55:31
61 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:56:39
62 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra) Direct Energie 0:56:47
63 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 0:57:00
64 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida 0:57:35
65 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:57:46
66 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:58:02
67 Clement Chevrier (Fra) IAM Cycling 0:59:24
68 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:59:43
69 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 1:01:01
70 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ 1:01:25
71 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 1:03:32
72 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:03:40
73 Oliver Naesen (Bel) IAM Cycling 1:03:44
74 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – Merida 1:03:53
75 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:03:56
76 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1:04:09
77 Benjamin King (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:04:15
78 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo 1:05:05
79 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 1:05:29
80 Alberto Losada (Spa) Team Katusha 1:06:05
81 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 1:07:14
82 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:07:53
83 Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:08:32
84 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 1:08:35
85 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 1:09:18
86 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 1:10:47
87 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 1:12:11
88 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEdge 1:15:25
89 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 1:16:34
90 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff Team 1:19:45
91 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 1:20:06
92 Jack Bauer (NZl) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:20:27
93 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 1:21:02
94 Christian Meier (Can) Orica-GreenEdge 1:21:43
95 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:22:46
96 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:22:49
97 Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling 1:24:58
98 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:25:33
99 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ 1:25:34
100 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 1:26:55
101 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 1:28:43
102 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 1:29:14
103 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 1:29:31
104 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:29:47
105 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 1:30:41
106 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 1:34:11
107 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:34:16
108 Lars Van Der Haar (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:35:34
109 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Team Katusha 1:35:54
110 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:36:15
111 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Direct Energie 1:37:23
112 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:37:51
113 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 1:37:56
114 Sondre Holst Enger (Nor) IAM Cycling 1:39:26
115 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:41:12
116 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:43:21
117 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 1:44:07
118 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 1:45:07
119 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:45:13
120 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:46:01
121 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 1:46:05
122 Michael Gogl (Aut) Tinkoff Team 1:47:04
123 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:48:09
124 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:48:48
125 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick-Step 1:49:21
126 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 1:49:45
127 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 1:49:57
128 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 1:52:46
129 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre – Merida 1:52:57
130 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 1:54:35
131 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre – Merida 1:56:01
132 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Cannondale Pro Cycling 1:57:11
133 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 1:58:04
134 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 2:02:40