DAUPHINE. One last big rehearsal before the Tour de France. As traditionally, the Critérium du Dauphiné launches the final stretch before the Tour.
The rehearsal before Tour de France. From June 5 to 12, the riders of the Critérium du Dauphiné will probably already have in mind the next Grande Boucle which begins in just over three weeks. For this new edition, a beautiful set presents itself to take over from Richie Porte, winner of the 2021 edition even if Pogacar, Evenepoel, Carapaz, Vlasov or even Alaphilippe will not be aligned. The spectators will still have the right to the presence of Primoz Roglic, one of the great favorites of the Tour de France or the Australian from the AG2R team Ben O’Connor.
At Ineos, we will bet in particular on Tao Geoghegan Hart. The Australian Haig and the Italian Caruso (Bahrain), the American McNulty (UAE Emirates), the Spaniard Mas (Movistar), the Colombian Chaves (EF Education) could also shine on this Criterium 2022. Among the French , Groupama-FDJ will be led by climbers Gaudu and Storer, Cofidis by Haut-Savoyard Victor Lafay, Arkéa-Samsic will be counting on Warren Barguil while Pierre Latour had to withdraw due to injury.
When does the 2022 edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné take place?
Traditionally scheduled a few weeks before the Tour de France, the Critérium du Dauphiné is no exception to the rule in 2022 with a race that begins this Sunday, June 5 and ends on June 12, 2022.
What is the course of the Dauphiné?
Three summit finishes are offered to runners during the week, at Chastreix-Sancy from the third day, then Vaujany – after the ascent of the Galibier and the Croix-de-Fer, for what will be the queen stage and the formidable Solaison Tray (11.3 km at 9.2%) during the final weekend. The course :
What are the stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné?
Eight stages are on the program of the stage race counting for the UCI World Tour calendar between Issoire on
- Sunday June 5 – stage 1: La Voulte-sur-Rhône – Beauchastel, 191.8 km
- Monday, June 6 – stage 2: Saint-Péray – Brives-Charensac, 169.8 km
- Tuesday, June 7 – stage 3: Saint-Paulien – Chastreix-Sancy, 164 km
- Wednesday, June 8 – stage 4: Montbrison – La Bâtie d’Urfé, 31.9 km individual time trial
- Thursday, June 9 – stage 5: Thizy-les-Bourgs – Chaintré, 162.3 km
- Friday June 10 – stage 6: Shores – Gap, 196.4 km
- Saturday June 11 – stage 7: Saint-Chaffrey – Vaujany, 134.8 km
- Sunday June 12 – stage 8: Saint-Alban-Leysse – Plateau de Solaison, 139.2 km
On which TV channel is the Critérium du Dauphiné broadcast?
The stage race will be broadcast every day from 3 p.m. on France 3 (1st stage at 1:30 p.m.) with the last kilometers and will be live on the France TV Sport site, but also on Eurosport.
What was the classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2021?
It was the Australian Richie Porte of the Ineos team who triumphed in the last edition. Here is the full ranking:
- Gate
- Lutsenko at 17s
- Thomas at 29s
- Kelderman at 33s
- Haig at 34s
- Miguel Angel Lopez at 38s
- Izaguirre at 38s
- O’Connor at 47s
- Gaudu at 1min12
- Hart at 1min57