Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 – Stage 4 Preview
By David Hunter Tain l’Hermitage – Belley 176km The last chance for the sprinters. Quite a boring day for the bunch.
Month: June 2016
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Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 – Stage 3 Preview
By David Hunter Boen sur Lignon – Tournon sur Rhone 187.5km The peloton head past Saint Etienne, a city where I have enjoyed many a drink! Beware the little kicker, as the Aussies would say.
Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 – Stage 2 Preview
By David Hunter Creches sur Saone – Chalmazel 168km A much harder day in the saddle. It’s not a mountain top finish, so this will interest quite a lot of the peloton.
Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 – Stage 1 Preview
By David Hunter Cluses – Saint Vulbas 186km Sprint stage. Thanks to the prologue, we have Tinkoff to control the stage for the yellow jersey. They will ensure the break only gets a small gap and then the teams of the sprinters will take over.
Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 – Prologue Preview
By David Hunter Les Gets 4km We have 4km of pain! An average gradient of 9.7% ,with the final kilometre at 15%. A prologue like this, really is a joy to see. Climbing ability will be important, more so than TT skills.
Critérium du Dauphiné 2016 – Overall Preview
By David Hunter The Giro is over and it’s now all about preparing for the Tour. Some riders choose to go to the Tour de Suisse, but as it’s a week closer to the Tour, it’s not a great option. The real contenders will all come here. To reward them, the organisers have devised a brilliant week…