The sixth stage of Critérium du Dauphiné (2.WT, 03-10/06) was a spectacle. For Odd Eiking the day started badly because our Norwegian could not start due to sickness. A large leading group emerged after about ten kilometers, just before the foot of the Col de la Bisanne. Thomas Degand joined […]

After already two attempts for a stage win of his teammates earlier this week, Pello Bilbao now won stage 6 at the Critérium du Dauphiné. Dario Cataldo secured another day leading in the KOM classification, wearing the polka dot jersey for another day. – I’m really happy with this win, […]

Valmorel, Friday, June 8th 2018– An attack by Dan Martin with 3km to go to Valmorel earned him his first victory for UAE Team Emirates. Geraint Thomas reacted to become the third Team Sky rider to lead the 70th Critérium du Dauphiné as he took over from Gianni Moscon with […]

Lans-en-Vercors, Thursday, June 7th 2018– Following a long-lasting breakaway of Dario Cataldo who was caught only 300 metres before the line, Julian Alaphilippe won an uphill sprint against Dan Martin in Lans-en-Vercors. Gianni Moscon took over from Michal Kwiatkowski in the lead of the overall ranking but Team Sky retained […]

Louhans-Châteaurenaud, Wednesday, June 6th 2018– Team Sky won the team time trial of the 70th Critérium du Dauphiné with an important margin over BMC in the 35-km long stage 3 from Pont-de-Vaux to Louhans-Châteaurenaud. They brought Michal Kwiatkowski back in the lead of the overall ranking with an advantage of […]

Yesterday’s stage winner Daryl Impey moves into the overall race lead in Criterium du Dauphine after sprinting to third place on today’s second stage. After starting the day in second place overall, two seconds behind the race leader, Impey knew he had the opportunity to take the leader’s jersey and […]

Belleville, Tuesday June 5th 2018– Pascal Ackermann, 24, a runner up at the u23 world championship for road racing in Doha, Qatar, in 2016, took his second pro victory for Bora-Hansgrohe after stage 5 of the Tour de Romandie five weeks ago. Third on the line, stage 1 winner Daryl […]

South African champion Daryl Impey continued Mitchelton-SCOTT’s winning ways by stealing the victory on today’s first road stage of Criterium du Dauphine. Impey surprised himself by taking a convincing sprint victory over some tough competition and now moves up to second place overall, just two seconds down on the current […]

A spectacular team effort netted the squad’s 37th victory of the season on World Bicycle Day 03-Jun-2018: Kasper Asgreen, Philippe Gilbert, Alvaro Hodeg, Yves Lampaert and Enric Mas produced a perfect performance on the 37.2km-long Hammer Chase, the final race of the Hammer Limburg, where the team – who relied […]

Equipped with a special version of his Bianchi’s TT bike, the Dutchman finished the stage in Valence, France with a one-second gap from Kwiatkowski Jos Van Emden (Team LottoNL-Jumbo) went one-second close to victory in Critérium du Dauphiné’s prologue, 6,6 km with start and finish in Valence on Sunday, June […]