Contador comes out strong in last test before Tour de France Astana’s Alberto Contador shot to another victory today in the Critérium du Dauphiné’s opening 6.8 kilometer prologue with a time of 8 minutes and 34 seconds. The Spaniard’s efforts […]
Tour favourite is honing his form for July, but would be happy to take his first Dauphiné win Tour de France champion Alberto Contador (Astana) is the outstanding favourite for this year’s race and starts the Critérium du Dauphiné tomorrow […]
Young talent set to ride in his biggest stage race yet HTC-Columbia’s Tejay Van Garderen is heading to the Critérium du Dauphiné this weekend in what the team says will be a test to show how the young talent might […]
Defending Tour de France champion builds form for July Alberto Contador (Astana) will be heading to France this weekend to race the Dauphiné Libéré in what will be his last stage race before he looks to defend his Tour de […]
German ProTour squad aiming for good showing Aiming for a strong showing in as many races as possible in order to improve the sponsorship chances for 2011, Team Milram will line out in the Dauphiné Libéré with its GC hopes […]
Dutch teams overlooked once again In a not too surprising move, the Amaury Sport Organization, organizers of the Tour de France and the Dauphine Libere, have selected BBox, Cervelo, Cofidis, and Saur-Sojasun as the Wild Cards for the 2010 edition […]
After climbing Mont Ventoux last year, the Dauphiné Libéré will visit France’s other legendary climb this season following confirmation that Alpe d’Huez will host a stage finish in the race. It marks the first time in the event’s 62 year […]
Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) has won his second consecutive Dauphiné Libere today, after the eighth and final stage was won out of a breakaway by Rabobank’s Stef Clement getting the best of Tim Duggan (Garmin-Slipstream) at the line. Australian Cadel […]
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde stayed in control of the overall in today’s stage seven of the Dauphine Libere today, while Frenchman David Moncoutie (Cofidis) put in an impressive ride coming in to win the stage alone. Forty seconds later Robert Gesink (Rabobank) crossed the […]
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d’Epargne retained his slim 16-second lead over Cadel Evans after the sixth stage of the Dauphine Libere race here on Friday. Valverde, Evans and 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador crossed the finish […]
Liquigas team leader Ivan Basso pulled out of the Dauphine Libere today with a fever, his team announced. Basso had struggled on Thursday’s stage up Mont Ventoux to finish the stage in 35th making him 30th in the overall standings. […]
Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d’Epargne team took control of the Dauphine Libere race on Thursday after leaving Australia’s Cadel Evans behind on the gruelling Mont Ventoux climb. The 29-year-old defending champion established a two-minute lead over his Silence-Lotto rival […]
Germany’s world time-trial champion Bert Grabsch of the Columbia team won the fourth stage of the Dauphine Libere race here on Wednesday, a 42.4 kilometre time trial. The 33-year-old German outpaced Australia’s two-time Tour de France runner-up Cadel Evans by […]
Milram’s Niki Terpstra has taken over the overall lead in the Dauphiné Libéré with his win in the third stage. The Dutchman won the 182 kilometre race from Tournus to St. Etienne beating Ludovich Turpin (AG2r) and Yuri Trofimov (Bbox-Bouygues […]
Lampre’s Angelo Furlan won the 228km stage two of the Dauphine Libere between Nancy and Dijon. Marcus Zberg (BMC) finished second in the sprint, followed by Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) in third. There was no change on general classification meaning Cadel […]
Silence-Lotto’s Cadel Evans scorched the opening 12.10 km prologue of the Dauphiné Libéré today in Nancy, France besting fellow Tour de France contender Alberto Contador in the process. Defending race winner Alejandro Valverde followed just behind in third place carrying […]
Continuing financial issues for the Astana team mean that they will also ride the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, which starts tomorrow, with the names of their sponsors removed. While the required bank guarantee by the UCI has been replenished, all […]
