Blog - Critérium du Dauphiné 2012

Everyone's backing Maxime Bouet with the 'Supporters de Max'!

You most probably have heard of Maxime Bouet (AG2R La Mondiale), the young French rider who -at 25 years old- will already start in his 4th Tour de France this Saturday in Liège (see here the Tour de France 2012 race route).

But do you also know the "Supporters de Max", two young guys who are completely fan of the long blond rider of the team from Chambéry? If you don't know, you'll get to know them in this article and if you did already know them, this article can be seen as an invitation to join them during the Tour de France 2012 to support Max on the roads of the Tour!

The Supporters de Max

Tour de France 2012: Brad Wiggins' gets ready in Châtel and on Majorca

... and all details about Châtel's candidature for the Tour de France!

Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 : 7/ the stage for Dani Moreno, Wiggo goes for yellow!

A short stage between Morzine and Châtel saw Dani Moreno (Katusha Team) being sacred as stage winner this afternoon, while Brad Wiggins (Team Sky) takes home the yellow jersey ... 20 days before the start of the Tour de France 2012.

The summary of the stage Morzine > Châtel

Critérium du Dauphiné 2012: 6/ a Columbian party on the road to Morzine!

Today's stage was the queen stage between Saint-Alban-Leysse and Morzine in the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 and it kept its promises and a big Columbian show on the route of the Alps. Indeed, Cayetano José Sarmiento confirmed he really merited his red jersey with white polka dots, while the stage victory was for another Columbian, Nairo Quintana.

In the general classification we see some changes, but since he's now followed by a team mate and Cadel Evans is 1'36" behind him, Bradley Wiggins is almost sure of the overall victory, for the second year in row in the Critérium du Dauphiné.

The summary of the 6th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 between Saint-Alban-Leysse and Morzine

Arthur Vichot gives hope to French cycling at the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012

After Giovanni Bernaudeau and Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) in the polka dot jersey and Tony Gallopin (Radioshack-Nissan) in Green, Arthur Vichot (FDJ-BigMat) continues to keep the hopes of French cycling alive by taking the stage victory in the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 after a stage which contained the Grand Colombier which will also be part of the stage Macon > Bellegarde-sur-Valserine in the Tour de France 2012 on 11 July.

The yellow jersey stays on Bradley Wiggins' (Team Sky) shoulders, the white jersey on Wilco Kelderman's (Rabobank) who took it with a superb time trial yesterday, while the polka dot jersey will now be worn by Cayetano José Sarmiento (Liquigas-Cannondale) who was part of the same breakaway as Arthur Vichot.

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Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 : 4/ Bradley Wiggins comforts his yellow jersey by winning the ITT

The individual time trial of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 between Villié-Morgon and Bourg-en-Bresse saw the victory of Bradley Wiggins! In the general classification, the best finishers of this time trial enter or confirm in the top 10 while Wiggins comforts his yellow jersey.

The summary of the stage 4/ time trial Villié-Morgon > Bourg-en-Bresse of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012

Critérium du Dauphiné 2012: 4/ The start times for the time trial

After 3 stages in line and the prologue last Sunday, an individual time trial between Villié-Morgon and Bourg-en-Bresse will be on the programme of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 today.

This is an important time trial since, where the general classification hasn't really changed that much these past few days, this individual effort might well have a big influence on who will be on the podium in Châtel next Sunday!

In this article you'll find the start times of the 172 riders who are still fighting for victory in the 64th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné!

The race route of the individual time trial Villié-Morgon > Bourg-en-Bresse

Critérium du Dauphiné 2012: 3/ Edvald Boasson Hagen wins the disturbed sprint of the 3rd stage

The short third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012, animated by two Spanish riders, finally ended in a sprint ... even though this sprint was pretty much disturbed by a massive crash in the last 500 meters. The young Edvald Boasson Hagen was the lucky one and thus won this 3rd stage. In the general classification there are no changes while the King of the Mountains classification puts Giovanni Bernaudeau back at the first place.

The summary of the 3rd stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012: Givors > La Clayette

Critérium du Dauphiné 2012: 2/ Daniel Moreno wins the stage, Blel Kadri takes the polka dots!

The main facts of the 2nd stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 were several abandons and a 4 rider strong breakaway. The efforts of this group in the end however only served Blel Kadri to take several points for the King of the Mountains classification (this allowed him to take the lead in this classification) since all riders of this group were caught up with by the peloton at about 5 kilometers from the finish. In the end, a bunch sprint decided the stage victory and this sprint was won by Daniel Moreno.

The summary of stage 2/ Lamastre > Saint-Félicien of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012

Critérium du Dauphiné 2012: 1/ Cadel Evans flies to victory in Saint-Vallier

A sprinters stage was on the programme in the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012 today. In the end however the victory was not disputed in a bunch sprint! First of all the early breakaway almost continued till the finish but when it was finally caught, 3 other adventurous riders decided to attack and in the end, Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) showed he was the strongest in this leading trio!

Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) seized the occasion to take the yellow and blue leader's jersey, the jersey he took home in the Dauphiné in 2011.

The summary of the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2012: Seyssins > Saint-Vallier