Blog - Critérium du Dauphiné 2013

Finally the victory for Alessandro de Marchi, Chris Froome overall winner of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013

A mountaineous stage ended up the Critérium du Dauphiné today. Just like in yesterday's stage a big breakaway group was formed early in the stage and in the end it was one of the riders of this group who won the stage. Indeed, Alessandro de Marchi (Cannondale) placed a final attack at the right moment in the climb towards Risoul to get over the very well performing Tim Wellens (Lotto-Belisol) and win the stage.

The summary of the 8th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013: Sisteron > Risoul

Samuel Sanchez takes the stage victory on Superdévoluy

In this 7th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013, which quite well respected the subtitle given to this race by the organisors - a pure concentrate of mountains - with the numerous climbs, a big group went off but didn't manage to go on until the finish. In the end it was Samuel Sanchez who won this stage in a duo formed with Jakob Fuglsang on the Col du Noyer.

The summary of the 7th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013: Le Pont-de-Claix > Superdévoluy

The state of the Col de Sarenne in video

During the 7th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013, between Le Pont-de-Claix and Superdévoluy today, the riders will climb -for the first time in a cycling race- the Col de Sarenne after the Alpe d'Huez.

Currently in the Alps with Kinomap, I checked out this climb and its current state, just before the Critérium du Dauphiné but of course also before the Tour de France 2013 where these two climbs will be done for the double climb of the Alpe d'Huez during the 18th stage starting in Gap and finishing on top of the Alpe d'Huez.

In the video below you'll first see some images in the descent, where we see quite a lot of gravel, followed by the start and finally the end of the climb.

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Thomas Voeckler shows off his strength in Grenoble at the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013

This article has not been translated in English. You can read it below in French ...

La 6ème étape du Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 arrivait aujourd'hui à Grenoble, lieu incontournable sur le Dauphiné. Pour une fois c'est l'échappée qui est allée au bout et c'est Thomas Voeckler qui arrive à s'imposer !

Le résumé de la 6ème étape du Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 : La Léchère-les-Bains > Grenoble

Chris Froome goes double at the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 in Valmorel

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C'était un peu prévisible, on savait que Chris Froome avait pour ambition de prendre le maillot jaune et bleu de leader du classement général. C'est chose faite avec une victoire d'étape à l'arrivée au sommet de la montée classée hors catégorie à Valmorel cet après-midi.

Le résumé de la 5ème étape du Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 : Grésy-sur-Aix > Valmorel

Critérium du Dauphiné 2013: Tony Martin without a surprise, Rohan Dennis in yellow

Today the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 offered a time trial to the riders and in this individual effort it was, not completely surprisingly, the World Champion time trialing, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep), who won with quite an important gap on his main competitors.

Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp), second of today's stage, takes the yellow and blue leader's jersey of the general classification.

The summary of the 4th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013: Villars-les-Dombes > Parc des Oiseaux

Critérium du Dauphiné 2013: Edvald Boasson Hagen wins the sprint in Tarare

Today's stage unfolded as most stages in professional cycling do since the stage, with its two minor climbs, couldn't prevent the sprinters from being present in the peloton at the finish in Tarare. It was thus an early breakaway which animated the stage before being taken back just before the finish. Despite several attempts in the last kilometers, the peloton finally arrived for a bunch sprint and Edvald Boasson-Hagen turned out to be the fastest of all.

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The summary of the 3rd stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013: Ambérieu-en-Bugey > Tarare

Elia Viviani passes the climbs and wins the sprint in the Critérium du Dauphiné

The second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 was not necessarily a stage which would end in a sprint because any sprinter who would like to pretend to victory would have to be able to get over the different climbs before getting to the finish line. Elia Viviani managed to do so however, just like Gianni Meersman who got beaten by the Italian rider on the finish line.

The summary of the 2nd stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013: Châtel > Oyonnax

David Veilleux alone till the end in the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 in Champéry

The Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 didn't start with a prologue in the form of a time trial today. Indeed, 121 kilometers in a stage in line with start and finish in Champéry in Switzerland were the terrain where the riders had to set the first times for this stage race.

David Veilleux (Europcar), not happy with the absence of the possibility for time trial experts to win the first stage, managed this stage as a time trial anyway and the Canadian rider succeeded in this strategy by winning this stage!

The summary of the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013: Champéry (CH) > Champéry (CH)

The Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth and the stage profiles

This Sunday, the Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 will start, just on the other side of the border, in Champéry in Switzerland. This miniature Tour de France is made up of 8 stages at less than 4 weeks before the start of the Tour itself on Corsica, especially with the climb of the Alpe d'Huez and the Col de Sarenne followed by the descent towards Bourg d'Oisans.

In this article, you'll find all the information you need about this race, which already is at its 65th edition this year, with maps of the race route on Google Maps/Google Earth, the time- and route schedules and the profiles of each of the stages.

The Critérium du Dauphiné 2013 race route on Google Maps