Dauphine Libere (external website)

Posted on June 8 2010 by admin

The Last 7 Km (10:57 french) — france4
June 8 update:
Stage 2 Interactive map and written preview

Stage 1 results: The breaks fail as Lampre’s Grega Bole wins a large bunch sprint finish on the false-flat run into Saint-Laurent-du-Pont

9 Big Photos from the Stage 1 — sirotti

Stage 1 results
1  Grega Bole (Lampre)                4:47:25
2  Peter Velits (Team HTC-Columbia)
3  Geraint Thomas (Sky)
4  Steve Chainel (Bouygues)
5  Christophe Riblon (AG2R)
6  Christian Knees (Milram)
7  Stefan Denifl (Cervélo)
8  Maxime Bouet (AG2R)
9  Arkaitz Durán (Footon-Servetto-Fuji)
10 Julien El Fares (Cofidis)

General Classification after Stage 1
1  Alberto Contador (Astana)          4:55:58
2  Tejay van Garderen (HTC-Columbia)   + 0:02
3  Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack)        + 0:05
4  Geraint Thomas (Sky)                + 0:10
5  Dario Cataldo (Quick Step)          + 0:12

Full Official Results — letour.fr
Bole blows everyone away — cyclingnews
Grega Bole stock photo — sirotti
Sloveen Bole spurt naar zege in Dauphiné — sporza.be
Bole ends injury chapter with gutsy win in cycling classic — AFP
Delfinato, tappa a Bole
Contador resta leader — gazzetta.it
Zubeldia breaks wrist, could miss Tour — cyclingnews
  The Last 7 Km (10:59 french) — france4
  Stage 1 Highlights/Verslag (00:59 flemish) —sporza.be
9 Big Photos from the Stage 1 — sirotti
Graham Watson photos — grahamwatson
  Stage 1 Highlights narrated by Bob Roll (03:44 english) — versus

June 7 update:
Stage 1 Interactive map and written preview
Race Previews
Official startlist

Le Direct: Live Streaming Video … in progress and TV Coverage

June 5 update: A work in progress for Critérium du Dauphiné 2010 live and delayed coverage. Most live feeds will be country restricted, but unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve

media source	tv or internet	comments/restrictions
	live video (english) live video (english) live video (french) live audio (english) live ticker (english) live ticker (french) tv schedule (british)	British Eurosport. Weekday stages live on Eurosport2 at 13:00 GMT/15:00 CET (90 min); rebroadcast at 18:45 GMT (45 min). French Eurosport is live at 18:00 CEST (60 min). Weekday stages will start at 13:00 GMT on British Eurosport. Stage 2 live
	live video (spanish) tv schedule	Spanish; Teledeporte feed. check back for an unrestricted link
	live video (french) live video (unrestricted) tv schedule	France4 will broadcast the weekday stages (1-5) with coverage starting at 15:00 CET (90 min); restricted to France and French-speaking regions
	live video (danish) tv schedule	Danish TV2-sport is streaming daily 15:00 CET, for a daily fee of 19 dkr ($3 U.S., not sure if this is country restricted)
	french internet audio	daily on France BLEU: radio schedule
	delayed video (english) tv schedule	North America; Sunday stages on TV (delayed) at 3 PM ET and daily internet recaps during the week.
	live ticker	live text updates/official ticker and key moments; French ticker as well
	live text updates	English text updates St 11 LIVE
	live text updates ES live text updates EN	Spanish text updates from Biciciclismo. St 11 LIVE
	steephill text updates #dauphine twitter group	short text updates from any and everyone
check back at race time for more and updated links; send a comment or a new live link

Prologue results: Alberto Contador picks up where he left off earlier this year with a win on the first day

9 Big Photos from the Prologue — sirotti

Prologue results
1  CONTADOR Alberto (Astana)    6.8 km in 8:34 (47.6 km/h)
2  VAN GARDEREN Tejay (HTC-Columbia)    + 0:02
3  BRAJKOVIC Janez  (Radioshack)        + 0:05
4  THOMAS Geraint  (Team Sky)           + 0:10
5  CATALDO Dario  (Quick Step)          + 0:12
6  PAURIOL Rémi (Cofidis)
7  MALORI Adriano  (Lampre)
8  GRETSCH Patrick TEAM (HTC-Columbia)  + 0:13
9  MARTENS Paul (Rabobank)
10 COPPEL Jérôme (Saur-Sojasun)         + 0:14

Full Official Results — letour.fr
Contador wins Critérium du Dauphiné prologue TT — cyclingnews

Contador geeft meteen zijn visitekaartje af — sporza.be
Contador vence en la primera etapa y es líder — as
Contador won’t defend Critérium du Dauphiné leadership — cyclingnews
Contador wins Dauphine prologue, Tejay Van Garderen is second — velonews
Prologue Highlights (10:59 spanish) — tdp
9 Big Photos from the Prologue — sirotti

Prologue Highlights/Verslag (00:56 flemish) —sporza.be
Prologue Highlights narrated by Phil Liggett (03:13 english) — versus
Prologue photos — letour.fr

June 5 update:

Interactive map and written preview
Prologue/ITT Start Order and Times (CEST)
Race Previews
Official startlist

Race Previews

June 5 update: The Critérium du Dauphiné is an excellent stage race even if some of the competitors are in training mode for the upcoming Tour de France.

This is the first year that ASO will run “The Dauphine” after adding it to its growing stable of races. I assume you know they also run the best one week race in cycling, Paris-Nice, and the Super Bowl of cycling, the Tour de France. Previously, Critérium du Dauphiné was a relatively low key race put on by the regional newspaper, Le Dauphiné Libéré who weren’t interested or didn’t have the resources to properly market this fine event. Based in the old Dauphine region in southeastern France, most people now refer to this area as the French Alps, but it encompasses a wider area. To kick-off ASO’s ownership, the Dauphine will feature Alpe d’Huez for the first time while the popular start/finish host, Grenoble, is back for a 45th time.

This race caters to the climbers that are also good against the clock. In others words, it would seem like a good preview for the upcoming Tour de France nicely compressed into one week… more stuff (mountains & tts) and less fluff (flats).

Tour de France GC contenders don’t like to peak for this event, but in the past, Lance Armstrong and Miguel Indurain each won this race twice en route to winning the Tour de France. Alberto Contador, Dennis Menchov and Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez are the big names to watch this year. Alberto Contador placed third last year without breaking much of a sweat before going onto winning the Tour de France in July. We’ll also get a look at Jurgen van den Broeck in the leadership role for OmegaPharma – Lotto, previously Cadel Evan’s domain. The most intense competition comes from riders looking to make their team’s Tour de France selection. In this boat, we have riders like, Garmin’s ~~Tom Danielson~~, RadioShack’s Chris Horner and Janez Brajkovic and HTC-Columbia’s Kanstantsin Siutsou and Tejay van Garderen. Check out the official rosters for the rest of the contenders and links below for full race previews. — Steve.
New organisers, same challenging Dauphiné;
Contador heavy favourite for victory — cyclingnews
Video Preview (02:47 english) — versus
Tour prep, not Dauphine win, is crucial: Contador — afp
Backseat DS: Dauphine-Libere Top 10 teams/riders — bicycling

Team rosters now posted

June 3 update: Provisional rosters now posted

Stage details now posted

May 30 update: Stage profiles, maps and timetables are now posted for the 2010 Dauphiné Libéré. See the race summary table (right). Much more to come including team rosters, interactive maps and live coverage details.

22 teams announced

May 25 update:
AG2R (FRA)
Astana ( KAZ )
Bbox (FRA)
Caisse d’Epargne (ESP)
Cervélo (SUI).
Cofidis (FRA)
Euskaltel (ESP)
Footon (ESP)
Francaise des Jeux (FRA)
Garmin-Transitions (USA )
HTC -Columbia (USA)
Katusha (RUS)
Lampre ( ITA)
Liquigas (ITA)
Milram (GER)
Omega Pharma (BEL)
Quick Step (BEL)
Rabobank (NED)
RadioShack (USA)
Saur-Sojasun (FRA)
Saxo Bank (DEN)
Sky (GBR)

Up Next: Starting this weekend (June 13th) and overlapping with the Dauphine Libere is the Tour de Suisse (NOW LIVE), another big warm-up for the Tour de France. Race Preview, Stage Previews and Provisional Rosters now posted.

April 23 update:
Contador outlines road map to Tour (includes Dauphine) — velonews

2010 Route Map

Prologue, June 6: Evian-les-Bains, 6,8 km
Stage 1, June 7: Evian-les-Bains – Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, 191 km
Stage 2, June 8: Annonay – Bourg-Saint-Andéol, 177 km
Stage 3, June 9: Monteux – Sorgues, 49 km (c.l.m.ind.)
Stage 4, June 10: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux – Risoul, 211,5 km
Stage 5, June 11: Serre-Chevalier – Grenoble, 143,5 km
Stage 6, June 12: Crolles – L’Alpe-d’Huez, 151,5 km
Stage 7, June 13: Allevard-les-Bains – Sallanches, 150 km