Chris Froome Wins Critérium du Dauphiné

Last updated : 12 June 2016 By CNS Sport

Chris Froome Of Team Sky has won the Critérium du Dauphiné.

The final stage was a 151km stage from  Le-Pont-de-Claix to Superdévoluy.

150 riders started the stage which had Wout Poels (Team Sky), Robert Kiserlovski (Tinkoff), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Laurens De Plus (Etixx-Quick Step), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Pierre Rolland (Cannondale) and Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida) in the first break.

That went out to twenty riders and included Robert Kiserlovski (Tinkoff), Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Ben Gastauer (AG2R-La Mondiale), Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge), Jurgen Van den Broeck (Katusha), Tony Gallopin and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Stephen Cummings and Daniel Teklehaimanot (Dimension Data), Ryder Hesjedal (Trek-Segafredo), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Jack Bauer and Tom-Jelte Slagter (Cannondale), Jérôme Coppel (IAM Cycling), Bartosz Huzarski and Paul Voss (Bora-Argon 18) and Tsgabu Grmay (Lampre-Merida).

The gap was at thre minutes and on the category one col de Moissière after 102.5kms, Steve Cummings went off on his own.

Cummings stayed away and 3.08 ahead of Chris Froome's group going into the final ten kilometres.

Alberto Contador gave everything he had to try and shake Chris Froome but the Team Sky rider was having none of it and marked every move along with Richie Porte and Romain Bardet. 

Onto the final climb to Superdévoluy and Cummings had a lead of 3.38 as Dan Martin and Adam Yates caught back up the to Froome group which was fourteen seconds ahead of the Alaphilipe group.

Cummings extended to lead to 4.08 with 1,9km left.and carried on to win in 4.05.06.

Back down the road and 3.58 later, Dan Martin put in a great spurt to finish second with Bardet third whilst Chris Froome finished tenth just behind Porte but ahead of Contador to take the overall win.

The win for Froome was Team Sky's fifth victory at the Dauphine and saw Froome finsh twelve seconds ahead of Bardet and eighteen seconds ahead of Dan Martin.

"It is geting harder and harder to win," said Cummings. "i was thinking about training for TDF I knew there were not many favourites left and I picked this stage out as one to win."