2014 Critérium du Dauphiné explained

2014 Critérium du Dauphiné
Series:	2014 UCI World Tour
Race No:	16
Season No:	29
Date:	8–15 June 2014
Stages:	8
Distance:	1187.4
Unit:	km
Time:	31h 08' 08"
Speed:	38.14
First:	Andrew Talansky
First Nat:	USA
First Color:	yellow-bluebar
Second:	Alberto Contador
Second Nat:	ESP
Third:	Jurgen Van den Broeck
Third Nat:	BEL
Points:	Chris Froome
Points Nat:	GBR
Points Color:	green
Mountains:	Alessandro De Marchi
Mountains Nat:	ITA
Mountains Color:	white dots on red
Youth:	Wilco Kelderman
Youth Nat:	NED
Youth Color:	white
Previous:	2013
Next:	2015

The 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 66th running of the Critérium du Dauphiné cycling stage race; a race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation, rated as a World Tour event on the UCI calendar, the highest classification such an event can have. The race consisted of eight stages, covering a distance of 1187.4km (737.8miles),^[1] beginning on 8 June in Lyon and concluding in Courchevel on 15 June. The Dauphiné was viewed as a great preparation for July's Tour de France and a number of the contenders for the general classification of the Tour participated in the Dauphiné.^[2]

Teams

As the Critérium du Dauphiné is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI ProTeams are invited automatically and obligated to send a squad with three other squads given wildcard places.^{[3] [4]}

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Route

Stage characteristics and winners^{[5] [6]}

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	8 June	Lyon to Lyon	10.4km (06.5miles)		Individual time trial
2	9 June	Tarare to Pays d'Olliergues-Col du Béal	156km (97miles)		Mountain stage
3	10 June	Ambert to Le Teil	194km (121miles)		Flat stage
4	11 June	Montélimar to Gap	167.5km (104.1miles)		Medium-mountain stage
5	12 June	Sisteron to La Mure	189.5km (117.7miles)		Medium-mountain stage
6	13 June	Grenoble to Poisy	178.5km (110.9miles)		Flat stage
7	14 June	Ville-la-Grand to Finhaut-Emosson (Switzerland)	160km (100miles)		Mountain stage
8	15 June	Megève to Courchevel-Le Praz	131.5km (81.7miles)		Medium-mountain stage

Stages

Stage 1

8 June 2014 — Lyon to Lyon, 10.4km (06.5miles), individual time trial (ITT)

The Critérium du Dauphiné began with a 10.4km (06.5miles) time trial on the streets of Lyon. Intermediate times were taken at 4.6km (02.9miles), at the top of the only hill, to decide the rankings in the mountains competition. Chris Froome, the defending champion, won the stage by eight seconds over his arch-rival and fellow GC contender, Alberto Contador. Contador managed to knock Bob Jungels off the hot seat when he beat Jungels' time by one second after Jungels was on the hot seat for a long time. Another main GC contender, Vincenzo Nibali, took the fastest time at the top of the hill to take the lead in the mountains classification. However, he was not able to beat Contador at the finish as he eventually finished eighth on the stage, five seconds behind Contador's time. However, the best performance was left to Froome. Finishing second at the intermediate time-check, Froome eventually beat Contador's time by eight seconds to take the yellow-and-blue jersey for the general classification and the green jersey for the points classification after the first stage.

Stage 1 Result and General Classification after Stage 1^[7] ^[8] ^[9] Rider Team Time 1 2 + 8" 3 + 9" 4 + 11" 5 + 11" 6 + 12" 7 + 12" 8 + 13" 9 + 13" 10 + 13"

Stage 2

9 June 2014 — Tarare to Pays d'Olliergues-Col du Béal, 156km (97miles)

Stage 2 Result^[10] ^[11] ^[12] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 4" 4 + 10" 5 + 12" 6 + 27" 7 + 40" 8 + 42" 9 + 44" 10 + 45"

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1 2 + 12" 3 + 21" 4 + 33" 5 + 35" 6 + 50" 7 + 1' 22" 8 + 1' 22" 9 + 1' 31" 10 + 1' 35"

Stage 3

10 June 2014 — Ambert to Le Teil, 194km (121miles)

Stage 3 Result^[13] ^[14] ^[15] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1 2 + 12" 3 + 21" 4 + 33" 5 + 35" 6 + 50" 7 + 1' 22" 8 + 1' 22" 9 + 1' 31" 10 + 1' 35"

Stage 4

11 June 2014 — Montélimar to Gap, 167.5km (104.1miles)

Stage 4 Result^[16] ^[17] ^[18] Rider Team Time 1 2 + 23" 3 + 25" 4 + 28" 5 + 28" 6 + 28" 7 + 28" 8 + 28" 9 + 1' 31" 10 + 1' 31"

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1 2 + 12" 3 + 21" 4 + 33" 5 + 35" 6 + 50" 7 + 1' 01" 8 + 1' 22" 9 + 1' 22" 10 + 1' 31"

Stage 5

12 June 2014 — Sisteron to La Mure, 189.5km (117.7miles)

Stage 5 Result^[19] ^[20] ^[21] Rider Team Time 1 2 + 14" 3 + 14" 4 + 17" 5 + 17" 6 + 17" 7 + 17" 8 + 17" 9 + 17" 10 + 17"

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1 2 + 12" 3 + 12" 4 + 33" 5 + 35" 6 + 50" 7 + 1' 22" 8 + 1' 22" 9 + 1' 24" 10 + 1' 35"

Stage 6

13 June 2014 — Grenoble to Poisy, 178.5km (110.9miles)

Stage 6 Result^[22] ^[23] ^[24] Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 24" 4 + 24" 5 + 24" 6 + 24" 7 + 24" 8 + 24" 9 + 24" 10 + 24"

General Classification after Stage 6 Rider Team Time 1 2 + 12" 3 + 12" 4 + 33" 5 + 35" 6 + 50" 7 + 1' 22" 8 + 1' 22" 9 + 1' 24" 10 + 1' 35"

Stage 7

14 June 2014 — Ville-la-Grand to Finhaut–Emosson (Switzerland), 160km (100miles)

Stage 7 Result^[25] ^[26] ^[27] Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7" 3 + 16" 4 + 1' 33" 5 + 1' 51" 6 + 1' 53" 7 + 1' 53" 8 + 2' 11" 9 + 2' 16" 10 + 2' 19"

General Classification after Stage 7 Rider Team Time 1 2 + 8" 3 + 39" 4 + 59" 5 + 1' 14" 6 + 1' 16" 7 + 2' 11" 8 + 2' 14" 9 + 2' 50" 10 + 2' 52"

Stage 8

15 June 2014 — Megève to Courchevel-Le Praz, 131.5km (81.7miles)

Stage 8 Result^[28] ^[29] Rider Team Time 1 2 + 3" 3 + 5" 4 + 9" 5 + 9" 6 + 15" 7 + 32" 8 + 36" 9 + 41" 10 + 1' 15"

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1 2 + 27" 3 + 35" 4 + 43" 5 + 1' 20" 6 + 2' 05" 7 + 2' 12" 8 + 2' 59" 9 + 3' 04" 10 + 3' 17"

Classification leadership

In the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, four different jerseys will be awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a yellow jersey with a blue bar.^[30] This classification was considered the most important of the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey.^[30] In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For all stages, the win earned 15 points, second place earned 12 points, third 10, fourth 8, fifth 6, and one point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th. Points towards the classification could also be achieved at each of the intermediate sprints; these points were given to the top three riders through the line with 5 points for first, 3 for second, and 1 point for third.^[30]

There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red and white polka-dot jersey.^[30] In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either hors, first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. Hors catégorie climbs awarded the most points, with 20 points on offer for the first rider across the summit; the first ten riders were able to accrue points towards the mountains classification, compared with the first eight on first-category passes and the first six riders on second-category climbs.^[30] Fewer points were on offer for the smaller hills, marked as third-category or fourth-category.^[30]

The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey.^[30] This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.^[30]

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Young rider classification	Team Classification
1	Chris Froome	Chris Froome	Vincenzo Nibali	Chris Froome	Bob Jungels
2	Chris Froome	Kévin Reza	Wilco Kelderman
3	Nikias Arndt
4	Yuri Trofimov
5	Simon Špilak	Alessandro De Marchi
6	Jan Bakelants
7	Lieuwe Westra	Alberto Contador
8	Mikel Nieve	Andrew Talansky
Final		Andrew Talansky	Alessandro De Marchi	Chris Froome	Wilco Kelderman

Notes:

• In stages 2–5, Alberto Contador, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because Chris Froome (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification during those stages. In stage 6, Contador still wore the green jersey despite having dropped to third in the points classification. Wilco Kelderman rose to second in the points classification after stage 5, but wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification during stage 6.
• In stage 7, Jan Bakelants, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because Chris Froome (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage.

Further reading

• News: Chris Froome wins Criterium du Dauphine opener. Stephen. Puddicombe. Cycling Weekly. 8 June 2014.
• News: Chris Froome wins second stage of Criterium du Dauphine. Nigel. Wynn. Cycling Weekly. 9 June 2014.
• News: Nikias Arndt wins Criterium du Dauphine stage three. Nigel. Wynn. Cycling Weekly. 10 June 2014.
• News: Yury Trofimov takes solo win on Criterium du Dauphine stage four. Nigel. Wynn. Cycling Weekly. 11 June 2014.
• News: Simon Spilak makes it two out of two for Katusha at the Dauphiné. Nick. Bull. Cycling Weekly. 12 June 2014.
• News: Alberto Contador puts Chris Froome under pressure in Criterium du Dauphine. Gregor. Brown. Cycling Weekly. 12 June 2014.
• News: Chris Froome survives Dauphiné crash as Jan Bakelants wins stage six. Nick. Bull. Cycling Weekly. 13 June 2014.
• News: Chris Froome: ‘Nothing broken’ after Criterium du Dauphine crash. Gregor. Brown. Cycling Weekly. 13 June 2014.
• News: Chris Froome fights to save Criterium du Dauphine lead after crash. Gregor. Brown. Cycling Weekly. 14 June 2014.
• News: Chris Froome loses Criterium du Dauphine lead to Alberto Contador. Stephen. Puddicombe. Cycling Weekly. 14 June 2014.
• News: Andrew Talansky overhauls Alberto Contador to take Criterium du Dauphine win. Stephen. Puddicombe. Cycling Weekly. 15 June 2014.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné. BikeRaceInfo. 2 February 2019.
2. Web site: Daniel Benson . Critérium du Dauphiné 2014: Preview . Cyclingnews.com . 8 June 2014.
3. News: Criterium du Dauphine 2014 start list. Nigel. Wynn. Cycling Weekly. 5 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
4. News: Start List. Cycling News. 2 February 2019.
5. News: Critérium du Dauphiné 2014. Cycling News. 2 February 2019.
6. News: Critérium du Dauphiné race preview. Cycling News. Daniel. Benson. 6 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
7. News: Clasificaciones. es. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 33. 9 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
8. News: Froome dominates the opening Dauphine TT in Lyon. Cycling News. Stephen. Farrand. 8 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
9. News: Stage 1 Results and Photos. BikeRaceInfo. 2 February 2019.
10. News: Clasificaciones. es. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 28. 10 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
11. News: Froome climbs to victory on Col du Béal. Cycling News. 9 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
12. News: Stage 2 Results and Photos. BikeRaceInfo. 2 February 2019.
13. News: Clasificaciones. es. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 34. 11 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
14. News: Arndt shades tight Dauphiné sprint finish at Le Teil. Cycling News. Barry. Ryan. 10 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
15. News: Stage 3 Results and Photos. BikeRaceInfo. 2 February 2019.
16. News: Clasificaciones. es. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 41. 12 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
17. News: Critérium du Dauphiné: Trofimov wins alone in Gap. Cycling News. Stephen. Farrand. 11 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
18. News: Stage 4 Results and Photos. BikeRaceInfo. 2 February 2019.
19. News: Clasificaciones. es. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 36. 13 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
20. News: Criterium du Dauphine: Spilak wins alone as Contador attacks Froome. Cycling News. José. Been. 12 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
21. News: Stage 5 Results and Photos. BikeRaceInfo. 2 February 2019.
22. News: Clasificaciones. es. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 39. 14 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
23. News: Critérium du Dauphiné: Bakelants wins stage 6. Cycling News. Daniel. Benson. 13 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
24. News: Stage 6 Results and Photos. BikeRaceInfo. 2 February 2019.
25. News: Clasificaciones. es. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 39. 15 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
26. News: Westra wins on Finaut-Émosson. Cycling News. Susan. Wesetmeyer. 14 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
27. News: Stage 7 Results and Photos. BikeRaceInfo. 2 February 2019.
28. News: Clasificaciones. es. Classifications. El Mundo Deportivo. 39. 16 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
29. News: Talansky wins Critérium du Dauphiné. Cycling News. Susan. Westemeyer. 15 June 2014. 2 February 2019.
30. Web site: 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné: Specific regulations. PDF. Critérium du Dauphiné. Amaury Sport Organisation. 2 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113342/http://www.letour.com/criterium-du-dauphine/2014/docs/CDD2014-rules.pdf. 2015-04-02. dead.