2016 Critérium du Dauphiné, 2.UWT, June 5-12

[Praying Mantis]

68th Critérium du Dauphiné
June 5th - June 12th, 2016
8 Stages, 1147.4 km

Website:
http://www.letour.fr/criterium-du-dauphine/
https://twitter.com/dauphine

Official live ticker:
http://www.letour.fr/criterium-du-dauphine/2016/us/live/aso/

Startlist:
http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Criterium_du_Dauphine_2016_Startlist

Invited PCT teams:
BORA - ARGON 18
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
DIRECT ENERGIE
WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT

Route:

Prologue - Les Gets ⟲ (4 km, MTT)

Stage 1 - Cluses → Saint-Vulbas (186 km, Flat)

Stage 2 - Crêches-sur-Saône → Chalmazel - Jeansagnière (168 km, Hilly)

Stage 3 - Boën-sur-Lignon → Tournon-sur-Rhône (187.5 km, Hilly)

Stage 4 - Tain-l'Hermitage → Belley (176 km, Flat)

Stage 5 - La Ravoire → Vaujany (140 km, Mountain)

Stage 6 - La Rochette → Méribel (141 km, Mountain)

Stage 7 - Le Pont-de-Claix → Superdévoluy (151 km, Mountain)

Prologue, Les Gets ⟲ (4 km, MTT):
Sunday, June 5th
Prologue Starting Times: text or PDF.

Mountain passes & hills:
Km 4.0 - LES GETS - Le Mont Chéry 3.8 kilometre-long climb at 9.7% - category 1

Stage 1, Cluses → Saint-Vulbas (186 km, Flat):
Monday, June 6th

Mountain passes & hills:
Km 31.0 - Côte de Mornex 1.6 kilometre-long climb at 6.4% - category 4
Km 68.5 - Côte de Sallenôves 1.3 kilometre-long climb at 5.7% - category 4
Km 75.0 - Côte de Chilly 1.6 kilometre-long climb at 7.3% - category 4
Km 134.0 - Côte de Prémeyzel 0.9 kilometre-long climb at 6.6% - category 4

Stage 2, Crêches-sur-Saône → Chalmazel - Jeansagnière (168 km, Hilly):
Tuesday, June 7th

Mountain passes & hills:
Km 13.5 - Col de Durbize 4.5 kilometre-long climb at 4.8% - category 3
Km 52.0 - Col de la Croix Nicelle 5.6 kilometre-long climb at 6.5% - category 2
Km 154.0 - Côte de Saint-Georges-en-Couzan 7.5 kilometre-long climb at 5.6% - category 2
Km 168.0 - CHALMAZEL-JEANSAGNIÈRE 6.8 kilometre-long climb at 3.7% - category 3

Stage 3, Boën-sur-Lignon → Tournon-sur-Rhône (187.5 km, Hilly):
Wednesday, June 8th

Mountain passes & hills:
Km 100.5 - Côte de Montfaucon-en-Velay 3.5 kilometre-long climb at 3.7% - category 4
Km 120.5 - Col du Rouvey 2.8 kilometre-long climb at 5.6% - category 4
Km 166.5 - Côte de Sécheras 2.9 kilometre-long climb at 8.2% - category 2

Stage 4, Tain-l'Hermitage → Belley (176 km, Flat):
Thursday, June 9th

Mountain passes & hills:
Km 27.5 - Côte d'Hauterives 2.1 kilometre-long climb at 5.2% - category 4
Km 93.5 - Côte de la Chapelle-de-la-Tour 1.8 kilometre-long climb at 5% - category 4

Stage 5, La Ravoire → Vaujany (140 km, Mountain):
Friday, June 10th

Mountain passes & hills:
Km 16.0 - Côte de la Chapelle-Blanche 4 kilometre-long climb at 4.7% - category 3
Km 23.0 - Côte d'Arvillard 2.2 kilometre-long climb at 5.3% - category 4
Km 41.5 - Col du Barrioz 7.8 kilometre-long climb at 6.5% - category 1
Km 51.5 - Col des Ayes 3.8 kilometre-long climb at 8.1% - category 2
Km 59.0 - Col des Mouilles 2.1 kilometre-long climb at 6.1% - category 4
Km 78.5 - Côte de la Sarrazine 3.3 kilometre-long climb at 5% - category 3
Km 140.0 - VAUJANY 6.4 kilometre-long climb at 6.5% - category 2

Stage 6, La Rochette → Méribel (141 km, Mountain):
Saturday, June 11th

Mountain passes & hills:
Km 17.0 - Col de Champ-Laurent 9.3 kilometre-long climb at 8.1% - category 1
Km 24.0 - Col du Grand Cucheron 3.4 kilometre-long climb at 6.9% - category 2
Km 70.0 - Col de la Madeleine 19.2 kilometre-long climb at 7.9% - category H
Km 113.0 - Montée des Frasses 8 kilometre-long climb at 6.5% - category 1
Km 141.0 - MÉRIBEL-LES-ALLUES 12.3 kilometre-long climb at 6.6% - category 1

Stage 7, Le Pont-de-Claix → Superdévoluy (151 km, Mountain):
Sunday, June 12th

Mountain passes & hills:
Km 13.5 - Côte de Monteynard 10.6 kilometre-long climb at 4.7% - category 2
Km 33.5 - Côte des Terrasses 2.7 kilometre-long climb at 6.9% - category 3
Km 83.0 - Côte de Saint-Laurent-du-Cros 2.8 kilometre-long climb at 4.9% - category 4
Km 102.5 - Col de Moissière 8.3 kilometre-long climb at 8.2% - category 1
Km 139.5 - Col du Noyer 7.5 kilometre-long climb at 8.4% - category 1
Km 151.0 - SUPERDÉVOLUY 3.8 kilometre-long climb at 5.9% - category 3

 

[WillemS]

Contador, Froome, Aru, Pinot, Rodriquez, Porte, &c. Sounds like fun.

Oh, and Mollema to finish 6th or 7th.

 

[Miburo]

Dear lord. Tell me. What do i have to do, to see this again?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re:

Dear lord. Tell me. What do i have to do, to see this again?

That was the stage when Froome was constantly attacking, right?

 

[Miburo]

Yes hugo koblet. Every cyclist fan got memories from the peyresourde '07. It was glorious xD

 

[PremierAndrew]

Imagine that with a top form Nibali throw in. **** we missed out with the 2014 tour, still not fully over it

 

[Miburo]

Re:

Imagine that with a top form Nibali throw in. **** we missed out with the 2014 tour, still not fully over it

Keep in mind that froome and contador would both be 2.30 behind. It would have been carnage every stage.

I don't think i'll ever get over it.

 

[Valv.Piti]

God, why is the monster that is Col de La Madeleine not featured more often in Le Tour? Such a beast.

1. Froome
2. Contador
3. Portechkin

 

[More Strides than Rides]

How long is the "Giro mountain classification" hangover supposed to last? It's hard to take an honest look at these profiles with those still ringing my head.

 

[MatParker117]

Re:

Dear lord. Tell me. What do i have to do, to see this again?

Now imagine Froome going that nuts after Poels, G and Landa haven softened the rest up.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Re: Re:

Dear lord. Tell me. What do i have to do, to see this again?

Now imagine Froome going that nuts after Poels, G and Landa haven softened the rest up.

And now imagine Froome going that nuts from the bottom of the climb mano a mano because nobody's got any team mates left.

Super teams don't increase entertainment at all. If anything, having JVDB Nibs Kelderman and Talansky drop every time Froome attacked and join back on made it even more entertaining given the chance of one of them slipping away and nicking the stage

 

[Tonton]

Re: 2016 Criterium du Dauphiné, 2.UWT, June 5-12

1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Pinot (winner stage 6)

I don't like the prologue: there should have been a few kilometers of flat before the murito. Pinot is likely to suffer, like at VaPV. Nice final three-stage stretch.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: 2016 Criterium du Dauphiné, 2.UWT, June 5-12

It will be very interesting. The ramp in the final climb of stage 3 has to be brutal. The kilometer is 13.9% steep and only half of the km is marked black so the first half of the kilometer is less than 9% steep which means that the 2nd 500 meters are at least 19% steep

 

[matusow_m]

1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Pinot

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Pinot

Indeed maybe Tejay VG can sneak onto the podium though

 

[Red Rick]

Re: 2016 Criterium du Dauphiné, 2.UWT, June 5-12

It will be very interesting. The ramp in the final climb of stage 3 has to be brutal. The kilometer is 13.9% steep and only half of the km is marked black so the first half of the kilometer is less than 9% steep which means that the 2nd 500 meters are at least 19% steep

Yeah, I saw that. The Dauphine is starting a new habit of finding all the steep ramps that are apparently not suitable for the Tour.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Seeing the climbs with gradients and such, I think its a decent route actually, altho I think its a shame they completely have left the 40 km ITT at day 4 behind. Always gave many answers.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

[quote="
Now imagine Froome going that nuts after Poels, G and Landa haven softened the rest up.

And now imagine Froome going that nuts from the bottom of the climb mano a mano because nobody's got any team mates left.

Super teams don't increase entertainment at all. If anything, having JVDB Nibs Kelderman and Talansky drop every time Froome attacked and join back on made it even more entertaining given the chance of one of them slipping away and nicking the stage

+10000

 

[sir fly]

Whether we'll see the Tour teaser depends on Froome's intentions.
He hasn't been bothered with minor goals so far this season. Everything was subordinated to his summer goals.
And Thomas is riding TdS, it appears. Contador will be relieved.

 

[PremierAndrew]

Surprised everyone's gone with Contador Froome or vica versa 1-2.

If Froome turns up in similar condition to last year, I can see Pinot Porte and AC all finishing ahead of him, and given he's targetting Rio and the Vuelta later, and that his prep worked perfectly well last year, I see no reason to change.

1) Pinot
2) Contador
3) Porte

Contador to let Pinot go and only realise that Froome isn't his main rival in the Dauphine once it's too late

 

[Tonton]

Re:

Surprised everyone's gone with Contador Froome or vica versa 1-2.

If Froome turns up in similar condition to last year, I can see Pinot Porte and AC all finishing ahead of him, and given he's targetting Rio and the Vuelta later, and that his prep worked perfectly well last year, I see no reason to change.

1) Pinot
2) Contador
3) Porte

Contador to let Pinot go and only realise that Froome isn't his main rival in the Dauphine once it's too late

Pleeeeaaaaaaase!!!

 

[liamito]

Re: Re:

1. Contador
2. Froome
3. Pinot

Indeed maybe Tejay VG can sneak onto the podium though

I think plans have changed for Tejay. Maybe TdS? If not, ASO made a stupid mistake by calling Porte, Dennis and GVA the main contenders for BMC.

 

[Rollthedice]

Aru to show a glimpse of what all those months of training at various altitudes can do.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

Surprised everyone's gone with Contador Froome or vica versa 1-2.

If Froome turns up in similar condition to last year, I can see Pinot Porte and AC all finishing ahead of him, and given he's targetting Rio and the Vuelta later, and that his prep worked perfectly well last year, I see no reason to change.

1) Pinot
2) Contador
3) Porte

Contador to let Pinot go and only realise that Froome isn't his main rival in the Dauphine once it's too late

Basically a 2014 Courchevel scenario? I agree Pinot could be good with his performance in Tour de Suisse from last year in mind.

 

[Alexandre B.]