Search the worlds information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Geraint thomas centre celebrates victory over adam yates right and romain bardet left geraint thomas won the 70th criterium du dauphine in france to give team sky their sixth victory in the. Jun 12, 2016 romain bardet, chris froome and dan martin on the final podium of the 2016 dauphine libere chris froome. Romain bardet criterium du duphine 2015 descending like a. In his final stage race before the tour, the criterium du dauphine, bardet went on the attack on the downhill section before the last climb on. French cycling fans have high expectations of bardet, who is among the favourites for overall victory. After bardet attacked briefly on the descent towards the final. After the first climb there is just a fast descent and then bam, you hit the climb to.
Cummings, 35, was the last of a 20man breakaway group to wilt and finished well. Then the last few days hes gone to the front on descents and created gaps, yes, and no doubt hes a quite good descender, but hes nowhere near the best descenders in the peloton. On the descent froome flies to the group contador and together they catch the group fuglsang. Contador gives it another go also, but to no avail, yet romain bardet does manage to force a gap. Bardet and ag2r shake up the dauphine but cant shake thomas. The danish rider won an epic photo finish, outsprinting richie porte bmc and chris froome team sky. The mountains in the final week are better suited to someone like romain bardet, but thomas is likely to give himself a solid foundation thanks. The eightstage race in france began in ugine on 7 june and concluded in modane valfrejus on 14 june, and was the sixteenth of the twentyeight races in the 2015 uci world tour season. Criterium du dauphine report, stage 3 road bike action. Wilco kelderman won the white jersey competition with romain bardet and adam yates close behind. We wont see the kelderman in the tour and probably not yates either.
Jul 20, 2015 when the young ag2r rider romain bardet launched himself solo down the corkscrew descent of the col dallos in the dauphine libere race this june, did he fully realise what he was doing. Biography and booking information for romain bardet, professional racing cyclist. Humor polls lance armstrong cycling books races olympics live start lists. Bardet also tried his chances on a rapid descent between the final two climbs but froome chased down every attack. Chris froome ready for tour after winning criterium du dauphine. The criterium du dauphine normally is the premier trial. Dan martin quickstep attacked a lead group of riders containing race favorite chris froome team sky, during the last seven kilometers. Frenchman romain bardet also tried his chances on a rapid descent between the final two climbs but froome doggedly chased down every attack. The 2015 criterium du dauphine was the 67th edition of the criterium du dauphine cycling stage race.
Bardet attacked towards the top of the col dallos before gaining. Criterium du dauphine is romain bardets spectacular descent on stage 5. He gained a minute on the technical descent, then climbed up to the ski resort. Romain bardets incredible descent of the col dallos in the 2015 criterium du dauphine. After a short stint in the descent by vervaeke, cherel and pauwels, aru and bardet join the front of the race at montee des frasses. Jun 12, 2016 romain bardet ag2rla mondiale was far from happy with his second place at stage 6 of the criterium du dauphine, where he finished behind rival thibaut pinot fdj in the final push to the line. Bardet crashed on the descent from an unclassified climb between the. So far in his career, his best results have come on home soil. Romain bardet wins criterium du dauphine stage five solo. Bardet was good on that dauphine stage, yes, although no one chased him down. The 25yearold astana rider was on his own for a full km after cresting the last climb with a slender 10second lead and needed all the resilience he could conjure to hold off the chasing. Jun 29, 2017 the same descent featured on the dauphine route this year. Romain bardet born 9 november 1990 is a professional french racing cyclist, who currently rides for uci worldteam team dsm. Bardet, who rides for ag2r, struggled during the dauphine time trial but finished the race in sixth place after a strong showing in the mountain stages.
The 24yearold made a bold move attacking from so far out with such a testing climb in his way but he has timed his attack to perfection. Criterium du dauphine, the finale road bike action. Pinot grabs french win on queen stage of criterium du. Sunday concludes the 68th dauphine, with six categorized climbs on tap, including a cat. Bardet wins fifth stage of the criterium du dauphine. Romain bardet wins 5th stage of criterium du dauphine. Australian richie porte was fourth at 21sec with contador, himself a twotime tour winner, settling for fifth at 35sec. After a bad start to the tour, bardet seems to be getting stronger and stronger. Stressed froome survives tour stage in yellow as mollema. He finished 12 seconds clear of bardet with irelands. Aug 16, 2020 the peloton neutralised the race on the descent of the first climb.
Romain bardet pulls clear on final descent to win stage five. The spanish rider was the fastest of a leading group of four, with romain bardet of france taking the silver and michael woods of canada the bronze, while tom dumoulin of the netherlands placed fourth. Bardet finished runnerup to froome last year and french hopes of producing a first home tour winner in 32 years will once again be weighing on his shoulders. Chris froome third as romain bardet wins criterium du. Praloup france afp frenchman romain bardet powered to victory in the fifth stage of the criterium du dauphine on thursday while american tejay van garderen is the new overall leader. After attacking several times during todays stage, yates managed to overtake daniel navarro garcia cofidis, solutions credits navarro. Cycling anything is possible, says french hope bardet. Dani martinez wins the criterium du dauphine 2020 cycling.
Lets just hope bardet makes the most of the opportunity, on what seems like a similar finish to paris nice from 20 where he finished in the front group. Romain bardet ag2rla mondiale soloed to a stunning victory on stage five of the criterium du dauphine, as tejay van garderen bmc racing claimed the race lead bardet attacked on the descent. Romain bardet criterium du duphine 2015 descending like a mad. Its a fun course this year, with several scenic, nottoocrazy stages, a timetrial, then finally three huge. Bardet is winless so far in 2016, with a handful of top 10s, including second overall at the tour of oman, ninth at parisnice, and sixth at volta a catalunya. Romain bardet speakers bureau and booking agent info. Italian fabio aru broke clear on the final hill and dug deep to hold off the swooping peloton to win stage three of the criterium du dauphine on wednesday. Cycling anything is possible, says french hope bardet reuters.
The moment the criterium du dauphine was won the inner ring. Romain bardet is frances most unlikely cycling star. It is exactly the same stage as the fifth one of the criterium du dauphine, where romain bardet won the honours thanks to a hairraising descent before hitting the final climb. He finished 12 seconds clear of bardet with irelands dan martin third at 19sec. Contact all american speakers bureau to inquire about speaking fees and availability, and book the best keynote speaker for your next live or virtual event. His daredevil move, which took place well before the final climb to the pra loup ski station, looked as if it had been well planned and rehearsed. Jun 11, 2015 praloup, france ap french rider romain bardet won the fifth stage of the criterium du dauphine after an impressive solo attack on thursday, while american tejay van garderen finished second. Alejandro valverde movistar, romain bardet ag2r and daniel martin quickstep floors arrived at 50 seconds from the stage winner and contador at one. Jul 23, 2015 romain bardet peels off his gloves and throws them away. Romain bardet pulls clear on final descent to win stage. Home hopes will rest with romain bardet of ag2r, who took yet another. Fuglsang, dan martin and bardet are the first chasers.
They were working to tee up romain bardet for the horscategorie ascent and whiteknuckle descent to. Ag2r tactics backfire as bardet and naesen left emptyhanded. The race will be held between sunday 30 may and sunday 6 june and theres little for the sprinters and plenty for the climbers. He won this stage in dauphine and he knows exactly how to tackle the technical descent and the final climb. Romain bardet ag2rla mondiale soloed to stage five victory at the criterium du dauphine after launching a fine assault on the final descent. At the top of the madeleine the front group is down to 17 riders. Froome wins third criterium du dauphine peloton magazine. A group with contador is chasing, too, while froome leaves porte alone in the last km before the top to crest 12 seconds ahead of the yellow jersey. Fuglsang beats porte and froome on an epic photo finish in. Interviewcyclinganything is possible, says french hope. When the young ag2r rider romain bardet launched himself solo down the corkscrew descent of the col dallos in the dauphine libere race.
It was valverdes first world title, after finishing runnerup in 2003 and 2005 and coming third four times. I put the top5 in the graphic above to show the gap between the top4 and then the rest with kenny elissonde in fifth. Frances romain bardet claimed a superb solo victory on the mountainous fifth stage of the criterium du dauphine but was denied the overall race lead by the united states tejay van garderen. Jun 11, 2016 bardet jumped up on the podium from 11th, while pinot enters the top10. With thibaut pinot, who was third overall in 2014, targeting stage wins after a gruelling giro ditalia, bardet is the only realistic hope of french success this time around. With six kilometers remaining, navarro and pierre rolland ef education firstdrapac pb cannondale successfully reeled in gaudu, while navarro setoff alone. Dan martin clinches criterium du dauphine podium on final day. We saw that at the dauphine, even after froome crashed and le. Due to the change of the route on stage 20, announced on 25 june, the souvenir henri desgrange was awarded at the col dallos.
Interviewcyclinganything is possible, says french hope bardet. The most difficult part of col dallos is the long and technical descent. Romain bardet born 9 november 1990 is a professional french racing cyclist, who currently. Bardet is known for his climbing ability which makes him one of the top contenders in grand tours. Jun 12, 2016 frenchman romain bardet also tried his chances on a rapid descent between the final two climbs but froome doggedly chased down every attack. Seven seconds later contador and froome summited, with the latter catching the.
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