Monday 06 June 2011 at 21h23
The prologue in the streets of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (see The Critérium du Dauphiné 2011 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth and the route and time schedule for full details about the race route of each of the stages of this Critérium du Dauphiné) which was won yesterday by Lars Boom (Rabobank). In the first stage today, immediately a stage with a mountain top finish, it was Jurgen van den Broeck's (Omega Pharma-Lotto) turn to finish solo on top.
Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) takes over the yellow/bleu leader's jersey from Lars Boom.
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The summary of the first stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2011 - Albertville > Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse
Early this afternoon, all riders came to the start in Albertville, the city where the Olympic Winter Games took place in 1992 (it was thus no surprise to see several photos popping up on Twitter and Facebook this weekend on pages of riders and staff members of the different teams who went to the Olympic Park).This stage start had a special Olympic thingy since Bradley Wiggins (double gold in 2008 with the individual pursuit and the teams pursuit), Geraint Thomas (gold in 2008 in the teams pursuit) (Team Sky) and Samuel Sanchez (gold medal in 2008 in the men's road race) (Euskaltel-Euskadi) received another medal from the city representatives of the Olympic city.
After several unsuccessful attempts, an attack by Sven Vandousselaere (Omega Pharma-Lotto), who already attacked before in one of the unsuccessful attempts, was at the origin of today's breakaway, in which he was accompanied by Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) and Vincent Jérôme (Team Europcar).
Leonardo Duque arrives first on top of each of the climbs and he thus becomes the virtual leader in the King of the Mountains classification.
The classifications of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2011 after the first stage
Rodriguez finished second behind Van den Broeck and ahead of Cadel Evans, Alexandre Vinokourov and Nicolas Roche. Having finished the prologue second at 2 seconds behind Lars Boom yesterday, Alexandre Vinokourov takes over the yellow/blue leader's jerseyin the general classification. He now has a 5 seconds gap on Van den Broeck, 7 seconds on Cadel Evans and 11 seconds on Bradley Wiggins.Vinokourov also takes the lead in the points classification while Jurgen van den Broeck ends up with 10 points at the same score as Leonardo Duque in the King of the Mountains classification.
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) is for the time being the best young rider with a 11 seconds gap on Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) who took the best young rider's jersey in several races in the past few weeks.
Tomorrow, the second stage will bring the riders of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2011 from Voiron to Lyon over a distance of 179 kilometers. If you'd like to see all the details of the parcours which ends up on the Côte de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon, you can read the article The Critérium du Dauphiné 2011 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth and the route and time schedule. door Thomas Vergouwen
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Et premier francais Pinot Thibaut , n était il pas sur le RAIT ? Aujourd hui le Critérium passe chez moi mais je GRRRR bosse !!!! a+
Si si, il était bien sur le RAIT ! C'est une des courses dont je parle en fin d'article où il était meilleur jeune ce dernier temps !
Pas de bol pour le Dauphiné aujourd'hui :-(.