Critérium du Dauphiné (2020) Photos August 12-16

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Thomas De Gendt (Belgium / Team Lotto Soudal)	Warren BARGUIL (TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC)	Rough start for Christopher FROOME (TEAM INEOS)
Egan BERNAL (TEAM INEOS)	Egan BERNAL and Christopher FROOME (TEAM INEOS)	Rollout for Stage 1 from Clermont-Ferrand
		The early break
Tom-Jelte Slagter (Netherlands / Team B&B Hotels - Vital Concept) - Brent Van Moer (Belgium / Team Lotto Soudal) - Quinten HERMANS (Belgium / Team Circus - Wanty Gobert) - Michael Schar (Swiss / Team CCC) - Onbekend (Total Energie Direct) - Niccolo Bonifazio (Italy / Team Total Direct Energie)
		Solo attack by Remi CAVAGNA (DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP)
	Primoz ROGLIC and TOM DUMOULIN (TEAM JUMBO - VISMA) chasing	Several crashes on the day
	Uphill sprint finish in Saint-Christo-en-Jarez
Wout VAN AERT (BEL/JUMBO - VISMA) wins Stage 1 in 5:27:42 ahead of 2nd Daryl IMPEY (RSA/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 3rd Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ (COL/INEOS), 4th Alejandro VALVERDE (ESP/MOVISTAR), 5th Tadej POGAČAR (SLO/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) and 6th Alexey LUTSENKO (KAZ/ASTANA PRO)		Racing is fun when you win three World Tour races in less than two weeks
Your Stage 1 winner and race leader, Wout VAN AERT (TEAM JUMBO - VISMA)

Stage 2:  Vienne → Col de Porte, 135 km  Full Results and Report

	Today's break	Beautiful cycling conditions before the weather changed
	TEAM JUMBO - VISMA controlling the stage	Sunflowers before the sun showers
	Michal KWIATKOWSKI (TEAM INEOS) pulling faces at the front	Emanuel Buchmann (GER - Bora - Hansgrohe) animating the final climb before finishing 3rd + 8
Sepp Kuss (USA / Team Jumbo - Visma) setting things up for Primoz Roglic	Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/JUMBO - VISMA) attacked with 1 km to go and won by 8s in 3:39:40	Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/JUMBO - VISMA): “It is a good result for our team”, Roglic said. “We have shown once again that we prepared well for these races. The whole team did a great job and I am glad I was able to finish it off. We knew it was going to be a difficult stage with a tough final climb. Perhaps the toughest this week. We controlled the stage from the start. The boys were very strong and we finished it perfectly. I am very happy with this victory. I certainly cannot complain with how it is going after having won the Tour de l’Ain and this stage. I am happy with every race I can ride this year and I am very happy with the way things are going now. Both for me and for the team. But we are not there yet. The next three days are going to be tough and we have to stay sharp and focused.”
2nd Thibaut PINOT (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) + 8s	Nobody wanted to win on Col de Porte more than Richie PORTE (AUS/TREK - SEGAFREDO), but he finished 10th + 8s	Your Stage 2 winner and new race leader by 12s Primoz ROGLIC (TEAM JUMBO - VISMA)
Best young rider, Egan BERNAL (TEAM INEOS) before the hail came	Worsening conditions brought the podium cermonies to an abrupt end	The chaotic hail storm wrap-up to Stage 2 with the deflated podium

Stage 3:  Corenc → Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, 157 km  Full Results and Report

Stage 4:  Ugine → Megève, 157 km  Full Results and Report

Stage 5:  Megève → Megève, 154 km  Full Results and Report

JUMBO - VISMA appeared without race leader, Primož ROGLIČ (SLO/JUMBO - VISMA), who crashed yesterday and his injuries were too bad to start the final stagef	Daniel MARTINEZ (EF PRO CYCLING) dropped from 5th to 1st on GC today when it counted most.	The rollout from Megeve
Pavel SIVAKOV (TEAM INEOS) and Julian ALAPHILIPPE (DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP) getting the early break started		David DE LA CRUZ (UAE TEAM MIRATES) and Thibaut PINOT (GROUPAMA - FDJ) leading the chase
		Daniel MARTINEZ (EF PRO CYCLING) descending near the front of the race
Thibaut PINOT (GROUPAMA - FDJ), second wheel did a lot of chasing today	Pavel Sivakov (Rusland / Team Ineos) crashed at the front of the race but caught back up
Pavel Sivakov (Rusland / Team Ineos) with crash injuries and Julian Alaphilippe (France / Team Deceuninck - Quick Step) at the front of the race	Sepp KUSS (TEAM JUMBO - VISMA) leading a small group on the final climb	Sepp KUSS (TEAM JUMBO - VISMA) attacking with 8 km to go on the final climb
Sepp KUSS (TEAM JUMBO - VISMA) on his own	Sepp KUSS (TEAM JUMBO - VISMA) takes the biggest win of his career and third by Jumbo Visma at this year's Criterium du Dauphine	2nd Daniel MARTINEZ (COL/EF PRO CYCLING) + 27s for the overall win followed by 3rd Tadej POGAČAR (SLO/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 30s
7th Thibaut PINOT (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) + 1:02 for 2nd overall followed by 8th Guillaume MARTIN (FRA/COFIDIS) + 1:04	Your Stage 5 winner, Sepp KUSS (TEAM JUMBO - VISMA): “After yesterday, I felt strange when I woke up this morning”, Kuss said. “We were all shocked by what had happened to Primoz and Steven. But the switch in mindset also gave us the opportunity to race aggressively today. And we did. It was one of the toughest days on the bike. It was full throttle from the start. I had seen that everyone was riding on their limits. It was a bit of a poker game at the end. I waited for the right moment and then went all in. It was still a long way, but it luckily worked out well. Today was a beautiful day for me. I’ve been training very hard for this lately, also to be ready for the Tour. This is a confirmation that things are going in the right direction. The team is very strong. Anyone on the team can win. It is a privilege to be able to ride for this team and to get my chance now and then.”	Your 2020 Criterium du Dauphine podium: 2nd Thibaut PINOT (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) + 29s, 1st Daniel MARTINEZ (COL/EF PRO CYCLING) 21:44:58, 3rd Guillaume MARTIN (FRA/COFIDIS) + 41s