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Grenoble
143.5 km
Friday 11 June
1. Daniel Navarro (Astana)
2. Capecchi (Footon), at 0.33
3. Pinot (FDJ), st
4. Champion (Ag2r), at 1.39
5. Martinez (Euskaltel), st
Navarro claims a superb solo win in Grenoble.
28 seconds is Navarro’s lead over Pinot and Capecchi.
Navarro is 2km away from the finishing line.
Kadri, Le Lay, Riblon, Rolland and Kessiakoff accompany Moreau in the second chasing group.
With 10km to, the group of Moreau is at 1.40 and the peloton at 3.30. It looks good for Navarro.
Navarro is still away solo with 10km to go. Capecchi and Pinot are reunited 40 seconds behind him.
With 15km to go, the peloton is 3.30 behind sole leader Navarro.
In the downhill, Pinot finds it difficult to follow Capecchi. The French neo pro did most of the work in the final part of the climb but doesn’t look as easy in the descent.
With 20km to go, the group of Moreau is 1.50 behind Navarro. The peloton is at 3.40.
With 20km to go, Pinot and Capecchi are 35 seconds behind the sole leader Navarro. They were at 50 seconds at the top.
Result of the KOM in Chamrousse:
1. Navarro (Astana), 20 points
at 50 seconds:
2. Pinot (FDJ), 18 points
3. Capecchi (Footon), 16 points
at 1.45:
4. Martinez (Euskaltel), 14 points
at 1.55:
5. Moreau (CE), 12 points
6. Champion (Ag2r), 10 points
at 2.25:
7. Kadri (Ag2r), 8 points
at 3.15:
8. Kern (Cofidis), 7 points
9. Kessiakoff (Garmin), 6 points
10. Pasamontes (CE), 5 points
Peloton at 3.55.
Navarro is first in Chamrousse but he has suffered a lot in the final kilometres of the ascent.
Navarro remains solo 1km away from the top with 50 seconds advantage over Pinot and Capecchi.
Pinot does all the work with Capecchi on his wheel. But Navarro stays in the lead 2.5km before reaching Chamrousse.
Pierre Rolland (Bbox) attack from the bunch. David Le Lay (Ag2r) follows him.
5km before the summit, the peloton is 3 minutes adrift Navarro who remains alone in the lead.
Navarro has 15 lead over Pinot and Capecchi who have distanced Martinez.
Navarro rejoins Pinot, Capecchi and Martinez. The Spaniard attacks them straight away with 7km remaining in the climb to Chamrousse.
Daniel Navarro (Astana) overtakes Bole, Champion and Pasamontes. Only Bole follows him.
At half way in the climb, the peloton led by RadioShack’s Sergio Paulinho and Chris Horner is 2.30 behind the leading trio formed of Pinot, Martinez and Capecchi.
Three riders in the lead now: Capecchi, Pinot, Martinez. At 8 seconds: Bole, Champion, Pasamontes. At 1.15: Tankink. At 1.50: Moreau, Navarro (Astana), Kessiakoff, Kadri (Ag2r), Kern. At 2.20, the peloton.
Christophe Moreau who has gone clear off the peloton is familiar with the climb of Chamrousse. This is where he successfully defended his yellow/blue jersey in the 2001 Dauphiné against Pavel Tonkov who was only one second adrift on GC.
Only six riders in the lead as Tankink can’t follow his former breakaway companions.
Situation at km 97: 7 riders in the lead, followed at 2.20 by Delage and Kern who have been rejoined by Kessiakoff (Garmin), Steensen (Saxo Bank) and Moreau (Caisse d’Epargne). Peloton at 2.35.
Mickaël Delage (Omega) and Christophe Kern (Cofidis) attack from the bunch.
As well as in the first hour, the breakaway riders have covered 46.5 kilometres in the second hour of racing.
At the bottom of the H.C. climb at km 95.5, the gap is 2.15.
The front group led by Eros Capecchi is at the mark of the start of the 17.5km long climb to Chamrousse.
Result of the second intermediate sprint at Vaulnaveys-le-Bas (km 92.5):
1. Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel), 3 points
2. Pasamontes (CE), 2 points
3. Champion (Ag2r), 1 point
Peloton at 2.50.
At Vizille (km 86), the escapees have 3.45 lead over the peloton.
The gap decreases: 4.10 at km 83.
It slightly rains on the road of the Dauphiné now. The outside temperature is 24.5°C. At km 77.5, the time gap is 4.30 after reaching a maximum of 5.15 previously.
The latest time gap was 4.55 at km 64.
In today’s L’Equipe, David Millar describes the Criterium du Dauphiné as a race where it’s “all or nothing”. “I might even not be here anymore on Sunday if it doesn’t go well”, the Scot said. The Dauphiné is the last race of the first half of the season he’ll try and win. “At the Tour de France, I’ll ride in support of Tyler Farrar for the sprint and Christian Vande Velde for GC”, said the captain of Garmin-Transitions who assumes a large responsibility in the running of the American team. Millar is currently 4th of the overall classification of the Dauphiné 1.56 adrift Janez Brajkovic.
The advantage of the seven breakaway riders keeps going up: 3.40. The highest ranked of them on GC is Eros Capecchi, 39th at 6.48.
On the sprint line at Le Bourg-d’Oisans, the peloton is 3.15 behind the seven breakaway riders.
Result of the intermediate sprint at Le Bourg-d’Oisans (km 55):
1. Bole (Lampre), 3 points
2. Pinot (FDJ), 2 points
3. Tankink (Rabobank), 1 point
At km 51.5, the new time gap is 1.55.
At Le Clapier, km 49.5, Tankink and Bole rejoin Capecchi, Pinot, Champion, Pasamontes and Martinez. The 7 leaders have an advantage of 1.30 over the peloton led by RadioShack at km 50.
The breakaway riders have covered 46.5 kilometres in the first hour of racing.
In the long downhill, the gap increases: the five escapees have 30 seconds lead over Tankink and Bole, the peloton is at 1.20 at km 43.
Koren gets caught by the bunch.
The five escapees have 30 seconds lead over Tankink and Bole, Kristian Koren (Liquigas) is at 40 seconds, the peloton at 50 seconds.
King of the mountain Bram Tankink and stage 1 winner Grega Bole go clear off the bunch. At km 30, they are 25 seconds behind the five escapees, the peloton is at 30 seconds.
At km 26, the peloton has caught the riders in between. The five escapees, Pasamontes, Pinot, Champion, Martinez and Capecchi have 15 seconds lead.
In the downhill, Egoi Martinez bridges the gap to the front group. They are now five in the lead.
Luis Pasamontes goes fast downhill. His three breakaway companions try to follow. The chasers are at 15 seconds. Peloton at 35 seconds at km 21.5.
Results and positions of the KOM at the col du Lautaret (km 15.5):
1. Capecchi (Footon), 10 points
2. Pasamontes (Caisse d’Epargne), 9 points
3. Pinot (FDJ), 8 points
4. Champion (Ag2r), 7 points
at 20 seconds:
5. Martinez (Euskaltel), 6 points
6. Coppel (Saur), 5 points
Peloton at 42 seconds.
Behind the four leaders, 20 riders are in between, the bunch led by RadioShack is at 35 seconds.
7 riders are in between the leaders and the bunch: Perez (CE), Koren and Santaromita (Liquigas), Portal (Sky), Moinard (Cofidis), Martinez and Velasco (Euskaltel) and Coppel (Saur).
Pasamontes, Champion, Pinot and Capecchi go clear from the lead group.
In the lead: Pasamontes and Plaza (CE), De La Fuente and Navarro (Astana), Gusev and Vandenbergh (Katusha), Pujol (Cervélo), Szmyd (Liquigas), Meier (Garmin), Champion and Le Lay (Ag2r), Pinot (FDJ), Bole (Lampre), Azanza (Euskaltel), Fedrigo (Bbox), Capecchi (Footon), Levarlet and Mangel (Saur).
The bunch is very active in the ascent of the col du Lautaret. 12 riders are in the lead.
The 11 escapees are caught. It’s all together at km 6.
11 riders go clear: Moreau (Caisse d’Epargne), Appollonio (Cervélo), Bellotti (Liquigas), Stetina (Garmin), Cazaux (FDJ), Thomas (Sky), Rohregger (Milram), Mori (Lampre), Perez (Euskaltel), Gutierrez (Footon), Marino (Saur).
In Le Dauphiné, Rémy Di Gregorio (Française des Jeux) who finished 19th in Risoul, explains that mechanical troubles disturbed him yesterday. “My bike was catastrophic”, he declared. “I couldn’t change gear uphill. It prevented me from attacking. It’s a pity. My legs were good.” The climber from Marseille is expected to take his revenge today.
The start proper of stage 5 has been given at 12.44.
For the second day in a row, Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) wears the yellow/blue jersey of the race leader, He also leads the points classification with one point more than Geraint Thomas (Sky) who therefore keeps the green colours. As Bram Tankink (Rabobank) retains his lead in the king of the mountains competition, the three jerseys holders are the same as yesterday.
Brajkovic was impeccable in defence of his position against Alberto Contador in the uphill to Risoul. He has even increased his lead as his runner up is no longer David Millar (Garmin-Transitions) at 36 seconds but Tejay Van Garderen at 1.15. The neo-pro from HTC-Columbia is the big revelation of the race so far. Contador is third at 1.41 and Millar fourth at 1.56.
In the points classification, Brajkovic has 65 points, Thomas 64 and Contador 58.
In the KOM classification, Tankink leads with 23 points, ahead of Guillaume Bonnafond (Ag2r-La Mondiale), 22, Cyril Gautier (Bbox), 20, Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel), 18, Nicolas Vogondy (Bbox) and Brajkovic, 15. Today, the col du Lautaret allocates 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 and 5 points to the first six riders at the top, Chamrousse rewards the first ten riders with 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, and 5 points respectively.
161 riders are now cruising in the neutral zone of stage 5. One non-starter: Roy Sentjens (Milram). There is a lot of wind in Serre-Chevalier. It’s gonna be tailwind for the riders in the col du Lautaret.
Welcome to the live coverage of stage 5 of the 62nd Criterium du Dauphiné from Serre-Chevalier to Grenoble (143.5km). It begins with the col du Lautaret (cat. 2) and includes the hill to Chamrousse (cat. H.C.).
