Criterium du Dauphine 2016 *SPOILERS*

[Flying_Monkey]

The prologue is already underway. It's basically a hill-climb. Froome has set the early pace with a very impressive ride...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

There are some very big time gaps emerging from this less than 4km course... I wouldn't say that Froome's time looks untouchable but it looks better as every rider comes in, sometimes minutes down.

 

[smutchin]

Cracking ride by Dan Martin too.

Aru had a stinker though.

Porte and Contador on the road and going well.

Contador is going very close to Froome's time...

 

[smutchin]

And beats it by 12 seconds!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Amazing ride. He was putting so much power in earlier.

 

[smutchin]

And Porte nicks 2nd.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Porte beats Froome too! But not Contador...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I really didn't think we'd see a GC showdown today, but it really has been exactly that.

 

[Crackle]

I didn't think Froome would do as well as he did. Didn't think such a short sharp effort would suit him.

 

[smutchin]

I really didn't think we'd see a GC showdown today, but it really has been exactly that.

The race is blown apart before it has even started!

 

[smutchin]

What happened to Pinot? Not even close to the top 10. (Is he actually in the race?)

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Top Ten:

1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff 00:11:36
2 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 00:11:42
3 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 00:11:49
4 Dan Martin (Irl) Etixx-QuickStep 00:11:57
5 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra_ Etixx-QuickStep 00:12:00
6 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 00:12:01
7 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 00:12:05
8 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-GreenEdge 00:12:07
9 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana 00:12:13
10 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar 00:12:15

 

[Flying_Monkey]

What happened to Pinot? Not even close to the top 10. (Is he actually in the race?)

Pinot got 12.28, which wasn't bad. He's not out of it.

 

[smutchin]

Pinot got 12.28, which wasn't bad. He's not out of it.

Hmmm, not out of it but it's not a great start.

 

[Crackle]

Hmmm, not out of it but it's not a great start.

It was never going to suit him either, he likes the longer Alpine climbs. I thought it would suit Aru but he looked awful and came in in 30th ish, dunno what time though.