2014 Critérium du Dauphiné
| 2014 UCI World Tour, race 16 of 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 8–15 June 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,187.4 km (737.8 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 31h 08' 08" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner |
 Andrew Talansky (USA)
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(Garmin–Sharp) |
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| Second |
 Alberto Contador (ESP)
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(Tinkoff–Saxo) | |
| Third |
 Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL)
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(Lotto–Belisol) | |
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Points |
 Chris Froome (GBR)
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(Team Sky) |
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Mountains |
 Alessandro De Marchi (ITA)
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(Cannondale) |
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Youth |
 Wilco Kelderman (NED)
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(Belkin Pro Cycling) |
| Team | Astana | ||
The 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné was the sixty-sixth running of the Critérium du Dauphiné cycling stage race; a race, organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation, rated as a World Tour event on the UCI calendar, the highest classification such an event can have. The race consisted of eight stages, beginning on 8 June in Lyon and concluding in Courchevel. The Dauphiné was viewed as a great preparation for July's Tour de France and a number of the contenders for the general classification of the Tour participated in the Dauphiné.
As the Critérium du Dauphiné is a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI ProTeams are invited automatically and obligated to send a squad with three other squads given wildcard places.
The Critérium du Dauphiné began with a 10.4 km (6.5 mi) time trial on the streets of Lyon. Intermediate times were taken at 4.6 km (2.9 mi), at the top of the only hill, to decide the rankings in the mountains competition. Chris Froome, the defending champion, won the stage by eight seconds over his arch-rival and fellow GC contender, Alberto Contador. Contador managed to knock Bob Jungels off the hot seat when he beat Jungels' time by one second after Jungels was on the hot seat for a long time. Another main GC contender, Vincenzo Nibali, took the fastest time at the top of the hill to take the lead in the mountains classification. However, he was not able to beat Contador at the finish as he eventually finished eighth on the stage, five seconds behind Contador's time. However, the best performance was left to Froome. Finishing second at the intermediate time-check, Froome eventually beat Contador's time by eight seconds to take the yellow-and-blue jersey for the general classification and the green jersey for the points classification after the first stage.
In the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, four different jerseys will be awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, the leader received a yellow jersey with a blue bar. This classification was considered the most important of the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
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