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The 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 65th running of the
Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...
cycling stage race; a race, organised by the
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, rated as a World Tour event on the
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calendar, the highest classification such an event can have. The race consisted of eight stages, beginning in
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on 2 June â€“ the first such start for the race in
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 â€“ and concluding in
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on 9 June, and was the sixteenth race of the
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season. The Dauphiné was viewed as a great preparation for July's
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and a number of the contenders for the general classification of the Tour participated in the Dauphiné. It featured mountainous stages as well as an individual time trial similar in length to the Tour. The race was won by Great Britain's
Chris Froome Christopher Clive Froome, (; born 20 May 1985) is a British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), one Giro d' ...
of  â€“ the third successive year that the squad had won the race, after
Bradley Wiggins Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional Road bicycle racing, road and track cycling, track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016. He began his cycling career on the track, but ...
' victories in
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. Froome took the overall lead of the race after winning the fifth stage, and maintained his advantage to the end of the race to win his fourth stage race of the 2013 season. Ultimately, Froome won the general classification by 58 seconds over runner-up and team-mate
Richie Porte Richard Julian Porte (born 30 January 1985) is an Australian former professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022. His successes include wins at 8 UCI World Tour, World Tour stage races: Pa ...
, a domestique for Froome in the mountainous stages on the route. The podium was completed by
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of , who finished 74 seconds in arrears of Porte, and two minutes 12 seconds behind Froome. In the race's other classifications, 's
Rohan Dennis Rohan Craig Dennis (born 28 May 1990) is an Australian former cyclist, who competed professionally in the track cycling, track and road bicycle racing, road disciplines of the sport for five different teams. Having been a member of the Australi ...
was the winner of the white jersey for the young rider classification as he was the highest placed rider born in 1988 or later, finishing in eighth place overall. Despite not winning any stages during the race,
Gianni Meersman Gianni Meersman (born 5 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional track and road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2016 for the , , and teams. He currently works as a directeur sportif for the team. After stage 3 ...
of won the green jersey, for the winner of the points classification â€“ gained at intermediate sprints and stage finishes â€“ while the red and white polka-dotted jersey for the King of the Mountains classification went to rider Thomas Damuseau. The teams classification was comfortably won by for the second year in a row; they were over twelve minutes clear of the next best team, .


Teams

As the Critérium du Dauphiné was a
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event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, eighteen ProTeams were invited to the race, with four other squads given wildcard places. were not originally invited to the race, but when they later regained their ProTour status after an appeal to the
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, the race organisers announced their inclusion, bringing the total number of teams competing to twenty-three. During May's
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, Sylvain Georges tested positive for the
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, after the seventh stage; his positive test was the second by a rider from the squad in the space of a year, after Steve Houanard tested positive for the
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(EPO) in an out-of-competition test in September 2012. Since the team was a member of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible union, a second positive test meant that, according to the union's regulations, they had to stop racing for eight days. The team voluntarily withdrew from the Dauphiné, avoiding a financial penalty which could have been incurred by the team for failing to compete in a World Tour event, against UCI regulations. As a result, the peloton was reduced to the following twenty-two teams. Among the 176-rider starting peloton was only one previous winner of the race:
Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad. During ...
, the winner of the race in
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, led the .


Schedule

The route for the race was announced on 15 April 2013.


Stages


Stage 1

;2 June 2013 â€”
Champéry Champéry (; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Monthey (district), Monthey in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Valais in Switzerland. History Champéry is first mentioned in 1286 as ''Champery''. The Ho ...
(Switzerland) to Champéry (Switzerland), Despite starting and finishing in the village of Champéry â€“ the first occasion that the race had started in Switzerland in its history â€“ most of the opening stage of the 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné was just over the Franco-Swiss border in the
Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie () is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Gene ...
department, where the previous year's race had finished. After a slight descent from the start, the race's first climb commenced after just of racing, with the first-category Côte de Morgins, a -long, 6% climb. After a long and steady descent, another first-category climb of the Col du Corbier â€“ which featured in the 2012 Dauphiné-ending stage â€“ was ascented, a test at an average of 7.5%. On the return loop to Champéry, after passing through the intermediate sprint at La Chapelle-d'Abondance, the Côte de Morgins was climbed from the other side (this time as a second-category climb), before a third-category climb â€“ the Côte de Champéry â€“ just a kilometre from the finish. This
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, especially the closing kilometres, was expected to see sprinters being dropped from the peloton, resulting in a select group of riders at the finish. The day's breakaway was initiated at the front of the day's opening climb, the Côte de Morgins, with the initial move being made by rider
David Veilleux David Veilleux (born 26 November 1987) is a Canadian former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2011 and 2013. He is best known for his victories in the Italian semi-classic Tre Valli Varesine in 2012 and winning a stage ...
. Veilleux was later joined by 's Ricardo García, rider Thomas Damuseau and Jean-Marc Bideau of , and the quartet built up a maximum lead on the road of around ten minutes. Behind them, Tony Martin () set off in pursuit of the four leaders, but was not able to reach the lead group at any point. Veilleux attacked on the Col du Corbier, and managed to break away by 40 seconds from García and Damuseau â€“ Bideau had been dropped earlier on the climb â€“ in to the top of the climb. Veilleux remained well clear into the closing stages, and eventually came across the line to take the biggest win of his career â€“ his first win at World Tour level â€“ by almost two minutes. In doing so, Veilleux claimed the race lead in the general, points and mountains classifications. The remaining members of the breakaway were caught, and this allowed Martin's team-mate
Gianni Meersman Gianni Meersman (born 5 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional track and road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2016 for the , , and teams. He currently works as a directeur sportif for the team. After stage 3 ...
to take second, ahead of 's
Tom-Jelte Slagter Tom-Jelte Slagter (born 1 July 1989) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2020, for the , , and teams. Career Born in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, Slagter currently resides in Leeuwa ...
, who was the best-placed young rider.


Stage 2

;3 June 2013 â€” Châtel to
Oyonnax Oyonnax () is the second most populated commune in the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France. Oyonnax lies in a valley of the Jura Mountains in the far north of Ain. It is near the Parc naturel régional du Hau ...
, Although categorised as a flat stage by the race organisers, the second half of the parcours was set to test whether the sprinters could with remain with the peloton all the way to the finish in Oyonnax. Five of the day's six categorised climbs came in a portion of the route, with the last of these â€“ the second-category Col du Sentier â€“ coming with just remaining of the stage. The Col du Sentier was the day's steepest climb, with an average gradient of 7.6%, and was one of two second-category ascents, along with the -long Côte de Communal (6.3%) around prior. The descent into Oyonnax was fast, before a gradual rise to the finish. Four separate riders attempted to make solo breakaways early in the stage, but it was not until the point that a group was able to separate from the peloton. For the second day running, rider Thomas Damuseau was in the breakaway, with the main aim of taking the mountains classification lead away from overall leader
David Veilleux David Veilleux (born 26 November 1987) is a Canadian former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2011 and 2013. He is best known for his victories in the Italian semi-classic Tre Valli Varesine in 2012 and winning a stage ...
of . Joining Damuseau in the group initially were 's
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and rider Rudy Molard, while a fourth rider, José Mendes (), was able to bridge up to the group from the peloton. With three-quarters of the group being within two minutes of Veilleux after the opening stage, the peloton were unwilling to give the group too much distance on the road, and the gap peaked at no more than five minutes, just after halfway. Veilleux's team maintained the pace in the peloton, pulling the group back as Damuseau led the leaders over the top of the first four climbs, but the quartet held a lead of less than a minute at the foot of the Côte du Bugnon. Molard attacked his companions, and pulled the advantage out to just over a minute, while the others were brought back by the peloton, now being led by . Molard's resistance lasted until the bottom of the final climb, the Col du Sentier, when the peloton sped by. His team-mate
Rein Taaramäe Rein Taaramäe (born 24 April 1987) is an Estonian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team . Career Cofidis (2008–14) Taaramäe turned professional in 2008 for after riding for the team as a stagiaire in late 20 ...
attacked on the climb itself, remaining clear to around from the finish of the stage. had led the chase, and also led the field into the final kilometre for their sprinter
Elia Viviani Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional Cycle sport, cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, win ...
, and after navigating the hairpin bend with left, Viviani was the strongest in the sprint and took his first win of 2013 ahead of 's
Gianni Meersman Gianni Meersman (born 5 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional track and road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2016 for the , , and teams. He currently works as a directeur sportif for the team. After stage 3 ...
, who finished second for the second day running. Veilleux finished within the peloton to maintain his race lead by 1' 56" over Meersman.


Stage 3

;4 June 2013 â€”
Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ambérieu-en-Bugey (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Ain Departments of France, department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region, France. With 14,288 inhabitants (2020), it is one of the largest towns of the historical regi ...
to
Tarare Tarare is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies on the Turdine river, 28 miles west-northwest of Lyon by rail. History The city was founded at the beginning of the 12th century, as the priory of Tarare by the Savigny ...
, The third stage of the race was split into two distinctive sections; the first portion of the -long stage from the start town of Ambérieu-en-Bugey was predominantly flat as the race headed towards the feeding zone in the commune of
Lancié Lancié () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This list does not includes the Lyon Metropolis ...
. From there, the route moved uphill towards the first of the day's two categorised climbs. The Col des Echarmeaux was a long, but rolling climb of 3% over , with a steady descent towards the intermediate sprint point, coming before the finish, in the commune of Cublize. The route descended a little further, before the Col des Sauvages, a third-category climb at an average gradient over of 5.5%. The summit of the climb came before the finish into Tarare; the finish was technical, with two tight left-hand turns in the final kilometre. Four riders broke clear of the main field almost immediately after the race rolled out of Ambérieu-en-Bugey, with
Fumiyuki Beppu Fumiyuki Beppu (; born 10 April 1983) is a Japanese former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam . His older brother is the cyclist Takumi Beppu. Career Team Discovery (2005–2007) Beppu turned professional with in ...
() being joined in the breakaway by rider Jacob Rathe, Sander Cordeel of and 's
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. The quartet pulled clear to a maximum advantage of around seven minutes early in the stage. This was steadily brought down by the team-mates of the race leader
David Veilleux David Veilleux (born 26 November 1987) is a Canadian former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2011 and 2013. He is best known for his victories in the Italian semi-classic Tre Valli Varesine in 2012 and winning a stage ...
() and the team for their sprinter
Gianni Meersman Gianni Meersman (born 5 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional track and road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2016 for the , , and teams. He currently works as a directeur sportif for the team. After stage 3 ...
. also aided with the chase for
Nacer Bouhanni Nacer Bouhanni (born 25 July 1990) is a French former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2023. A sprinter, he was the winner of the 2012 French National Road Race Championships. Although his first Grand To ...
, and the peloton was within a minute of the leaders at the intermediate sprint in Cublize. Cordeel was the last member of the group to be caught, just as he commenced the Col des Sauvages. After several solo attacks were pulled back by , it set up the final sprint in Tarare. With a lead-out from team-mate
Geraint Thomas Geraint Howell Thomas, ( , ; born 25 May 1986) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam , Wales and Great Britain. He is one of the few riders in the modern era to achieve significant elite success as both a track and ...
,
Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2024. He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 y ...
finished strongest to take the stage win â€“ the third Dauphiné win of his career â€“ ahead of 's Michael Matthews and Meersman.


Stage 4

;5 June 2013 â€”
Villars-les-Dombes Villars-les-Dombes (, literally ''Villars near Dombes'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as ''Villardois''. Geography The town is located within Ain, half-way between Lyon (33 km) and Bourg- ...
to
Parc des Oiseaux The Parc des Oiseaux () is a zoological park located in Villars-les-Dombes in the department of Ain in France. The site is recorded in the and was opened in 1970. It is one of the oldest ornithological parks in France and brings together a colle ...
, ,
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(ITT) The race's only individual time trial of an extensive length was held as an out-and-back loop around Villars-les-Dombes in the
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department. The parcours of the -long stage was almost entirely flat. The stage finished at the Parc des Oiseaux, one of the largest ornithological parks in Europe. Race organisers had expected the quickest times for the course to be around forty minutes. Several of the general classification leaders regarded the time trial as a test for an individual time trial of similar length due to be held in July, at the
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. As is customary in time trial stages, cyclists set off in reverse order from where they were ranked in the general classification at the end of the previous stage. Thus, Larry Warbasse of the , who was in 172nd place of the 176 starters, trailing overall leader
David Veilleux David Veilleux (born 26 November 1987) is a Canadian former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2011 and 2013. He is best known for his victories in the Italian semi-classic Tre Valli Varesine in 2012 and winning a stage ...
by thirty-five minutes and fourteen seconds, was the first rider to set off on the stage. Warbasse recorded a time of 42' 43" for the course, but his stay at the top was almost immediately beaten by 's
Mitchell Docker Mitchell Docker (born 2 October 1986) is an Australian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2021. In May 2021, Docker announced that he would retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2021 season. Ca ...
. Docker had started two minutes behind Warbasse â€“ riders had started the stage at one-minute intervals â€“ and nearly caught him towards the end, having already passed his team-mate Yannick Eijssen on the course. rider
Alexander Wetterhall Alexander Wetterhall (born 12 April 1986) is a Swedish road bicycle racer and mountain biker. Career Born in Gislaved, Wetterhall was born with dysmelia of his feet, which needed several surgeries to be corrected. He first competed as a professi ...
was the next rider to record the fastest time, setting a benchmark of 40' 19";
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was the first rider to break the expected fastest time, recording a sub-40 minute time for the parcours, as the rider went top with 39' 33".
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went five seconds quicker than Bauer for the to assume top spot for a short time, before Czech national champion
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, a team-mate of Wetterhall at , completed the course over a minute quicker in a time of 38' 30". Teruel's team-mate
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almost recorded the first time below 38 minutes, falling a couple of seconds shy with a time of 38' 02", but was still almost half a minute clear of the best time to that point, set by Bárta. His time was to be beaten by only three riders, the first of which was the eventual stage-winning time recorded by the world champion Tony Martin, riding for the team. Martin was comfortably quickest at each of the two intermediate time-checks along the route, and crossed the line over a minute clear of Castroviejo; he had recorded a time of 36' 54". Martin's winning time allowed him to claim his sixth individual time trial victory of 2013. rider
Rohan Dennis Rohan Craig Dennis (born 28 May 1990) is an Australian former cyclist, who competed professionally in the track cycling, track and road bicycle racing, road disciplines of the sport for five different teams. Having been a member of the Australi ...
recorded the second-fastest time for the course at 37' 41", and by doing so, became the new leader of the Dauphiné by five seconds, from 's
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 â€“ the best of the general classification contenders, and one of four riders in the top six â€“ as Veilleux lost more than three minutes on the course.


Stage 5

;6 June 2013 â€”
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. After a period of undulating terrain, the short, sharp fourth-category Col du Frêne was next on the route, at 6% over just under of climbing. After the descent down to
Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny () is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Savoie department The following is a list of the 273 Communes of France, commu ...
, the parcours headed towards Valmorel via
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, the intermediate sprint point at La Bâthie and the fourth-category Côte de la Croix. The final climb, an
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ascent, averaged 7% over , which was somewhat ameliorated by several hairpin bends towards the finish, which provided any attacking rider with a perfect kick towards the finish. An attack-laden opening to the stage allowed a breakaway of fifteen riders to be formed after around of racing, with mountains classification leader Thomas Damuseau being among the group, to maintain his lead in those standings; the best-placed general classification rider among the group was
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(), who trailed overnight leader
Rohan Dennis Rohan Craig Dennis (born 28 May 1990) is an Australian former cyclist, who competed professionally in the track cycling, track and road bicycle racing, road disciplines of the sport for five different teams. Having been a member of the Australi ...
of by just under three-and-a-half minutes. The lead gap went over five minutes at one point during the stage, but was around half that as the leaders approached the final climb of the day.
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() and 's
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set the pace at the foot of the climb, before Wellens attacked on his own. 's Matthew Busche was able to bridge back up to Wellens, before dropping him. Behind, were leading the main group up the Montée de Valmorel, with the pace dislodging numerous riders.
Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born 25 April 1980) is a Spanish cyclist, who competed as a professional in road bicycle racing from 2002 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2022, and now competes in gravel cycling for the Movistar Team Gravel Squad. During ...
() attempted to chase down Busche, but was brought back with less than remaining. After losing time in the previous day's time trial,
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of attacked the group, but was chased down by 's
Chris Froome Christopher Clive Froome, (; born 20 May 1985) is a British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), one Giro d' ...
; Froome and Contador were able to catch Busche in the closing stages, with Froome kicking on to take the stage victory and the race leader's yellow and blue jersey, as Dennis had been dropped in the final of the stage. Dennis ultimately fell to third in the general classification, as Froome's team-mate
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was also able to move ahead by two seconds, but he maintained his lead in the young rider classification.


Stage 6

;7 June 2013 â€”
La Léchère La Léchère () is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is situated in the Isère valley, between Albertville and Moûtiers. It was formed in 1972 by the merger of the former communes ...
to
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, The sixth stage was relatively short at long. After a near-flat opening , which included the day's intermediate sprint at
Albertville Albertville (; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Arbèrtvile'') is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture of the Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is best k ...
, the race moved towards the hills, with four categorised climbs within a period. The first was the shallowest of the quartet, with the fourth-category Côte d'Arvillard averaging 5.3% over , before the first-category Col du Barioz − a narrow climb averaging 7.3% over . After a speedy descent, the riders climbed once again, with the second-category Col des Ayes averaging over 8%. Another short, sharp climb of the Col des Mouilles finished the categorised climbing for the day. After points classification leader
Gianni Meersman Gianni Meersman (born 5 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional track and road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2016 for the , , and teams. He currently works as a directeur sportif for the team. After stage 3 ...
extended his lead at the intermediate sprint for , the stage's breakaway took over an hour to form on the road. A three-rider move built up an advantage of over two minutes, after which took up station on the front of the peloton to get a rider clear. The rider in question was
Thomas Voeckler Thomas Voeckler (; born 22 June 1979) is a French former road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2017, for the team and its previous iterations. One of the most prominent French riders of his gener ...
, who managed to catch the original breakaway, and passed them on the road. Voeckler was later joined by seven other riders as they were ascending the Col du Barioz. The best placed rider of the octet was rider
Alexandre Geniez Alexandre Geniez (born 16 April 1988) is a French former professional cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022. In March 2022 Geniez was convicted of domestic violence charges and given a four month suspended prison sentence. On ...
, who trailed the overnight leader of the general classification,
Chris Froome Christopher Clive Froome, (; born 20 May 1985) is a British professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), one Giro d' ...
(), by 3' 41"; despite this, Froome's squad kept the gap in check, with the difference not going over three minutes. also helped with the chase of the leaders, and managed to halve the gap by the time the race reached the to go point. The lead group then splintered, as the 's
José Herrada José Herrada Lopez (born 1 October 1985) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2023. His brother Jesús Herrada is also a professional cyclist, and also competes for . Career Born in M ...
attacked on his own. The pairing of
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and
Kevin Seeldraeyers Kevin Seeldraeyers (born 12 September 1986 in Boom Antwerp) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer. Career In 2009, he won the young riders jersey in the Giro d'Italia with a 14th-place finish. For the 2014 season, Seeldraeyers ...
were next to follow Herrada, with Voeckler and Geniez eventually rejoining, and
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(),
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of and 's
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losing contact. Geniez later dropped back, which allowed for a slight lull in the chase, allowing the leaders to increase the gap from just over a minute to a minute-and-a-half. The gap remained at around a minute as the race entered Grenoble, which enabled the breakaway to battle it out for the honours. After several half-hearted moves, Voeckler was the only rider to launch a sizable move; he ultimately won the stage, ahead of Herrada, Seeldraeyers and Silin. sprinter
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won the bunch sprint, 46 seconds later, as team-mate Froome kept the race lead.


Stage 7

;8 June 2013 â€”
Le Pont-de-Claix Le Pont-de-Claix (, literally ''The Bridge of Claix''; ) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration).SuperDévoluy SuperDévoluy (Superdévoluy - La Joue du Loup) is a ski resort in the commune of Dévoluy in the French Alps. It is located in the « Alpes du Sud » , French department in the Provence Alpes Cotes d’Azur (PACA) region. With the other ski res ...
, The
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of the 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné, the penultimate stage steadily rose out of the start town in Le Pont-de-Claix towards the first of the day's five categorised climbs. The first test, a climb to
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, was seen as a dress rehearsal for the
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, to be held in July, with the , 8.6% average
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climb featuring twice on that race's eighteenth stage. From there, it was a short descent to the second climb, the second-category
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, which averaged almost 7% over of climbing. An immediate long descent followed, before the first-category Col d'Ornon, which averaged 6.1% over its duration. The riders enjoyed a respite from the climbs for around an hour across the Valbonnais, passing through the intermediate sprint at
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. The final portion of the parcours saw the riders climb the Col du Noyer, with portions at 11%, before a descent and a , 5.7% kick up to the finish at SuperDévoluy. A group of twenty-two riders (from seventeen teams) formed the day's breakaway, and were around three minutes clear by the time they reached the foot of the climb to Alpe d'Huez. The gap rose to around four minutes by the summit of the climb â€“ led over the top by 's
Thomas De Gendt Thomas De Gendt (born 6 November 1986) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024. Having competed for , , and during his career, De Gendt has taken seventeen professional victories including five ...
 â€“ which allowed
Kevin Seeldraeyers Kevin Seeldraeyers (born 12 September 1986 in Boom Antwerp) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer. Career In 2009, he won the young riders jersey in the Giro d'Italia with a 14th-place finish. For the 2014 season, Seeldraeyers ...
() to become the virtual leader of the general classification. The breakaway began to splinter on the Col d'Ornon, as the advantage over the main field continued to rise, to over five minutes.
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led over the climb for , ahead of the mountains classification leader Thomas Damuseau of and Seeldraeyers. 's
Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel'' Procycling'', UK, November 2008 (born 30 June 1979) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the , , and two spells with the / team. His brother Sébastien Chavanel ...
and rider Alessandro De Marchi moved clear ahead of the Col du Noyer, and managed to pull around a minute-and-a-half clear of the rest of the breakaway by the foot of the climb. De Marchi dropped Chavanel on the climb, but by this time, the lead group had moved within a minute of catching him; they eventually did so with around left to cover on the stage. and were prominent at the front of the leading group, setting the pace high enough to reduce the group to around a dozen riders. rider
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attacked near the top of the climb, with another rider,
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. The two riders worked well together and managed to build a gap of about twenty seconds prior to the final climb, remaining clear until the finish. Sánchez out-sprinted Fuglsang at the end for his first win of the year; a win he later dedicated to his former team-mate Víctor Cabedo, who had died in a training accident in September 2012.
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finished third for , having been aided by his team-mate and overall leader,
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.


Stage 8

;9 June 2013 â€” Sisteron to
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, The final stage of the 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné was a categorised medium-mountain stage in length. Having rolled out of the start town of Sisteron, the parcours headed towards Gigors via some rolling terrain, and after a descent, set up for the first of three categorised climbs: the Côte de la Bréole, averaging around 5% for its length. Having passed through the feed zone at Le Lauzet-Ubaye, the road steadily rose towards the foot of the second climb, the first-category Col de Vars. A climb of irregular gradient, it averaged 6.9% for of climbing, albeit with a short downhill section in the middle. From the summit, the route descended towards Guillestre and ultimately, the start of the final climb to Risoul, a steady almost- climb, maxing at around 9%, but averaging 6.7% for its duration. The climb had previously featured in the 2010 Critérium du Dauphiné, 2010 edition of the race, where Nicolas Vogondy soloed to victory. For the second day running, a large breakaway group formed for the primary break of the day. A total of 24 riders, including members of 17 of the race's 22 teams, were part of the group at its largest. The group included mountains classification leader Thomas Damuseau (), who set about securing an unassailable advantage in the standings. He led over the top of the Côte de la Bréole, as the peloton allowed them an advantage of around three-and-a-half minutes. Points classification leader
Gianni Meersman Gianni Meersman (born 5 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional track and road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2016 for the , , and teams. He currently works as a directeur sportif for the team. After stage 3 ...
of was also among the group, and he took maximum points at the intermediate sprint at Jausiers to extend his advantage, but not enough to mathematically secure the jersey. On the Col de Vars, rider
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and 's Alessandro De Marchi attacked, and were later joined by Travis Meyer (cyclist), Travis Meyer of ; Meyer was able to distance his companions for a period, before De Marchi, Wellens, rider Manuel Quinziato and 's Alberto Losada were able to rejoin him. This quintet held an advantage of approaching three minutes, as they headed towards the final climb in the treacherous conditions that had been prominent throughout the stage. Wellens attacked at the foot of the climb, and managed to acquire a gap over around 30 seconds halfway up, but had been tiring quickly. This fatigue allowed De Marchi to rejoin him, and ultimately pass him on the road. , leading the peloton in protection of the overall leader
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, were setting a fast pace in the group, and the pace forced Michael Rogers (cyclist), Michael Rogers () to be distanced, putting his third place overall under threat. Froome and team-mate
Richie Porte Richard Julian Porte (born 30 January 1985) is an Australian former professional Road bicycle racing, road bicycle racer who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022. His successes include wins at 8 UCI World Tour, World Tour stage races: Pa ...
soon gained ground off the front of the peloton, further securing the duo's one-two finish in the overall standings. They set off in chase of De Marchi, but he ultimately prevailed for his first professional victory, finishing 24 seconds clear of the nearest rider. Froome finished second, ahead of 's Andrew Talansky, who caught Froome and passed Porte in the closing metres; Froome thus secured the overall lead, missed out on the points title by two points to Meersman Rogers faded to sixth overall, which handed
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() the final place on the podium.


Classification leadership

In the 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné, four different jerseys were 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 2013 Critérium du Dauphiné, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race. Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. For all stages, the win earned 15 points, second place earned 12 points, third 10, fourth 8, fifth 6, and one point fewer per place down to a single point for 10th. Points towards the classification could also be achieved at each of the intermediate sprints; these points were given to the top three riders through the line with 5 points for first, 3 for second, and 1 point for third. There was also a King of the Mountains, mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red and white polka-dot jersey. In the mountains classification, points were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either hors, first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. Hors catégorie climbs awarded the most points, with 20 points on offer for the first rider across the summit; the first ten riders were able to accrue points towards the mountains classification, compared with the first eight on first-category passes and the first six riders on second-category climbs. Fewer points were on offer for the smaller hills, marked as third-category or fourth-category. The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1988 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.


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