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Stage 4

The TT (Simulated)

Results

1	David Zabriskie	Garmin - Sharp	44'39
2	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 16
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma - Quickstep	+ 20
4	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 23
5	Adriano Malori	Lampre - Merida	+ 29
6	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team	+ 32
7	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	+ 38
8	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	+ 42
9	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 44
10	Lieuwe Westra	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 51

GC Rankings

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	8h38'29
2	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2
3	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 37
4	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 1'04
5	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team	+ 1'28
6	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	+ 1'48
7	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	+ 2'25
8	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	+ 2'43
9	José Serpa	Lampre - Merida	+ 2'49
10	David Zabriskie	Garmin - Sharp	+ 3'32

Well I hold on by 2 seconds. This is going to be an exciting finish to the Dauphine.

R.Hesjedal

Stage 5

Let’s get to the mountains quickly so I will only post the results of this stage.

Results

1	David Moncoutié	Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne	4h02'44
2	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar	+ 4'46
3	Mark Cavendish	Omega Pharma - Quickstep	+ 8'50
4	Jimmy Casper	Saur - Sojasun	s.t.
5	Fabio Sabatini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	s.t.
6	André Greipel	Lotto - Belisol	s.t.
7	Romain Feillu	Vacansoleil - DCM	s.t.
8	Adam Blythe	BMC Racing Team	s.t.
9	Mickaël Delage	FDJ	s.t.
10	Michael Matthews	Orica Greenedge	s.t.

GC Rankings

1	David Moncoutié	Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne	12h47'42
2	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	+ 2'21
3	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2'23
4	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 2'58
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 3'25
6	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team	+ 3'49
7	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	+ 4'09
8	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	+ 4'46
9	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	+ 5'04
10	José Serpa	Lampre - Merida	+ 5'10

Well that was unexpected. Moncoutie by 8 minutes. I am 2nd overall by 2 minutes but I should get it back.

R.Hesjedal

Stage 6

A hill stage now, another win should be achievable.

The Race

The first hill and Vande Velde working for me. I am 2nd wheel,
Navardauskas 3rd and Moncoutie in yellow.



Vande Velde made a gap with me on his wheel and Moncoutie 3rd, Pineau was also hanging on.

Halfway up the climb we were by ourselves in front. We were 48 seconds ahead of Moncoutie and 1.36 ahead of the peloton.



Through the mountain sprint the gap was 2.29 to a group of 3 including Pineau, Meersman and Sinkewitz. They were only 17 seconds ahead of the peloton.

With 96km to go I dropped Vande Velde and was by myself.

With 37km to go I had 7.37 to Vande Velde, and a further 20 seconds to the peloton.

5km to go and I am still out front by more than 3 minutes.



And I get it. All day break and a win. Fantastic



Results

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	4h51'08
2	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2'44
3	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	+ 2'52
4	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	+ 3'08
5	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 4'22
6	Sandy Casar	FDJ	s.t.
7	Laurens Ten Dam	Blanco Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
8	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	s.t.
9	José Serpa	Lampre - Merida	s.t.
10	Luis León Sánchez	Blanco Pro Cycling Team	+ 5'35

GC Rankings

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	17h41'01
2	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2'56
3	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 5'07
4	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 5'36
5	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	+ 5'43
6	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	+ 5'45
7	David Moncoutié	Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne	+ 6'54
8	José Serpa	Lampre - Merida	+ 7'21
9	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team	+ 7'51
10	Laurens Ten Dam	Blanco Pro Cycling Team	+ 8'02

I win. That’s all I can say. The GC is mine again. This time let’s keep it.

R.Hesjedal

Stage 7

The first of 2 mountain stages, I want to keep the jersey after yesterday’s hard race.

The Race

Rojas Gil, Hunter, Fernandez and Navardauskas all got on the front just after the first classified climb. The breakaway was Montaguti, Vandborg and Silin.



Rojas Gil sprinting.



Rojas Gil takes the 2nd sprint point.



A large group dropped off the favourites group. Vande Velde was leading up the climb to try bringing the break back.



With 20km to go the 2 riders leading (Martinez & De Clerq) had just over 1 minute.

The riders were caught just before the final climb started.

No one could get away and with 5km to go I decided to attack.



The leading 4 with 2km to go.



400m to go.



Menchov holds on to take a great win for him.



I get 2nd just ahead of Froome who takes 3rd place.

Results

1	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	5h03'26
2	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
3	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	s.t.
4	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	+ 19
5	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team	+ 29
6	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 1'01
7	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 1'45
8	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	s.t.
9	Jure Golcer	Team Europcar	+ 2'11
10	Chris Anker Sørensen	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 2'30

GC Rankings

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	22h44'27
2	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 2'56
3	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	+ 5'43
4	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	+ 6'04
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 6'37
6	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 6'52
7	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team	+ 8'20
8	David Moncoutié	Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne	+ 9'56
9	José Serpa	Lampre - Merida	+ 10'23
10	Sandy Casar	FDJ	+ 10'40

Well I keep the jersey. 1 stage to go and 2.56 on 2nd place. It is looking good for me here.

R.Hesjedal

Stage 8

In 114km we cross 2 very hard mountains. The final stage of the
Dauphine, I want to keep the overall.

The Race

Many breakaway attempts early on like this one by Longo Borghini.



Rojas Gil takes 2nd in the intermediate sprint point.



A group of 8 lead by Vande Velde went off the front. Vande Velde, Me,
Froome, Ruijgh, De Clerq, L.L.Sánchez, Menchov and Boasson Hagen were the 8.



With 45km to go Menchov started helping with the pace making. A group of 3 was made including Menchov, Vande Velde and I.

We caught Casar with 42km to go and formed the leading group.
Vande Velde dropped off with 40km to go.



14km to go and the final climb started.

10km to go and no more Casar, it was me and Menchov.

3km to go and we were still working well together.

2km to go and I started to struggle.

500m to go and Menchov managed to pull away from me.



Menchov takes a very well deserved win.



I came 2nd and 3rd goes to Jurgen Van den Broeck.

Results

1	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	3h23'13
2	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	+ 26
3	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	+ 3'06
4	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team	+ 3'20
5	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 4'26
6	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	Sandy Casar	FDJ	+ 4'51
8	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 6'37
9	Laurens Ten Dam	Blanco Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	+ 6'55

GC Rankings

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	26h08'06
2	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	+ 5'17
3	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 6'56
4	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	+ 8'44
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 10'37
6	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team	+ 11'14
7	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	+ 13'03
8	Sandy Casar	FDJ	+ 14'59
9	Laurens Ten Dam	Blanco Pro Cycling Team	+ 16'55
10	David Moncoutié	Cofidis, Le Crédit en Ligne	+ 17'11

Points

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	118
2	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	82
3	Janez Brajkovic	Astana Pro Team	68
4	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	62
5	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	61

KOM

1	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin - Sharp	190
2	Denis Menchov	Katusha Team	126
3	Christian Vande Velde	Garmin - Sharp	109
4	Chris Froome	Sky Pro Cycling	99
5	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Lotto - Belisol	88

Youth

1	Wout Poels	Vacansoleil - DCM	26h21'09
2	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar	+ 29'30
3	Romain Sicard	Euskaltel - Euskadi	+ 37'35
4	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 37'50
5	Angel Madrazo Ruiz	Movistar Team	+ 39'44

Team

1	Garmin - Sharp	79h42'42
2	Movistar Team	+ 17'53
3	Sky Pro Cycling	+ 21'13
4	Team Saxo - Tinkoff	+ 22'42
5	FDJ	+ 26'30

What a great feeling. I win this great race. I congratulate Menchov on the win and 2nd overall and everyone for the great fight that was put up by all the other riders. Thanks for a great race guys.

R.Hesjedal