Overall:

This was the 4th season victory by 31 years South African Daryl Impey including both Südafrikanische Meisterschafts.

The positive surprise today was Lotto Soudal’s Tosh Van der Sande not considered a top 10 favorite a great stage from him. Less than a wheel length from a win.

All the top 10 favorite teams got a rider in top 10, only Astana might be a bit disappointed with top favorite Andrea Guardini 9th.

Astana:

GC wise a good day, Vincenzo still in the lead.

On stage level might say Katusha spoiled the fun, but can’t accept to miss those sprints again and again.

Stage

1	Daryl Impey	Orica-GreenEDGE	4h16'06"
2	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	+00:00
3	Moreno Hofland	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+00:00
4	Gianni Meersman	Etixx - Quick Step	+00:00
5	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek - Segafredo	+00:00
6	Danny Van Poppel	Team Sky	+00:00
7	Edward Theuns	Trek - Segafredo	+00:00
8	Marco Haller	Team Katusha	+00:00
9	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+00:00
10	Alexander Porsev	Team Katusha	+00:00

GC

1	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team	12h20'56"
2	Gianni Meersman	Etixx - Quick Step	+00:03
3	Bob Jungels	Etixx - Quick Step	+00:07
4	Danny Van Poppel	Team Sky	+00:08
5	Lars Boom	Astana Pro Team	+00:08
6	Daryl Impey	Orica-GreenEDGE	+00:10
7	Taylor Phinney	BMC Racing Team	+00:11
8	Moreno Hofland	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+00:11
9	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek - Segafredo	+00:12
10	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto Soudal	+00:13

Points

1	Gianni Meersman	Etixx - Quick Step	32
2	Moreno Hofland	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	31
3	Daryl Impey	Orica-GreenEDGE	31

KoM

1	Jérôme Cousin	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	10
2	Dario Cataldo	Astana Pro Team	10
3	Sérgio Paulinho	Tinkoff	6

Team: Astana Pro Team

Young: Bob Jungels - Etixx - Quick Step

5/6-12/6 2016 Critérium du Dauphiné
(8 stages)

5/6-12/6 2016 Critérium du Dauphiné

5/6 Stage 1/8 Gap – Gap Prologue 7.3 km

Overall:

Today huge surprises was Rafał Majka comming 3rd, the best of the favorites for the overall win, and Søren Kragh Andersen coming 4th. If this shows the form Rafał Majka is in right now, he will be a beast in the mountains.

The most negative was stage favorite Tejay Van Garderen 17th, seemingly way below normal standards. Also top 5 favorite Maciej Bodnar (Tinkoff) way way below par as 48th.

A look at the times from the top 10 media favorites to win Critérium du Dauphiné:

Rafał Majka	Tinkoff	+00:22
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya	Team Sky	+00:28
Alberto Contador Velasco	Tinkoff	+00:31
Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	+00:32
Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas	Movistar Team	+00:33
Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+00:35
Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida	+00:38
Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	+00:42
Bauke Mollema	Trek - Segafredo	+00:45
Robert Gesink	Team LottoNL - Jumbo	+00:48

Astana:

Based on the fact that Tanel Kangert had a good stage, it is decided that he will be shared captain.

Stage/CG

1	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	9'13
2	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas	Movistar Team	+ 14
3	Rafał Majka	Tinkoff	+ 22
4	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team Giant - Alpecin	+ 24
5	Tiago Machado	Team Katusha	s.t.
6	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Soudal	+ 28
7	Simon Geschke	Team Giant - Alpecin	s.t.
8	Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga	Team Sky	s.t.
9	Patrick Bevin	Cannondale Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
10	Adrien Petit	Direct Energie	s.t.

Points

1	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	20
2	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas	Movistar Team	17
3	Rafał Majka	Tinkoff	15

Team: BMC Racing Team

Young: Søren Kragh Andersen - Team Giant - Alpecin

Ian Butler wrote:
Another scalp for Phototrashcan.