The Critérium du Dauphiné marks the traditional run-in to the Tour de France, and so all eyes are on how the top contenders ride.
Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) won the general classification in 2018, becoming the fifth British rider to win the overall.
Thomas then went on to win the French Grand Tour – once again reinforcing the importance of this warm-up race.
Lasting for eight days, the Critérium du Dauphiné is a sort of compressed version of the Tour, with a variation of Alpine mountains, time-trials, flat and hilly stages held across France’s terrain that resembles what awaits the riders come July.
This race has in the past been a key focus for Team Sky: not only have the team won six of the past nine editions (twice through Bradley Wiggins in 2011 and 2012 and three times through Chris Froome in 2013, 2015 and 2016 and via Geraint Thomas in 2018), they also tend to dominate the race with imposing performances across the whole team, with their supporting riders often outperforming other teams’ leaders.
With what will be most riders' last race before the Tour de France, we look back at a Critérium du Dauphiné that gave British fans plenty to celebrate.
There was double British success on the final stage of the 2018 Critérium du Daupiné as Adam Yates won the stage while Geraint Thomas took the overall.
Geraint Thomas took second place behind stage winner Pello Bilbao to extend his overall lead and close in on victory in the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné.
Dan Martin took victory on stage five of the Critérium du Dauphiné as Geraint Thomas, who finished second on the day, moved into the yellow jersey.
Julian Alaphilippe won stage four of the Critérium du Dauphiné as he out-sprinted Dan Martin and Geraint Thomas as Gianni Moscon moved into yellow.
Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) won stage one of the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné as Michal Kwiatkowski's fifth place saw him keep the yellow jersey.
We look ahead to the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné, the vital Tour de France warm-up race that attracts big names to race on the French mountain roads.
Eurosport will have live coverage of the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné, beginning on June 3, a chance to see the Tour de France contenders in action.
Team Sky have revealed their squad for the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné, with Chris Froome not taking part in the race for the first time since 2011.
Tour de France organisers have announced the teams that will compete in the 2018 edition, with French teams filling three of the four wildcard spots.
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