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Criterium du Dauphine 2018: Prologue

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Cyclingnews live coverage is ba𝕴ck, I hope you've all recovered from a dramatic finale to the Giro d'Italia last weekend. We've moved from Italy to France this weekend for the Criterium du Dauphine prologue. The first rider, Johan le Bon will be off in just under 10 minutes. 

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The first three riders have started their efforts and it won't be long before we see how they have fared. For a full rundown of today's start times, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:click here.

Niki Terpstra will be off in about three minutes. Here is the 💫Dutchman warming up. You might also notice the fine weather behind him. 

Le Bon has finished his time trial to🔯 set an early benchmark of 7:59. I expect that to🍸 be beaten pretty soon. 

In the mea💜ntime, Pierre Rolland has just gone fastest at the intermediate check - there's something you don't say a lot. He's a second quicker than Le Bon and Cummings. 

After posting the same time as Le Bon at the intermediate check, Cummin🧔gs has taken⛎ 16 seconds out of him in the second half of the course. Cummings posts a time of 7:43.

A tidy time by Pierre Rolland as he stops the clock at 7:52. Not bad from the Frenchman, but let's see how he stacks up against some of the other potentia𒁃l GC riders. 

As I was typi♐ng, Alex Edmondson shaved another seven seconds off the fastest time. 7:36 for the Australian. 

Victor Campenaerts is fast approaching𒈔 the intermediate check. What can he do? The European champion was bitterly disappointed to miss out on a stage win at the Giro and he'll be giving it everything today. 

Meanwhile, Zakarin ꦅhas completed his run in a ꦰtime of 7:43, which is exactly the same time as Cummings. A strong performance from the Katusha rider. 

Campenaerts 🌱is three seconds off the pace at the intermediate, on the same time as Niki Terpstra, who has just finished his ride two seco𝕴nds slower than Edmondson. 

We have another TT specialist out on the road now with Jonathan Castroviejo. He'd have preferred a hill in the 🀅middle of this but let's see what he does. 

Well, Campenaerts obviously still had plenty to give and takes nine seconds out of Edmondson in the second part of the course to beat him by six seconds. How long can he stay in the♐ hot seat?

Castroviejo is six seconds in arrears to Edmondson at the intermediate, which comes after 3.47km.&nbs✨p;

The women's peloton has also been time trialling today and put on a thrilling show at the Lotto Thuringen Ladies Tour. Ellen van Dijk put in a blistering performance to win the stage but it wasn't quite enough to knock Lisa Brennauer off the top spot in the GC. You can find the results here.

Castroviejo also made up time on Edmondson in the second part of the course but it's not enough to overhaul Campenaerts. He slots into second with a time of 7:34. It ꦦseems that Edmondson either went out too hard or made an error in that second half. 

Jos van Emden going well at just a second down at the intermediate. Meanwhile, Bob Jungels is getting ready for his effort. The Luxembourg rider will be off in j🤡ust three minutes. 

Quick-ꦅStep Floors have Julian Alaphilippe t🌞o come later today. He is their main GC rider but Jungels could be a dark horse at this race. 

Somebody has been bashing on the ca𝓀lculator and the organisers tell u꧟s that Campenaerts averaged 53kph. That would put him over the speed limit on my road. 

53kph is not fast enou🌞gh though as Van Emden takes four seconds out of the European champion's time. He stops the clock at 7:26 to comfortably put himself into the lead.&nꩲbsp;

As ever, it's all about measuring your effort in a 🌱time trial. We've seen several riders go faster in the second part of the course, compared to ❀the first. 

A decent run fr💛om Benjamin Thomas as he posts the same time as Castroviejo at the intermediate. The 22-year-old is a world champion on the track in the Omnium and Madison. 

Alexis Gougeard has just rolled off the start ramp. He had some issueওs with his front brakes and was only on the ramp with 40 seconds to go. That'll get your heart rate mov🥂ing.

Bob Jungel𓆉s stops the clock at 7:32, which is enough for third place. A solid effort from him. 

We have a couple more time triallists coming up in the next five minutes. Mathias Brandle is just about to start and Neilson Powless will be o𓆏ff soon after. 

Paddy Bevin went well and he puts in a 🗹time equal to Campenaerts on the finish line. He lies in provisional third place for now. 

Edmondson remains top of the standings at the int♉ermediate check but he's slipped d♍own to sixth place now. 

Brandle is just one second down at the first intermediate. Can he go faster in the second section too? Meanwhile, Gu🍸illaume Martin has just started his run. He's building up to the Tour de France after a fantastic performance in last year's race. His efforts helped secure Wanty Group Gobert a wild card for this year's race. 

Powless also comes through the intermediate after 3.4km and is three seconds shy of the quickest time there of 3:53. 48 riders have passed throu🍃gh the check as things stand🍸. 

Daniel Teklehaimanot getting ready to start his run. He'll be wanting to just get through today and look forward to the mountains. He was dropped by Dimension Data at the end of last year and only secured a contract with Cofidi🦩s just before the Dubai Tour. He'll want to give them something back here. He's won the mountains classification at this race before. 

At the finish line, Brandle lost some time compared to most of those around him and slots into fourth at five seconds do💮wn on Van Emden. 

Van Emden is one of a few riders to come to the Dauphine having ridden the Giro d'Italia. Campenaerts also did it, though he didn't🍌 finish, and Astana's Pello Bilbao has also hot-footed it from Rome to the south of France. 

Powless comes thro💖ugh the line with a time of 7:39, which is 13 secon🗹ds slower than Van Emden.

Van Emden can probably settle himself into the hot se🃏at for now. There are not too many riders in the next hour that are likely to threaten his place at the top of the standings. We do have some GC riders coming up soon with Nibali and Bardet setting off at 13:29 and 13:31 respectively. 

Heinrich Haussler is due off at 13:51. He is riding the Dauphine for the first time since 2008 and looks set to start the Tour de France in support of Vincenzo Nibali. The last few years have been an injury battle for Haussler and he's happy to be back in the mix. we spoke to him before he traveled out to the race and you can read what he had to say here.

Thomas De Gendt stops the clock at 7:59 wh♓ich puts him in provisional 33rd place. He took a brilliant solo victory in last year's opening stage to give him a lengthy stint in the yellow and he'll be aiming to take another win here this week. 

Dario Cataldo is 19 seconds down at the first check. Cata🌸ldo is a potential stage winner later in the week and will be key for Pello Bilbao, who is the team's main GC rider here. 

Vincenzo Nibali will be off in under 10 minutes. His time trial has improved over the years, and while he's unlikely to leave today🎀 with the stage win, the st𒈔age is a chance for him to put a bit of time into a few of his rivals. 

Fabio Jakobsen, Carlos Verona and David Gaudu await their turn on the TT bike.&n🌠bsp;

It will be interesting to see what Jakobsen can do this week. This is just h💞is first year at WorldTour level but he already has three wins under his belt. 

Vincenzo Nibali gets his bike che𝓡cked before his ride. 

Romain Bardet sets off. Given his record ꦛin time trials, today is likely to be about damage limitation. 

The later Tour de France means that many of the GC contenders have opted for the Tour de Suisse this season. Nibali, however, believes that the Dauphine remains the best place for him to make his final preparations. Read what he had to say ahead of the race, here.

Nibali was 1🅠3 seconds slower than the fastest time of Edmondson at the intermediate check. Not too bꦡad for the Italian.

Bardet is not too far behind. ♍He's given away just one second to Nibali in the first half of the course. 

Nibali finishes the cou🐬rse in a time of 7:49, which is 23 seconds off Van Emden. Let's see what Bardet does in just a coupe of minutes. 

It's worth noting that Jaime Roson finished the course a secon🅺d slower than Nibali. Roson is one of two GC contenders for Movistar, alongside the Paris-Nice winner Marc Soler, who will be off with the last few riders. 

Bardꩲet actually makes up time on Nibali in that second part of theꦺ course. Well, colour me shocked. The Frenchman puts in a second on the Italian. Zakarin is only five seconds up on Bardet too so we've got a pretty level playing field in the GC at the moment. 

Here is Bardet out on the road. Today was only a very short effort, but it was a solid ride from hi🍸m considering some of the difficulties he's had in time trials - not least at last year's Tour de France. 

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Coming up in the next five minut🍰es we have Michal Kwiatkowski and Pello Bilbao. If he's on a good day, Kwiatkowski could trouble the top 10. Bilbao wi🤪ll be looking to get through this as close to his GC rivals as possible. 

Coming up in the next five min🅷utes we have Michal Kwiatkowski and Pello Bilbao.🎉 If he's on a good day, Kwiatkowski could trouble the top 10. Bilbao will be looking to get through this as close to his GC rivals as possible. 

This is what the top five looks like as Kwiatkowski sets off for ♉his ride.🎐 

Adam Yates warms up. He'll be 🐓off in un🐎der 10 minutes. 

Michal Kwia✱tkowski is going great guns at the moment. He's the first rider to match Edmonsdon's time at the first split. Can he do what Edmondson couldn't and hold that all the way to the line🏅?

Bookwalter puts in a solid time of 7:36 to provisionally go into the top🐻 10. Meanwhile, Bilbao is just 12 seconds down at the first split. 

Kwiatkowski 🐠sprints all the way to the line to go 1.6 seconds quicker than Van Emden and set the fastest time. In fact, he was sprinting for most of the final kilometre. 

Here are the updated standings after Kwiatkowski's grea൩t r💎un.

 

Coquard channels his inner Thomas Voeckler as he drives for the line. He loses 20 seconds to Kwiatkowski but he'll be more concerned 🌊with the sprint stages to come. 

Bilbao lo꧒ses 21 seconds to Kwiatkowski, which is two seconds quicker than Bardet, sho🌞wing that he's held his form coming out of the Giro d'Italia. 

Adam Yates g🐼oing well and he loses just 10 seconds at the fir✱st intermediate. He's one of the strongest GC guys out there at the moment. 

Adam Yates c𝕴rosses the line 21 seconds down on Kwiatkowski which puts him on the same time as Bilbao. 

Here is Kwiatkowski, or Kawasaki as his teammates sometimes call him, during his effort. That was a strong ri♊de from the Polish national champion and it will be hard to beat but his teammate Geraint Thomas is still to come. 

Dan Martin has just set off for his ride. Where will he slot into th🍰e GC riders. Martin, unlik👍e his namesake, is not a fan of the time trialling discipline. 

Less than 20 riders left to start and we have a whole host of GC contenders still tꦿo come, including Marc Soler, Julian Alaphilippe, Emanuel Bucchmann, Pierre Latour and Geraint Thomas. 

Hꦚugo Houle will be the final rider off the ramp at 14:40. 

Lars Boom sets off. Boom hit the headlines for the wrong reason last month when he was disqualified from the Tour of Norway for punchin⛦g a rider. He later apologised for his actions. 

Gianni Moscon stops the clock three seconds slower than his teammate Kwiatkowski. That's enou♔gh to put him ▨into third place for now. 

Dan Martin comes through the finish line and gives away 28 seconds. that puts him behind the likes of Nibali and Bardet but not too far, which he'll be relatively pleased🌳 about. 

South African champion Daryl Impey is out on course. He c🌺ould threaten Kwiatkowski'sℱ time, but let's see. 

Lars Boom tries to get in as much air as he can as he powers to the line. He's 14 seconds down on K🌞wiatkowski as he stops the clock. A solid effort from the Dutchman. 

꧙Further up the course, Julian Alaphilippe is on his way. That goatee doesn't particularly aero. Maybe it is, I haven't really done the tests due to my inability to grow a beard.&n෴bsp;

Jesus Herada sets off and it looks like he's got a problem with the zip on ꩵhisღ skinsuit. It looks like it may have broken and it is held together with safety pins. Skinsuits are tight and they're known for going bust at just the wrong time. He was unlikely to be in the mix anyway but that will not help his time. 

Warren Barguil finishes the course. It's not a great time from the Frenchman as he gives away 4🍸9 seconds to Kwiatkowski, which is about 25 seconds to most of the GC riders. 

Just four riders left to start now

A very good ride from Alaphilippe, who is just 14 secoᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnds off Kwiatkowski's time. Maybe I w꧃as wrong about the facial hair...

Mಌarc Soler hits the line 20 seconds off the fastest time, which is one second quicker than Bilbao. Soler has had a great season so far in 2018. 

Despite the safety pined skinsuit, Herrada manages to lose just 26 seconds, though it could have been 🧸less had he not free wheeled across the line. Meanwhile,🥀 Jens Keukeleire crosses the line just nine seconds down. A very good ride from him. 

Crash

Geraint T🐼homas hits the deck going around a corner. He looked like he was going well but that will lose him a hat full of time. 

Thomas🐎 missing bits of skin and skinsuit but he looks ok. A few expletives were issued as he got back on his bike. More frustrated than anything else I reckon. 

Latour gives aw🔴ay 26 seconds on the🎃 line. He'd have hoped for a little bit better.

🔜Thomas finishes his ride losing 21 seconds to Kwiatkowski. You'd have to imagine that he'd have been well up there with his teammate if he hadn't crashed. 

It could have been much worse for Thomas though. His heaꦬd rattled around as he went down almost face first. Fortunately, he ma🍸naged to avoid hitting his head on the ground but he came down hard. 

Hugo Houle crosses the line 22 seconds down to com﷽plete the prologue. 

Michal Kwiatkowski 🦩is the winner of the prologue and the fi𒐪rst wearer of the yellow jersey. 

This is how today's stage🐟 finished and it is also how the GC looks. 

“After 40 days without racing of course it is a bit of a surprise but I know how hard I waܫs training to be in a good shape here at the Dauphine and also preparing for the Tour. You have to always come to the start thinking about the win or otherwise you’re not able to perform well," Michal Kwiatkowski said after his win. 

This༒ is how Thomas lo🐎oked after crossing the line earlier on.

We caught up with Thomas after his crash and you can read his full comments here.

A full recounting of today's action is available in our report along with results and photos. You can find it all here.

That is it from our live coverage of today's stage. We'll be bac🦩k tomorr💜ow for stage 1, make sure to tune in. 

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