2015 Critérium du Dauphiné
The 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 67th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné cycling stage race. The eight-stage race in France began in Ugine on 7 June and concluded in Modane Valfréjus on 14 June, and was the sixteenth of the twenty-eight races in the 2015 UCI World Tour season. The Dauphiné was viewed as a preview for July's Tour de France and a number of the contenders for the general classification of the Tour participated in the race.
Team Sky's Peter Kennaugh (pictured at the 2015 Tour of Britain), the winner of the opening stage
Cofidis rider Nacer Bouhanni (pictured at the 2015 Grand Prix de Denain), the winner of stage two
The 228-kilometre (141.7-mile) fourth stage finished in Sisteron at the confluence of the rivers Buëch and Sasse [fr].
AG2R La Mondiale's Romain Bardet (pictured at the 2015 Tour de France), the winner of the fifth stage
The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycling road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during the first half of June. It is part of the UCI World Tour calendar and counts as one of the foremost races in the lead-up to the Tour de France in July, along with the Tour de Suisse in the latter half of June.
Bradley Wiggins (in the yellow jersey) and Jean-Christophe Péraud during the 2011 Critérium du Dauphiné.
Jersey wearers at the 2011 event
![The 228-kilometre (141.7-mile) fourth stage finished in Sisteron at the confluence of the rivers Buëch and Sasse [fr].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Sisteron_%28France%29_from_the_air.jpg/640px-Sisteron_%28France%29_from_the_air.jpg)
