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
Peter Robert Kennaugh MBE is a Manx former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2019 for Team Sky and Bora–Hansgrohe. In 2012 he won the gold medal as part of the Great Britain Team Pursuit team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, becoming the first Manxman in 100 years to win gold. On 5 April 2019, he announced that he was taking an indefinite break from professional cycling to focus on his mental health.
Kennaugh at the 2010 Tour de Romandie
Kennaugh on stage fifteen of the 2013 Tour de France
Kennaugh riding for the Isle of Man at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow