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
Ineos Grenadiers is a British professional cycling team that competes at the UCI WorldTeam level. The team is based at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, England, with a logistics base in Deinze, Belgium. The team is managed by British Cycling's former performance director, Sir Dave Brailsford. The company Tour Racing Ltd. is the corporate entity behind the team in all its iterations, which in line with cycling practice adopts the name of their current primary sponsor.
Bradley Wiggins crosses the finish line on the Champs-Élysées with Michael Rogers to win the 2012 Tour de France
Chris Froome on his way to winning the 2013 Tour de France
Chris Froome in the leaders jersey at the 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné