Dauphiné Stage 1 - *Spoiler*

LangerDan

Stage 1 - June 9: Avignon - Privas, 194km
Results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
4 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
10 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas

General classification after stage 1

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole

Doobz

are the highlights going to be on eurosport later tonight?

I did watch it via stream but only got bits of it as had to do some work for a change.

pottssteve

Can someone please explain High Road's tactics for this stage? Within the last 10km they had 4 or 5 riders on the front and took up the running from Credit Agricole. With 1km to go, Hincapie peeled off the front to catapult absolutely nobody towards the line. By the time they rolled in, he was the highest placed High Road rider at No.53. Odd?

RichN95.

pottssteve wrote:

Can someone please explain High Road's tactics for this stage? Within the last 10km they had 4 or 5 riders on the front and took up the running from Credit Agricole. With 1km to go, Hincapie peeled off the front to catapult absolutely nobody towards the line. By the time they rolled in, he was the highest placed High Road rider at No.53. Odd?

Maybe they're just practising for the Tour. Their lead out train was starting to come together at the Giro but still needed work and I suppose it's something you can only properly practice in an actual race. It's strange they wouldn't have Greipel or someone at the end of it though.