Chris Froome almost saw his Critérium du Dauphiné aspirations come crashing down in the final three kilometres of stage one on Monday, narrowly avoiding crashing twice in quick succession.
The Team Sky leader was at the front of the peloton trying to stay out of trouble, but that's exactly what he found when he nudged shoulders with an Orica-GreenEdge rider.
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Remco Evenepoel struggles for form in the mountains as Primož Roglič affirms Tour de France favourite status'The shape is just not there' says Soudal - Quick-Step leader, while Roglič on track for Tour success after two stage wins at Critérium du Dauphiné
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Primož Roglič victorious in brutal Critérium du Dauphiné queen stageBora-Hansgrohe leader sprints to win atop Samoëns 1600 ahead of Matteo Jorgensen and Giulio Ciccone
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Primož Roglič blitzes his rivals to win stage six of Critérium du Dauphiné and take over the race leadSlovenian outsprinted Giulio Ciccone in the final kilometre of the summit finish at Le Collet d'Allevard to take over the yellow jersey from Remco Evenepoel
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'A good sign towards the Tour de France': Remco Evenepoel takes time trial victory at Critérium du DauphinéWorld champion takes first victory since he was involved in Itzulia horror crash
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'It was a nice first day, but definitely took a bit out of the legs' - Mark Donavan on his day out in the breakaway at the Critérium du DauphinéThe British rider leads the mountains classification after the opening stage of the race
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Mads Pedersen sprints to victory on stage 1 of the Critérium du DauphinéThe Lidl-Trek rider outsprinted Sam Bennett to win the opening stage and take the first maillot jaune of the race
