The Critérium du Dauphiné is eight days long and held in late May into early June, as an important marker in the run-up to the Tour de France, with many of its general classification winners going on to wear yellow in Paris.
Ineos Grenadiers (also under the moniker Team Sky), have won the race seven times out of the last 11 editions, with Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte all taking GC victory for the British team. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) has won the event twice in the last five years, though, with Daniel Martínez (then EF Pro Cycling) triumphing in 2020.
Richie Porte won't be defending the title he won in 2021, with this year's edition again featuring two summit finishes. Another big moment for the overall contenders is the individual time trial on stage four where the first real baring of who's on form before the Tour de France will be shown.
>>> Critérium du Dauphiné 2021 route: Three mountain stages in pre-Tour de France race
Jumbo-Visma are taking a strong team to the Critérium du Dauphiné, with
Primož Roglič, Wout Van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard all scheduled to start the race, in what is likely the team's Tour line up.
Other big names that are pencilled in are Chris Froome (Israel-Premier Tech), Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) and Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe), Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious), Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Ineos' British duo Tao Geoghegan Hart and Ethan Hayter.
Critérium du Dauphiné 2022 provisional start list
EF Education-EasyPost
GUERREIRO Ruben
PADUN Mark
CHAVES Esteban
Lotto-Soudal
BARBERO Carlos
CRAS Steff
VANHOUCKE Harm
VAN GILS Maxim
AG2R-Citroën Team
VAN AVERMAET Greg
NAESEN Oliver
PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien
DEWULF Stan
VENTURINI Clément
O'CONNOR Ben
Astana-Qazaqstan
BATTISTELLA Samuele
ROMO Javier
VELASCO Simone
DE BOD Stefan
ZEITS Andrey
Bahrain Victorious
TEUNS Dylan
BILBAO Pello
HAIG Jack
CARUSO Damiano
Bora-Hansgrohe
KONRAD Patrick
KELDERMAN Wilco
FABBRO Matteo
POLITT Nils
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
PAGE Hugo
MEINTJES Louis
GOOSSENS Kobe
HIRT Jan
BAKELANTS Jan
HUYS Laurens
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
CAVAGNA Rémi
BAGIOLI Andrea
Groupama-FDJ
GENIETS Kevin
MADOUAS Valentin
STORER Michael
ARMIRAIL Bruno
GAUDU David
BikeExchange-Jayco
COLLEONI Kevin
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
Movistar
VERONA Carlos
RODRÍGUEZ Óscar
MAS Enric
OLIVEIRA Nelson
JORGENSON Matteo
Team Arkéa-Samsic
BARGUIL Warren
GUGLIELMI Simon
LOUVEL Matis
Team Jumbo-Visma
VINGEGAARD Jonas
VAN AERT Wout
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
BENOOT Tiesj
ROGLIČ Primož
DENNIS Rohan
LAPORTE Christophe
Cofidis
LAFAY Victor
GESCHKE Simon
THOMAS Benjamin
Israel-Premier Tech
FROOME Chris
Ineos Grenadiers
VAN BAARLE Dylan
GANNA Filippo
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
DUNBAR Eddie
KWIATKOWSKI Michał
HAYTER Ethan
Team DSM
VANDENABEELE Henri
COMBAUD Romain
Trek-Segafredo
STUYVEN Jasper
ELISSONDE Kenny
GALLOPIN Tony
UAE-Team Emirates
AYUSO Juan
MCNULTY Brandon
BENNETT George
MAJKA Rafał
B&B Hotels KTM
LIETAER Eliot
MOZZATO Luca
KORETZKY Victor
ROLLAND Pierre
BONNAMOUR Franck
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