N 98 ISSUE CRITERIUM DU DAUPHINÉ: DANIEL MARTIN WINS IN VALMOREL JUNE Dan Martin closes Dauphinè in fourth overall

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1 ISSUE N 98 JUNE CRITERIUM DU DAUPHINÉ: DANIEL MARTIN WINS IN VALMOREL Dan Martin closes Dauphinè in fourth overall Kristoff reigns in the GP du canton d Argovie Lisa Brennauer: For me it s the biggest Tour in the calendar in more than just one aspect COLNAGO WEEKLY // magazine for dealers

2 Criterium du Dauphiné: Daniel Martin wins in Valmorel Climbs, high level rivals and a difficult course: ingredients that wet the appetite for Daniel Martin. He conquered the 5th stage of the Criterium du Dauphiné, 130,5 km with the summit finish in Valmorel. He won by 4 on Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) and 15 on Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott). This is his first success of 2018.

3 Dan Martin closes Dauphinè in fourth overall The strong Irish climber of team UAE Team Emirates closed fourth overall in the Critérium du Dauphiné, won today by Geraint Thomas (Sky). In the last stage, the fourth summit finish in a row, young Edward Ravasi was in the escape with five others until the final 10 kilometres. On the climb to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc, Martin tried a few times to move free but had to remain satisfied with his win from two days ago. I felt good the entire stage, Martin said, but in the final, my legs didn t respond how I thought they would. I m still happy with the overall results in this race. I m at a physical level I didn t really expect. I won a beautiful stage, I took fourth overall. The team, very young here, rode well at my side and was working strongly the entire week. They were incredible. We paid in the team time trial, but in the mountain stages, my teammates were always there, first in the escapes and then with support. Now, I m going to recover for a few days and then build towards the Tour de France.

4 Kristoff reigns in the GP du canton d Argovie Norwegian Alexander Kristoff sprinted to victory in the GP du canton d Argovie in Switzerland and brought his 2018 tally to four. UAE Team Emirates s European champion could unleash his powerful surge thanks to his companions. He gapped his nearest rivals Francesco Gavazzi (Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec) and Marco Canola (Nippo Vini Fantini). This is my fourth win of the season, but normally I d have more already at this point so I put a lot of weight behind this race, Kristoff said. For me and the entire team it s important to show our jersey and promote cycling in the UAE there s no better way than to win. Thanks to the team for controlling the race and taking me to the final kilometres in the best position for the sprint!.

5 Lisa Brennauer: For me it s the biggest Tour in the calendar in more than just one aspect Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling s Lisa Brennauer leads the black and orange team into the OVO Energy Women s Tour, which starts in Daventry, Northamptonshire, on Wednesday. The former World Time Trial Champion won the 2015 edition of the race, and goes into this year s race having won the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour in her native Germany last month, and hopes to carry this form onto the roads of Britain. I m feeling well, and of course it was a good time in Thüringen, so I hope I can take my good form into the OVO Tour as well, she said. I looked at the profile, and I think some of the cities sound familiar, let s put it this way, Brennauer smiled. It looks like the first part of the tour - I mean it s always up and down the whole time - but the later stages look super-hard to me, towards the end of the week. I still remember last year when the race went into the Peak District, and the profile looks like we re doing something like that again. I think we re there with a very strong team, so it s super-exciting, and I hope we can do a very good race, she added. Obviously our main sponsors are from Great Britain, so it s a big goal for us, and a big goal for the team as well. So I hope we can do really well there. Brennauer will not the Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling s only general classification hope, with Italian Champion Elisa Longo Borghini returning to the race where she finished third in Also present will be French Time Trial Champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot, who dominated the Queen of the Mountains Jersey classification last year.