Chris Froome (Sky) has picked up where he left off at last year’s Dauphine Libere.

Christopher Froome powers to time trial victory in stage 1 of Critérium du Dauphiné 2014 ahead of Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali.

Chris Froome (Sky) has won the Criterium du Dauphine Libere 2013. He finished second to Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale) in the eighth and last stage of the race, a mountainous, 155.5-km ride from Sisteron to Risoul, in 4:28:09. Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) finished third.

Cannondale Pro Cycling's Alessandro De Marchi wins final stage; Team Sky Pro Cycling's Christopher Froome takes overall Criterium du Dauphine Libere victory.

Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has won Stage 7 of the Dauphine Libere. The 2008 Olympic road race champion, who rode the Giro d'Italia and the Dauphine Libere to develop form for the Tour de France, outsprinted Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) to win the mountainous, 187.5-km ride from Le Pont de Claix to Superdevoluy in 5:26:14. Richie Porte (Sky) took third at 0:15. Chris Froome (Sky) remains the overall leader.

Samuel Sanchez wins stage 7 of Criterium du Dauphine Libere 2013 for Team Euskaltel; Christopher Froome maintains overall race lead for Team Sky Pro Cycling.

Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) has won Stage 6 of the Dauphine Libere. He won in his trademark fashion, from a breakaway. The French veteran jumped into a four-man break and then took a four-up sprint to win the hilly, 143-km run from La Lechere-les-Bains to Grenoble in 3:24:13.

Team Europcar's Thomas Voeckler rides to victory in stage 6 of Criterium Dauphine Libere 2013; Team Sky Pro Cycling's Chris Froome maintains overall Criterium du Dauphine lead.

Chris Froome (Team Sky) has taken the lead in the Dauphine Libere. The Briton surged away from the group of favorites to overtake Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) and Matthew Busche (RadioShack-Leopard) and win Stage 5, a mountainous, 139-km ride from Gresy-sur-Aix to Valmorel, in 3:28:39. Contador outsprinted Busche for second at 0:04.

Chris Froome (Team Sky Pro Cycling) rides to stage 5 victory and overall race lead in Criterium du Dauphine Libere 2013. Team Saxo-Tinkoff's Alberto Contador finishes 4 seconds behind Froome.