Talansky steals Dauphine victory

American Andrew Talansky claimed the Criterium du Dauphine title yesterday on a truly epic final stage of the race.

Overnight leader Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo), went into yesterday’s final 131.5km stage from Megeve to Courchevel with an eight-second lead over Sky’s Chris Froome, 39 seconds ahead of Talansky.

However, it was the Garmin-Sharp rider who would claim the final yellow jersey after keeping in with the leading pack despite the best efforts of Contador (who finished second) to reel them in.