Critérium du Dauphiné 2014: Riders and teams

The 2014 Critérium du Dauphiné will feature some big names in what is the final showdown before the Tour de France. The race will reveal the form of the GC men, the sprinters, puncheurs and time trialists less than a month before La Grande Boucle. The main focus will be on the duel between 2013 winner and Tour champion Chris Froome, 2013 Giro champion Vincenzo Nibali and El Pistolero Alberto Contador. Cyclingstage.com presents the list of riders. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Romain Bardet, Guillaume Bonnafond, Maxime Bouet, Mikael Cherel, Ben Gastauer, Alexis Gougeard, Blel Kadri, Jean-Christophe Peraud

Astana Pro Team
Vincenzo Nibali, Lieuwe Westra, Tanel Kangert, Jakob Fuglsang, Alessandro Vanotti, Maxim Iglinsky, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Andrei Grivko

Belkin-Pro Cycling Team
Wilco Kelderman, Lars Petter Nordhaug, Jonathan Hivert, Bram Tankink, Nick van der Lijke, Martijn Keizer, Lars Boom, Jack Bobridge

BMC Racing Team
Darwin John Atapuma, Peter Velits, Peter Stetina, Tejay van Garderen, Greg van Avermaet, Amaël Moinard, Dominik Nerz, Thor Hushovd

Cannondale
George Bennett, Alessandro De Marchi, Damiano Caruso, Maciej Bodnar, Kristjan Koren, Cayetano Jose Sarmiento, Marco Marcato, Jean-Marc Marino

FDJ.fr
Arnaud Démare, Arthur Vichot, Kenny Elissonde, Yoann Offredo, William Bonnet, Pierrick Fedrigo, David Boucher, Mickaël Delage

Garmin Sharp
Andrew Talansky, David Millar, Ryder Hesjedal, Lachlan Morton, Ramunas Navardauskas, Alex Howes, Sebastian Langeveld, Jack Bauer

Team Katusha
Damiano Cunego, Winner Anacona, Filippo Pozzato, Davide Cimolai, Valerio Conti, Kristijan Durasek, Elia Favilli, Luca Wackermann

Lampre-Merida
Jan Polanc, Damiano Cunego, Luca Wackermann, Elia Favilli, Matteo Bono, Davide Cimolai, Valerio Conti, Kristijan Durasek

Lotto Belisol
Jurgen van den Broeck, Jürgen Roelandts, Tony Gallopin, Pim Ligthart, Frederik Willems, Bart De Clercq, Stig Broeckx, Kris Boeckmans

Movistar Team
John Gadret, Sylwester Szmyd, Giovanni Visconti, Beñat Intxausti, Enrique Sanz, Igor Anton, Imanol Erviti, Iván Gutiérrez

Omega Pharma – Quick-Step
Zdenek Stybar, Michal Kwiatkowski, Kevin De Weert, Gianni Meersman, Jan Bakelants, Carlos Verona, Julian Alaphilippe, Michal Gołaś

Orica GreenEDGE
Jens Keukeleire, Simon Gerrans, Adam Yates, Ivan Santaromita, Leigh Howard, Christian Meier, Damien Howson, Daryl Impey

Team Sky
Chris Froome, Vasil Kiryienka, David Lopez, Mikel Nieve, Danny Pate, Richie Porte, Geraint Thomas, Xabier Zandio Echaide

Team Giant-Shimano
Nikias Arndt, Thomas Damuseau, Dries Devenyns, Johannes Frohlinger, Chad Haga, Thierry Hupond, Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg, Daan Olivier

Team Europcar
Thomas Voeckler, Jérôme Cousin, Cyril Gautier, Vincent Jerome, Yannick Martinez, Kévin Réza , Natnael Berhane, Antoine Duchesne

Tinkoff-Saxo
Alberto Contador, Michael Valgren, Nicki Sørensen , Rory Sutherland, Bruno Pires, Jesús Hernández , Edward Beltran, Sérgio Paulinho

Trek Factory Racing
Bob Jungels, Fumiyuki Beppu, Giacomo Nizzolo, Haimar Zubeldia, Hayden Roulston, Jens Voigt, Markel Irizar, Yaroslav Popovych

Wild card Teams

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Daniel Navarro, Rein Taaramäe , Jérome Coppel, Julien Simon, Nicolas Edet, Christophe Mével Le, Angel Luis Mate, Yoann Bagot

IAM Cycling
Matthias Brandle, Stefan Denifl, Gustav Erik Larsson, Sylvain Chavanel, Jérome Pineau, Sebastien Reichenbach, Sébastien Hinault, Aleksejs Saramotins

Team NetApp Endura
Leopold König , Ralf Matzka, Jan Barta, Cesare Benedetti, Bartosz Huzarski, Frantiek Padour, Daniel Schorn, Scott Thwaites