Critérium du Dauphiné 2018: Riders

Vincenzo Nibali is one of the pre-race favourites who lines-up in Critérium du Dauphiné to prepare for the Tour de France. Other prominent contenders are Romain Bardet, Geraint Thomas, Bob Jungels, Michal Kwiatkowski and Julian Alaphilippe. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list of the 2018 Critérium du Dauphiné. (Slideshow route/profile)

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Alexis Gougeard, Oliver Naesen, Alexis Vuillermoz, Romain Bardet, Tony Gallopin, Pierre Latour, Axel Domont

Astana Pro Team
Pello Bilbao, Hugo Houle, Dario Cataldo, Sergei Chernetski, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev, Nikita Stalnov, Michael Valgren

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Vincenzo Nibali, Franco Pellizotti, Yukiya Arashiro, Ivan Garcia Cortina, Ramunas Navardauskas, Heinrich Haussler, Luka Pibernik

BMC Racing Team
Tom Bohli, Brent Bookwalter, Damiano Caruso, Joey Rosskopf, Dylan Teuns, Danilo Wyss, Patrick Bevin

BORA – hansgrohe
Pascal Ackermann, Emanuel Buchmann, Peter Kennaugh, Jay McCarthy, Lukas Pöstlberger, Aleksejs Saramotins, Rüdiger Selig

Dimension Data
Serge Pauwels, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Stephen Cummings, Amanuel Gebreigzabhier, Jay Robert Thomson, Nickolas Dlamini, Johann van Zyl

Groupama – FDJ
David Gaudu, Benjamin Thomas, Antoine Duchesne, Tobias Ludvigsson, Rudy Molard, Bruno Armirail, Léo Vincent

Lotto Soudal
Thomas De Gendt, Tiesj Benoot, Tomasz Marczynski, Jelle Vanendert, Jelle Wallays, Jens Keukeleire, Victor Campenaerts

LottoNL-Jumbo
Antwan Tolhoek, Neilson Powless, Sepp Kuss, Lars Boom, Floris De Tier, Jos van Emden, Robert Wagner

Mitchelton-Scott
Lucas Hamilton, Damien Howson, Daryl Impey, Robert Power, Carlos Verona, Adam Yates, Alexander Edmondson

Movistar Team
Marc Soler, Jaime Roson, Jorge Arcas, Héctor Carretero, Jaime Castrillo, Imanol Erviti, Jasha Sütterlin

Quick-Step Floors
Bob Jungels, Julian Alaphilippe, Fabio Jakobsen, Laurens De Plus, Pieter Serry, Niki Terpstra, James Knox

Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Brendan Canty, Simon Clarke, Lawson Craddock, Alex Howes, Sebastian Langeveld, Pierre Rolland, Daniel Moreno

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Jhonatan Restrepo, Ian Boswell, Ilnur Zakarin, Pavel Kochetkov, Robert Kišerlovski, Tiago Machado, Matteo Fabbro

Team Sky
Geraint Thomas, Michal Kwiatkowski, Jonathan Castroviejo, Gianni Moscon, Luke Rowe, Dylan van Baarle, Tao Geoghegan Hart

Team Sunweb
Phil Bauhaus, Roy Curvers, Johannes Fröhlinger, Lennard Hofstede, Tom Stamsnijder, Mike Teunissen, Martijn Tusveld

Trek – Segafredo
Gianluca Brambilla, Toms Skuji&#š, Tsgabu Grmay, Fabio Felline, Matthias Brändle, Ruben Guerreiro, Kiel Reijnen

UAE-Team Emirates
Przemyslaw Niemiec, Daniel Martin, Rory Sutherland, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Matteo Bono, Kristijan Durasek, Diego Ulissi

Procontinental teams

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Jesús Herrada, Daniel Navarro, Nicolas Edet, Julien Simon, Anthony Turgis, José Herrada, Daniel Teklehaimanot

Fortuneo – Samsic
Warren Barguil, Brice Feillu, Amaël Moinard, Maxime Bouet, Romain Hardy, Pierre-Luc Perichon, Laurent Pichon

Vital Concept Cycling Club
Bryan Coquard, Arnaud Courteille, Corentin Ermenault, Johan Le Bon, Lorrenzo Manzin, Quentin Pacher, Kévin Réza

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Guillaume Martin, Christian Odd Eiking, Frederik Backaert, Thomas Degand, Xandro Meurisse, Dion Smith, Marco Minnaard

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