The 2016 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 68th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné cycling stage race. The eight-stage race began in Les Gets on 5 June and concluded in SuperDévoluy on 12 June, and is sixteenth of the twenty-eight races in the 2016 UCI World Tour season. The Dauphiné is viewed as a preview for July's Tour de France and a number of the contenders for the general classification of the Tour participated in the race.

The race was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky, successfully defending his title from the year before and becoming the fifth man to win the event three times. He won by 12 seconds over Romain Bardet of AG2R La Mondiale, with Dan Martin of Etixx-Quick-Step rounding out the podium.

Edvald Boasson Hagen of Team Dimension Data took the green jersey as winner of the points competition, while teammate Daniel Teklehaimanot took the mountains classification for the second consecutive year. Julian Alaphilippe of Etixx-Quick-Step won the young riders classification, and Team Sky won the teams classification.

Teams All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited and were obliged to attend the race. Four wildcard teams were also invited.

Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 5 June Les Gets Prologue 1 6 June Cluses to Saint-Vulbas Flat stage 2 7 June Crêches-sur-Saône to Chalmazel-Jeansagnière Hilly stage 3 8 June Boën-sur-Lignon to Tournon-sur-Rhône Flat stage 4 9 June Tain-l'Hermitage to Belley Hilly stage 5 10 June La Ravoire to Vaujany Mountain stage 6 11 June La Rochette to Méribel Mountain stage 7 12 June Pont-de-Claix to SuperDévoluy Medium-mountain stage

Stages

Prologue 5 June 2016 – Les Gets, individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 1 6 June 2016 – Cluses to Saint-Vulbas,

Stage 2 7 June 2016 – Crêches-sur-Saône to Chalmazel-Jeansagnière,

Stage 3 8 June 2016 – Boën-sur-Lignon to Tournon-sur-Rhône,

Stage 4 9 June 2016 – Tain-l'Hermitage to Belley,

Stage 5 10 June 2016 – La Ravoire to Vaujany,

Stage 6 11 June 2016 – La Rochette to Méribel,

Stage 7 12 June 2016 – Pont-de-Claix to SuperDévoluy,

Classification leadership

+ Mountains classification points Category 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th First 10 8 6 4 2 1 Second 5 3 2 1     Third 2 1         Fourth 1           In the Critérium du Dauphiné, four different jerseys were awarded. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage. The rider with the least accumulated time is the race leader, identified by a yellow jersey with a blue bar; the winner of this classification was considered the winner of the race.

Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. Points towards the classification could also be achieved at each of the intermediate sprints; these points were given to the top three riders through the line with 5 points for first, 3 for second, and 1 point for third.

There was also a mountains classification, the leadership of which was marked by a red jersey with white polka dots. In the mountains classification, points towards the classification were won by reaching the top of a climb before other cyclists. Each climb was categorised as either first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. First-category climbs awarded the most points; the first six riders were able to accrue points, compared with the first four on second-category climbs, the first two on third-category and only the first for fourth-category.

The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, marked by a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1991 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time.

+Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification P Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Julian Alaphilippe 1 Nacer Bouhanni Nacer Bouhanni 2 Jesús Herrada 3 Fabio Aru 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen 5 Chris Froome Chris Froome Daniel Teklehaimanot 6 Thibaut Pinot Thibaut Pinot 7Steve Cummings Daniel Teklehaimanot Final Chris Froome Edvald Boasson Hagen Daniel TeklehaimanotJulian Alaphilippe

Notes In stage 1, Richie Porte, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because Alberto Contador (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage. Chris Froome, who was third in the mountains classification, wore the polka dot jersey, because Alberto Contador (in first place) wore the yellow jersey and Richie Porte (in second place) wore the green jersey during that stage. In stages 2–5, Richie Porte, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the polka dot jersey, because Alberto Contador (in first place) wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification during that stage.

Final standings

Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the leader of the young rider classification Denotes the leader of the team classification

General classification

+ Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 29h 59' 31" 2 + 12" 3 + 19" 4 + 21" 5 + 35" 6 + 51" 7 + 57" 8 + 1' 13" 9 + 1' 30" 10 + 2' 43"

Points classification

+ Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 59 2 54 3 42 4 38 5 37 6 31 7 27 8 26 9 25 10 22

Mountains classification

+ Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 44 2 39 3 37 4 22 5 22 6 21 7 16 8 14 9 15 10 14

Young rider classification

+ Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 30h 00' 22" 2 + 6" 3 + 39" 4 + 7' 22" 5 + 19' 37" 6 + 20' 12" 7 + 21' 59" 8 + 22' 08" 9 + 34' 04" 10 + 45' 04"

Team classification

+ Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 90h 04' 20" 2 + 13' 47" 3 + 14' 06" 4 + 15' 36" 5 + 20' 38" 6 + 40' 20" 7 + 46' 53" 8 + 51' 32" 9 + 53' 15" 10 + 59' 44"

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