page_title: 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné
section_title: Stage 8
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné / Stages / Stage 8
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: La station de Valfréjus vue depuis la porte de l'Orgère, entrée du parc national de la Vanoise.
context_page_description: The 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 67th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné cycling stage race. The eight-stage race in France began in Ugine on 7 June and concluded in Modane Valfréjus on 14 June, and was sixteenth of the twenty-eight races in the 2015 UCI World Tour season. The Dauphiné was 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 first leader of the general classification was Team Sky's Peter Kennaugh, who won the opening stage. He lost the race lead to BMC Racing Team rider Rohan Dennis, whose team won stage three's team time trial. His teammate Tejay van Garderen then took over after the race's first mountain stage, stage five. Vincenzo Nibali of the Astana team took the lead after the stage six, before Van Garderen regained it following stage. Chris Froome, who was second to Van Garderen after the penultimate stage, claimed the race victory with his win on the final stage. Van Garderen finished second overall, ten seconds in arrears, with Lampre–Merida's Rui Costa third, a further one minute and six seconds down.
context_section_description: 14 June 2015 — Saint-Gervais-les-Bains to Modane Valfréjus, 156.5 km (97.2 mi)
  The final stage of the race left from the location of the previous stage's finish, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, for a 156.5 km (97.2 mi) route. After the riders climbed a 7.5 km (4.7 mi) rise from the start, they went down a long descent with the second-category Côte d'Héry-sur-Ugine in the middle. The terrain remained flat until the fourth-category Côte d’Aiton, 65.5 km (40.7 mi) in. This was followed by the third-category Côte de Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières. A further flat section placed the riders at the foot of the first-category Lacets de Montvernier. After the subsequent descent began a long gradual incline to the climb of the third-category Côte de Saint-André. A small descent took the race to Modane and the ascent to the summit finish at the Valfréjus ski resort; the length of the climb was 8.4 km (5.2 mi) with an average gradient of 5.7%.
  Wilco Kelderman's move in the opening 10 km (6.2 mi) initiated a breakaway of thirteen riders. Tony Martin attacked from the break on the Côte de Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières and at the foot of the Lacets de Montvernier he had an advantage of one-and-a-half minutes over them and around four over the peloton. The last of the riders from the break caught Martin on the Côte de Saint-André, where Steve Cummings of MTN–Qhubeka attacked this front group.
  Cummings's lead over the peloton at the foot of the final climb was one minute and twenty seconds. With 5.5 km (3.4 mi) remaining, Vincenzo Nibali moved to the front in support of Astana teammate Michele Scarponi, whose failed attack led to the formation of an elite group of chasers including the general classification leaders. Chris Froome was the only rider to have the support of a teammate, Wouter Poels, who rode on the front until Froome attacked as they caught Cummings. At first Tejay van Garderen could follow this move, but he was eventually unable to keep up with Froome and was caught by Simon Yates and Rui Costa. Froome took the stage victory, eighteen seconds ahead of the three behind, and finished the race as the winner of the general classification.
caption: The Valfréjus ski resort in the Massif des Cerces hosted the finish of the final stage.
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