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Vingegaard kicked for home on the final lap to win the Saitama Criterium ahead of Italy's Jonathan Milan and Australian Kaden Groves.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

Bernal finished 12th overall at the Criterium du Dauphine earlier this month, the most important stage race in the build-up to the Tour, which starts on Saturday in Bilbao, Spain.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2023

Four-time winner Chris Froome rides in a Tour for the first time since 2018 after sustaining horrific injuries in the 2019 Criterium du Dauphine warm-up race.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2021

Third overall in June at the Criterium du Daupine and in the Tour of the Basque Country in April, the 26-year-old has never flown this high in a Grand Tour.

From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2019

The Criterium is also known as Keller's, and has a large English clientèle.

From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)