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Who’s hot and who’s not for the Tour de France?
Watch the Critérium du Dauphiné to find out.
The race now officially rebranded to the “Tour Auvergne-Rhônes-Alpes” will welcome a who’s-who of Tour de France talent to its start line on Sunday, June 7.
Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and Remco Evenepoel won’t be at the prestigious 8-day race, but their biggest rivals and best superdomestiques will be.
Matteo Jorgenson and Wout van Aert return for Visma-Lease a Bike.
Paul Seixas takes on Isaac del Toro in a clash of the wunderkinds.
Oscar Onley and Juan Ayuso join the two phenoms in a battle for Gen-Z bragging rights before they all go chasing the top of the classification at the Tour de France.
Ben Healy, Julian Alaphilippe, and Mattias Skjelmose are other standouts in what will be the strongest peloton of the season so far.
How come so many hitters?
Because the Critérium du Dauphiné is historically seen as the best place to sharpen form and smooth wrinkles in team dynamics before Le Tour.
The inclusion of a team time trial on the parcours for 2026 ensured that view didn’t change for this year’s Dauphiné.
The stage 3 TTT next week will serve as a final dress rehearsal in the rare format before teams do it at The Big Show in the Barcelona grand départ.
How to watch the Critérium du Dauphiné 2026
The Critérium du Dauphiné will be broadcast live worldwide, and post-event highlights packages will also be available.
Stages are scheduled to finish at around 16:30 CET with the exception of stages 1 and 7.
Sunday’s opener will finish at around 14:30 CET. Stage 7 across the Alps is set to finish at around 15:30 CET.
However you plan to follow the action at the Dauphiné, be sure to check all the news and wider analysis from the race here on Velo.
How to watch:
- USA: NBC
- Canada: FloBikes
- UK: HBO Max / TNT Sports
- Australia: SBS
- Worldwide: Local broadcasters include Eurosport, France 3, RAI, VRT, RTBF, TV2, Supersport, and JSports.
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