Chris Froome (Team Sky) may not have reached his top form yet but the signs are there that he is close after he attacked from the main group of race favourites on the final climb to Pra Loup on stage 5 of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Thursday.
Froome was unable to reel in stage winner Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), after the Frenchman’s fine solo attack on the penultimate climb of the stage, and he had to watch as Tejay van Garderen (BMC) rode away from him in the final kilometre to take the overall race lead. However, Froome was relatively pleased with his ride, finishing third on the day and sitting in fifth place overall.
The stage, which included the climb and breathtaking descent of the Col d’Allos, will be repeated in this year’s Tour de France. Froome put his team to work on the first major climb of the race with Ian Boswell putting in a gargantuan turn on the front of the peloton.
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“It was definitely an eventful stage,” Froome told reports as he warmed down after the stage.
“It’s a good feeling to be back in the mountains again and this is what we’ve trained for and this is what the racing is all about for us. I was third today, of course I would have preferred to go one or two better but I’m happy with the feelings.
“The team did a fantastic job today; they took it on, on the penultimate climb and made it really hard. Ian Boswell rode out of his skin to make the race as tricky as possible and try to set it up for me to make a move in the final.”
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