Despite missing out on the win at the Critérium du Dauphiné by just one place and 10 seconds Tejay van Garderen (BMC) is content with his form ahead of next month’s Tour de France.
The American came into the Dauphiné with high expectations after a strong start to the season and along with a win in the team time trial on stage 3, he battled valiantly with the best climbers. However, in Team Sky's Chris Froome, he found a rival who simply had too much and for two consecutive days van Garderen was left trailing by the eventual winner.
"Every race you go to you want to shoot for the top," he said in a team statement.
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Earlier in the race van Garderen announced that he would target the Tour de France podium this year, having finished fifth in last year’s race after a dogged display in the final week. He now heads towards the Tour with a decent guage on how he sits against his rivals, including Froome, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale).
"I am certainly happy with second place and I am really happy with how I am stacking up to all of my Tour rivals. I think it is a good sign for July. But right now it is hurting a little bit. But sometimes that is a good thing.”
Van Garderen had lost the Dauphiné lead on stage 6 but regained it on the penultimate day. However, Froome won back to back stages over the final two days of the race so secured his second Dauphiné title.
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