The 2021 Critérium du Dauphiné was the 73rd edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, a road cyclingstage race in the titular region of southeastern France. The race took place between 30 May and 6 June 2021.[2]
Teams
All nineteen UCI WorldTeams and two UCI ProTeams made up the twenty-one teams that participated in the race.[3] Each team fielded a squad of seven riders, for a total of 147 riders, from which there were 118 finishers.[4]
On stage 2, Sonny Colbrelli, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Brent Van Moer wore the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Cyril Gautier, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the blue polka-dot jersey, and Patrick Gamper, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey.
Final classification standings
Legend[33]
Denotes the winner of the general classification
Denotes the winner of the young rider classification
Denotes the winner of the points classification
Denotes the winner of the team classification
Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
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