Nacer Bouhanni managed to collect a second stage victory for Cofidis in a bunch sprint despite being left with only one team-mate, Julien Simon. Rohan Dennis (BMC) kept the yellow-blue race leader’s jersey.
The stage was the longest stage of the 67th Critérium du Dauphiné with 228 kilometres to be covered. After three kilometers, Martijn Keizer (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Tosh Van der Sande (Lotto-Soudal) rode away. They got a maximum advantage of 8.05 after 40 kilometres.
However, the BMC Racing Team of race leader Dennis kept the duo in check. They were subsequently helped by the Cofidis, Etixx-Quick Step and MTN-Qhubeka teams in reeling the breakaways in.
Despite a number of other attacks from the peloton, none were able to stick and it came down to a sprint finish in Sisteron. Bouhanni managed to take the win ahead of Jonas van Genechten (IAM Cycling) and Luka Mezgec (Giant-Alpecin).
The race continues today with the 161km stage from Digne-les-Bains to Pra Loup, and the riders will have to contend with five categorised climbs including the Cat. 1 climb of Col d’Allos.
Critérium du Dauphiné 2015 – Race summary… by criteriumdudauphine_en
