A double British success on the final stage of the Criterium du Dauphine continued the British love-in with the race as Chris Froome bagged a record-equalling third overall win.
Add Sir Bradley Wiggins’ back-to-back triumphs in 2011 and 2012 to Froome’s tally and a British rider has won five of the last six editions of the race, with Wiggins (2012) and Froome (2013 and 2015) going on to win the Tour de France afterwards.
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In those six editions, there have been nine British stage wins in all; three have worn the leader’s jersey; and there have been one British winner apiece of the points and youth classifications.
And the omens – and, more significantly, the form book – looks very good ahead of the Tour de France too with the Brits bang in form once again.
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