Nicolas Roche: The sprinters dangled like a carrot ahead of us
Sunday, June 7, Stage 1: Ugine to Albertville (131.5km)
After a two-week altitude training camp with Team Sky in Tenerife, I managed to snatch three nights' sleep in my own bed before leaving for the south of France and today's opening stage of the Criterium du Dauphine, my final stage race before the Tour de France starts in just less than four weeks' time.