Luke Rowe and Geraint Thomas look ahead to the Criterium Du Dauphine, or the Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes as they refuse to call it. How vital is the race as part of a team's preparations for the Tour de France? Back when Team Sky were dominating the sport they would always seem to lay down a marker at the race, but this is a different era and there are many different approaches taken towards peaking for the Tour.

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