MEGEVE, France: Daniel Martinez of Colombia emerged as a surprise winner of the five-day Criterium du Dauphine on Sunday , having been in fifth place overnight.
France's emotional climber Thibaut Pinot started Sunday's fifth and final stage in the lead but was seen smashing a water bidon into the ground when he realised he could not follow a final attack.Colombian national time-trial champion Martinez of the American Education First team said he had gone up the final climb unsure of where Pinot was."We are in the mountains and the earphone doesn't always work," he said at the finish line.
"It's one of the biggest races in the world and to be able to win this, coming from Colombia, makes me very happy," said the 24-year-old from Bogota, who was second on this season's Tour of Colombia With a staggering view of Mont Blanc on the final ascent there were plenty of cow bells but few face masks on the verdant slopes as Kuss attacked for a popular stage win.
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