Kwiatkowski takes Criterium du Dauphine lead with prologue win


  • Cycling
  • Sunday, 03 Jun 2018

FILE PHOTO - Cycling Road - Final - Men's Individual Time Trial - Pontal - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 10/08/2016. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) of Poland competes. REUTERS/Paul Hanna Picture Supplied by Action Images

PARIS (Reuters) - Michal Kwiatkowski took the overall leader's yellow jersey at the Criterium du Dauphine, the main warm-up race for the Tour de France, when the Polish Team Sky rider won the prologue on Sunday.

Kwiatkowski, who will be one of four-times champion Chris Froome's lieutenants on the Tour next month, clocked seven minutes 25 seconds in Valence.

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