Dauphine: Dan Martin gets confidence boost for Tour de France team time trial

Dan Martin arrived at the Critérium du Dauphiné as one of the overall race contenders having finishing third in the previous two editions of the race. However, having not raced since the Tour de Romandie in April and with a young team present from UAE Team Emirates, a poor result in the stage 3 team time trial leaves the Irishman sitting in 45th and nearly three-minutes behind the current leader Michal Kwiatowski (Team Sky).

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