Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "2012 Critérium du Dauphiné" in English language version.
The four wildcard squads receiving invites are the same four second-division teams that will start the Tour de France.
I've not beaten Tony too many times in the past. I beat him in Algarve this year but that was by milliseconds, but to beat him by a clear margin this time is a huge satisfaction really. We'd been chasing Tony for a long time. He won by a significant margin at the world championships last year and that was the start point for us – to try and get closer to him
The four wildcard squads receiving invites are the same four second-division teams that will start the Tour de France.
