Cadel Evans won stage 1 of the 2012 Dauphine Libere from Seyssins to Saint-Vallier, over 187 km. He got away from the break he was in with Jerome Coppel and Andrew Kashechkin. Bradley Wiggins finished 4 seconds back in the peloton but took the yellow jersey from yesterday’s race leader Luke Durbridge. Andy Schleck lost 3 minutes, 6 seconds.