Paulinho abandons Dauphiné

Olympic road race silver medalist Sergio Paulinho (Liberty Seguros-Würth) dropped out of the Dauphiné Libéré during yesterday's fifth stage, citing accumulated exhaustion over several hard days of racing, especially the previous day's climb on Mont Ventoux. The Portuguese time trial champion will now rest before the Eindhoven ProTour team time trial, June 19.