Porte-de-Savoie – Col de la Croix de Fer – 148 Km

Photo HERBERT MOOS

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 04:15:47
2 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:41
3 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:53
4 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R Citroën Team 01:04
5 POOLE Max GBR Team DSM 01:10
6 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 01:10
7 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 01:10
8 TRÆEN Torstein NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 01:10
9 MARTINEZ Daniel COL INEOS Grenadiers 01:10
10 MEINTJES Louis RSA Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 01:10
11 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 01:10
12 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 01:16
13 CHAVES Esteban COL EF Education-EasyPost 01:20
14 BERNAL Egan COL INEOS Grenadiers 01:27
15 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 01:46

Gesamt:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 25:22:18
2 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 02:11
3 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R Citroën Team 02:24
4 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 02:36
5 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 03:04
6 MARTINEZ Daniel COL INEOS Grenadiers 03:27
7 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 03:48
8 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 04:14
9 MEINTJES Louis RSA Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 04:19
10 TRÆEN Torstein NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 04:21
11 CHAVES Esteban COL EF Education-EasyPost 04:31
12 POOLE Max GBR Team DSM 04:32
13 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 04:33
14 BERNAL Egan COL INEOS Grenadiers 04:43
15 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 04:53

Jai Hindley starker Dritter auf der Königsetappe des Critérium du Dauphiné

Der siebte Tagesabschnitt des Critérium du Dauphiné war die Königsetappe der Rundfahrt. Nach dem Start in Porte-de-Savoie führte die Etappe über den Col de la Madeleine und den Col du Mollard zur Bergankunft am Col de la Croix de Fer. Mit über 4000 Höhenmetern auf nur 147 Kilometer, ein schwerer Tag im Hochgebirge. Jai Hindley und Emanuel Buchmann kamen im Feld der Gesamtwertungs-Favoriten zum Schlussanstieg. J. Vingegaard war im Finale eine Klasse für sich und gewann die Etappe als Solist. Dahinter unterstrich Hindley mit Platz drei seine starke Form und konnte im Gesamtklassement wichtige Zeit gut machen. Mit zwölf Sekunden Rückstand auf Platz drei ist Jai Hindley aktuell Vierter der Gesamtwertung. Das Critérium du Dauphiné geht morgen mit einer weiteren, schweren Bergetappe in Grenoble zu Ende.

Reaktionen im Ziel
„Wie erwartet, ein extrem harter Tag! Ich habe mich gut gefühlt heute, die langen Anstiege hier liegen mir. Am Schlussanstieg war Vingegaard wieder in einer eigenen Liga unterwegs. Dahinter hatten wir einen guten Kampf um die weiteren Positionen. Ich freue mich sehr, es heute auf das Podium geschafft zu haben. Auch wenn es nicht ganz für Platz drei in der Gesamtwertung gereicht hat, mit meinem Rennen bin ich absolut zufrieden. Ein großer Dank auch heute wieder an meine Teamkollegen, die Jungs machen echt einen super Job hier. Auf der schweren Etappe morgen ist in der Gesamtwertun noch einiges möglich. Aber jetzt ist erstmal Erholung angesagt!“ Jai Hindley

Vingegaard, altitude lover

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) displayed his climbing skills to conquer the highest stage finish in the history of the Critérium du Dauphiné, on Saturday. The Dane dropped all his rivals more than 5 kilometres away from the Col de la Croix de Fer (2,607m above the sea). A month before the defence of his 2022 victory in the Tour de France – where he won a stage at Col du Granon (2,404m) -, Vingegaard put 41“ between his first chaser Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) and himself to increase his lead in the overall standings and comfort his yellow and blue jersey. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) completes the podium of the day just ahead of Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën). The final battles of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023 will lead the riders to Grenoble, where the overall winner will be crowned on the slopes of La Bastille.

A 129-man peloton set off from Porte-de-Savoie to take on the Alpine challenges of the final week-end of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023. The stage starts on the flat but the attackers are eager to hit the climbs of the day: they reach the bottom of the ascent to Col de la Madeleine (the first HC climb of the race, with 25.1km of ascent at 6.2%), at km 50, in just under an hour!
Four riders lead the way after they attacked at km 21: Rémi Cavagna (Soudal Quick-Step), Madis Mihkels (Intermarché-Circus-Wantty), Anthony Perez (Cofidis) and Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny). At the bottom of the climb, Reuben Thompson (Groupama-FDJ), Anthon Charmig (Uno X), Matteo Vercher (Total Energies) and Tobias Bayer (Alpecin Deceuninck) trail by 1 minute. And the gap to the bunch reaches its maximum: 5’45’’.

Campenaerts goes solo
More fireworks are lit on the ascent. Pierre Latour (Total Energies) sets off with his teammate Mathieu Burgaudeau at the bottom of the climb and later joins Matteo Vercher to try and join the leaders. Meanwhile, Victor Campenaerts drops all his breakaway companions and goes solo over the top of La Madeleine. Anthony Perez trails by 1’, Latour, Charmig and Bayer by 1’25’’… The peloton, led at a strong pace by Ineos Grenadiers, summit with a gap of 2’30’’.
As the race travels through the Maurienne valley, Perez, Charmig and Bayer get together behind Campenaerts while the other chasers are caught. Jonas Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma pull the bunch.

Jumbo-Visma launch Vingegaard
At the bottom of the climb to Col du Mollard, Campenaerts is 1’55’’ ahead of his chasers while the peloton trail by 3’30’’. After 18.5km with an average gradient of 5.8%, Campenaerts is still at the front… But his lead is down to 15’’. The Belgian baroudeur takes the time to celebrate at the summit – he’s all but certain to take the polka-dot jersey at the end of the stage. He is caught right at the bottom of the final ascent of the day.
Jumbo-Visma up the ante and Vingegaard attacks with 5.5 kilometres to go. Right behind him, Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) sets his own pace behind the Dane, who steadily increases his lead all the way to the summit.

A tight battle for the podium
Vingegaard wins 41’’ ahead of the Brit. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) comes 3rd (+54’’), after he accelerated in the last 2 kilometres. He gains a few seconds on his compatriot Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) and Max Poole
In the overall standings, Yates (2nd, +2’11’’), O’Connor (3rd, +2’24’’) and Hindley (4th, +2’36’’) look set to battle for the podium positions on the way to La Bastille, on Sunday. But it will take an extraordinary coup to overthrow Vingegaard.