Saint-Alban-Leysse – Plateau de Solaison – 139 Km

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO – VISMA 03:49:20
2 ROGLIČ Primož SLO JUMBO – VISMA 00:00
3 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 00:15
4 CHAVES Jhoan Esteban COL EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 0,353
5 ALMEIDA GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio POR EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 00:53
6 CARUSO Damiano ITA BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:55
7 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATER. 00:55
8 HAIG Jack AUS BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:55
9 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED JUMBO – VISMA 01:20
10 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 01:40
11 MCNULTY Brandon USA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 01:45
12 BENNETT George NZL UAE TEAM EMIRATES 02:01
13 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 02:08
14 KONRAD Patrick AUT BORA – HANSGROHE 03:03
15 BARGUIL Warren FRA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 03:03

Endstand:

1 ROGLIČ Primož SLO JUMBO – VISMA 29:11:22
2 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO – VISMA 00:40
3 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R CITROEN TEAM 01:41
4 CARUSO Damiano ITA BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 02:33
5 HAIG Jack AUS BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 03:13
6 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATER. 03:17
7 CHAVES Jhoan Esteban COL EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 03:18
8 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 03:44
9 ALMEIDA GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio POR EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST 03:48
10 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 03:51
11 MCNULTY Brandon USA UAE TEAM EMIRATES 04:57
12 KONRAD Patrick AUT BORA – HANSGROHE 05:37
13 JORGENSON Matteo USA MOVISTAR TEAM 07:06
14 CRAS Steff BEL LOTTO SOUDAL 07:10
15 HAYTER Ethan GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 08:06

Patrick Konrad beendet das Critérium du Dauphiné auf Platz zwölf der Gesamtwertung

Der letzte Tagesabschnitt des Critérium du Dauphiné führte über bergige 138,8km von Saint-Alban-Leysse zum Plateau de Solaison. Mit dem ersten Anstieg direkt nach dem Start, dem Col de la Colombière und einer schweren Bergankunft ein weiterer Tag für die Kletterer. Matteo Fabbro schaffte auch heute wieder den Sprung in die Ausreißergruppe des Tages, fiel aber am Anstieg zum Col de la Colombière zurück in das Hauptfeld. Der letzte Berg hinauf zum Ziel war zugleich der schwerste des Tages. Mit einem beherzten Kampf in der Gruppe der Favoriten konnte sich Patrick Konrad noch um einen Rang in der Gesamtwertung verbessern und die Rundfahrt auf Platz zwölf abschließen.

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„Auch wenn ich hier bei der Dauphiné Rundfahrt kein Top-Ergebnis erreichen konnte bin ich mit meiner Leistung zufrieden. Die letzten Monate waren nicht einfach für mich und in Anbetracht dessen war die Dauphiné ein wichtiger Schritt sowie ein wichtiger Baustein in meinem Formaufbau. Jetzt geht es mit vollem Fokus auf die nächsten Ziele in ein Höhentrainigslager.“ Patrick Konrad

„Matteo Fabbro hat sich auch heute wieder stark präsentiert und den Sprung in die hart umkämpfte Spitzengruppe geschafft. Mit Patrick Konrad sind wir mit Top-10 Ambitionen in den letzten Tag gegangen, am Ende hat es leider nicht ganz gereicht. Auch wenn wir uns etwas mehr erhofft haben von dieser Rundfahrt, die Leistung von Patrick ist nach seinen gesundheitlichen Problemen in den letzten Monaten definitiv ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung und stimmt uns mit Blick auf die kommenden Ziele auf jeden Fall positiv. “ Christian Pömer, Sportlicher Leiter

Roglic and Vingegaard share glory

Jonas Vingegaard has powered to an impressive stage win at the Plateau de Solaison ahead of Primoz Roglic, who sealed his overall victory at the final summit of the 74th Critérium du Dauphiné.
The Jumbo-Visma collective had already taken a significant advantage ahead of the final stage, with the Slovenian leader wearing the yellow and blue jersey ahead of his Danish lieutenant.
They put even more emphasis to their domination with the support of the whole black and yellow train and especially Steven Kruijswijk, who smashed the GC group to pieces on the final ascent. Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) was the last rival to resist, but he couldn’t keep up with Vingegaard’s decisive acceleration 5km away from the finish.
The Australian climber rounds out the podium of the stage and the overall standings.

The final summit of the Critérium du Dauphiné is almost in sight, as the 134-rider peloton (1 non-starter: Enric Mas) roll from Saint-Alban-Leysse towards Plateau de Solaison. They immediately face the climb to Col de Plainpalais (cat.1, summit at km 8.8), where a major battle for the breakaway unfolds.

15 riders at the front
After many attacks and counter-attacks, Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-KTM) goes first over the top with the polka-dot jersey on his shoulders and 13 companions by his side : Eddie Dunbar, Laurens De Plus (Ineos Grenadiers), Matteo Fabbro (Bora-Hansgrohe), Bruno Armirail, Michael Storer (Groupama-FDJ), George Bennett (UAE Team Emirates), Antonio Tiberi, Kenny Elissonde, Antwan Tolhoek (Trek-Segafredo), Simon Geschke (Cofidis), Alexis Vuillermoz (TotalEnergies), Jan Hirt (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) et Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels-KTM).
Gorka Izagirre (Movistar) makes it 15 riders at the front as he bridges the gap towards the second ascent of the day, Col de Leschaux (cat.3, km 30.8), also summited first by Rolland. Primoz Roglic’s Jumbo-Visma control the gap between 2’ and 2’30’’ on the valley leading to the final challenges of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2022.

Attackers try to fend off Jumbo-Visma
The gap is down to 1’35’’ at the bottom of the climb to the Col de la Colombière (cat.1, km 100.5). Armirail and Storer immediately accelerate and only three riders follow the Groupama-FDJ duo at the front: Dunbar, Bennett and Elissonde. The gap increases to 2’15’’ with 6km to go to the summit, but Jumbo-Visma also pick up the pace. They trail by 2’ when Armirail steps aside with 3km to go to the summit.

De Plus and Hirt join the front of the race in the last km of ascent. The gap to the bunch is down to 1’35’’ again when they dive into the downhill towards the final climb of the day.

Kruijswijk, Vingegaard, Roglic: collective dominance
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) drives the bunch on the downhill and the valley. At the bottom of the climb to Plateau de Solaison, the gap is down to 1’05’’. Steven Kruijswijk sets a brutal pace in the bunch. Bennett is the last attacker to be caught, 6.5km away from the finish. By that time, only six riders remain at the front: Kruijswijk, Vingegaard and Roglic for Jumbo-Visma, Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën), Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) and Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious).
Kruijswijk keeps pushing until Vingegaard accelerates with 5.3km to go. O’Connor tries to resist but he can’t keep up with the Jumbo-Visma duo, who collaborate at the front and share the prizes at the summit: the stage win for Vingegaard and the overall victory for Roglic. O’Connor finishes with a gap of 15’’.

Vingegaard: “Very happy and proud”
„It was quite incredible. We had planned to attack and that [Primoz Roglic] should follow me because we wanted to see if we could drop everyone. We succeeded with that so I think we can be very happy and proud of what we did. In the Ardennes classic, I didn’t have the best period but now I’m back at a really high level adnn for sure I’m really happy about it. It’s one of the biggest races in the world. To win a stage and to be second overall is great for me. To be honest, it would be hard to be 1-2 in the Tour because there will be many GC contenders. But we aim to at least have one of us win the Tour.“
@ASO