Schlagwort-Archive: Critérium du Dauphiné

Critérium du Dauphiné – 5. und 6. Etappe:

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5. Etappe: Amplepuis – Saint-Priest – 200 Km (NEUTRALISIERT!)

Kein Ergebnis!

Aufgrund eines Massensturzes auf abschüssiger und nasser, rutschiger Straße 20 Kilometer vor dem Ziel neutralisiert.

6. Etappe: Hauterives – Le Collet d’Allevard – 173 Km

1 ROGLIC Primoz SLO BORA-hansgrohe 04:19:59
2 CICCONE Giulio ITA Lidl-Trek 00:03
3 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:11
4 GEE Derek CAN Israel-Premier Tech 00:13
5 JORGENSON Matteo USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:17
6 DE PLUS Laurens BEL INEOS Grenadiers 00:22
7 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 00:22
8 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:42
9 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:50
10 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:53
11 LANDA Mikel ESP Soudal Quick-Step 00:53
12 SCOTSON Callum AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 00:53
13 ROMO Javier ESP Movistar Team 00:57
14 MEINTJES Louis RSA Intermarché-Wanty 01:01
15 LAZKANO Oier ESP Movistar Team 01:10

Gesamt:

1 ROGLIC Primoz SLO BORA-hansgrohe 16:47:44
2 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:19
3 JORGENSON Matteo USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:58
4 GEE Derek CAN Israel-Premier Tech 01:01
5 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA-hansgrohe 01:32
6 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 01:40
7 DE PLUS Laurens BEL INEOS Grenadiers 01:53
8 LAZKANO Oier ESP Movistar Team 02:08
9 SCOTSON Callum AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 02:15
10 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 02:31
11 CICCONE Giulio ITA Lidl-Trek 02:46
12 POWLESS Neilson USA EF Education-EasyPost 02:57
13 LANDA Mikel ESP Soudal Quick-Step 03:08
14 TEJADA Harold COL Astana Qazaqstan Team 03:13
15 SIVAKOV Pavel FRA UAE Team Emirates 03:14
16 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 03:38

Primož Roglič gewinnt 6. Etappe und übernimmt Gelb bei der Dauphiné

Im Anstieg zum Collet d’Allevard hat Primož Roglič die Vorarbeit der Teamkollegen perfekt mit einem Sieg der 6. Etappe vollendet. Es war die erste von drei Bergankünften in Folge beim Critérium du Dauphiné. Mit dem Etappensieg übernimmt Roglič auch das Gelbe Trikot und geht als Führender in das schwere Schlusswochenende.

Primož Roglič: „Als Team haben wir vom ersten Tag an alles für diesen Erfolg getan. Bereits auf der 2. Etappe haben wir den ganzen Tag gearbeitet, aber es hat nicht geklappt. Gestern hat jeder von uns ziemlich viel einstecken müssen und ich bin froh über die Einstellung im Team. Wir haben es heute gemeinsam geschafft. Es ist erst die erste von drei Bergetappen und für die nächsten Tagen werden wir sehen. Alles, was ab jetzt kommt, ist ein Bonus!“

Die Grundlage für den Erfolg legte BORA – hansgrohe bei der Anfahrt zum Collet d’Allevard. Mit allen sieben Fahrern positionierte sich das Team perfekt. In der ersten Hälfte des Anstiegs nahm die Favoritengruppe immer weiter Form an. Knapp 20 Fahrer gingen auf die letzten 5 Kilometer. Dort attackierte Laurens de Plus – Aleks Vlasov parierte und legte hier einen wichtigen Grundstein für das Finale. Wenig später teilte Roglič mit einer Tempoverschärfung die Gruppe und schloss mit vier Fahrern zu Vlasov auf. Vlasov beschleunigte mit Roglič am Hinterrad weiter und zusammen mit Giulio Ciccone gingen sie auf die letzten 1,5 Kilometer. Bis zur 300-Meter-Marke hielt Vlasov das Tempo so hoch, dass alle Verfolger distanziert waren. Dort übernahm Roglič die Führung und setzte 100 Meter später seinen Sprint an und fuhr souverän zum Etappensieg.

Roglic back in command

The 2022 Criterium du Dauphiné winner is back in command: Primoz Roglic surged in the gruelling final climb to Le Collet d’Allevard to snatch his second stage win on the race and dislodge Belgian arch-rival Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) from top spot. As planned, the outcome of the race was decided in the last ascent, in which Frenchman Romain Gregoire remained the last escapee standing until 3 km to go. But then the GC leaders launched the big battle and Roglic, with a little help from Bora-Hansgrohe team-mate Aleksandr Vlasov, took the upper hand, crossing the line ahead of Italy’s Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek). Overall, Roglic now leads Evenepoel by 19 seconds and Paris-Nice winner Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a bike) by 58 seconds ahead of the queen stage of this edition to Samoens on Saturday.

Six-man breakaway
The start was given to 132 riders at 12:55. Juan Ayuso (UAE Emirates), Jasha Sutterlin, Rainer Kepplinger and Kamil Gradek (Bahrain), Lukas Nerurkar and Harry Sweeny (EF Education-Easypost), Odd Christian Eiking (Uno-X) and Kobe Goosens (Intermarché-Wanty) did not start. From the flag, six riders parted with the peloton – Magnus Cort (Uno-X), Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), Thibault Guernalec (Arkea-B&B Hotels), Arjen Livyns (Lotto Dtsny), Mason Hollyman (Israel-Premier Tech), Alessandro Fancellu (Q36.5). The peloton resisted for a few kilometres but finally let the break go and it gradually increased, to reach 3:45 at the top of the first climb, on which Guernalec picked a point (km 36.1). Alex Kirsch (Lidl-Trek) and Andreas Kron (Lotto Dstny) called it quits after an hour of racing.

Crash in the descent
The six worked perfectly together and their lead reached a maximum of 5:55 after 105 km. The intermediate sprint of the day (Les Echelles, km 105.3) was won by Magnus Cort, who collected 10 points and moved provisionally to the top of the points standings on 41 points. On Col du Granier (2nd cat, Km 129.4), Guernalec was in the lead ahead of Gergoire, but the Arkea-B&B Hotels rider and Hollyman missed a corner in the descent and crashed. They were both back on their bikes but struggled to make it back to the front.

Gregoire on his own
There was another fright for the escapees as they went the wrong way with 30 km to go but were quickly back on the course and did not lose too much time on the peloton, which had split briefly in the descent. The five escapees only had 1:30 left as they tackled the final climb and Romain Gregoire attacked from the bottom, followed by Magnus Cort. At the back, Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek) and Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a bike) were among the first leaders to be dropped. With 8 km to go, stage 1 winner Cort finally lost ground, leaving his French breakaway companion on his own in the front.

Roglic takes over
Ineos Grenadiers seized the reins at the front of the pack in the last 8 km and Gregoire’s lead gradually dwindled. With 5 km to go, Laurens de Plus attacked, followed by Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe). Two kilometres later, Roglic, Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech), Ciccone, Jorgenson and Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) went up a gear and dropped yellow and blue jersey holder Remco Evenepoel. With two kilometres to go Ciccone and Roglic made it back on De plus and Vlasov, who decided to work for his leader and lead the way into the finale. Perfectly led out, Roglic easily dropped Ciccone in the final stretch to snatch his second stage victory on the Dauphiné, a race he won in 2022. Evenepoel crossed the line 42 seconds behind the Slovenian.

Critérium du Dauphiné – 3. und 4. Etappe:

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3. Etappe: Celles-sur-Durolle – Les Estables – 181Km

1 GEE Derek CAN Israel-Premier Tech 04:22:18
2 GRÉGOIRE Romain FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:00
3 NERURKAR Lukas GBR EF Education-EasyPost 00:03
4 CICCONE Giulio ITA Lidl-Trek 00:03
5 TEJADA Harold COL Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:03
6 BUITRAGO Santiago COL Bahrain Victorious 00:03
7 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:03
8 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:03
9 JORGENSON Matteo USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:03
10 ROGLIC Primoz SLO BORA-hansgrohe 00:03
11 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 00:03
12 KUSS Sepp USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:03
13 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR Lidl-Trek 00:03
14 DE PLUS Laurens BEL INEOS Grenadiers 00:03
15 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:03
16 EIKING Odd Christian NOR Uno-X Mobility 00:03
17 AYUSO Juan ESP UAE Team Emirates 00:03
18 BERTHET Clément FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:03
19 KRON Andreas DEN Lotto Dstny 00:03
20 SIVAKOV Pavel FRA UAE Team Emirates 00:03

4. Etappe: Saint-Germain-Laval – Neulise – ITT – 34,4 Km

1 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:41:49
2 TARLING Joshua GBR INEOS Grenadiers 00:17
3 ROGLIC Primoz SLO BORA-hansgrohe 00:39
4 JORGENSON Matteo USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 01:08
5 LAZKANO Oier ESP Movistar Team 01:21
6 GEE Derek CAN Israel-Premier Tech 01:24
7 POWLESS Neilson USA EF Education-EasyPost 01:25
8 ARMIRAIL Bruno FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 01:27
9 AYUSO Juan ESP UAE Team Emirates 01:27
10 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR Lidl-Trek 01:39
11 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 01:41
12 SCOTSON Callum AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 01:45
13 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA-hansgrohe 01:48
14 SOBRERO Matteo ITA BORA-hansgrohe 01:54
15 DE PLUS Laurens BEL INEOS Grenadiers 01:54
16 BUITRAGO Santiago COL Bahrain Victorious 02:00
17 TEJADA Harold COL Astana Qazaqstan Team 02:00
18 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 02:04
19 WELLENS Tim BEL UAE Team Emirates 02:08
20 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 02:14
21 SIVAKOV Pavel FRA UAE Team Emirates 02:27
22 POLITT Nils GER UAE Team Emirates 02:28
23 SOLER Marc ESP UAE Team Emirates 02:38
24 LANDA Mikel ESP Soudal Quick-Step 02:38
25 WRIGHT Fred GBR Bahrain Victorious 02:39

Gesamt:

1 EVENEPOEL Remco BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:41:49
2 ROGLIC Primoz SLO BORA-hansgrohe 00:39
3 JORGENSON Matteo USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 01:08
4 GEE Derek CAN Israel-Premier Tech 01:24
5 LAZKANO Oier ESP Movistar Team 01:21
6 ARMIRAIL Bruno FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 01:27
7 POWLESS Neilson USA EF Education-EasyPost 01:25
8 AYUSO Juan ESP UAE Team Emirates 01:27
9 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR Lidl-Trek 01:39
10 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 01:41
11 SCOTSON Callum AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 01:45
12 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS BORA-hansgrohe 01:48
13 DE PLUS Laurens BEL INEOS Grenadiers 01:54
14 BUITRAGO Santiago COL Bahrain Victorious 02:00
15 TEJADA Harold COL Astana Qazaqstan Team 02:00

Critérium du Dauphiné – 1. und 2. Etappe:

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1. Etappe: Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule – Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule – 175 Km

1 PEDERSEN Mads DEN Lidl-Trek 04:01:30
2 BENNETT Sam IRL Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:00
3 PAGE Hugo FRA Intermarché-Wanty 00:00
4 VENTURINI Clément FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:00
5 DOULL Owain GBR EF Education-EasyPost 00:00
6 GAZZOLI Michele ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
7 GARCÍA CORTINA Iván ESP Movistar Team 00:00
8 WRIGHT Fred GBR Bahrain Victorious 00:00
9 RUSSO Clément FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:00
10 CORT Magnus DEN Uno-X Mobility 00:00
11 QUICK Blake AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 00:00
12 PLOWRIGHT Jensen AUS Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
13 NEILANDS Krists LAT Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
14 PARISINI Nicolò ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
15 SÉNÉCHAL Florian FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:00
16 BAYER Tobias AUT Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
17 GEE Derek CAN Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
18 LUDVIGSSON Tobias SWE Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
19 MENTEN Milan BEL Lotto Dstny 00:00
20 SOBRERO Matteo ITA BORA-hansgrohe 00:00

2. Etappe: Gannat – Col de la Loge – 142 Km

1 CORT Magnus DEN Uno-X Mobility 03:21:42
2 ROGLIC Primoz SLO BORA-hansgrohe 00:00
3 JORGENSON Matteo USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:00
4 CICCONE Giulio ITA Lidl-Trek 00:00
5 LAZKANO Oier ESP Movistar Team 00:00
6 TEUNS Dylan BEL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
7 NERURKAR Lukas GBR EF Education-EasyPost 00:00
8 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:00
9 GRÉGOIRE Romain FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:00
10 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:00
11 AYUSO Juan ESP UAE Team Emirates 00:00
12 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR Lidl-Trek 00:00
13 KUSS Sepp USA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:00
14 BUITRAGO Santiago COL Bahrain Victorious 00:00
15 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:00
16 MÜHLBERGER Gregor AUT Movistar Team 00:00
17 SIVAKOV Pavel FRA UAE Team Emirates 00:00
18 EIKING Odd Christian NOR Uno-X Mobility 00:00
19 GOOSSENS Kobe BEL Intermarché-Wanty 00:00
20 GEE Derek CAN Israel-Premier Tech 00:00

Gleich am zweiten Tag des Critérium du Dauphiné standen einige Höhenmeter auf dem Programm. Nur 142 Kilometer lang, und damit die kürzeste Massenstart-Etappe des diesjährigen Rennens, aber dafür mit 2600 Höhenmetern gespickt – diese Kombination versprach einen spannenden Renntag, bei dem sich viele Fahrer Hoffnungen auf einen Tagessieg machten.

Auch BORA – hansgrohe. Nachdem sich früh eine kleine Gruppe gefunden hat, kontrollierte das Team den Vorsprung im Mittelteil, um im Finale das Rennen schwer zu machen.

Bereits zu Beginn des langen Schlussanstieges teilte sich das Feld. 10 Kilometer vor dem Ziel setzte sich Aleks Vlasov an die Spitze. Dank seiner Tempoverschärfung wurden bis auf einen Solisten alle Ausreißer gestellt und das Gelbe Trikot distanziert. Als Bruno Armirail bei der Drei-Kilometer-Marke immer noch einen Vorsprung hatte, erhöhten Jai Hindley und Aleks Vlasov gemeinsam die Schlagkraft. Auf dem nebligen Col de la Loge kam es erst auf den letzten und steileren 300 Metern zum Showdown, als die Puncheure ihren Sprint starteten. Armirail wurde gestellt – Magnus Cort jubelte vor Primož Roglič.

Primož Roglič dachte in seiner ersten Reaktion nach dem Ziel an den Fußball:

„Wenn man nicht auf das Tor schießt, kann man auch kein Tor erzielen.”

„Es war knapp, und am Ende war einer schneller. Das Wichtigste ist, dass unsere Jungs ein gutes Level und viel Engagement gezeigt haben. Ich bin ein bisschen enttäuscht, weil ich nicht gewonnen habe und es nicht vollenden konnte. Ein Ergebnis wird früher oder später kommen, wenn wir weiter gut arbeiten.“

CRITÉRIUM DU DAUPHINÉ 2024 ROGLIC-EVENEPOEL: THEY’RE BACK!

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Key points:
 They battled it out in the 2022 edition of the Vuelta, then at the start of the season, they were deprived of an actual confrontation in Paris-Nice and even more so in the Tour of the Basque Country, which they retired in the same crash: Primoz Primož Roglič and Remco Evenepoel intend to return to competition in the Critérium du Dauphiné… but at what level of performance?
 Whether they are riding at their maximum potential or slightly behind in their preparation for the Tour de France, the two favourites will have some seriously proper rivals to contend with, including 2023 Vuelta winner Sepp Kuss, the highly promising Spaniards Juan Ayuso and Carlos Rodriguez, Great Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart, France’s David Gaudu and Guillaume Martin, Colombia’s Santiago Buitrago and Austria’s Felix Gall.

Prognosticators and analysts sometimes have no choice but to grope their way forward. Such is the case in the run-up to the Critérium du Dauphiné 2024, where the leader’s jersey, to be worn on the final podium on the Plateau des Glières on Sunday, 9 June, less than three weeks before the first stages of the Tour de France, seems to be particularly open to the appetites of the contenders. The hierarchy, which is usually defined in broad strokes and gradually over the first part of the season, blew up in April at the Tour of the Basque Country, where a crash disrupted the build-up of the two leading favourites in the race, as well as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, who has had to put his return to competition on hold. Primož Roglič was the least affected. He had time to show real signs of performance by winning the opening stage and even leading the general classification when his season was brutally interrupted. Perhaps the two months‘ resumption of activity will have enabled the Slovenian to return to perfect condition and finally show his full potential in the Bora-Hansgrohe jersey. With the support of climbers of the calibre of Jai Hindley and Aleksandr Vlasov, the winner of the 2022 Dauphiné has all he needs to do it again, or at least to wage a more balanced fight than he did in Paris-Nice with Remco Evenepoel. The former world champion left the Basque country with a fractured scapula and collarbone. The injury prevented him from lining up for Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but not from fine-tuning his condition in Sierra Nevada to try and do even better than he did in Paris-Nice, where he was pleased to finish runner-up to Matteo Jorgenson in the general classification, win the final stage, the green and polka-dot jerseys.

For the second major race of his career on French roads, the Soudal-Quick Step leader will be in Tour configuration, surrounded in the mountains by lieutenants such as Mikel Landa and Ilan Van Wilder. But in this respect, several leaders will have arguments in their favour, starting with Sepp Kuss, who will inherit the number 1 bib and will be able to rely on top-class teammates in Matteo Jorgenson and Steven Kruijswijk. The UAE Team Emirates line-up is just as strong, with Juan Ayuso (the winner in the Basque Country!) leading the way, accompanied by Marc Soler and Pavel Sivakov. Over at Ineos Grenadiers, Carlos Rodriguez showed with his victory in the Tour de Romandie that he was ready to continue his progression after his breakthrough last year (5th in the Tour de France). Groupama-FDJ is counting on a return to form for David Gaudu to emerge at the top of the general classification, while Lidl-Trek is placing its faith in its recruit this year, Tao Geoghegan Hart, winner of the 2020 Giro, to join the battle for the summits with the help of Giulio Ciccone. Among the most closely watched outsiders, Santiago Buitrago is Colombia’s best chance of riding in yellow during the final weekend if he performs at the same level as in Paris-Nice, without the drama.

22 teams, main contenders (on 24 May)

Australia
Team Jayco AlUla: Durbridge, Harper (Aus)

Bahreïn
Bahrain-Victorious: Buitrago (Col), Haig (Aus), Tiberi (Ita)

Belgium
Soudal-Quick Step: Evenepoel, Van Wilder (Bel), Landa (Spa), Masnada (Ita)
Lotto Dstny: Kron (Den), De Gendt (Bel)
Alpecin-Deceuninck: Laurance (Fra), Boven (Ned)
Intermarché-Wanty: Meintjes (Zaf), Zimmermann (Ger)

France
Décathlon – AG2R La Mondiale: Gall (Aut), Bennett (Irl), Godon (Fra)
Groupama-FDJ: Gaudu, Madouas, Grégoire (Fra)
Cofidis: Martin, Elissonde (Fra)
Team Arkéa-B&B Hotels: Champoussin, Sénéchal (Fra), Cr. Rodríguez (Spa)

Germany
BORA-hansgrohe: Roglič (Slo), Hindley (Aus), Vlasov

Great Britain
Ineos Grenadiers: Ca. Rodríguez, Fraile (Spa), Tarling (Gbr)

Israel
Israel-Premier Tech: Froome (Gbr), Fuglsang (Den), Teuns (Bel)

Kazakhstan
Astana-Qazaqstan Team: Tejada (Col), Charmig (Den)

The Netherlands
Visma | Lease a Bike: Kuss, Jorgenson (Usa), Benoot (Bel)
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL: Barguil (Fra), Poole (Gbr)

Norway
Uno-X Mobility: T. Johannessen (Nor)

Spain
Movistar Team: Formolo (Ita), García Cortina (Spa)

Switzerland
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team: Donovan (Gbr), Ludvigsson (Swe)

United Arab Emirates
UAE Team Emirates: Ayuso, Soler (Spa), Sivakov (Fra), Politt (Ger)

USA
EF Education-Easypost: Uran (Col), Doull (Gbr)
Lidl-Trek: Geoghegan Hart (Gbr), Ciccone (Ita), Pedersen (Den), Skujins (Lat)

CRITÉRIUM DU DAUPHINÉ 2024

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Key points:
 The route of the 76th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, scheduled for 2 to 9 June, was revealed this morning at the seat of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council in Lyon, in the presence of the President of the Council, Laurent Wauquiez, and Christian Prudhomme.
 For the first time ever, the field will take its first pedal strokes in the Allier department, where the town of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule will roll out the red carpet for the riders. Action-packed moments such as the Wednesday time trial in Neulise (Loire) will raise the stakes throughout the week-long race, leading up to an Alpine battle royale that will come to a head on the Plateau des Glières on Sunday afternoon.
 Among the many Tour de France favourites who have already put their names down are the reigning champion, Jonas Vingegaard, and riders of the calibre of Primož Roglič and Remco Evenepoel. Jai Hindley, Aleksandr Vlasov, Mattias Skjelmose, Sepp Kuss and Tao Geoghegan Hart could also be in the mix.

11 June 2023: Jonas Vingegaard and Adam Yates on the final podium, Giulio Ciccone in polka dots and the Spanish rising star Carlos Rodríguez going from strength to strength. You can never know for sure, but the snapshot at the end of the Critérium du Dauphiné tends to be a reliable indicator of who will be the movers and shakers of the following Tour de France. In particular, the epic clashes of mountain maniacs often give a glimpse of the future, as the Alpine roads crank up the pressure one slope at a time to sort out the contenders from the pretenders at the end of the week.

The elite will be on high alert, even in the opening stage in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, where a sprinter ought to be topping the board at the end of the day. It will not last for long, though. Just 24 hours later, riders on top of their game will get their first chance to deal some (serious) damage to their rivals in the gruelling 25 km sequence leading up to the Col de la Loge. After that, the leg-breaking stage to Les Estables, on the rugged terrain of the Puy-de-Dôme and Haute-Loire departments, is the ideal scenario for a strong breakaway to shake up the pecking order. Power riders will be salivating at the prospect of the 34.4 km time trial around Neulise, which has the potential to open even wider gaps.

Stage 5 has „sprint finish“ written all over it, with a 1 km home straight in Saint-Priest, in the suburbs of Lyon. However, from then on, the road will bend towards the sky in an Alpine trilogy that will set out from Hauterives, in front of the Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval, which has hosted the launch of large-scale projects more than once. Act 1 will pit the field against the Col du Granier and, after that, the Collet d’Alevard, following an 11.1 km slog at an average gradient of 8.1%. Act 2 packs an even bigger punch, with an altitude gain of 4,268 metres over a distance of 145.5 km. The traditional Col des Saisies, Col des Aravis and Col de la Colombière will soften up the peloton before the eye-popping Côte d’Arâches and the premiere of Samoëns 1600. The man in the lead at the Haute-Savoie resort will be in a solid position going into the finale, but Act 3 will be rife with opportunities for others to usurp the crown at the eleventh hour. If the field is feeling riotous at the start in Thônes, a dangerous move can emerge on the Col de la Forclaz de Montmin, consolidate on the climb to Mont Salève in the second part of the stage and put the leader between a rock and a hard place on the Plateau des Glières. It was on this side of the ascent that Julian Alaphilippe rocketed to the win in the final stage of the 2013 Tour de l’Avenir.

The stages of the 76th edition:

Sunday 2 June stage 1: Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule > Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, 174,8 km
Monday 3 June, stage 2: Gannat > Col de la Loge, 142 km
Tuesday 4 June, stage 3: Celles-sur-Durolle > Les Estables, 181,2 km
Wednesday 5 June, stage 4: Saint-Germain-Laval > Neulise, 34,4 km (clm-ind.)
Thursday 6 June, stage 5: Amplepuis > Saint-Priest, 200,2 km
Friday 7 June, stage 6: Hauterives > Le Collet d’Allevard, 173,2 km
Saturday 8 June, stage 7: Albertville > Samoëns 1600, 145,5 km
Sunday 9 June, stage 8: Thônes > Plateau des Glières, 152,5 km

Criterium du Dauphine Libere 8. Etappe

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Le Pont-de-Claix – La Bastille – Grenoble Alpes Métropole – 153 Km

1 CICCONE Giulio ITA Trek-Segafredo 04:06:04
2 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 00:23
3 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:33
4 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R Citroën Team 00:49
5 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:54
6 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:57
7 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 01:00
8 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 01:00
9 MEINTJES Louis RSA Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 01:00
10 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 01:03
11 TRÆEN Torstein NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 01:11
12 PEDRERO Antonio ESP Movistar Team 01:22
13 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan ESP INEOS Grenadiers 02:00
14 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 02:06
15 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 02:14

Endstand:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 29:28:39
2 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 02:23
3 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R Citroën Team 02:56
4 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 03:16
5 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 03:47
6 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 04:51
7 MEINTJES Louis RSA Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 05:02
8 TRÆEN Torstein NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 05:15
9 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 05:19
10 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 05:37
11 CICCONE Giulio ITA Trek-Segafredo 05:43
12 BERNAL Egan COL INEOS Grenadiers 06:44
13 POOLE Max GBR Team DSM 06:53
14 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 07:31
15 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 08:00
16 HARPER Chris AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 08:30
17 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 08:40
18 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 09:21
19 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BORA-hansgrohe 10:27
20 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 11:42

Jai Hindley beendet das Critérium du Dauphiné als Vierter der Gesamtwertung

Das Critérium du Dauphiné ging heute mit einer schweren, 157km langen Etappe in Grenoble zu Ende. Nach fünf kategorisierten Anstiegen und fast 4000 Höhenmetern wartete im Finale eine bis zu 30% steile Rampe zur Zielankunft an der Bastille von Grenoble auf die Fahrer. G. Ciccone sicherte sich nach langer Flucht den Etappensieg als Solist. Jai Hindley erreichte den Schlussanstieg mit der ersten Verfolgergruppe und den Favoriten auf die Gesamtwertung. Am Ende überquerte Hindley die Ziellinie an der Bastille als Etappen-Sechster. In der Gesamtwertung gab es keine Veränderung, der Australier beendet die achttägige Rundfahrt auf Rang vier des Gesamtklassements.

Reaktionen im Ziel

„Ein harter Tag am Ende einer harten Woche hier bei der Dauphiné! Ich bin stolz, wie wir hier als Team gefahren sind, die Jungs waren die ganze Woche richtig stark. Ein großer Dank an die Mannschaft! Am Ende hat es zwar leider nicht ganz für das Podium gereicht, ich bin aber trotzdem sehr zufrieden mit meinem Rennen. Mit Blick auf die Tour de France bin ich genau dort, wo ich sein wollte – es bleiben ja noch drei Wochen. Ich gehe jetzt zurück ins Höhentrainigslager und gönne mir dann vor dem Grand Départ in Bilbao ein paar Tage Erholung zuhause.“ Jai Hindley

„Klar hätten wir es am Ende gerne noch auf das Podium geschafft, Vingegaard, Yates und O’Connor waren aber einfach stärker und stehen am Ende der Dauphiné absolut zurecht auf dem Podium. Die Jungs sind die ganze Woche ein super Rennen gefahren, zumal wir ja bis auf Jai Hindley und Emanuel Buchmann eher mit der Sprinterfraktion hier waren. Der Plan war, das Rennen in den Top-5 zu beenden und einen Etappensieg zu holen. Auch wenn uns der Etappensieg verweht geblieben ist, insgesamt sind wir sehr zufrieden.“ Bernhard Eisel, Sportlicher Leiter

Vingegaard and Ciccone light fireworks at La Bastille

Giulio Ciccone (Trek Segafredo) capped off the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023 with a one-man show on the 8th and final stage, packed with gruelling ascents all the way to the finish on the slopes leading to La Bastille Fort. The Italian climber was the last survivor from a breakaway also featuring Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step). On his birthday, the French star gave everything to take a second win this week and move up in the overall standings. But only Ciccone could resist Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), who dropped all his rivals to take the 2nd place of the stage, ahead of Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), and seal his overall victory, ahead of Yates as well. As he gets ready to defend his victory in the Tour de France, Vingegaard is the 2nd Danish rider to win the Critérium du Dauphiné, after Jakob Fuglsang in 2017 and 2019.

The final challenges of the Critérium du Dauphiné inspire the attackers, furthermore with an uphill start favouring a flurry of attacks. With the polka-dot jersey he claimed on the day before, Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) is extremely active. The Belgian baroudeur launches the first move of the day with two companions at km 2.5. And he relentlessly works to make the break.

At the bottom of the first ascent of the day, the cat-2 Côte de Pinet (summit at km 15.1), 10 riders lead the way, including David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ). Trek-Segafredo are not happy with this move. They chase the attackers and Giulio Ciccone gets on the move… with Campenaerts following him.

Alaphilippe is kept under control
Clément Champoussin (Arkéa Samsic) and Franck Bonnamour (AG2R Citroën) join them at km 13. And then Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) and David de la Cruz (Astana Qazaqstan) at km 15. The battle for the break keeps going until Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) and Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) make it a 9-man group at km 36.
As Julian Alaphilippe only trails by 3’48’’ (7th) in the general classification, Jumbo-Visma control the gap. The attackers enjoy their maximum lead (2’50’’) at the bottom of the HC climb to Col du Granier (summit at km 105.1).

Castroviejo chases, Ciccone attacks
Alaphilippe accelerates again on this main ascent. Ciccone, Benoot and Champoussin join him at the front. In the peloton, Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers) sets off in pursuit. At the summit, the Spaniard trails by 55’’ and the peloton by 1’20’’.
Castroviejo joins the leaders towards the summit of the Col du Cucheron (km 123.1). But he can’t react when Ciccone sets off on the cat-1 ascent of Col de Porte. The Italian climber drops everyone with 20 kilometres to go. Behind him, UAE Team Emirates try to set Adam Yates for the win.

Vingegaard is the strongest, again
Ciccone reaches Grenoble and faces the final 1.9 km (average gradient: 14.2%) with a lead of 55’’ on the bunch. Vingegaard attacks inside the last kilometre. Nobody can match his pace but Ciccone holds on for the stage win with a gap of 23’’.
Vingegaard secures the overall victory ahead of Yates (+2’23’’). Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) completes the GC podium (+2’56’’) ahead of his Australian compatriots Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe, +3’16’’) and Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious, +3’47’’). The stage is set for the Tour de France.

Criterium du Dauphine Libere 7. Etappe

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


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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.

Criterium du Dauphine Libere 6. Etappe

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Nantua – Crest-Voland – 170 Km


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1 ZIMMERMANN Georg GER Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 04:02:50
2 BURGAUDEAU Mathieu FRA TotalEnergies 00:01
3 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan ESP INEOS Grenadiers 00:08
4 CICCONE Giulio ITA Trek-Segafredo 00:48
5 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R Citroën Team 00:48
6 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:48
7 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:48
8 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:48
9 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:48
10 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 00:48
11 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 00:48
12 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:48
13 BERNAL Egan COL INEOS Grenadiers 00:48
14 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:48
15 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 00:48
16 TRÆEN Torstein NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:48
17 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:48
18 CARAPAZ Richard ECU EF Education-EasyPost 00:48
19 CHAVES Esteban COL EF Education-EasyPost 00:48
20 MEINTJES Louis RSA Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 00:48

Gesamt:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 21:06:41
2 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R Citroën Team 01:10
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 01:23
4 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 01:26
5 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 01:37
6 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 01:44
7 MARTINEZ Daniel COL INEOS Grenadiers 02:07
8 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 02:54
9 BJERG Mikkel DEN UAE Team Emirates 02:55
10 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 02:57
11 MEINTJES Louis RSA Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 02:59
12 CHAVES Esteban COL EF Education-EasyPost 03:01
13 TRÆEN Torstein NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 03:01
14 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 03:06
15 BERNAL Egan COL INEOS Grenadiers 03:06

Ausreißer setzen sich durch, Jai Hindley jetzt Fünfter der Gesamtwertung

Am sechsten Tag des Critérium du Dauphiné stand die erste von insgesamt drei Etappen in den Alpen an. Nach dem Start in Nantua galt es für die Profis 170km, vier Bergwertungen der zweiten und dritten Kategorie, sowie eine Bergankunft in Crest-Voland zu bewältigen. Drei Fahrer, einer ursprünglich 14-köpfigen Ausreißergruppe, konnten sich durchsetzen und am letzten Anstieg den Sieg unter sich ausmachen. Beim Etappenerfolg von G. Zimmermann überquerte Jai Hindley als Achter die Ziellinie. In der Gesamtwertung verbesserte sich Hindley um eine weitere Position und liegt jetzt auf Rang fünf, 1:37 Minuten hinter J. Vingegaard.

Reaktionen im Ziel

„Speziell die ersten 60km, bis die Ausreißergruppe weg war, hatten wir ein richtig hartes Rennen. Die Jungs haben wieder super Arbeit geleistet, Emanuel Buchmann war bis zum letzten Kilometer bei mir – vielen Dank an dieser Stelle. Insgesamt ein guter Tag für uns, ich freue mich auf die nächsten zwei Etappen.“ Jai Hindley

„Ein richtig schwerer Tag heute! Für uns läuft alles nach Plan, mit Jai Hindley auf Rang fünf sind wir sehr zufrieden und haben eine perfekte Ausgangslage für die letzten beiden Etappen. Leichter wird es nicht mehr hier bei der Dauphiné!“ Bernhard Eisel, Sportlicher Leiter

Zimmermann punches like a heavy weight


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Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) took his 2nd professional victory, the first in the World Tour, in Crest-Voland, the arrival of stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné. The young German was strong and smart enough to be part of a 14-man breakaway that only developed after more than 60 kilometres of battle. He then mastered a finale he already knew from the Tour de l’Avenir (he was 18th there in 2018) to get the best of Mathieu Burgaudeau (Total Energies) and Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers). Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) attacked again but his GC rivals answered this move. The final week-end will offer them much more elevation to open differences in the mountains.

The road rises, the stakes are raised, and the attackers are very much inspired from the start in Nantua (where Julian Alaphilippe won a stage of the Tour de l’Ain in 2014). The riders cover 49.5km in the first hour… And it’s not enough to make the break! The battle keeps going after the cat-2 ascent of the Côte de Clermont-en-Genevois (summit at km 52.8) but Jumbo-Visma control the different attempts until they see a group they deem not too dangerous for Jonas Vingegaard’s yellow and blue jersey.
Six riders eventually get away at km 56. They’re joined by eight more attackers at km 60 to make the break of the day: Nans Peters (AG2R Citroën), Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers), Andrea Bagioli, Dries Devenyns (Soudal Quick-Step), Andrey Amador (EF Education-EasyPost), Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), Axel Zinglé (Cofidis), Lawson Craddock (Jayco AlUla), Mathieu Burgaudeau, Matteo Vercher, Alexis Vuillermoz (Total Energies), Simon Guglielmi (Arkéa Samsic).

The race explodes up the Col des Aravis
Meanwhile, the pace condemns a handful of weakened riders: Donavan Grondin (Arkéa Samsic), Natnael Tesfatsion (Trek Segafredo), Rudy Porter (Jayco AlUla) and Manuele Boaro (Astana Qazaqstan) withdraw from the race.
Jumbo-Visma control the gap, until it reaches a maximum of 3’15’’ at km 82. Then Uno X drive the chase, with the occasional support of Team DSM and Trek Segafredo. The gap is down to 1’50’’ as the race enters the final 30 kilometres.
The breakaway explodes on the slopes of the cat-2 ascent of Col des Aravis (7.8km at 5.7%, summit 18.3km away from the finish). At the summit, Jonathan Castroviejo, Mathieu Burgaudeau and Georg Zimmermann are 35’’ ahead of Matteo Trentin, Nans Peters, Simon Guglielmi and Andrea Bagioli. The peloton trail by 1’25’’.

Zimmermann punches to victory
The road rises again for the last 7km, with the climb of the Côte de Notre-Dame-de-Bellecombe (3.2km at 6.1%), immediately followed by the final ascent to Crest-Voland (2.3km at 6.6%). The chasers trail by 25’’ and the peloton by 1’40’’.
These differences are big enough for the three leaders to battle it out. Zimmermann attacks with 2km to go. It seems like his rivals can’t react… But Burgaudeau bridges the gap 500 metres away from the line. The Frenchman opens the sprint but the German clinches victory. Behind them, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) tests his GC rivals into the last kilometre but he doesn’t manage to open differences.

Criterium du Dauphine Libere 5. Etappe

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Cormoranche-sur-Saône – Salins-les-Bains – 191 Km

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 04:03:42
2 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:31
3 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 00:31
4 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 00:31
5 POOLE Max GBR Team DSM 00:31
6 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 00:31
7 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 00:31
8 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:31
9 MARTINEZ Lenny FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:31
10 CHAVES Esteban COL EF Education-EasyPost 00:31
11 BERNAL Egan COL INEOS Grenadiers 00:31
12 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:31
13 MEINTJES Louis RSA Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 00:31
14 CICCONE Giulio ITA Trek-Segafredo 00:31
15 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 00:31
16 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 00:31
17 LOPEZ Juan Pedro ESP Trek-Segafredo 00:31
18 LANDA Mikel ESP Bahrain Victorious 00:31
19 BENOOT Tiesj BEL Jumbo-Visma 00:31
20 GROSSSCHARTNE Felix AUT UAE Team Emirates 00:45

Gesamt:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 17:03:03
2 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R Citroën Team 01:10
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 01:23
4 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 01:26
5 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix AUT UAE Team Emirates 01:27
6 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 01:37
7 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 01:44
8 MARTINEZ Daniel COL INEOS Grenadiers 02:07
9 BJERG Mikkel DEN UAE Team Emirates 02:21
10 MARTIN Guillaume FRA Cofidis 02:54
11 WRIGHT Fred GBR Bahrain Victorious 02:55
12 JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 02:57
13 MEINTJES Louis RSA Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 02:59
14 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 03:00
15 CHAVES Esteban COL EF Education-EasyPost 03:01
16 TRÆEN Torstein NOR Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 03:01
17 QUINN Sean USA EF Education-EasyPost 03:05
18 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 03:06
19 BERNAL Egan COL INEOS Grenadiers 03:06
20 CHAMPOUSSIN Clément FRA Team Arkéa-Samsic 03:11

Jai Hindley im schweren Finale der fünften Etappe auf Platz 6, Nils Politt mit starkem Auftritt in der Fluchtgruppe

Der fünfte Tagesabschnitt des Critérium du Dauphiné führte über 191km von Cormoranche-sur-Saôone nach Salins-les-Bains. Auf einen flachen, ersten Teil der Etappe folgte ein anspruchsvoller Abschnitt mit drei Bergwertungen der zweiten und dritten Kategorie. Nils Politt war Teil einer starken, sechsköpfigen Ausreißergruppe, die nach einer 170km langen Flucht 17km vor dem Ziel vom Feld gestellt wurde. Im Finale konnte sich J. Vingegaard am letzten Anstieg absetzen und die Etappe als Solist gewinnen. Jai Hindley überquerte als Sechster, 31s hinter Vingegaard, mit der ersten Verfolgergruppe die Ziellinie. Im Gesamtklassement liegt Hindley vor den letzten drei Etappen jetzt auf Rang sechs.

Reaktionen im Ziel

„Das Finale und die Anfahrt zum Ziel waren richtig schwer, deshalb hatte ich für heute schon etwas Bewegung in der Gesamtwertung erwartet. Es war super, Nils Politt in der Ausreißerguppe des Tages zu haben. Ich möchte mich auch bei meinen Teamkollegen für die super Unterstützung bedanken! Vingegaard war am letzten Anstieg in einer anderen Liga, dahinter haben wir um die Plätze gekämpft. Ich bin zufrieden heute – bis zur Tour sind es ja noch ein paar Wochen.“ Jai Hindley

„Es war unser Plan, Nils Politt heute in der Ausreißergruppe zu haben. Natürlich hätten wir auch gehofft, dass die Gruppe es bis zur Ziellinie schafft. Nils hat ein super Rennen gezeigt heute – Chapeau! Ein Tag der fast maßgeschneidert schien für eine Ausreißergruppe wurde am Ende zu einer Etappe fürs Gesamtklassement; so ist moderner Radsport. Jai ist jetzt starker Sechster in der Gesamtwertung, damit sind wir aktuell sehr zufrieden und freuen uns auf die nächsten Etappen.“ Bernhard Eisel, Sportlicher Leiter

Vingegaard masters Thésy

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) showed his class on day 5 of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023 as he soloed away from the GC group to take the stage win and the yellow and blue jersey as the overall leader of the race. After an attack by Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) on the slopes of the Côte de Thésy, the Danish winner of the Tour de France 2022 dropped everyone with 16 kilometres to go. Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) finished 2nd in Salins-les-Bains, 31’’ behind Vingegaard. The Frenchman is also 2nd of the GC, 1’23’’ behind the winner of the day. Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) crashed at the bottom of the Côte de Thésy.

After the individual time trial and ahead of a mountainous week-end, attackers are inspired from the start in Cormoranche-sur-Saône. Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe) is very active and his efforts launch the break of the day at km 5, with Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Total Energies) and Leon Heinschke (Team DSM) alongside him. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Dstny) quickly bridges the gap to make it six men at the front while the other counter-attackers are reeled in by the bunch.
The leaders fly towards the main challenges of the day. They cover 50.8 kilometres in the first hour, and 46.2 kilometres in the second hour, despite hitting the first ascent of the day (the cat-3 Côte de Château-Chalon, summited at km 97.7).

Relentless pace
Their efforts give them a maximum lead of 4’15’’ at km 78. Soudal Quick-Step and Bahrain Victorious participate in the chase alongside Mikkel Berg’s UAE Team Emirates). The pace is too high for Maxim Van Gils, who has to abandon due to illness according to his team Lotto Dstny.
The peloton seriously up the ante, but so do the attackers. They cross the finish line for the first time and take on a 48.7 km loop around Salins-les-Bains, with the climbs of Côte d’Ivory (cat-3, 36.7km to go after the summit) and Côte de Thésy (cat-2, 14.4km to go). The gap is still up to 3’05’’.

Carapaz and Alaphilippe try…
The many ups and downs wear the peloton, but EF Education-EasyPost take the reins to bring the gap down to 1’ for the last 30 kilometres. The gap is down to 20’’ at the bottom of the Côte de Thésy (3.6km at 8.8%). Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) hits the deck. He quickly gets back up on his bike but can’t make his way back to the front.
Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) attacks 3 kilometres away from the summit. Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) tries to follow but only Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) can match the Ecuadorian’s pace… And the Danish rider even drops his rival 1.5km away from the summit, with 16km to go.

Vingegaard takes it all
Atop the Côte de Thésy, Vingegaard is 35’’ ahead of the GC group, not featuring Carapaz, David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) or Dani Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers), who were all dropped on the ascent.
Vingegaard keeps up with his effort all the way to the finish. Julian Alaphilippe is the fastest from the GC group to take the 2nd place of the day and of the overall standings, ahead of the final three mountainous challenges

Criterium du Dauphine Libere 4. Etappe

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Cours – Belmont-de-la-Loire – ITT – 31 Km

1 BJERG Mikkel DEN UAE Team Emirates 00:37:28
2 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 00:12
3 CAVAGNA Remi FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:27
4 WRIGHT Fred GBR Bahrain Victorious 00:34
5 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R Citroën Team 00:41
6 GROSSSCHARTNE Felix AUT UAE Team Emirates 00:44
7 HERREGODTS Rune BEL Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 00:54
8 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:57
9 OLIVEIRA Nelson POR Movistar Team 01:02
10 CASTROVIEJO Jonathan ESP INEOS Grenadiers 01:05
11 MARTINEZ Daniel COL INEOS Grenadiers 01:07
12 DURBRIDGE Luke AUS Team Jayco-AlUla 01:08
13 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 01:08
14 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 01:12
15 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 01:15
16 CRADDOCK Lawson USA Team Jayco-AlUla 01:15
17 SHAW James GBR EF Education-EasyPost 01:33
18 JORGENSON Matteo USA Movistar Team 01:37
19 DE LA CRUZ David ESP Astana Qazaqstan Team 01:42
20 QUINN Sean USA EF Education-EasyPost 01:44
21 LAPORTE Christophe FRA Jumbo-Visma 01:50
22 POLITT Nils GER BORA-hansgrohe 01:53

Gesamt:

1 BJERG Mikkel DEN UAE Team Emirates 12:59:19
2 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Jumbo-Visma 00:12
3 WRIGHT Fred GBR Bahrain Victorious 00:34
4 O’CONNOR Ben AUS AG2R Citroën Team 00:41
5 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix AUT UAE Team Emirates 00:44
6 HERREGODTS Rune BEL Intermarché-Circus-Wanty 00:50
7 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:57
8 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 01:00
9 MARTINEZ Daniel COL INEOS Grenadiers 01:07
10 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA-hansgrohe 01:08
11 HAIG Jack AUS Bahrain Victorious 01:15
12 LAPORTE Christophe FRA Jumbo-Visma 01:27
13 JORGENSON Matteo USA Movistar Team 01:37
14 QUINN Sean USA EF Education-EasyPost 01:44
15 RODRIGUEZ Carlos ESP INEOS Grenadiers 02:00

Jai Hindley rückt mit starkem Zeitfahren auf Platz 10 der Gesamtwertung vor

Die vierte Etappe des Critérium du Dauphiné wurde als 31,1km lange Zeitfahrprüfung ausgetragen. Auf dem anspruchsvollen Kurs zwischen Cours und Belmont-de-la-Loire holte sich M. Bjerg den Tagessieg. BORA – hansgrohe Kapitän Jai Hindley landete mit 1:08min. Rückstand auf Rang 13. Vor den entscheidenden Etappen in den Alpen liegt Hindley jetzt auf Rang zehn der Gesamtwertung.

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„Ich bin schon länger kein 30km Zeitfahren mehr gefahren, dementsprechend hart war es heute für mich. Ich bin zufrieden mit meiner Leistung und der Renneinteilung, aber auch mit dem Bike Set-up und der Arbeit des ganzen Teams. Im Höhentrainingslager in Tignes haben wir viel auf dem Zeitfahrrad gearbeitet, scheint sich bezahlt gemacht zu haben. Ich freue mich jetzt auf die kommenden Etappen und die Berge!“ Jai Hindley

Bjerg’s successful flight

Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) had a stunning and visibly emotional performance in stage 4 of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023, an individual time trial that saw him get the best of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). The Danish winner of the Tour de France 2022 had the best start but his younger compatriot was stronger and stronger as the kilometres went by, until he set the best time at the finish: 37’28’’ to cover 31.1km (49.8km/h), 12’’ ahead of Vingegaard and 27’’ ahead of Rémi Cavagna (Soudal Quick-Step). Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) finished 21st (+1’50’’) and lost his leader’s jersey to Bjerg, who claims at 24 years old his first professional victory, in line with his three titles as the U23 ITT world champion.

The sun is out to accompany the 140 riders gearing up to take on one of the most important challenges of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023: a 31.1 km time trial with 445 metres of elevation from Cours to Belmont-de-la-Loire.
Donavan Grondin (Arkéa Samsic) is the first rider to start, at 13:41. He’s also the first rider at the finish, but Dylan van Baarle (Jumbo-Visma) immediately sets a better time (41’13’’). And he’s quickly beaten by Ryan Mullen (Bora-Hansgrohe) as well, with a time of 39’23’’.
As the experts up the ante, the times go down: 38’33’’ for Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers), 38’30’’ for Nelson Oliveira (Movistar)… And 37’55’’ for Rémi Cavagna (Soudal Quicl-Step). Can he make it four French victories in four stages? His impressive reference stands for a long time. But not until the end.

Vingegaard starts strong, Bjerg finishes stronger
A three-time U23 ITT world champion, Mikel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) takes a good start and increases the pace in the second part of the race, so much that he puts 27’’ behind him and Cavagna, who was 9’’ ahead of him after 10.7km. With an average speed of 49.8km/h, he sets a reference of 37’28’’.
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is the fastest at the first intermediate point, 20’’ ahead of Bjerg. But The Danish winner of the Tour de France 2022 eventually takes the 2nd best time, 12’’ behind Bjerg.

Laporte’s run in yellow and blue comes to an end
After that, nobody comes close to Bjerg but Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) takes the 4th best time (+34’’). Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) is the best among Vingegaard’s rivals for the GC battle, dropping 29’’ on the Danish rider. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) follows closely, with a gap of 45’’ to Vingegaard.
As for Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma), he takes the 21st best time, 1’50’’ behind the winner fo the day. Mikkel Bjerg doesn’t only take the stage win, but also the yellow and blue jersey!