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Race thread: 🇫🇷 Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 (June 8 to 15)
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Stage 4
The time trial. The length and profile are of very common types these days: 17 km flat, with a climb (about 2 km at 8%) in the middle.
Fairly short TTs seem to be the norm these days. This looks like a slot-in for Evenepoel, but I guess we should also expect the other favourites to be in the mix. Curious to see who will place better between Pog & Vingegaard and if Romeo and Lipowitz can keep up with them.
You predicted it right, except for Jorgenson inserting himself between Vingegaard and Pogatchar (who finished only 4^th^: we could have expected him to come 2^nd^, ahead of Vingegaard and outsiders).
Both (and Van der Poel too) came close to keep or take the yellow jersey. But Evenepoel crushed everyone, favourites and yesterday's breakawaymen.
That's surprisingly strong from Jorgenson. Vingegaard seems to be in great shape, but I wonder if he's peaking too early.
If he can find another two percent before the TdF I expect he will win, maybe even convincingly. In a way I hope so, I would be disconcerted if Pog can ride a spring like this and still dominate in the tour.
Poole has apparently fallen during the time trial. Does this mean that Bardet will be forced to play GC now, as he is now 45 seconds ahead of the following Picnic riders?
Next day, during the first mountain stage, Poole apparently abandoned and all other Picnic riders including Bardet finished 13 minutes and more behind... So, it will be all for breakaways in the last two stages. Or nothing at all.
We shall know more after 1 or 2 mountain days, I suppose.
Pogatchar didn't look wonderful on the attacks of the the first day compared to the others: he always need a little bit of delay to catch up, he never initiated any move, and his relays were sort of fake. However, given the circumstances of the finish, he still won 😆