Criterium du Dauphine 2022

2022 - 6 - 10

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Criterium du Dauphine stage 8 - Live coverage (Cyclingnews.com)

Primoz Roglic leads overall before final mountain stage. Stage 8 is short but packed with mountains and ends with a 9% climb to Plateau de Solaison.

The peloton have passed the flag drop and are racing! As such, there is a fierce contest for today's breakaway happening at the moment. It's been a bit of a frantic start with the composition of the breakaway changing quite a lot. It has opened up an advantage of 25 seconds over the Jumbo-Visma controlled peloton. The summit of the Col de la Colombière is beautiful. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) holds a 14 point lead in the green jersey competition, while Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Pro Cycling) is a second ahead of Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar) in the white jersey competition. Although the Col de la Colombière has not technically started yet, the road is already climbing upwards. There’s a lot more GC contenders so I think the competiton will be a bit harder and it is harder to win but we go for at least one of us trying to win the race.” Rolland is among those riders who have been dropped by the breakaway. To win a stage and finish second overall is a very very nice result." "I think it would be hard for us to be 1-2 in the Tour because there are a few more riders. "In the Ardennes Classics I didn’t have the best period but now I think I’m back at a really high level and for sure very happy about this.

Question: What on Earth is going on at the Critérium du Dauphiné? (CyclingTips)

Stage 6 took on a new level of weirdness in a race that has mostly consisted of answering the question 'will Wout van Aert win today or mess it up?' On the ...

“I understand why I was disqualified and can only say that I regret it and learn from it,” the Colombian said, not using any of the first 27 years of his life to get to grips with the fact that thumping someone in the face while riding a bicycle at warp speed is something you probably shouldn’t do. What happened was that a break was allowed win, and then a rider from that break was allowed to win, and it looked for all the world like nobody saw either thing coming. What about the rest of the peloton?

Molano disqualified after hitting rider twice in Criterium du Dauphine (Reuters)

Colombia's Juan Sebastian Molano was disqualified from the Criterium du Dauphine on Friday after the UAE Emirates rider hit another rider twice in the sixth ...

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How to Watch Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 8: Live Stream, TV ... (Sports Illustrated)

Ahead of the Tour de France, the Critérium du Dauphiné rolls on with the eighth stage on Sunday in this huge cycling event.

Chris Froome of Great Britain is tied for the most wins at this event with three and is the only active cyclist of the five with three wins. The eight-day race is winding to a close with a champion of cycling being crowned in France again. Through this morning, Mark Paden from Ukraine is in the lead on the Bahrain - Victorious team.

Verona wins, Roglic dominates (Critérium du Dauphiné)

The first Alpine stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2022 has brought an all-out battle in the mountains until Carlos Verona (Movistar) took the win in Vaujany ...

Cattaneo also struggles, and Primoz Roglic is the virtual leader as he summits with a gap of 1’50’’ to the front of the race. Donovan is caught with 7km of ascent remaining, and the gap to the bunch is down to 2’50’’. At the bottom of the final ascent to Vaujany (5.7km at 7.2%), Guglielmi, Vermaerke, Skujins and Muhlberger are 25’’ behind the lead duo. Verona can feel the pressure behind him, but the Spaniard maintains a gap of 13’’ on the line. Into the last 50km of the stage, he has a 30’’ lead to his chasers, and the peloton trail by 3’30’’. Luis Leon Sanchez leads the virtual standings as he was trailing by 2’47’’ on GC at the start of the day. The first Alpine stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2022 has brought an all-out battle in the mountains until Carlos Verona (Movistar) took the win in Vaujany and Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) powered to the yellow and blue jersey.

'Completely out of order' - Juan Sebastian Molano disqualified after ... (Eurosport.com)

There was drama in the peloton with Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) appearing to punch Hugo Page (Intermarche–Wanty–Gobert Materiaux).

"With 10km to go he gave me a smack on the helmet and insulted me," Page is quoted assayingby Cycling News. "He wasn't happy, because he said I'd cut him up. Since the start I've done clean sprints, and what's more, I do it all alone, I don't bother anyone." "I'd like to apologise to Hugo Page and to all the riders for what happened. Kirby was spot on with his assessment, as Molano was thrown out of the race. “That's a crossed arm straight up and he will be out of the race... "Blow issued!” said Carlton Kirby on Eurosport commentary.