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Sunday, June 6: 8th & Final Stage, La Léchère les Bains - Les Gets, 147 km

Stage 8 map & profile | Stage 8 photos

Mark Padun makes it two stage wins in a row. Photo: ASO/Fabien Boukla

Rated ascents:

• Km 2.1: Côte d'Esserts-Blay, 2 km @ 4.1%. Cat. 4
• Km 33.2: Côte d'Héry-sur-Ugine, 10.2 km @ 5%. Cat. 2
• Km 52: Cole de Aravis, 6.7 km @ 7%. Cat. 2
• Km 76.9: Col de la Colombière, 11.7 km @ 5.8%. Cat. 1
• Km 104.1: Côte de Châtillon-sur-Cluses, 4.7 km @ 5%. Cat. 3
• Km 130.3: Col de Joux Plane, 11.6 km @ 8.5%. Hors Cat.

Weather at the finish city of Les Gets at 1:15 PM, local time: 16C (60F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 10 mph (6 mph). There is a 35% chance of rain during the afternoon.

The race: The official start to the 2021 Critérium du Dauphiné's final stage was given at 1:41 PM. All 131 stage-seven classified finishers began the stage.

There was a crash just as the stage began. This forced Israel Start-Up Nation rider Mads Schmidt to quit the race. After about an hour of racing Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quick Step), who was last yesterday, abandoned. As the day's big mountains began to really bite, there were more riders climbing off their bikes. By the end of the stage 13 riders had abandoned.

A stunning setting for the race. This photo shows the peloton about an hour into the stage. Photo: ASO/Fabien Boukla

Here's the race organizer's stage eight summary:

Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) held on to his yellow and blue jersey after a final stage dominated by Mark Padun (Bahrain Victorious), who claimed in Les Gets his second victory in a row. The Ukrainian climber impressed again on the Col de Joux-Plane, 24 hours after dominating the climb to La Plagne. This time, he spent the whole day in the breakaway, also claiming the polka-dot jersey, and dropped all his companions with 27.5km to go.

In the GC battle, Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) and Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) attacked Richie Porte on the final climb of the day but they couldn’t shake up the collective strength from Ineos Grenadiers. The downhill was much more complicated for the British squad, with Alexey Lutsenko and Ion Izagirre (Astana-Premier Tech) accelerating and Geraint Thomas hitting the deck. But Porte managed to keep things under control to become the second Australian winner of the Dauphiné, after Phil Anderson did so in 1985. Porte was born that same year... He is now the oldest winner in the history of the race.

The race:
The final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné often brings fireworks and many attackers decide to set the race on fire with an uphill start. Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) attacks on the slopes of the Côte d’Esserts-Blay and 17 riders manage to get away over the top: Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Martin (Cofidis), Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Arcas, Erviti (Movistar), Konrad, Politt, Schwarzmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Godon (AG2R-Citroën), Barguil (Arkea-Samsic), Sweeny (Lotto-Soudal), Padun (Bahrain-Victorious), Bernard, Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo), Rolland, Bonnamour (B&B-KTM) and Armée (Qhubeka).

Padun on the hunt for the polka dots
Many chasers set off in pursuit but only Michael Valgren (EF Nippo), Martijn Tusveld (Team DSM) and Jan Bakelants (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) manage to do so on the first slopes up the Col des Aravis, after 47km of battle. Meanwhile, the gap to the bunch had increased to 5 minutes, Mark Padun had taken 5 KOM points atop the Côte d’Héry-sur-Ugine and Michael Schwarzmann had already been dropped from the leading group, after working hard to put Patrick Konrad in the best position possible. The Austrian is the main GC threat at the front: 20th at the start, with a gap of 2’51’’.

Israel Start-Up Nation react and bring the gap down to 4’05’’ at the Col des Aravis (km 52). They keep pressing on the downhill and on the first slopes leading to the Col de la Colombière. The gap is down to 2’30’’ when Richie Porte’s Ineos Grenadiers take over at the front of the bunch. Mark Padun goes first at the summit again, taking 10 more points to lead the virtual KOM standings.

Padun sets off for the stage
The pace slightly drops in the valley leading to the final challenges of the day as Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) changes his bike with 50km to go. The gap is up to 3’10’’ atop the Côte de Châtillon-sur-Cluses (km 104.1). And down to 2’30’’ at the bottom of the climb of Joux-Plane: 11.6km at 8.5%.

Padun immediately drops his breakaway companions. Ben Hermans (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Nairo Quintana (Arkéa Samsic) are the first attackers in the bunch, with 10km to go to the summit. Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) counter-attacks and quickly drops them.

Movistar increase the pressure
The Ukrainian climber impresses, opening major gaps to his former breakaway companions on the climb. Movistar up the ante in the bunch. Kruijswijk is caught and Miguel Angel Lopez attacks inside the last 2km of ascent.

Tao Geoghegan Hart controls for Richie Porte. Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) counter-attacks just before the summit. Padun goes over the top with a lead of 1’40’’ on Vingegaard and Konrad. Then, Haig follows at 2’50’’ and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) leads the GC group 10’’ behind.

Thomas crashes, Porte resists
Astana-Premier Tech increase the pressure on the downhill with Alexey Lutsenko and Ion Izagirre. Geraint Thomas follows but he crashes. Richie Porte still manages to bridge the gap with O'Connor, Kelderman, Lopez and Gaudu.

Richie Porte has finally won the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Mark Padun avoids any trouble to take the win in Les Gets. So does Porte, who enjoys the support of Thomas again in the last 4km to control several unsuccessful attempts from his rivals. Ben O’Connor finishes just ahead of his rivals but his Australian compatriot is the winner of the 73rd Critérium du Dauphiné, ahead of Lutsenko and Thomas.

Complete results:

Stage 8 photos

147 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.735 km/hr

1	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	4hr 6min 49sec
2	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	@ 1min 36sec
3	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
4	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROËN	1' 57''
5	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 10''
6	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
7	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
8	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
9	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
10	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
11	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
12	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
13	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
14	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	2' 43''
15	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	2' 50''
16	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3' 04''
17	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	4' 04''
18	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
19	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
20	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
21	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
22	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
23	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	5' 16''
24	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
25	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
26	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
27	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	6' 12''
28	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
29	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
30	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
31	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
32	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
33	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
34	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
35	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
36	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
37	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	7' 34''
38	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
39	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	7' 43''
40	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
41	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	8' 16''
42	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	s.t.
43	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	9' 50''
44	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
45	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
46	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
47	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	10' 24''
48	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
49	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
50	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
51	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
52	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	12' 33''
53	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
54	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	13' 13''
55	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
56	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	14' 12''
57	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	s.t.
58	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
59	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
60	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
61	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
62	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
63	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	14' 21''
64	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	17' 21''
65	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	18' 34''
66	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
67	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
68	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
69	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
70	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
71	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	20' 17''
72	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	20' 57''
73	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	21' 17''
74	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
75	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	22' 05''
76	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
77	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
78	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
79	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
80	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
81	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	23' 41''
82	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
83	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	25' 24''
84	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
85	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
86	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
87	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
88	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
89	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
90	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
91	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
92	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
93	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
94	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
95	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
96	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
97	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
98	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
99	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	26' 49''
100	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	31' 24''
101	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
102	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
103	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
104	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
105	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
106	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	s.t.
107	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
108	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
109	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
110	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
111	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
112	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
113	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
114	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
115	MARTIN SALMON	TEAM DSM	s.t.
116	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
117	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
118	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.

Final GC after stage 8:

• GC winner: Richie Porte (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Mark Padun (Bahrain Victorious)
• Points classification winner: Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious)
• Best young rider: David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)
• Team classification winner: INEOS Grenadiers

1,198.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.479 km/hr

1	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	29hr 37min 5sec
2	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	@ 17sec
3	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 29''
4	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 33''
5	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	0' 34''
6	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	0' 38''
7	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
8	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROËN	0' 47''
9	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 12''
10	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	1' 57''
11	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	2' 08''
12	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	2' 10''
13	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROËN	3' 11''
14	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	3' 18''
15	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	3' 29''
16	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	3' 49''
17	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	4' 12''
18	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	4' 50''
19	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	5' 34''
20	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	6' 54''
21	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	6' 56''
22	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	8' 55''
23	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	13' 28''
24	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	14' 51''
25	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	18' 12''
26	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	18' 31''
27	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	19' 02''
28	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	19' 48''
29	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	20' 55''
30	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	24' 20''
31	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	26' 02''
32	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROËN	26' 27''
33	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	27' 16''
34	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	28' 01''
35	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	28' 23''
36	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	28' 41''
37	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	29' 19''
38	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	30' 39''
39	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	33' 20''
40	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	33' 35''
41	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	34' 12''
42	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	34' 52''
43	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	35' 06''
44	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	39' 26''
45	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	40' 28''
46	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	40' 59''
47	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	41' 47''
48	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	43' 17''
49	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	43' 49''
50	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	43' 59''
51	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	45' 03''
52	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	45' 35''
53	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	46' 46''
54	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROËN	47' 27''
55	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	48' 45''
56	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	48' 46''
57	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	48' 47''
58	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	50' 11''
59	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	50' 14''
60	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	50' 42''
61	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	51' 03''
62	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	52' 47''
63	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	53' 46''
64	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	54' 44''
65	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	55' 29''
66	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	55' 47''
67	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	56' 14''
68	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	56' 18''
69	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	57' 30''
70	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	58' 13''
71	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	58' 28''
72	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	58' 45''
73	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	59' 05''
74	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	59' 26''
75	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	59' 26''
76	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	59' 43''
77	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROËN	1H 0' 46'
78	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	1H 1' 58''
79	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	1H 02' 15''
80	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	1H 02' 54''
81	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROËN	1H 03' 42''
82	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	1H 03' 49''
83	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	1H 05' 12''
84	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	1H 07' 19''
85	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	1H 07' 53''
86	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1H 08' 08''
87	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1H 10' 23''
88	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1H 11' 32''
89	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	1H 11' 38''
90	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1H 12' 52''
91	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1H 13' 56''
92	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	1H 14' 16''
93	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	1H 19' 57''
94	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	1H 21' 46''
95	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	1H 21' 54''
96	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1H 25' 16''
97	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	1H 26' 04''
98	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	1H 26' 43''
99	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1H 27' 49''
100	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	1H 28' 36''
101	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	1H 31' 43''
102	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	1H 32' 41''
103	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1H 34' 24''
104	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1H 35' 51''
105	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1H 36' 13''
106	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	1H 36' 22''
107	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	1H 36' 42''
108	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	1H 38' 11''
109	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1H 38' 42''
110	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	1H 41' 06''
111	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	1H 41' 46''
112	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 43' 55''
113	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1H 45' 25''
114	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 48' 09''
115	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 52' 28''
116	MARTIN SALMON	TEAM DSM	1H 54' 04''
117	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	1H 58' 43''
118	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	2H 00' 16''

Stage 8 map & profile:

Stage 8 map

Stage 8 profile

Stage 8 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Alejandro Valverde and his Movistar teammates before the race start.

Richie Porte heads to the start to defend his GC lead.

Best Young Rider David Gaudu

Two stage wins in a row for Mark Padun.

Jonas Vingegaard was second and Patrick Konrad third. They came in 1min 36sec after Mark Padun.

The GC contenders finish, led in by David Gaudu with Geraint Thomas next to him and Richie Porte just behind, staying close.

A jubilant Richie Porte just after the stage finished

Stage winner Mark Padun won the Best Climber classification

Points classification winner Sonny Colbrelli

INEOS Grenadiers won the Team Classification

He did it. Richie Porte has won the Critérium du Dauphiné

The final GC podium, from left: Alexey Lutsenko (2nd), Richie Porte (1st) & Geraint Thomas (3rd)

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Saturday, June 5: Stage 7, Saint Martin le Vinoux - La Plagne, 171.1 km

Stage 7 map & profile | Stage 7 photos

Mark Padun enjoys a well-earned win. Photo: ASO/Fabien Boukla

Rated ascents:

• Km 81.2: Côte de Venthon, 2.5 km @ 4.8%. Cat. 4
• Km 110.2: Col du Pré, 12.6 km @ 7.7%. Hors Cat.
• Km 122.5: Cormet de Roselend, 5.7 km @ 6.5%. Cat. 2
• Km 171.5: Montée de La Plagne, 17.1 km @ 7.5%. Hors Cat.

Weather at the finish city of La Plagne at 1:40 PM, local time: 20C (67F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 10 km/hr (6 mph). There is currently a 15% chance of rain, growing to 24% by 4:00 PM.

The race: Today is the 2021 Critérium du Dauphiné's Queen Stage with two HC climbs, including the hilltop finish at La Plagne. That finish marks the highest point of this year's Dauphiné.

135 riders began the stage at 10:05 AM. Andrey Zeits (Team BikeExchange) did not start. Well into the stage Lachlan Morton (EF Education-Nippo), William Bonnet (Groupama-FDJ) & Anthony Delplace (Arkea-Samsic) abandoned.

The peloton with GC leader Alexey Lutsenko descends from the snow covered summit of the Cormet de Roseland.

Here's the race organizer's stage seven summary:

Mark Padun (Bahrain Victorious) proved to be the strongest on the climb to La Plagne, where he won stage 7 of the 73rd Critérium du Dauphiné. The young Ukrainian climber followed an acceleration from Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) with 8.5km to go and went solo in the last 5km to claim his first WorldTour success. The Australian veteran finished 2nd of the stage to take the yellow and blue jersey on the eve of the final stage to Les Gets. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech) now trails by 17’’ while Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) moved up to 6th overall (+38’’).

Porte is in prime position but he’s already led the race after the penultimate stage, in 2017… And it wasn’t enough to take the overall victory after all. Let’s see if he can take his revenge with a gruelling mountain stage ahead.

The mountainous challenges of stage 7 motivate the attackers. There are 135 riders left in the race with the abandon of Andrey Zeits (Team BikeExchange) and many of them try to jump ahead of the bunch as soon as the flag is dropped.

Huge battle for the break
It takes 67km of battle for a group to finally open a gap. Alexis Renard (Israel Start-Up Nation), Marco Haller (Bahrain Victorious), Martin Salmon (Team DSM), Pierre Rolland and Franck Bonnamour (B&B p/b KTM) are 1’40’’ ahead of the peloton as they reach the bottom of the first climb of the day, Côte de Venthon (summit at km 81.2).

The battle keeps going and Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal) is determined to be part of the breakaway to defend his polka-dot jersey. Nine riders join him in pursuit: Michael Valgren, Lawson Craddock (EF Nippo), Warren Barguil (Arkéa Samsic), Steff Cras (Lotto Soudal), Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates), Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo), Martijn Tusveld (Team DSM). Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Jorge Arcas (Movistar).

The battle goes on…
The chasers trail by 30’’ at the bottom of the Col de Pré (12.6km at 7.7%). The gap to the bunch is up to 3’10’’. It even increases to 3’40’’ on the climb, with a hard battle at the front, and Movistar decide to take over from Astana-Premier Tech in the peloton.

A new leading group emerge on the final slopes and Lawson Craddock takes 15 KOM points at the summit ahead of seven companions: Valgren, Tusveld, Rolland, Elissonde, Bjerg, Arcas and Haller. The gap to the bunch slightly decreased on the climb but it’s back up to 3’45’’ at the bottom of the climb to Cormet de Roselend (km 117).

And on!
Craddock takes 5 more points at the summit but the gap to the bunch is down to 2’45’’. Haller and Valgren accelerate on the downhill. Tusveld, Arcas and Bjerg join them in Albertville (25km to go). Valgren attacks again just ahead of the final climb to La Plagne: 17.1km with an average gradient of 7.5%. Movistar accelerate in the valley and the gap is down to 1’45’’ at the bottom.

The Danish all-rounder is caught by Rolland and Elissonde on the climb. The two French climbers accelerate with 12km to go but they’re caught 1.5km later, with Carlos Verona setting a high pace for Movistar. Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) is already dropped.

Porte opens, Padun concludes
Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers) launches the first attack, 8.5km away from the summit. Enric Mas (Movistar), Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) and Mark Padun (Bahrain Victorious) follow his move. And the Ukrainian youngster quickly counter-attacks. Only Kuss follows him while Porte and Mas stay together.

Padun drops Kuss with 4.7km to go and open serious gaps to the chasers. Ion Izagirre (Astana-Premier Tech) pulls to try and defend Alexey Lutsenko’s yellow and blue jersey but they can’t react when Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) and Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) join the chasing group.

Richie Porte will start the final stage in yellow.

Porte attacks again inside the last 2km, dropping everyone to claim the yellow and blue jersey on the eve of the final stage to Les Gets. Miguel Angel Lopez finishes 3rd and Alexey Lutsenko crosses the line in 10th position, 26’’ behind Porte.

Complete results:

Stage 7 photos

171.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.315 km/hr

1	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	4hr 35min 7sec
2	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	@ 34sec
3	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	0' 43''
4	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
5	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROËN	0' 47''
6	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	0' 52''
7	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0' 56''
8	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
9	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 59''
10	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	1' 00''
11	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	1' 04''
12	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
13	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROËN	1' 10''
14	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
15	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 13''
16	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
17	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	1' 39''
18	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
19	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
20	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	2' 08''
21	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	2' 20''
22	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 24''
23	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 07''
24	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	6' 17''
25	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	7' 21''
26	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	7' 52''
27	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	9' 01''
28	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
29	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
30	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
31	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
32	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	9' 25''
33	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	9' 54''
34	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	10' 25''
35	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	10' 42''
36	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
37	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
38	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
39	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	11' 07''
40	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	11' 51''
41	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	13' 10''
42	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
43	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
44	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
45	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
46	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
47	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
48	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	14' 28''
49	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	15' 34''
50	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	s.t.
51	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
52	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
53	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	15' 39''
54	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	15' 54''
55	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	16' 20''
56	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	16' 44''
57	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	17' 16''
58	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	17' 28''
59	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	17' 36''
60	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	17' 53''
61	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	18' 27''
62	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
63	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
64	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
65	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
66	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
67	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
68	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	21' 01''
69	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
70	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
71	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	22' 14''
72	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	22' 48''
73	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
74	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
75	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
76	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
77	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
78	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
79	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
80	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
81	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
82	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
83	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
84	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
85	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
86	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
87	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
88	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
89	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
90	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
91	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
92	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	23' 50''
93	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	25' 10''
94	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	25' 28''
95	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	26' 26''
96	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	27' 15''
97	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	29' 06''
98	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
99	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
100	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	29' 16''
101	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	29' 26''
102	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
103	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	29' 42''
104	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
105	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
106	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
107	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
108	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	29' 52''
109	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
110	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
111	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
112	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
113	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
114	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
115	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
116	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	30' 05''
117	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	31' 57''
118	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	32' 33''
119	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	32' 35''
120	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
121	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
122	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
123	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
124	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON	TEAM DSM	33' 55''
125	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	34' 05''
126	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	34' 38''
127	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	37' 54''
128	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	38' 18''
129	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	38' 21''
130	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	38' 23''
131	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.

GC after stage 7:

• GC leader: Richie Porte (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Lawson Craddock (EF Education-Nippo)
• Points classification leader: Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious)
• Best young rider: David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)
• Team classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

1,051.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.302 km/hr

1	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	25hr 28min 6sec
2	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	@ 17sec
3	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 29''
4	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 33''
5	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	0' 34''
6	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	0' 38''
7	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
8	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROËN	1' 00''
9	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 12''
10	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROËN	1' 17''
11	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	1' 24''
12	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
13	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 26''
14	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	1' 28''
15	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 35''
16	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 44''
17	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	1' 55''
18	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	2' 18''
19	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	2' 28''
20	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	2' 51''
21	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 54''
22	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	3' 31''
23	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	6' 54''
24	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	10' 12''
25	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	10' 17''
26	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	10' 32''
27	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	10' 49''
28	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	12' 09''
29	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	15' 00''
30	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	16' 53''
31	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	17' 17''
32	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	17' 48''
33	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	18' 00''
34	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROËN	18' 47''
35	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	18' 54''
36	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	19' 36''
37	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	20' 03''
38	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	22' 17''
39	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	22' 56''
40	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	25' 06''
41	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	26' 07''
42	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	26' 38''
43	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	28' 26''
44	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	28' 57''
45	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	28' 59''
46	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	29' 33''
47	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	30' 16''
48	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	31' 02''
49	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	31' 04''
50	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	31' 07''
51	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	31' 30''
52	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	33' 04''
53	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	33' 33''
54	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	33' 36''
55	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	33' 51''
56	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROËN	34' 28''
57	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	34' 35''
58	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	36' 12''
59	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	37' 21''
60	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	37' 27''
61	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	37' 34''
62	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	37' 43''
63	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	38' 12''
64	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	38' 39''
65	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	38' 50''
66	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	39' 05''
67	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	39' 23''
68	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	39' 57''
69	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	40' 45''
70	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROËN	40' 51''
71	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	42' 18''
72	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	42' 24''
73	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	42' 44''
74	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	42' 49''
75	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	43' 22''
76	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	43' 53''
77	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROËN	44' 21''
78	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	44' 32''
79	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	44' 43''
80	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	45' 17''
81	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	45' 37''
82	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	45' 43''
83	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	45' 51''
84	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	46' 40''
85	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	48' 23''
86	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	49' 38''
87	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	50' 48''
88	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	50' 52''
89	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	50' 55''
90	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	51' 02''
91	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	51' 57''
92	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	52' 40''
93	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	53' 01''
94	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	53' 59''
95	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	56' 50''
96	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	57' 45''
97	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	58' 32''
98	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	1H 00' 50''
99	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1H 01' 54''
100	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1H 02' 02''
101	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	1H 02' 29''
102	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1H 04' 35''
103	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	1H 05' 22''
104	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1H 06' 15''
105	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1H 06' 37''
106	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	1H 06' 48''
107	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1H 06' 59''
108	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	1H 07' 28''
109	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1H 09' 28''
110	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1H 11' 10''
111	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	1H 12' 32''
112	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	1H 13' 08''
113	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 14' 41''
114	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	1H 14' 57''
115	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1H 15' 24''
116	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	1H 16' 08''
117	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1H 16' 11''
118	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	1H 17' 52''
119	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	1H 23' 14''
120	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1H 24' 40''
121	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON	TEAM DSM	1H 24' 50''
122	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 24' 55''
123	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	1H 25' 25''
124	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	1H 26' 35''
125	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 27' 49''
126	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 31' 02''
127	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	1H 31' 11''
128	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	1H 31' 18''
129	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1H 35' 09''
130	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	1H 35' 29''
131	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1H 44' 41''

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

Stage 7 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Race leader Alexey Lutsenko before the stage start.

Richie Porte heads to the start line.

Tim Wellens wait for the race to begin.

Mark Padun wins stage seven.

Ricie Porte came in 34 seconds later, good enough for the race lead. A few meters back you can make out Miguel Lopez and Jack Haig chasing hard.

Geraint Thomas was ninth today.

Alexey Lutsenko after finishing the stage.

Mark Padun just after winning the stage.

Stage winner Mark Padun

Sonny Colbrelli remains the points classification leader.

Can Richie Porte keep his lead after Sunday's brutal stage?

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Friday, June 4: Stage 6, Loriol sur Drôme - Le Sappey en Chartreuse, 167.2 km

Stage 6 map & profile | Stage 6 photos

Alejandro Valverde wins stage six ahead of Tao Hart. Photo: ASO/Fabien Boukla

Rated ascents:

• Km 119.3: Col de la Placette, 5.1 km @ 6.4&. Cat. 2
• Km 147.4: Col de Porte, 7.4 km @ 6.8%. Cat. 2
• Km 161.6: Côte de la Frette, 3.7 km @ 5.4%. Cat. 3
• Km 167.2: Montée du Sappey-en Chartreuse, 3.3 km @ 6.2%. Cat. 3

Weather at the finish city of Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse at 1:15 PM, local time: 22C (71F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 6 km/hr (4 mph). The chance of rain grows through the afternoon to 25% at 3:00 PM.

The race: The sixth stage was given its official start at 11:37 AM. All 137 stage-five finishers began the stage.

Here's the race organizer's stage six summary:

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) mastered the uphill finish in Le Sapey-en-Chartreuse to claim his third stage win on the roads of the Dauphiné, thirteen years after the last one! Again, the pace was relentless for the whole stage, with tailwinds pushing the peloton towards the hilly challenges of the demanding final 50km. Ineos Grenadiers tried to outsmart their rivals like they did in Saint-Vallier, this time with Tao Geoghegan Hart at the front, but Valverde perfectly paced himself in the final 400m to overtake the winner of the 2020 Giro d’Italia on the line. Already dropped on the climb of the Col de Porte, Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) loses the yellow and blue jersey to Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech) ahead of a gruelling week-end in the Alps.

A flying start through the wind
A 137-man peloton starts from Loriol-sur-Drôme, quickly heads north and thus enjoys tailwinds in the first part of the stage. In these conditions, many riders want to break away from the bunch but it’s hard for the attackers to open and hold a gap. After many unsuccessful attempts, nine riders manage to open a gap at km 43.

They soon receive the support of five more attackers to establish the break of the day: Lawson Craddock (EF Nippo), Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ), Anthony Perez (Cofidis), Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R), Omer Goldstein (Israel Start-Up Nation), Laurent Pichon (Arkéa Samsic), Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal), Sven-Erik Bystrom (UAE Team Emirates), Josef Cerny (Deceuninck - Quick-Step), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Barnabas Peak (BikeExchange), Martin Salmon (DSM), Franck Bonnamour (B&B-KTM) and Jan Bakelants (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert).

Holmes and Craddock dominate the first climbs
They cover 50.3km in the first hour… and again in the second hour. But Lukas Pöstlberger’s Bora-Hansgrohe don’t give them much breathing room. The gap never gets higher than 3’05’’ at km 97. And it quickly gets down as the riders hit the first climbs of the day, after 115km covered at a very high pace.

With the polka-dot jersey already on his shoulders, Matthew Holmes takes 5 KOM points atop the Col de la Placette. Julien Bernard opens the battle on the slopes up the Col de Porte but nobody can keep up with Lawson Craddock when he sets off in the final 2km of ascent.

Ineos vs Movistar
In the bunch, Tony Martin ups the pace on the way to the Col de Porte. Astana-Premier Tech takes over and the yellow and blue jersey Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) is dropped with 22km to go. Movistar up the ante on the final slopes and keep pushing on the descent towards the final 10 kilometres of the stage, bringing the gap down to 30’’.

Craddock is eventually dropped when Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) attacks at the bottom of the final climb (3.3km at 6.2%). Ineos Grenadiers set the pace and the South-African climber can’t move very far. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) also try to go, but Ineos still control.

Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) drives the bunch inside the last kilometre but Ineos move past him again, and Geraint Thomas opens a split in favour of Geoghegan Hart… But that move didn’t fool Alejandro Valverde, who paces himself perfectly to overtake the winner of the 2020 Giro d’Italia right on the line.

Complete results:

Stage 6 photos

167.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.077 km/hr

1	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	3hr 52min 53sec
2	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
3	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
4	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
5	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
6	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
7	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
8	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
9	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
10	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
11	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
12	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
13	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
14	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
15	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
16	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
17	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
18	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
19	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
20	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
21	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROËN	@ 13sec
22	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROËN	23''
23	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	25''
24	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
25	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	36''
26	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	40''
27	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 26''
28	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
29	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	2' 10''
30	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	2' 13''
31	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
32	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	2' 18''
33	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
34	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
35	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
36	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
37	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	2' 27''
38	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 30''
39	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	2' 43''
40	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
41	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
42	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	2' 51''
43	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
44	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	3' 44''
45	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
46	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
47	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	4' 15''
48	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	5' 14''
49	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	5' 55''
50	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
51	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	5' 57''
52	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	6' 06''
53	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	6' 29''
54	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
55	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
56	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
57	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
58	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
59	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	8' 02''
60	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	8' 12''
61	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
62	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
63	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
64	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
65	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
66	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
67	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
68	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
69	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	8' 43''
70	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
71	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
72	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
73	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
74	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
75	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
76	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
77	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
78	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	9' 43''
79	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	9' 57''
80	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
81	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	11' 17''
82	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	11' 35''
83	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	12' 09''
84	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
85	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
86	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
87	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
88	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
89	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
90	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
91	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
92	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	s.t.
93	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	12' 45''
94	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	15' 13''
95	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	15' 19''
96	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	15' 24''
97	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
98	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
99	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
100	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
101	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
102	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
103	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
104	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
105	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
106	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
107	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
108	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
109	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
110	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
111	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
112	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
113	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
114	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
115	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
116	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
117	MARTIN SALMON	TEAM DSM	s.t.
118	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
119	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
120	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
121	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
122	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
123	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
124	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	15' 34''
125	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	15' 41''
126	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
127	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	16' 31''
128	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	18' 25''
129	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	26' 31''
130	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
131	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
132	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
133	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
134	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	26' 47''
135	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
136	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

• GC leader: Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech)
• Mountains classification leader: Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal)
• Points classification leader: Sonny Colbrelli (Baharin Victorious)
• Best young rider: Ilan van Wilder (Team DSM)
• Team classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

880.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.202 km/hr

1	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	20hr 52min 16sec
2	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	@ 8sec
3	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	12''
4	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	13''
5	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
6	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	15''
7	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	27''
8	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	34''
9	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	39''
10	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	42''
11	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROËN	50''
12	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	51''
13	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROËN	56''
14	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	57''
15	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	59''
16	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
17	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	1' 03''
18	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 13''
19	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 14''
20	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	1' 15''
21	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 17''
22	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	1' 20''
23	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1' 22''
24	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1' 59''
25	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	2' 06''
26	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 21''
27	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	2' 31''
28	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	3' 51''
29	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	3' 54''
30	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	5' 01''
31	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	5' 12''
32	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROËN	5' 19''
33	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROËN	6' 20''
34	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO	INEOS GRENADIERS	7' 09''
35	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	7' 35''
36	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	8' 11''
37	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	8' 35''
38	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	8' 58''
39	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	9' 42''
40	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	9' 59''
41	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	10' 39''
42	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	10' 56''
43	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	10' 59''
44	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	11' 28''
45	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	11' 48''
46	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	12' 18''
47	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	12' 39''
48	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	12' 40''
49	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	13' 35''
50	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	14' 08''
51	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	15' 29''
52	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	15' 52''
53	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	15' 57''
54	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	16' 07''
55	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	16' 14''
56	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	16' 30''
57	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	16' 45''
58	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	17' 02''
59	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	17' 04''
60	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	17' 09''
61	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	17' 18''
62	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	17' 25''
63	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	18' 27''
64	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	18' 40''
65	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	20' 06''
66	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	20' 13''
67	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	20' 19''
68	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	20' 50''
69	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	21' 53''
70	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	22' 13''
71	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	22' 19''
72	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	22' 38''
73	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	22' 47''
74	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	23' 01''
75	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	23' 02''
76	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROËN	23' 07''
77	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	23' 31''
78	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	23' 38''
79	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	23' 45''
80	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	23' 46''
81	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	23' 52''
82	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	25' 53''
83	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	26' 38''
84	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	26' 48''
85	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	27' 33''
86	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	27' 52''
87	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	28' 31''
88	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	28' 47''
89	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	28' 56''
90	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROËN	29' 30''
91	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	30' 30''
92	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	30' 39''
93	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	31' 07''
94	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	31' 54''
95	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	31' 55''
96	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	33' 31''
97	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	34' 06''
98	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	34' 07''
99	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	34' 23''
100	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	35' 12''
101	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	35' 36''
102	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	36' 00''
103	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	36' 26''
104	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	36' 27''
105	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	37' 49''
106	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	38' 00''
107	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	38' 45''
108	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
109	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	39' 57''
110	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	40' 29''
111	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	41' 40''
112	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	41' 52''
113	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	43' 24''
114	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	43' 43''
115	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	44' 19''
116	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	45' 32''
117	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	45' 36''
118	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	46' 25''
119	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	46' 36''
120	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	46' 59''
121	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	49' 05''
122	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	50' 14''
123	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	51' 12''
124	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	51' 27''
125	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON	TEAM DSM	51' 38''
126	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	52' 48''
127	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	53' 22''
128	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	54' 07''
129	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	54' 45''
130	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	54' 48''
131	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	56' 16''
132	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	59' 19''
133	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1H 01' 47''
134	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	1H 02' 50''
135	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	1H 07' 01''
136	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	1H 15' 11''

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map. Grenoble is the city just southeast of the finish town of Le Sappey-en-Chartreuse

Stage 6 profile

Stage 6 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

GC leader Lukas Pöstlberger is ready to defend his yellow jersey for another day.

Wiko Kelderman heads to the start line.

Alejandro Valverde waits for the race to start. As a former world champion (2018), he gets to wear rainbow stripes on his sleeves and collar.

Geraint Thomas

Alejandro Valverde wins the stage.

Chris Froome has just finished the stage. He was 39th today, @ 2min 43sec

Lukas Pöstlberger's last moments in yellow. He was 60th today, @ 8min 12sec

The evergreen Alejandro Valverde enjoys his stage win.

Alexey Lutsenko is the new GC leader

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Thursday, June 3: Stage 5, Saint Chamond - Saint Vallier, 175.4 km

Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos

Geraint Thomas surprises the sprinters, and perhaps himself. Photo: ASO/Fabien Boukla

Rated ascents:

• Km 9.8: Côte du Planil, 3.7 km @ 6.4%. Cat. 3
• Km 95: Côte de la Sizeranne, 2.5 km @ 6.5%. Cat. 3
• Km 125.3: Côte de Hauterives, 2.1 km @ 5.2%. Cat. 4
• Km 148.1: Col de Barbe Bleue, 2.1 km @ 6.2%. Cat. 3
• Km 162.3: Côte du Montrebut, 1.5 km @ 11.4%. Cat. 2

Weather at the finish city of Saint-Vallier at 1:25 PM, local time: 25C (77F), fair, with the wind from the southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: All 141 classified finishers from stage four began today's stage at 11:48 AM.

Here's the peloton in the first hour, being led by Bora-hansgrohe with GC leader Lukas Pöstlberger staying close to the front. Looks like a nice day for a bike race. Photo: ASO/Fabien Boukla

Here's the organizer's stage five summary:

Only 24 hours after a disappointing ITT, Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) surprised everyone to snatch the stage win millimetres ahead of Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious). The Italian sprinter claims his third place of 2nd in five stages, ahead of Alex Aranburu (Astana-Premier Tech). The peloton celebrated the World Bicycle Day with a full-on battle from the start. Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step), 3rd overall, attacked as soon as the flag dropped and the pace was relentless until the finish in Saint-Vallier, where Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) held on to the yellow and blue jersey 1’’ ahead of Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech).

Geraint Thomas claims his first victory in France since the 2018 Tour and moves up to 6th place in the general classification ahead of the three mountain stages capping off this 73rd edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

Asgreen threatens the yellow and blue jersey
The Danish winner of the Ronde van Vlaanderen is caught by the bunch, Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) sets off to take the 2 KOM points at the summit (km 9.8) and the battle for the break goes on until five attackers get together at km 20: Tim Wellens, Kasper Asgreen, Tsgabu Grmay (BikeExchange), Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo) and Cyril Gautier (Bora-Hansgrohe).

With Asgreen threatening the yellow and blue jersey, Lukas Pöstlberger’s Bora-Hansgrohe control the gap around 1’40’’ in the first part of the stage. It’s still enough for Asgreen to grab 3 bonus seconds in the intermediate sprint (km 52.4) but the peloton up the tempo and quickly bring the gap down under one minute.

Trek-Segafredo and Bahrain Victorious get in the mix
Trek-Segafredo enjoy the opportunity to send more men at the front: Jasper Stuyven attacks with Ryan Mullen. Josef Cerny (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) follows their move and the three chasers join the five leaders at km 68. With that support and with a crash in the bunch involving the white jersey Ilan Van Wilder, the gap reaches a maximum of 1’55’’ at the bottom of the third categorised climb of the day, Côte de la Sizeranne (km 94).

Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) sends a teammate at the front to help control the break. The leading group split just ahead of the last 60km. Josef Cerny and Ryan Mullen drop their companions, who don’t work well together and are caught by the bunch with 51km to go. Cerny is the last rider to be reeled in, 43km away from the finish, as Ineos Grenadiers up the ante on wind-exposed roads.

Bystrom and Craddock try, Thomas succeeds
Tension still runs high but the pace slightly drops and Sven Eryk Bystrom (UAE Team Emirates) attacks with 36km to go. He opens a 1’10’’ lead before Bahrain Victorious react. The Norwegian attacker still holds a 55’’ advantage atop the cat-3 Col de Barbe Bleue.

Bystrom is reeled in at the bottom of the last climb of the day, the super steep Côte de Montrebut (1.3km at 12%). Kwiatkowski sets the pace and Lawson Craddock (EF Nippo) accelerates. At the summit (12km to go), he is 10’’ ahead of Quentin Pacher (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) and the peloton is right behind the French puncheur.

Dylan Teuns gives his all for Colbrelli and Craddock is caught with 2.2km to go. But nobody can react to the acceleration from Geraint Thomas in a tight curve with 1km to go. Colbrelli produces an impressive sprint but Thomas holds on to a very narrow lead. The 10 bonus seconds on the line also allow him to move to 6th place overall, 14’’ behind the leader Lukas Pöstlberger.

Comlete results:

Stage 5 photos

175.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.204 k/hr

1	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	4hr 2min 15sec
2	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
3	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
4	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
5	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
6	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
7	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
8	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
9	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
10	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
11	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
12	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
13	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
14	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
15	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	s.t.
16	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
17	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
18	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
19	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
20	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
21	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
22	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
23	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
24	ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
25	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
26	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
27	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
28	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
29	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
30	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
31	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
32	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
33	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
34	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
35	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
36	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
37	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
38	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
39	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
40	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
41	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
42	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
43	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
44	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO	INEOS GRENADIERS	@ 8sec
45	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
46	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	21''
47	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	36''
48	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
49	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
50	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
51	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
52	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
53	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
54	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
55	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
56	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	41''
57	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	1' 19''
58	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
59	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
60	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
61	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
62	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	s.t.
63	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	s.t.
64	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	1' 24''
65	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
66	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 08''
67	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	s.t.
68	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	2' 30''
69	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
70	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	3' 03''
71	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
72	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
73	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
74	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
75	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
76	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
77	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
78	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
79	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
80	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROËN	s.t.
81	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
82	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
83	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
84	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
85	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
86	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
87	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
88	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
89	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
90	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
91	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
92	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	5' 19''
93	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
94	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
95	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
96	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
97	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
98	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
99	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
100	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
101	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
102	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	6' 31''
103	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	7' 02''
104	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
105	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
106	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
107	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
108	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
109	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
110	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	8' 07''
111	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
112	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
113	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
114	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	8' 40''
115	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
116	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
117	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
118	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
119	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
120	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
121	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
122	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
123	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
124	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	9' 26''
125	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	10' 06''
126	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	10' 59''
127	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
128	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	11' 12''
129	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
130	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
131	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
132	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	15' 47''
133	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
134	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
135	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
136	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
137	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON	TEAM DSM	s.t.

GC after stage 5:

• GC leader: Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal)
• Points classification leader: Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious)
• Best young rider: Ilan Van Wilder (Team DSM)
• Team classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe

713.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.003 km/hr

1	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	16hr 59min 22sec
2	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	@ 1sec
3	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	06''
4	ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	09''
5	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	13''
6	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	14''
7	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
8	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	16''
9	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	32''
10	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROËN	34''
11	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	35''
12	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROËN	38''
13	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	40''
14	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	43''
15	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	44''
16	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	49''
17	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	52''
18	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	1' 00''
19	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
20	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	1' 04''
21	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	1' 05''
22	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	1' 06''
23	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	1' 14''
24	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 15''
25	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	1' 16''
26	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 17''
27	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 18''
28	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	1' 21''
29	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1' 23''
30	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	1' 27''
31	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	1' 28''
32	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1' 35''
33	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	1' 42''
34	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 46''
35	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	2' 00''
36	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	2' 22''
37	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	2' 39''
38	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROËN	2' 40''
39	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 44''
40	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	2' 55''
41	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO	INEOS GRENADIERS	3' 26''
42	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROËN	4' 03''
43	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	4' 28''
44	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 29''
45	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	4' 53''
46	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	5' 27''
47	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	5' 46''
48	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	5' 54''
49	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	6' 16''
50	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	6' 19''
51	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	6' 25''
52	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	6' 56''
53	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	7' 14''
54	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	7' 16''
55	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	7' 32''
56	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
57	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	7' 38''
58	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	7' 58''
59	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	8' 22''
60	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	8' 23''
61	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	8' 46''
62	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	8' 58''
63	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	9' 24''
64	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	10' 02''
65	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	10' 06''
66	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	10' 10''
67	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	10' 30''
68	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	11' 20''
69	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	11' 24''
70	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	11' 31''
71	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	11' 37''
72	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	11' 44''
73	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	12' 04''
74	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	12' 29''
75	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	13' 40''
76	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	14' 02''
77	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROËN	14' 07''
78	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROËN	14' 25''
79	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	14' 30''
80	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	14' 57''
81	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	15' 20''
82	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	16' 34''
83	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	17' 17''
84	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	18' 37''
85	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	18' 43''
86	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	18' 59''
87	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	19' 00''
88	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	19' 22''
89	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	19' 46''
90	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	19' 48''
91	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	20' 05''
92	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	20' 28''
93	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	20' 30''
94	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	20' 57''
95	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	21' 03''
96	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	21' 19''
97	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	21' 48''
98	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	22' 35''
99	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	22' 37''
100	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	23' 22''
101	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	23' 28''
102	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	23' 44''
103	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	24' 10''
104	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	24' 19''
105	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	25' 06''
106	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	25' 16''
107	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	25' 20''
108	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	26' 04''
109	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	26' 17''
110	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	26' 29''
111	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	26' 39''
112	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	27' 39''
113	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	27' 49''
114	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	28' 01''
115	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	28' 03''
116	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	28' 56''
117	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	29' 05''
118	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	29' 46''
119	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	30' 09''
120	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	30' 13''
121	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	30' 34''
122	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	31' 02''
123	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	31' 36''
124	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	32' 48''
125	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	32' 49''
126	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	33' 52''
127	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	35' 01''
128	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	36' 04''
129	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	36' 09''
130	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON	TEAM DSM	36' 16''
131	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	37' 25''
132	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	37' 59''
133	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	38' 44''
134	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	39' 25''
135	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	39' 33''
136	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	40' 15''
137	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	48' 41''

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Stage 5 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Two-time Tour de France and two-time Dauphiné winner Bernard Thévenet at the race start.

Leader of the Best Young Rider classification, Ilan Van Wilder heads to the start.

Michal Kwiatkowski

Jonas Vingegaard

Chris Froome

Does not play well with others. Time Wellens on an escape, descending the day's first hill, the Côte du Planil

The peloton descends the Planil.

GC leader Lukas Pöstlberger descends the Planil.

Geraint Thomas has a slight lead as the pack catches him near the line.

Geraint Thomas just wins the stage.

Thomas has it. Colbrelli (in green)was moving faster, but he got there just a bit late.

Stage winner Geraint Thomas

Lukas Pöstlberger gets another day in yellow.

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Wednesday, June 2: Stage 4, Firminy - Roche la Molière 16.4 km individual time trial

Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos

Alexey Lutsenko on his stage-winning ride. Sirotti photo

Weather at the finish city of Roche-la-Molière at 1:40 PM, local time: 19C (66F) cloudy, with the wind from the south at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just an 8% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage four report.

Whether as a puncher, time-trial specialist or general tough cookie, Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech) displayed the full array of his qualities to win the 4th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, on a 16.4-km time-trial over rolling terrain between Firminy and Roche-La-Molière. Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) started much better, but the Kazakh made the difference over the more difficult second part of the route to win, with a lead of 8’’ over his team-mate Izagirre, who has put himself in an excellent position for the challenges to be tackled in the mountains this weekend. Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) also impressed, only conceding 23’’ at the finish, as did Thomas. The Austrian keeps hold of the Yellow and Blue Jersey by just one second!

A rapid sequence of sturdy time-trialists set out from Firminy, with Portuguese champion against the clock Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates) kicking off proceedings at the beginning of the afternoon. He was soon followed by the Czech Republic champion Josef Cerny (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) and then German champion Tony Martin (Jumbo-Visma), who produced a fine time to beat: 22’35’’, i.e., an average speed of 43.572 km/h over rolling terrain. However, he was soon ousted thanks to a surprising performance from Harry Sweeny (Lotto Soudal), who beat him by 7’’ at the finishing line.

Four-time world time trial champion Tony Martin was the ninth rider to start. He rolled off at 1:25 PM. Photo: ASO/Fabien Boukla

Porte stronger than McNulty
The young Australian’s time withstood the assault from Chad Haga (Team DSM), but the climbing and time-trialist qualities of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) made a big difference on the second part of the route. The Danish rider led Sweeny by 15’’ at the intermediate check point (after 7.5 km) and improved his advantage to 35’’ at the finish, after 16.4 km gobbled up at an average speed of 44.966 km/h (with a time of 21’53’’). Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) started even better, leading by 4 seconds after 7.5 km, but the young American fell short of the best time by that point at the finish by 3 seconds.

The intensity grew as the pretenders for the general classification got to grips with the stage, in particular Richie Porte (Ineos Grenadiers), already the winner of a time-trial on the Dauphiné in 2017, who started extremely well, posting an intermediate time of 9’19’’, just 3 seconds better than McNulty. The Australian continued his effort and took the lead at the finishing line, thanks to a time of 21’51’’. He was the first rider on the day to exceed the bar of 45 km/h average speed; 45.034 km/h to be precise.

Lutsenko takes off and Pöstlberger impresses
Basque rider Ion Izagirre (Astana-Premier Tech) moved ahead of him with a time of 21’44’’ (at an average speed of 45.276 km/h), thanks to a very fast performance on the second part of the stage. Trailing Porte by 9’’ at the intermediate check point, in the end he finished 7’’ ahead of him. After starting like a cannonball, Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe) slipped into 2nd place on completion of the stage, with a time of 21’48’’.

Lukas Pöstlberger kept his race lead by a single second. Sirotti photo

Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech) finished even stronger than his team-mate Izagirre: 21'36'' (at an average speed of 45.556 km/h). Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) produced the best start, leading Lutsenko by 9’’ after 7.5 km, but the Welshman was not able to keep this pace up over the full distance, finishing with a time of 21’59’’, 23’’ behind his Astana rival. However, Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) surprised everyone by taking 9th place, also 23’’ behind the stage winner. The Austrian keeps hold of his Yellow and Blue Jersey thanks to a lead of just one second over Lutsenko! 

Complete results:

Stage 4 photos

16.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.556 km/hr

1	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	21min 36sec
2	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	@ 8sec
3	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	0' 09''
4	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 12''
5	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	0' 13''
6	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 15''
7	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	0' 17''
8	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0' 21''
9	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 23''
10	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
11	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 28''
12	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 31''
13	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROEN	0' 33''
14	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	0' 34''
15	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0' 35''
16	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROEN	0' 37''
17	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	0' 38''
18	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	0' 39''
19	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
20	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	0' 42''
21	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	0' 48''
22	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	0' 50''
23	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	0' 51''
24	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
25	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	0' 52''
26	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0' 53''
27	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 58''
28	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	0' 59''
29	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
30	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
31	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
32	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 00''
33	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	1' 01''
34	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	1' 03''
35	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	s.t.
36	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	1' 05''
37	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	1' 07''
38	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	1' 08''
39	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 09''
40	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	1' 11''
41	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	1' 13''
42	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
43	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	1' 14''
44	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
45	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
46	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	1' 15''
47	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 16''
48	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 17''
49	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
50	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROEN	1' 20''
51	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
52	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
53	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1' 21''
54	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
55	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1' 22''
56	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	1' 23''
57	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 24''
58	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	1' 26''
59	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
60	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	1' 32''
61	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1' 34''
62	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	1' 37''
63	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	1' 41''
64	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 42''
65	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
66	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 45''
67	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
68	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 46''
69	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
70	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 47''
71	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 48''
72	IVO OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
73	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1' 49''
74	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
75	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1' 51''
76	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
77	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
78	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1' 52''
79	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	1' 53''
80	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 58''
81	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
82	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	2' 00''
83	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	2' 02''
84	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
85	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROEN	2' 03''
86	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
87	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	2' 05''
88	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
89	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	2' 06''
90	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	2' 07''
91	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 10''
92	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 11''
93	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	2' 12''
94	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	2' 13''
95	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
96	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	2' 14''
97	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	2' 16''
98	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	2' 19''
99	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2' 21''
100	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 25''
101	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	2' 26''
102	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	2' 27''
103	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	2' 28''
104	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	2' 31''
105	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	2' 33''
106	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	2' 34''
107	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
108	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 36''
109	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
110	KADEN GROVES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	2' 37''
111	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	2' 39''
112	CLEMENT VENTURINI	AG2R-CITROEN	2' 41''
113	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
114	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	2' 43''
115	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROEN	s.t.
116	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	2' 46''
117	MARTIN SALMON	TEAM DSM	s.t.
118	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
119	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	2' 49''
120	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	2' 50''
121	LENNARD HOFSTEDE	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
122	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	2' 56''
123	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	2' 58''
124	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	3' 02''
125	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	3' 03''
126	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
127	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	3' 06''
128	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	3' 07''
129	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 08''
130	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
131	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	3' 12''
132	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
133	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 14''
134	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	3' 15''
135	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	3' 30''
136	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	3' 35''
137	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	3' 40''
138	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	3' 53''
139	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	3' 56''
140	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	4' 35''
141	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	4' 41''

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal)
• Points classification leader: Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious)
• Best young rider: Ilan Van Wilder (Team DSM)
• Team classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe

543.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.940 km/hr

1	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	12hr 57min 7sec
2	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	@ 1sec
3	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	0' 09''
4	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
5	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 13''
6	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	0' 14''
7	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 16''
8	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 24''
9	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 32''
10	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R-CITROEN	0' 34''
11	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	0' 35''
12	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R-CITROEN	0' 38''
13	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	0' 40''
14	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	0' 43''
15	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	0' 49''
16	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	0' 50''
17	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	0' 52''
18	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	1' 00''
19	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
20	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	1' 04''
21	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 06''
22	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
23	ALEX ARANBURU	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	1' 09''
24	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	1' 14''
25	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	1' 15''
26	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	1' 16''
27	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 17''
28	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	1' 18''
29	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	1' 20''
30	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	1' 21''
31	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	1' 23''
32	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1' 25''
33	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	1' 27''
34	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1' 35''
35	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	1' 42''
36	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 46''
37	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
38	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1' 50''
39	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	2' 00''
40	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	2' 03''
41	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R-CITROEN	2' 04''
42	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	2' 05''
43	JOSEPH LLOYD DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 08''
44	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	2' 19''
45	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R-CITROEN	2' 44''
46	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	2' 50''
47	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	3' 04''
48	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	3' 18''
49	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	3' 53''
50	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	4' 22''
51	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 29''
52	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	4' 43''
53	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	4' 55''
54	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	5' 00''
55	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	5' 27''
56	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	5' 33''
57	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	5' 43''
58	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	5' 46''
59	CLEMENT VENTURINI	AG2R-CITROEN	5' 52''
60	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	5' 55''
61	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
62	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	6' 16''
63	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	6' 21''
64	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	6' 26''
65	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	6' 35''
66	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	6' 56''
67	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
68	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	7' 02''
69	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	7' 04''
70	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	7' 40''
71	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	8' 22''
72	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	9' 07''
73	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	10' 00''
74	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	10' 01''
75	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	10' 30''
76	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	11' 20''
77	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R-CITROEN	11' 22''
78	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	11' 27''
79	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	11' 57''
80	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	12' 04''
81	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	12' 21''
82	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	12' 39''
83	DORIAN GODON	AG2R-CITROEN	12' 48''
84	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	13' 09''
85	LENNARD HOFSTEDE	JUMBO-VISMA	13' 25''
86	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	13' 33''
87	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	13' 57''
88	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	13' 59''
89	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	14' 01''
90	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	14' 03''
91	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	15' 00''
92	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	15' 40''
93	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	15' 57''
94	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	15' 58''
95	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
96	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	16' 03''
97	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	16' 40''
98	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	16' 43''
99	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	16' 45''
100	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	17' 02''
101	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	17' 18''
102	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	17' 25''
103	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	18' 03''
104	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	18' 06''
105	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	18' 14''
106	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	18' 22''
107	KADEN GROVES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	18' 32''
108	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	18' 37''
109	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	18' 45''
110	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	18' 59''
111	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	19' 00''
112	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	19' 14''
113	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	19' 15''
114	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	19' 42''
115	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	19' 50''
116	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	20' 17''
117	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	20' 25''
118	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	20' 27''
119	MARTIN SALMON	TEAM DSM	20' 29''
120	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	20' 41''
121	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	21' 01''
122	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	21' 10''
123	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	21' 54''
124	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	22' 56''
125	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	23' 01''
126	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	23' 36''
127	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	23' 42''
128	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	24' 08''
129	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	24' 09''
130	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	24' 57''
131	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	24' 58''
132	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	25' 45''
133	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	27' 06''
134	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	28' 21''
135	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	28' 26''
136	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	28' 45''
137	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	29' 19''
138	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	31' 35''
139	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	32' 54''
140	IVO OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	33' 12''
141	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	33' 25''

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Stage 4 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Points classification leader Sonny Colbrelli

The evergreen Alejandro Valverde

Geraint Thomas is sitting in 8th place in the GC.

Ilan Van Wilder was fifth.

Wilco Kelderman was fourth

Kasper Asgreen was third.

Second-place Ion Izaguirre

Stage winner Alexey Lutsenko

Lukas Pöstlberger turning in a superb ride.

After their rides: Kasper Asgreen and Lukas Pöstlberger

Stage winner Alexey Lutsenko

Lukas Pöstlberger will start stage five in yellow.

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Tuesday, June 1: Stage 3, Langeac - Saint Haon le Vieux, 172.2 km

Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos

Sonny Colbrelli wins stage three. ASO photo

Rated ascents:

• Km 29.4: Côte d'Allègre, 3.3 km @ 4.8%. Cat. 4
• Km 83.9: Col des Limites, 3.7 km @ 5.5%. Cat. 3

Weather at the finish city of Saint-Haon-le-Vieux at 1:35 PM, local time: 26C (78F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is a 5% - 17% chance of rain durng the afternoon.

The race: All 143 stage two finishers began today's stage at 11:58 AM. Before the stage was 10 kilometers old Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) crashed. Shortly thereafter, Pedersen a former world champion, abandoned.

At the start in Langeac: Lukas Pöstlberger is in yellow and Sonny Colbrelli wears the sprinter's green jersey. ASO photo

Here's the race organizer's stage three summary:

After two places of 2nd behind the breakaway riders in the first two stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) made the most of the uphill finish in Saint-Haon-Le-Vieux. Alex Aranburu (Astana-Premier Tech) opened the sprint from far away but the Italian all-rounder was prompt to react and overtake the Spanish puncheur on the line. The young American Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) came 3d, showing his strength on the eve of the individual time-trial. Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) finished at the front to narrowly hold on to the yellow and blue jersey but tomorrow's stage will shake the general classification ahead of the mountainous challenges.

The 143-man peloton at the start of stage 3 honour the memory of Pierre Chany, who was born in Langeac in 1922 and became one of the greatest cycling journalists of the 20th century. The uphill start sees two riders break away at km 1.5: Omer Goldstein (Israel Start-Up Nation) and Loïc Vliegen (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert). Lukas Pöstlberger’s Bora-Hansgrohe control the break and the gap doesn’t get higher than 3’20’’ after 54km.

Tension in the bunch…
Meanwhile, Goldstein had already taken the first KOM point of the day atop the Côte d’Allègre (km 29.4). He also leads the way through the intermediate sprint in Viverols (km 65.8) and over the second categorised climb of the day, the cat-3 Col des Limites (km 83.9).

Michel Ries (Trek-Segafredo) works with Bora-Hansgrohe to control the gap but the intensity suddenly picks up on the way up and down the Col des Limites. The gap decreases to 45’’ on the downhill… But no splits appear in the bunch and the calm returns in the valley, not for too long.

The gap goes up and down from 30 seconds to 1 minute and a half, as many teams try to position their leaders at the front of the peloton ahead of the finale. The peloton only trail by 35’’ as they enter the last 30km. Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) sustains a mechanical with 29km to go but he quickly gets back to the bunch while Vliegen goes solo at the front of the race.

And tension in the sprint
The Belgian baroudeur is eventually caught with 22km to go. Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) is involved in a crash 7km later. His Cofidis teammates drop back to help him return to the bunch despite the very hard pace laid by Ineos Grenadiers at the front.

Michal Kwiatkowski leads the way inside the final kilometre for the British squad. Alex Aranburu jumps with 300m to go but Colbrelli is immediately on his wheel. The Italian all-rounder still has the strength to overtake the Spanish puncheur in the final uphill metres while Brandon McNulty finishes 3rd ahead of Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo).

Complete results:

Stage 3 photos

172.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.669 km/hr

1	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	3hr 56min 36sec
2	ALEX ARANBURU	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
3	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
4	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
5	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
6	CLEMENT VENTURINI	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
7	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
8	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
9	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
10	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
11	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
12	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
13	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
14	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
15	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
16	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
17	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
18	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
19	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
20	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
21	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
22	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
23	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
24	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
25	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
26	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
27	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
28	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
29	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
30	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
31	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
32	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
33	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
34	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
35	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
36	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
37	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
38	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
39	MIGUEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
40	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
41	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
42	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
43	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
44	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
45	MICHAEL VALGREN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
46	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
47	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
48	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
49	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
50	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
51	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
52	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
53	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
54	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	@ 12sec
55	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
56	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	16''
57	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
58	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
59	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
60	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
61	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
62	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	s.t.
63	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
64	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
65	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
66	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	20''
67	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	25''
68	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	36''
69	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	36''
70	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	42''
71	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	s.t.
72	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	45''
73	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
74	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
75	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
76	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
77	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
78	ANDRES ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	48''
79	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
80	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
81	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
82	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
83	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	52''
84	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
85	DORIAN GODON	AG2R CITROEN	54''
86	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1' 05''
87	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
88	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1' 10''
89	KADEN GROVES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	1' 12''
90	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	1' 16''
91	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1' 23''
92	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	1' 48''
93	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1' 49''
94	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
95	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
96	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
97	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
98	LENNARD HOFSTEDE	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
99	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
100	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
101	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
102	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
103	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
104	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
105	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
106	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
107	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
108	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
109	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
110	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
111	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
112	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	s.t.
113	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	2' 09''
114	MARTIN SALMON	TEAM DSM	2' 13''
115	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	2' 19''
116	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	2' 31''
117	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	2' 32''
118	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	s.t.
119	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
120	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
121	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
122	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
123	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
124	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
125	MICHAEL GOGL	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
126	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	2' 42''
127	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	2' 43''
128	IVO OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
129	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	2' 54''
130	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2' 57''
131	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	3' 01''
132	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
133	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	3' 19''
134	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	3' 24''
135	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3' 51''
136	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
137	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
138	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	4' 00''
139	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
140	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	4' 11''
141	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
142	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	4' 30''

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Mountains classification leader: Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal)
• Points classification leader: Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious)
• Best young rider: Ilan Van Wilder (Team DSM)
• Team classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe

526.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.858 km/hr

1	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	12hr 35min 8sec
2	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	@ 2sec
3	ALEX ARANBURU	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	18''
4	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	20''
5	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	23''
6	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	24''
7	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
8	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
9	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
10	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
11	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
12	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
13	MICHAEL VALGREN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
14	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
15	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
16	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
17	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
18	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
19	ION IZAGUIRRE	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
20	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
21	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
22	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
23	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
24	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
25	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
26	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
27	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
28	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
29	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
30	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
31	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
32	MIGUEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
33	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
34	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
35	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
36	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
37	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
38	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
39	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
40	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	35''
41	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	36''
42	WINNER ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	40''
43	JOSEPH DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	45''
44	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	56''
45	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	1' 00''
46	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	1' 10''
47	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	2' 23''
48	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	2' 43''
49	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	2' 54''
50	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	3' 29''
51	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
52	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
53	CLEMENT VENTURINI	AG2R CITROEN	3' 34''
54	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	3' 38''
55	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
56	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	3' 50''
57	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 54''
58	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
59	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	3' 59''
60	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	4' 20''
61	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 31''
62	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	4' 48''
63	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	4' 50''
64	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	5' 24''
65	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	5' 27''
66	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
67	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	5' 38''
68	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	5' 45''
69	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	6' 00''
70	MICHAEL GOGL	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	6' 10''
71	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	6' 30''
72	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	6' 44''
73	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	7' 24''
74	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	7' 55''
75	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	8' 22''
76	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	9' 05''
77	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	9' 40''
78	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	9' 44''
79	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R CITROEN	9' 54''
80	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	10' 26''
81	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	10' 28''
82	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	10' 29''
83	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	10' 31''
84	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	10' 49''
85	LENNARD HOFSTEDE	JUMBO-VISMA	10' 58''
86	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	11' 30''
87	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	11' 49''
88	DORIAN GODON	AG2R CITROEN	11' 51''
89	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	12' 10''
90	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	12' 28''
91	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	12' 29''
92	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	12' 43''
93	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	13' 20''
94	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	13' 47''
95	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	14' 02''
96	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	14' 09''
97	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	14' 58''
98	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	15' 08''
99	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	15' 09''
100	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	15' 14''
101	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	15' 24''
102	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	15' 28''
103	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	15' 51''
104	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	15' 52''
105	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	16' 05''
106	KADEN GROVES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	16' 18''
107	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	16' 28''
108	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	16' 29''
109	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	17' 01''
110	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	17' 03''
111	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	17' 11''
112	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	17' 38''
113	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	17' 44''
114	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	17' 52''
115	MARTIN SALMON	TEAM DSM	18' 06''
116	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	18' 07''
117	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
118	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
119	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	18' 08''
120	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	18' 13''
121	ANDRES CAMILO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	18' 25''
122	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	19' 07''
123	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	19' 31''
124	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	20' 11''
125	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	20' 35''
126	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	21' 10''
127	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	21' 19''
128	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
129	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	21' 29''
130	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	21' 38''
131	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	22' 13''
132	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	23' 16''
133	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	24' 33''
134	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	25' 09''
135	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
136	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	26' 08''
137	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	27' 17''
138	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	27' 22''
139	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	28' 21''
140	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	29' 52''
141	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	30' 03''
142	IVO OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	31' 47''

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Once more unto the breach. Chris Froome finished in the second group today, 59th.

Tim Wellens.

Kasper Asgreen heads to the start.

Team Groupama-FDJ looks ready to race.

GC leader Lukas Pöstlberger waves before the stage start.

Lukas Pöstlberger and Sonny Colbrelli on the start line.

Here they come. Sonny Colbrelli (in green) already has the jump on the other riders.

Sonny Colbrelli is the day's fastest rider.

Lukas Pöstlberger will start stage four in yellow.

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Monday, May 31: Stage 2, Brioude - Saugues, 172.8 km

Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos

Lukas Pöstlberger takes a solo win in Saugues. ASO photo

Rated ascents:

• Km 52.3: Col de Peyra Taillade, 8.3 km @ 7.4%. Cat. 1
• Km 78.1: Côte de la Vachellerie, 8 km @ 4.1%. Cat. 3
• Km 124.5: Côte d'Auvers, 4 km @ 4.1%. Cat. 4
• Km 165.8: Côte de la Forêt de Pourcheresse, 6.9 km @ 6.4%. Cat. 2
• Km 168.8: Côte de Masset, 1.5 km @ 5.1%. Cat. 4

Weather at the finish city of Sagues at 1:20 PM, local time: 20C (68F), raining, with the wind from the south at 6 km/hr (4 mph). Weather.com's forecast says there is a 40% chance of rain during the afternoon. So far, as the race nears the finish, I don't think any rain has fallen on the riders.

The race: All 146 stage one finishers began today's stage at 11:39 AM. About halfway into the stage Ian Garrison (Deceuninck-Quick Step) abandoned. Later, Benjamin Perry (Astana) also quit the race.

The sun was out for the stage start. ASO photo

Here's the organizer's stage 2 report:

On his day, Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) is one of the fiercest attackers to resist a raging bunch and he proved it again on stage 2 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, claiming victory in Saugues after an impressive solo attack in the final 18km. The Austrian baroudeur spent the whole day at the front and maintained a gap of 11’’ on the line with Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) finishing second again, this time ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar).

Stage 1’s winner Brent Van Moer (Lotto Soudal) couldn’t keep up with the blazing pace up the final climbs and lost his yellow and blue jersey to Pöstlberger, who leads a stage race for the first time since he fended off the bunch on stage 1 of the 2017 Giro d’Italia.

Among the 146 riders starting from Brioude, many attackers want to be part of the breakaway of the day. After 10km of battle, Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) initiates a move backed by Anthony Delaplace (Arkea-Samsic), Matthew Holmes (Lotto-Soudal), Shane Archbold (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Rob Power (Qhubeka-Assos). Trek-Segafredo and Bahrain-Victorious lead a hard chase but they eventually let the break go after 20km and the gap jumps from 10’’ to 5’25’’ at km 38. Ineos Grenadiers send Andrey Amador and Dylan van Baarle at the front of the bunch to control the gap.

Holmes leads the way up
The peloton move closer on the first climb of the day, the cat-1 Col de Peyra Taillade (km 52.3). Holmes goes first over the top, already matching Brent Van Moer’s tally in the lead of the KOM standings. The Ineos-led bunch summit with a delay of 3’45’’. Holmes takes 2 more KOM points on the Côte de la Vachellerie (km 78.1) and the leaders cross the finish line for the first time (km 84,3) with a lead stabilised around 3’50’’.

The rolling terrain takes its toll on the attackers and Power is distanced by his companions with 62km to go. He abandons later in the stage. The gap is still up to 3’20’’ and Bahrain Victorious start working at the front of the bunch to bring the gap down to 3 minutes at the bottom of the third categorised climb of the day, Côte d’Auvers (4km at 4.1%), and 2 minutes at the summit, where Holmes takes one more KOM point on his way to wearing the polka-dot jersey on the podium at the end of the day.

Pöstlberger’s one-man-show
Pöstlberger and Archbold, who spent three seasons together with Bora, drop their companions in a downhill section with 35km to go. The Austrian goes solo with 18km to go while the peloton seriously up the ante. The gap is down to 2’20’’ and the chasers push even harder on the Côte de la forêt de Pourcheresse. Marco Brenner and Felix Gall try to go one after the other for Team DSM but Ineos Grenadiers set a stifling pace.

The yellow and blue jersey Brent Van Moer (Lotto Soudal) is dropped with Chris Froome (Israel Start-Up Nation) just before the final 10 kilometres, and so is Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates). Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) and Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) try to open gaps atop the Côte de Masset but a 40-man peloton get back together, only to see Pöstlberger take the win 11’’ ahead of Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious), 2nd for the second stage in a row.

Complete results:

Stage 2 photos

172.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.075 km/hr

1	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	4hr 25min 20sec
2	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	@ 11sec
3	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
4	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
5	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
6	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
7	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
8	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
9	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
10	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
11	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
12	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
13	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
14	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
15	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
16	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
17	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
18	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
19	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
20	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
21	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
22	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
23	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
24	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
25	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
26	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
27	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
28	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
29	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
30	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
31	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
32	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
33	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
34	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
35	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
36	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
37	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
38	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
39	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
40	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
41	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
42	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
43	ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
44	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	21''
45	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	22''
46	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	31''
47	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
48	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
49	JOSEPH LLOYD DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	32''
50	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
51	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
52	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	52''
53	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	1' 36''
54	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO	INEOS GRENADIERS	1' 38''
55	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	1' 44''
56	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	1' 48''
57	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	2' 49''
58	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	3' 00''
59	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
60	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
61	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
62	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
63	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
64	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	3' 25''
65	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
66	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
67	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
68	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
69	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	s.t.
70	MICHAEL GOGL	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
71	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
72	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
73	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
74	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
75	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
76	CLEMENT VENTURINI	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
77	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	5' 25''
78	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
79	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
80	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
81	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	6' 20''
82	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
83	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO SANCHEZ	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
84	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
85	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
86	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	7' 42''
87	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
88	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
89	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
90	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
91	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
92	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
93	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	8' 56''
94	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
95	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
96	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
97	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
98	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
99	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
100	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
101	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
102	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
103	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
104	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
105	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
106	LENNARD HOFSTEDE	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
107	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	s.t.
108	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON	TEAM DSM	s.t.
109	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	10' 02''
110	DORIAN GODON	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
111	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
112	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
113	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
114	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
115	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
116	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
117	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
118	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
119	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	11' 25''
120	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
121	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
122	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
123	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
124	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
125	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
126	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
127	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
128	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
129	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
130	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
131	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
132	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
133	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
134	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
135	KADEN GROVES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	14' 53''
136	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
137	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
138	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
139	IVO OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
140	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
141	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
142	MADS PEDERSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
143	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	16' 29''

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe)
• Mountans classification leader: Matthew Holmes (Lotto Soudal)
• Points classification leader: Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious)
• Best young rider: Ilan Van Wilder (Team DSM)
• Team classification leader: Bora-hansgrohe

354.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.031 km/hr

1	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	8hr 38min 32sec
2	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	@ 12sec
3	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	20''
4	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	24''
5	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
6	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
7	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
8	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
9	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
10	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
11	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
12	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
13	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
14	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
15	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
16	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
17	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
18	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
19	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
20	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
21	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
22	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
23	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
24	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
25	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
26	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
27	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
28	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
29	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
30	ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
31	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
32	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
33	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
34	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
35	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
36	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
37	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
38	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
39	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
40	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
41	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
42	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	34''
43	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	35''
44	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	44''
45	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
46	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	45''
47	JOSEPH LLOYD DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
48	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	1' 05''
49	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO	INEOS GRENADIERS	1' 51''
50	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	2' 01''
51	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	3' 02''
52	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	3' 13''
53	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
54	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
55	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
56	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	3' 14''
57	CLEMENT VENTURINI	AG2R CITROEN	3' 34''
58	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	3' 38''
59	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
60	MICHAEL GOGL	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
61	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
62	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
63	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
64	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	s.t.
65	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
66	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
67	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	4' 28''
68	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 35''
69	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4' 55''
70	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	5' 38''
71	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
72	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	6' 00''
73	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	6' 33''
74	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
75	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	7' 24''
76	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	7' 55''
77	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
78	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	9' 04''
79	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	9' 06''
80	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	9' 09''
81	LENNARD HOFSTEDE	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
82	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
83	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
84	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	9' 41''
85	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
86	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	9' 46''
87	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	9' 49''
88	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	10' 13''
89	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	10' 15''
90	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	10' 26''
91	DORIAN GODON	AG2R CITROEN	10' 57''
92	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	11' 38''
93	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	11' 40''
94	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	11' 41''
95	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO SANCHEZ	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	12' 36''
96	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	13' 17''
97	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	13' 20''
98	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
99	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
100	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	13' 58''
101	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	14' 09''
102	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	14' 39''
103	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
104	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
105	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	14' 58''
106	KADEN GROVES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	15' 06''
107	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	15' 12''
108	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
109	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
110	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	s.t.
111	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	15' 49''
112	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
113	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	15' 49''
114	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON	TEAM DSM	15' 53''
115	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	16' 18''
116	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
117	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
118	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
119	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	16' 29''
120	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
121	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	16' 59''
122	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
123	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
124	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	17' 37''
125	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	17' 41''
126	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	17' 47''
127	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	18' 22''
128	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
129	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
130	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
131	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	19' 30''
132	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	20' 44''
133	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	21' 09''
134	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
135	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	21' 50''
136	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	23' 26''
137	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	26' 12''
138	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
139	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
140	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
141	IVO OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	29' 04''
142	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
143	MADS PEDERSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	29' 40''

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

Stage 2 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Chris Froome at the opening ceremonies. He still hasn't found his legs. He was 68th today at 3min 25sec

Richie Porte before the stage start.

Kasper Asgreen waits for the stage to start.

Mathieu Ladagnous

Lukas Pöstlberger takes the stage and the GC lead.

Sonny Colbrelli leads the pack across the line 11 seconds later.

Brent Van Moer in his last moment in yellow.

Points classification leader Sonny Colbrelli just after the stage.

Lukas Pöstlberger has much to smile about.

Lukas Pöstlberger will stage start three in yellow.

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Sunday, May 30: Stage 1, Issoire - Issoire, 181.8 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Brent Van Moer has plenty of time to sit up and enjoy his win. Photo:ASO/Fabien Boukla

Rated ascents:

• Km 65.7: Côte de Bergonne, 1.2 km @ 6.7%. Cat. 4
• Km 93: Côte du Château de Buron, 3.2 km @ 6.8%. Cat. 3
• Km 95.6: Col de la Croix des Gardes, 1.6 km @ 5.1%. Cat. 4
• Km 130.1: Côte du Château de Buron, 3.2 km @ 6.8%. Cat. 3
• Km 132.7: Col de la Croix des Gardes, 1.6 km @ 5.1.%. Cat. 4
• Km 167.2: Côte du Château de Buron, 3.2 km @ 6.8%. Cat. 3
• km 169.7: Col de la Croix des Gardes, 1.6 km @ 5.1%. Cat. 4

Weather at the start/finish city of Issoire at 2:15 PM, local time: 22C (72F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 147 riders began today's stage at 12:30 PM.

The peloton rolling across the countryside about a half-hour into the stage with a break about four minutes up the road. Photo: ASO/Fabien Boukla

Here's the race organizer's stage one summary:

At 23 years old, Brent Van Moer has already experienced pain and glory on the roads of the Critérium du Dauphiné. The young Belgian talent from Lotto Soudal claimed an impressive solo victory on stage 1 of the 2021 edition, a few months after he crashed out of the 2020 Dauphiné on the very first day. Vant Moer went for the early breakaway, summited first the different climbs around Issoire and eventually dropped all his companions to ride to victory ahead of the raging bunch led by Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) and Clément Venturini (AG2R Citroën). What a way to claim his first professional victory, along with the yellow and blue jersey, the white jersey, the polka-dot jersey, the green jersey and the first combativity award in the history of the Dauphiné!

The 147 riders participating in the 73rd Critérium du Dauphiné take the start under the Sun in Issoire. After 5km of battle, the Austrian Patrick Gamper (Bora-Hansgrohe) gets away from the bunch and three more attackers join him at the front: Brent Van Moer (Lotto-Soudal), Ian Garrison (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Cyril Gautier (B&B-Vital Concept). The four leaders open a 4’ gap at km 28.

Alexander Kristoff’s UAE Team Emirates and Sonny Colbrelli’s Bahrain Victorious are the first teams to react in the peloton. But the breakaway companions push their advantage: 5 minutes atop the first ascent of the day, côte de Bergonne (km 65.7), where Brent Van Moer collects his first KOM point on his way to claiming the first polka-dot jersey of the Dauphiné.

The first yellow and blue jersey also attracts lots of ambitions and Trek-Segafredo also work at the front of the bunch but their leader Mads Pedersen struggles in the first ascents of the day. Ian Garrison is dropped from the breakaway and the peloton catch him as they cross the finish line for the first time (km 107.7) with a gap of 4’30’’.

At the front, Van Moer keeps chasing the KOM points and summits the different climbs ahead of his remaining companions. With 7 points under his belt after the second Côte du château de Buron - Col de la Croix des Gardes sequence, he is set to take the first polka-dot jersey if he reaches the finish without trouble… In the 2020 Dauphiné, the young Belgian already went for the first breakaway and he crashed out of the race during stage 1.

The leading trio hold on to a 3’05’’ advantage as they enter the final 37.1km lap. Van Moer proves again to be the strongest on the climbs and goes solo inside the last 15km while UAE Team Emirates lose their options with Brandon McNulty (mechanical) and Alexander Kristoff (dropped in the final climbing sequence). Other sprinters can’t keep up like Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck - Quick-Step).

Van Moer maintains an advantage of 50’’ over the top of the final climb, with 12km to go. He still leads by 38’’ as he enters the last kilometre. More than enough to fend off the bunch and claim an impressive maiden victory.

Complete results:

181.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.114 km/hr

1	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	4hr 13min 0sec
2	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	@ 25sec
3	CLEMENT VENTURINI	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
4	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
5	KADEN GROVES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
6	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
7	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
8	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
9	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
10	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
11	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
12	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
13	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
14	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
15	MICHAEL GOGL	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
16	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
17	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	s.t.
18	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
19	LENNARD HOFSTEDE	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
20	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
21	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
22	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
23	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
24	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
25	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
26	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
27	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
28	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
29	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
30	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
31	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
32	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
33	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
34	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
35	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
36	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
37	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
38	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
39	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
40	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
41	ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
42	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
43	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
44	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
45	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
46	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
47	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
48	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
49	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
50	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
51	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
52	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
53	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
54	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	s.t.
55	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
56	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
57	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
58	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
59	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
60	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
61	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
62	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
63	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
64	JOSEPH LLOYD DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
65	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
66	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
67	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
68	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
69	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
70	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
71	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
72	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
73	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
74	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
75	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
76	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
77	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
78	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
79	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
80	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	s.t.
81	DORIAN GODON	AG2R CITROEN	1' 07''
82	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2' 56''
83	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
84	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
85	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
86	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
87	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
88	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
89	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	4' 36''
90	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
91	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
92	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
93	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
94	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
95	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
96	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
97	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
98	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
99	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
100	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
101	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
102	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
103	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
104	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
105	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
106	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
107	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
108	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
109	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
110	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
111	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
112	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
113	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
114	SANTIAGO SANCHEZ	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
115	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
116	ROB POWER	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
117	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	s.t.
118	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
119	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
120	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	7' 09''
121	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
122	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
123	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
124	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
125	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON	TEAM DSM	s.t.
126	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
127	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
128	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
129	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
130	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
131	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
132	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
133	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
134	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	12' 00''
135	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
136	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	14' 23''
137	IVO OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
138	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	14' 59''
139	BENJAMIN PERRY	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
140	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
141	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
142	MADS PEDERSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
143	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
144	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
145	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
146	IAN GARRISON	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	23' 18''

GC after stage 1:

1	BRENT VAN MOER	LOTTO SOUDAL	4hr 12min 49sec
2	SONNY COLBRELLI	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	@ 30sec
3	CLEMENT VENTURINI	AG2R CITROEN	32''
4	PATRICK GAMPER	BORA-HANSGROHE	33''
5	JASPER STUYVEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	36''
6	KADEN GROVES	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
7	NILS POLITT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
8	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
9	KASPER ASGREEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
10	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
11	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
12	CARLOS BARBERO	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
13	ELIOT LIETAER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
14	WARREN BARGUIL	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
15	GUILLAUME MARTIN	COFIDIS	s.t.
16	MICHAEL GOGL	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
17	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
18	KEVIN VERMAERKE	TEAM DSM	s.t.
19	PATRICK KONRAD	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
20	LENNARD HOFSTEDE	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
21	OMER GOLDSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
22	GERAINT THOMAS	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
23	QUENTIN PACHER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
24	DYLAN TEUNS	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
25	ANTHONY DELAPLACE	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
26	FRANCK BONNAMOUR	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
27	SEPP KUSS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
28	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
29	JAN BAKELANTS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
30	ENRIC MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
31	NATHAN HAAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
32	STEFF CRAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
33	ILAN VAN WILDER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
34	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
35	JOSÉ ROJAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
36	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
37	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
38	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
39	SANDER ARMEE	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
40	ANTHONY PEREZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
41	JULIEN EL FARES	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
42	ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
43	BEN O'CONNOR	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
44	MATTIAS JENSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
45	MAXIME CHEVALIER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
46	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
47	KENNY ELISSONDE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
48	LOUIS MEINTJES	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
49	WILCO KELDERMAN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
50	FABIO ARU	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
51	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
52	DAMIEN HOWSON	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
53	GREG VAN AVERMAET	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
54	BRUNO ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
55	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM DSM	s.t.
56	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
57	NAIRO QUINTANA	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
58	RICHIE PORTE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
59	DAVID GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
60	VALENTIN MADOUAS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
61	YURIY NATAROV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
62	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
63	PIERRE ROLLAND	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
64	JACK HAIG	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
65	JOSEPH LLOYD DOMBROWSKI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
66	TIM WELLENS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
67	CARLOS VERONA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
68	BEN HERMANS	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
69	JONAS VINGEGAARD	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
70	OLIVER NAESEN	AG2R CITROEN	s.t.
71	FELIX GALL	TEAM DSM	s.t.
72	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
73	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
74	G LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
75	SYLVAIN MONIQUET	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
76	CHRIS FROOME	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
77	TSGABU GRMAY	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
78	ANDREY ZEITS	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
79	BRENT BOOKWALTER	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
80	SIMON GESCHKE	COFIDIS	s.t.
81	DORIAN GODON	AG2R CITROEN	1' 18''
82	CYRIL GAUTIER	B&B HOTELS	3' 05''
83	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	3' 07''
84	SEAN BENNETT	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
85	CLÉMENT RUSSO	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
86	LUKASZ OWSIAN	ARKEA-SAMSIC	s.t.
87	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
88	OLIVIER LE GAC	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
89	LOÏC VLIEGEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	4' 47''
90	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER	B&B HOTELS	s.t.
91	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
92	HARRISON SWEENY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
93	TIMO ROOSEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
94	JORGE ARCAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
95	SHANE ARCHBOLD	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
96	BRANDON MCNULTY	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
97	WILLIAM BARTA	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
98	MIKKEL BJERG	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
99	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
100	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
101	FLORIAN SENECHAL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
102	ROBERT GESINK	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
103	IMANOL ERVITI	MOVISTAR	s.t.
104	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
105	MARCO BRENNER	TEAM DSM	s.t.
106	THÉO DELACROIX	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
107	KÉVIN GENIETS	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
108	JEREMY BELLICAUD	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
109	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
110	STIJN STEELS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
111	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
112	ANDREY AMADOR	INEOS GRENADIERS	s.t.
113	DYLAN SUNDERLAND	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
114	SANTIAGO SANCHEZ	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
115	JASPER DE PLUS	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
116	ROB POWER	QHUBEKA-ASSOS	s.t.
117	CHAD HAGA	TEAM DSM	s.t.
118	TONY MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
119	MARK PADUN	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
120	LAURENT PICHON	ARKEA-SAMSIC	7' 20''
121	KENNETH VANBILSEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
122	KEVIN VAN MELSEN	INTERMARCHE-WANTY-GOBERT	s.t.
123	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	COFIDIS	s.t.
124	ALEXANDER CATAFORD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	s.t.
125	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON	TEAM DSM	s.t.
126	BARNABÁS PEÁK	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
127	KEVIN COLLEONI	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
128	MARCO HALLER	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	s.t.
129	WILLIAM BONNET	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
130	MATTHEW HOLMES	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
131	LOGAN OWEN	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
132	DMITRIY GRUZDEV	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
133	LACHLAN MORTON	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
134	ALEXIS RENARD	ISRAEL START-UP NATION	12' 11''
135	HIDETO NAKANE	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO	s.t.
136	EMMANUEL MORIN	COFIDIS	14' 34''
137	IVO OLIVEIRA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
138	MICHEL RIES	TREK-SEGAFREDO	15' 10''
139	BENJAMIN PERRY	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH	s.t.
140	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
141	RYAN MULLEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
142	MADS PEDERSEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
143	FREDERIK WANDAHL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
144	JOSEF ČERNÝ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
145	FABIO JAKOBSEN	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
146	IAN GARRISON	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	23' 29''

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Start list with back numbers, May 29, 2021

	EF EDUCATION - NIPPO
1	MICHAEL VALGREN HUNDAHL
2	WILLIAM BARTA
3	G LAWSON CRADDOCK
4	JULIEN EL FARES
5	LACHLAN MORTON
6	HIDETO NAKANE
7	LOGAN OWEN
	GROUPAMA - FDJ
11	DAVID GAUDU
12	BRUNO ARMIRAIL
13	WILLIAM BONNET
14	KÉVIN GENIETS
15	MATTHIEU LADAGNOUS
16	OLIVIER LE GAC
17	VALENTIN MADOUAS
	COFIDIS
21	GUILLAUME MARTIN
22	SIMON GESCHKE
23	NATHAN HAAS
24	EMMANUEL MORIN
25	ANTHONY PEREZ
26	PIERRE LUC PERICHON
27	KENNETH VANBILSEN
	INEOS GRENADIERS
31	GERAINT THOMAS
32	ANDREY AMADOR
33	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART
34	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI
35	RICHIE PORTE
36	CARLOS RODRIGUEZ CANO
37	DYLAN VAN BAARLE
	JUMBO - VISMA
41	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK
42	ROBERT GESINK
43	LENNARD HOFSTEDE
44	SEPP KUSS
45	TONY MARTIN
46	TIMO ROOSEN
47	JONAS VINGEGAARD
	MOVISTAR TEAM
51	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ
52	JORGE ARCAS
53	IMANOL ERVITI
54	ENRIC MAS
55	JOSÉ ROJAS
56	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE
57	CARLOS VERONA
	BORA - HANSGROHE
61	WILCO KELDERMAN
62	PATRICK GAMPER
63	PATRICK KONRAD
64	NILS POLITT
65	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER
66	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN
67	FREDERIK WANDAHL
	AG2R CITROEN TEAM
71	BEN O'CONNOR
72	DORIAN GODON
73	JAAKKO HÄNNINEN
74	OLIVER NAESEN
75	AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE
76	GREG VAN AVERMAET
77	CLEMENT VENTURINI
	ISRAEL START-UP NATION
81	CHRIS FROOME
82	ALEXANDER CATAFORD
83	OMER GOLDSTEIN
84	BEN HERMANS
85	RETO HOLLENSTEIN
86	ALEXIS RENARD
87	MADS WÜRTZ SCHMIDT
	ASTANA - PREMIER TECH
91	ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI
92	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA
93	DMITRIY GRUZDEV
94	ALEXEY LUTSENKO
95	YURIY NATAROV
96	BENJAMIN PERRY
97	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ
	TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC
101	NAIRO QUINTANA
102	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA
103	WARREN BARGUIL
104	ANTHONY DELAPLACE
105	LUKASZ OWSIAN
106	LAURENT PICHON
107	CLÉMENT RUSSO
	LOTTO SOUDAL
111	TIM WELLENS
112	STEFF CRAS
113	SÉBASTIEN GRIGNARD
114	MATTHEW HOLMES
115	SYLVAIN MONIQUET
116	HARRISON SWEENY
117	BRENT VAN MOER
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
121	DYLAN TEUNS
122	SANTIAGO BUITRAGO SANCHEZ
123	EROS CAPECCHI
124	SONNY COLBRELLI
125	JACK HAIG
126	MARCO HALLER
127	MARK PADUN
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
131	ANDRES CAMILO ARDILA
132	MIKKEL BJERG
133	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM
134	JOSEPH LLOYD DOMBROWSKI
135	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF
136	BRANDON MCNULTY
137	IVO OLIVEIRA
	DECEUNINCK - QUICK STEP
141	FLORIAN SENECHAL
142	SHANE ARCHBOLD
143	KASPER ASGREEN
144	JOSEF ČERNÝ
145	IAN GARRISON
146	FABIO JAKOBSEN
147	STIJN STEELS
	TREK - SEGAFREDO
151	MICHEL RIES
152	JULIEN BERNARD
153	KENNY ELISSONDE
154	MATTIAS JENSEN
155	RYAN MULLEN
156	MADS PEDERSEN
157	JASPER STUYVEN
	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE
161	KEVIN COLLEONI
162	BRENT BOOKWALTER
163	TSGABU GEBREMARYAM GRMAY
164	KADEN GROVES
165	DAMIEN HOWSON
166	BARNABÁS PEÁK
167	ANDREY ZEITS
	TEAM DSM
171	MARCO BRENNER
172	FELIX GALL
173	CHAD HAGA
174	MARTIN ALEXANDER SALMON
175	MARTIJN TUSVELD
176	ILAN VAN WILDER
177	KEVIN VERMAERKE
	B&B HOTELS P/B KTM
181	PIERRE ROLLAND
182	FRANCK BONNAMOUR
183	MAXIME CHEVALIER
184	CYRIL GAUTIER
185	ELIOT LIETAER
186	QUENTIN PACHER
187	SEBASTIAN SCHÖNBERGER
	INTERMARCHE - WANTY - GOBERT MATERIAUX
191	LOUIS MEINTJES
192	JAN BAKELANTS
193	JEREMY BELLICAUD
194	THÉO DELACROIX
195	JASPER DE PLUS
196	KEVIN VAN MELSEN
197	LOÏC VLIEGEN
	TEAM QHUBEKA ASSOS
201	FABIO ARU
202	SANDER ARMEE
203	CARLOS BARBERO
204	SEAN BENNETT
205	MICHAEL GOGL
206	ROB POWER
207	DYLAN SUNDERLAND