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Pogacar: "Why wait?"

"I’m super happy to be back in yellow. It was a very good day for us. I’m getting very good answers from this Dauphiné. I wasn’t too stressed after the time trial and the shape is here. After the Dauphiné, I will go to Isola to rest a little and work on my TT bike.

We had our own plan but then Visma went full gas on the first category climb...

Florian Lipowitz: "Super happy with the performance"

"My legs were really good today and the team did an amazing job to protect me, grab some ice, give me water… When there were the first attacks on the second last climb, I followed and decided to try something. I paced myself, they caught me but I was feeling confident. I tried to recover as much as I could and I gave it my best on the last climb. I’m super happy...

Alex Baudin: "I didn't even try to stick to his wheel"

"It was a beautiful day for cycling, and I really enjoyed myself, especially on the last climb where there were a lot of people. The goal was to spend the day at the front and try to take advantage of any opportunities that came up, but it wasn't possible to do any better. When I was caught by ‘Pogi’, I stood up on my pedals but I didn't even try to stick to his...

Pogacar puts on a rainbow show

A couple of days after he lost significant time in the ITT, Tadej Pogacar replied with a dominant performance on the first mountain stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2025. The reigning world champion attacked on the way up Côte de Domancy, forever associated with Bernard Hinault’s triumph at the 1980 Worlds. Nobody could follow Pogacar as he flew away...

Physical battles and mind games

The final three days of the Critérium du Dauphiné are upon us, to ignite early fireworks ahead of July and see who’s got the best climbing legs ahead of the Tour de France, as the biggest stars of cycling face off for the yellow and blue jersey. Friday’s challenges, on day 6 of the Dauphiné, are bound to deliver some intense action. And their...

Remco Evenepoel: "Tomorrow will be the first big test"

"I don't really have an explanation for what happened when I fell in the finale. But my hands were really wet and I lost my grip on the handlebars. In any case, I'm not in any pain, I just have a graze on my right knee, but it won't affect me going forward. We'll need to be ready for tomorrow, as it will be the first big test in the battle we're going to face over the next three...

Jake Stewart: "I had to kick before Milan"

"It’s huge! That one feels really good. Apart from the Tour de France, it doesn’t really come bigger than winning at the Critérium du Dauphiné. It’s certainly the biggest win of my career. In Dunkirk, I got my first win in a few years and I was so close also here in the first stage… To get redemption like that in our last opportunity is...

Benjamin Thomas: "2 kilometres is still a long way"

"A small breakaway got away. We quickly realised that the sprinter teams wanted to control the race, the gap went down to around 50 seconds… I caught them by surprise to counter-attack and I got back to the front with Thibault Guernalec. We then tried to manage the situation on some tough roads. We tried to hold off the peloton on the climbs and make up time on the descents......

Paul Ourselin: "I’m motivated for tomorrow"

"When the peloton came back to within a minute, Benjamin Thomas made his move and it turned into a really nice battle, with the sprinters' teams really pushing hard. Tomorrow, it will be my turn to go back out there.

I calculated my move, knowing that with the points I had earned in the first two stages, I could keep the jersey until Friday. I then made sure to recover...