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Bruno Armirail: "Not bad for a guy who weighs over 70 kilos"

"This morning I was thinking a little bit about the polka dot jersey, but Buitrago was well placed, as were Higuita and Pogacar. Every day I was able to pick up a few points, I went for it, and I guess it worked. This year, I almost won the best climber's jersey in the Volta a Catalunya. I lost it on the last day, but then I was the best climber in Itzulia and now in the Dauphiné....

Florian Lipowitz: "Now I have more confidence"

"I expected others to try something today. I didn't have the best legs and I was suffering a lot. So I’m super happy with how strong we rode as a team and that I could secure the 3rd place in the overall standings.

I would never have thought to I could compete like this in the Criterium du Dauphiné. It’s an incredible week for me and I’m delighted...

Tadej Pogacar: "We turned all the negatives into positives"

"It's been a really amazing week. Once again today, the team did a great job. We managed to defend the jersey and we can go home happy and prepare for the Tour.

There's a lot of positives from this week and we turned all the negatives into positives, so it's all good. Now we go to an altitude camp at Isola 2000. There's not much to do ahead of the Tour. I rest a...

Lenny Martinez: “I wasn't expecting much”

"Yesterday, I was really bad, and I hadn't been feeling great the days before either. So I wasn't expecting much today. But then I finally felt good at the start, so I decided to go for it. At one point, I thought Van der Poel was going to win, then I thought I was going to get caught by the Pogacar-Vingegaard duo a little later... It would have been a real shame, but it worked...

Val-Cenis crowns Martinez and Pogacar

The final mountain challenges of an exhilarating Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 saw Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) take flight to victory. The French youngster proved to be the strongest climber in a star-studded breakaway, eventually dropping Enric Mas (Movistar) with 8 kilometres to go. At 21 years old, he takes his first win in the race, ahead of Jonas Vingegaard...

Romain Bardet: "You have to seize these moments"

"I don't know if it was panache, I think it was more of a desperate move. But when you can enjoy yourself, you have to seize these moments. Being at the front of the race was also a way of thanking everyone for the affection I've received, both this week and over many years.

To pass alone in the lead at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne meant a lot to me, that’s where I won...

Tadej Pogacar: "Attacking was a form of defence"

"I didn’t necessarily need to take loads of time today. Attacking was a form of defence and then I just tried to pace myself to the top and ease up in the last kilometres. I’m super happy with how we rode today. They attacked us, we responded. And we’ll have two more climbers in the Tour de France.

Today we wanted to take control on the climbs but Visma...

Florian Lipowitz: “Finishing on the podium would be incredible”

"It was a super hard day form the start again. I was really happy with my legs again and with the way we raced as a team. I paced myself on the last climb. I suffered a lot in the last five kilometres and I was really happy when I saw the last kilometre mark. Finishing third is a really good result for me. 

I hope to have the same legs tomorrow. Finishing on...