2025 Criterium du Dauphiné Archives

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Pogačar’s Superiority & Other Takeaways from the Critérium du Dauphiné

June 16, 2025 at 10:43 am3 min reading

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If you believe that the Critérium du Dauphiné is an accurate preview of the Tour de France, which kicks off in three weeks, you won’t have to shell out whatever it costs to watch it on TNT Sports or Discovery+. You’ll know that Tadej Pogačar…

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Evenepoel Wins Dauphiné ITT as Vingegaard Impresses and Pogačar Disappoints

June 12, 2025 at 9:04 am3 min reading

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With the three main favorites for the Tour de France riding in it, the Critérium du Dauphiné was always going to be regarded as a preview of the upcoming Grand Tour and examined for potential clues to the relative strengths of the three superstars. So…

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Back in the Game: Cycling’s Superstars Return with a Statement at the Dauphiné

June 9, 2025 at 8:50 am3 min reading

Road cycling

The organizers of this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné couldn’t have wished for a more superstar-studded line-up — or a more symbolic beginning. Stage 1 wasn’t just about a dramatic finish. It marked the high-profile return of cycling’s biggest names from injury and disruption, and their…

Pogačar Wins Surprise Sprint in Style: “I Was All Prepared to Come Back to the Bus”

June 9, 2025 at 8:23 am2 min reading

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Tadej Pogačar did what no one — including himself — expected: he won a bunch sprint. The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider launched his Criterium du Dauphiné campaign in jaw-dropping style, outsprinting Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) at the end…

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Critérium du Dauphiné: A Preview of the Tour de France

June 6, 2025 at 3:56 pm3 min reading

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This year’s Critérium du Dauphiné, which kicks off on Sunday, can be viewed as an appetizer for the main course, the Tour de France, because the three Tour favorites – Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel – are all riding in it. That should…