Critérium du Dauphiné 2022, June 5 - 12

[Lequack]

Quickstep brought a fake Alaphillipe to the race

 

[sir fly]

Hey, c’mon now, feminism has 150 years of history and a mountain of literature to stand on—no need to pair it with lame “woke.”

Yeah... always thought feminism's a kind of climacteric grannies' compensation.

A bit disappointed by the course of the race.
Expected JV to jump all over the domination.

 

[Sciatic]

Quickstep brought a fake Alaphillipe to the race

Cloning?

 

[CyclistAbi]

Congratulations to Alexis Vuillermoz for taking the stage win and yellow jersey.

As i wrote in the JV thread. From the stage win perspective van Aert could be a bit disappointed but beyond that i feel that they did an OK job. That is keeping van Aert in green and keeping the GC fight where it needs to be. It would in my opinion be foolish if they would waste more energy today. Just to win the stage. It was up to the other teams to do more work. In regards to chasing down the breakaway. JV leaving the initiative to them was in my opinion a good call.

Froome studied Roglič and beat him in the last 500 meters. I will write that down as Froome winning by a breakaway.

Sending Harper ahead and keeping two or three riders around van Aert and Roglič. This was OK too.

Groenewegen should decide if he needs the training or not. Maybe better to focus on future goals instead.

As for tomorrow JV should leave the initiative to others. Maybe for Rogla to stretch the legs a bit in the last 500m. If it will make sense to do that. Otherwise best to not lose any time and to keep some more stomp for the ITT!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If Vuillermoz retires at the end of the season, this would certainly not be a bad last win for him.

 

[Salvarani]

If Vuillermoz retires at the end of the season, this would certainly not be a bad last win for him.

If this is his last season... he is really ending it on top. He has been very good so far in most of the races he has been a part of. Getting a win is fantastic.

 

[Lequack]

Quickstep brought a fake Alaphillipe to the race

Meanwhile the real Alaphilippe is training in Sierra Nevada

 

[tobydawq]

Just because a few people have weird and out-dated opinions, it doesn't mean the place as a whole is a bad place to be, I don't think.

 

[Tonton]

...meanwhile, Alexis Vuillermo (the "z" is silent) got win number nine in his pro career, the second in major races. Well deserved for the Jura man. I thought that Le Gac had it in the bag. Alexis has shown times and times over that he can dig very deep, this time it paid off. Bravo Vuillermo!

 

[Red Rick]

If you guys can leave the arguments about wokeness, cancel culture or whatever to a different place on the internet, that would be nice.

 

[Sciatic]

If you guys can leave the arguments about wokeness, cancel culture or whatever to a different place on the internet, that would be nice.

Good idea!

 

[Extinction]

Censorship is the new freedom.

 

[RedheadDane]

...meanwhile, Alexis Vuillermo (the "z" is silent) got win number nine in his pro career, the second in major races.

Isn't that just how it is with you French people? You put letters in your words, and then you don't use half those letters!

 

[Lequack]

Isn't that just how it is with you French people? You put letters in your words, and then you don't use half those letters!

Primoz is now just Primo (the "z" is silent)

 

[RedheadDane]

Primoz is now just Primo (the "z" is silent)

He's French now?

 

[Lequack]

Well he spends so much time there training and racing that one might think that.

 

[Lequack]

Todays profile. Should be another Wout win.

 

[CyclistAbi]

He's French now?

Pretty much this year. Yes. In Slovenia we already call him croissant and not rogljič anymore.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Today's stage looks more like Rogla territory to me. If the opportunity knocks.

Otherwise best to save a bullet for tomorrow.

 

[Netserk]

 

[Red Rick]

They fiinish slightly before the top at ~1390m of altitdue which can make a significamt impact on the sprint if this is before the 8%ramp

 

[Lequack]

Follow the presentation of stage 3 live from Saint-Paulien.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1534091541911838721

View: https://twitter.com/dauphine/status/1534091541911838721

 

[Potomac]

The success of yesterday's break pretty much dooms today's.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Fake Ala and not by a breakaway?

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Meanwhile the real Alaphilippe is training in Sierra Nevada

Although QuickStep is rather professional and modern, they still do not have jerseys and bibs for training use only. They instead train with their race jerseys and bibs. Alaphilippe even trains in his World Champion kit. That‘s a bit strange, isn‘t it?