Critérium du Dauphiné 2022, June 5 - 12

[Lequack]

Promo video

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[will-10]

There's some interesting hard starts to a few days there. Even day 1 could be fun, obviously Jumbo are coming in with all the horses but doesn't look like an easy route to control on.

 

[Tonton]

I love le Collet de Vaujany. And I dream: the road maintained all the way up to le Col du Sabot. I'm breaking a sweat just thinking about it.

 

[yaco]

Can Groenewegen get over the climbs for a sprint win on any stage?

Also, will it be a repeat of this?

I wouldn't take Groenewegen to Dauphine - Better he rides Slovenie or the ZLM Tour - Reckon Matthews can snare a stage win on this parcours.

 

[RedheadDane]

JV said they are going to approach the race as a training ride. But somehow i read that as the likes of Roglič, van Aert, Vingegaard, Dennis to target GC, points, climber, young, combativity and team award.

But who'll go for young? They're all too old.

 

[Oliver]

I wouldn't take Groenewegen to Dauphine - Better he rides Slovenie or the ZLM Tour - Reckon Matthews can snare a stage win on this parcours.

Won't win against Wout

 

[Remy55]

The Tour de Suisse route is a masterpiece in comparison to this.

 

[CyclistAbi]

But who'll go for young? They're all too old.

Rogla might go for it this year.

 

[Bolder]

Stage 8 looks like a pretty hard finish -- I've heard great things about that plateau in the winter for XC skiing, too...Although they are doing la Colombiere the "wrong" way.

I expect it will be a good race, but I do hope no TdF contenders DNF due to injury.

 

[hayneplane]

There's some interesting hard starts to a few days there. Even day 1 could be fun, obviously Jumbo are coming in with all the horses but doesn't look like an easy route to control on.

That is the best aspect to the parcours this year by a long way. If teams want to they have some options to cause chaos as soon as the flag drops.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Feel like it's slowly losing it's appeal as a proper TdF warm up. At least Roglic and Vingegaard are here this year but again no Pogacar, no Martinez, no Vlasov, no Quintana.
Last year was mainly entertaining because of Padun, GC battle pretty average. Stage design also used to be more creative, why not a MTT up to Granon? (Only half joking)

Also, does Keldermann really do this? If yes, why exactly?

 

[SafeBet]

Feel like it's slowly losing it's appeal as a proper TdF warm up. At least Roglic and Vingegaard are here this year but again no Pogacar, no Martinez, no Vlasov, no Quintana.
Last year was mainly entertaining because of Padun, GC battle pretty average. Stage design also used to be more creative, why not a MTT up to Granon? (Only half joking)

Also, does Keldermann really do this? If yes, why exactly?

Started the Giro undercooked and probably feels like the shape is there now?
He had very few racing days before the Giro.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

So how will Primoz do? He spent a lot of time on altitude in Sierra Nevada. Ready to deliver megawatts? Probably too early but he should have like 90% of peak level, right? He's never out of form.

 

[Netserk]

The Tour de Suisse route is a masterpiece in comparison to this.

Quite similar? Two MTFs and an ITT. At least in Dauphiné you have CdF directly connecting to Vaujany, and the ITT comes before the mountains.

 

[staubsauger]

The Tour de Suisse route is a masterpiece in comparison to this.

Tour of Switzerland has the best route out of all major tours this year!

 

[movingtarget]

Padun to show up out of nowhere and smoke the Galibier and Croix de Fer record.

From what I remember of the post stage interviews, Padun couldn't stop thanking Jesus so there probably was a planetary alignment and a good dose of divine intervention............

 

[Red Rick]

Tour de Suisse is moderate balance very vanilla with one TT 2 bigly MTFs.

 

[movingtarget]

Tour de Suisse is moderate balance very vanilla with one TT 2 bigly MTFs.

Cancellara winning the TDS was the beginning of the end for that race. Used to be much tougher but I guess not all riders want a difficult race pre Tour the same way the TDU is an ideal opener to the season for some riders.

 

[Red Rick]

Cancellara winning the TDS was the beginning of the end for that race. Used to be much tougher but I guess not all riders want a difficult race pre Tour the same way the TDU is an ideal opener to the season for some riders.

No I think training and buildup methods by riders changed, amd the Schlecks retired. Most riders always preferred the Dauphine

 

[staubsauger]

No I think training and buildup methods by riders changed, amd the Schlecks retired. Most riders always preferred the Dauphine

Back in the 90s Tour of Switzerland had a stellar field and even slightly contested the Giro d'Italia during its weaker 1996 & 1997 editions.

Tour of Switzerland really died when they stopped selling pan-european TV rights to Eurosport. That really catapulted the race outside of the public eye in many countries. With hence the Dauphine overtaking it swiftly.

Remember the Giro d'Italia actually was first aired by Eurosport in 1998 after RCS Mediaset deal expired.

Historically it used to be the big 3 (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a Espana) + Tour de Suisse

 

[will-10]

Cancellara winning the TDS was the beginning of the end for that race. Used to be much tougher but I guess not all riders want a difficult race pre Tour the same way the TDU is an ideal opener to the season for some riders.

There's not many TDS routes that look like the 09 one. They normally do a decent job I'd say

 

[OlavEH]

Back in the 90s Tour of Switzerland had a stellar field and even slightly contested the Giro d'Italia during its weaker 1996 & 1997 editions.

Tour of Switzerland really died when they stopped selling pan-european TV rights to Eurosport. That really catapulted the race outside of the public eye in many countries. With hence the Dauphine overtaking it swiftly.

Remember the Giro d'Italia actually was first aired by Eurosport in 1998 after RCS Mediaset deal expired.

How was the route for TdS back in those days? The last 10-15 years it has really been underwhelming. They neither use the potential for steeper and shorter climbs in some parts of the country, nor the combos/sequences of high climbs in other parts. It has been far too many mono climb stages with an underwhelming MTF in these years.

 

[Escarabajo]

As far as I can remember, regardless of any TV rights, Dauphine has always been above TdS. IMHO.

 

[Eclipse]

I don't mind the route, but I struggle to get excited with an overwhelmingly strong JV team and not much else

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

So Ineos are bring Kwiato, Van Baarle, Ganna and Hayter but no GC rider? That doesn't look right. Presumably Yates will be there.