Critérium du Dauphiné 2023, June 4 - 11

[Netserk]

Stage	Type	Date	Start and Finish	Distance	Details
1	Hilly	Sunday, june 4, 2023	CHAMBON-SUR-LAC > CHAMBON-SUR-LAC	158 km	Stage 1
2	Hilly	Monday, june 5, 2023	BRASSAC-LES-MINES > LA CHAISE-DIEU	167.5 km	Stage 2
3	Hilly	Tuesday, june 6, 2023	MONISTROL-SUR-LOIRE > LE COTEAU	194.5 km	Stage 3
4	Individual time-trial	Wednesday, june 7, 2023	COURS > BELMONT-DE-LA-LOIRE	31.1 km	Stage 4
5	Hilly	Thursday, june 8, 2023	CORMORANCHE-SUR-SAÔNE > SALINS-LES-BAINS	191.5 km	Stage 5
6	Mountain	Friday, june 9, 2023	NANTUA > CREST-VOLAND	170.5 km	Stage 6
7	Mountain	Saturday, june 10, 2023	PORTE-DE-SAVOIE > COL DE LA CROIX DE FER - SAINT SORLIN	148 km	Stage 7
8	Mountain	Sunday, june 11, 2023	LE PONT-DE-CLAIX > LA BASTILLE	153 km	Stage 8

 

[KZD]

Good route, stage 1 looks pretty hard, I wonder how are the stats of the long climb?

Looking at the profiles, Vingegård could win all stages from 4 to 8 (maybe stage 1 too) but he will probably be happy with just 2 or 3 wins plus the overall.

 

[Netserk]

Good route, stage 1 looks pretty hard, I wonder how are the stats of the long climb?

Looking at the profiles, Vingegård could win all stages from 4 to 8 (maybe stage 1 too) but he will probably be happy with just 2 or 3 wins plus the overall.

It's the first half of Croix Saint-Robert:

Then they go the opposite way of the easier side (from km 5 to km 12.1):

 

[Monsi]

Good route, stage 1 looks pretty hard, I wonder how are the stats of the long climb?

Looking at the profiles, Vingegård could win all stages from 4 to 8 (maybe stage 1 too) but he will probably be happy with just 2 or 3 wins plus the overall.

I think Vingegaard wins the last stage but for the other mountain stages, I think there are enough contenders who might be faster than him in a small group sprint. For the TT, I think Hayter can challenge him.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Good route, stage 1 looks pretty hard, I wonder how are the stats of the long climb?

Looking at the profiles, Vingegård could win all stages from 4 to 8 (maybe stage 1 too) but he will probably be happy with just 2 or 3 wins plus the overall.

And the Belgian Bugno could win 5-6 stages, if he raced this one instead of the TdS.

 

[Red Rick]

Dont like how the Dauphine has really gone to only 2 mountain stages a year while having 5 reduced sprints/barely GC stages a year.

Also dont love Mollard-CdF

Stage 8 is terrific though

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Route looks very good, but it's major stage race number 576 this season where only one of the big 4 is racing and none of them have delivered so far, so hard to get excited for this one...

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Maybe just me but Dauphine profiles always do my head in, especially the hilly stages are a mess.

So thanks to @Netserk , first stage is a 3 time circuit with a ~5km 5% climb, followed by rolling terrain and a 1km 7,3% spike before the downhill?

Last stage is a banger.

 

[kn0s]

Would like to see Vingegaard practice going earlier and without MTF like in Itzulia. It would be a good weapon.

 

[Netserk]

I think Vingegaard wins the last stage but for the other mountain stages, I think there are enough contenders who might be faster than him in a small group sprint. For the TT, I think Hayter can challenge him.

I think Vingegaard will be in yellow after Crest-Voland, and Croix de Fer will see him arrive solo.

 

[KZD]

I think Vingegaard wins the last stage but for the other mountain stages, I think there are enough contenders who might be faster than him in a small group sprint. For the TT, I think Hayter can challenge him.

Possible, but Vingegård has a pretty decent sprint himself and there is no Pogačar and Roglič here to dominate those and I think he can drop everyone on stage 7 too. The TT is harder than last year and I expect Vingegård to go all out on that stage but Hayter is a good pick as well.

Hope to see a breakaway finally making it in a World Tour race (Giro aside) and a good battle for the podium.

 

[Netserk]

Good route, stage 1 looks pretty hard, I wonder how are the stats of the long climb?

In general, I think La Flamme Rouge's profiles are quite good and I very much like having a map where I can zoom in.

https://www.la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/viewtrack/518557

 

[Red Rick]

Feels like Vingegaard should sleepwalk and probably just win CdF by 40s and win very boringly but he could win amy of the last 4 stages if he wanted to.

But then Vingegaard wasnt that great outsideof the final MTF in the Dauphine last year

 

[HelloDolly]

Where is Pogacar ?

no Pog no drama

 

[ashhutch1997]

It's actually a joke that there is more ITT here than the Tour

 

[ashhutch1997]

Dont like how the Dauphine has really gone to only 2 mountain stages a year while having 5 reduced sprints/barely GC stages a year.

Also dont love Mollard-CdF

Stage 8 is terrific though

Yeah, it's become much softer since ASO took charge

 

[Valv.Piti]

Its still hard stages, and they are rather unpredictable, so thats good.

 

[Netserk]

Yeah, it's become much softer since ASO took charge

No, ASO took charge in 2010. What we see now is the result of the administrative reform.

 

[ashhutch1997]

No, ASO took charge in 2010. What we see now is the result of the administrative reform.

Yeah I was talking about pre 2010, for example, you literally used to get Mont Ventoux most years back then, plus harder stages in the Alps. I don't think we've seen it since 2007?

 

[Netserk]

I don't think 2014-2016 were particularly soft. No softer than the pre-ASO years. But it has been different, and the lack of Ventoux is a notable change. Back then, I think it mostly changed similarly to how cycling in general has changed.

 

[Escarabajo]

I am excited to see Nibali and Lopez back in this race!

 

[bajbar]

I actually love the route. It is very balanced with something for the punchier riders and sprinters at the start, a really nice TT and then the finale in the Alps for the GC guys. Even the design of the mountain stages is cool.

And besides, I love the race in general. It has those pre-summer vibes, the anticipation builds and it is far more relaxed compared to its bigger brother in July. The Tour is a show, a sort of chaos that you look forward to for half a year and after a week of racing you more often than not want to throw your TV out of the window.

 

[Max Rockatansky]

Last stage is a banger.

Bastille of Grenoble was a career defining moment for Bernard Hinault. He crashed on the descent of the Col de Porte and was still able to win at the Bastille.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYDo11b0rFo


Was also one of the few races, where Merckx and Hinault raced against each other for the victory.

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah I was talking about pre 2010, for example, you literally used to get Mont Ventoux most years back then, plus harder stages in the Alps. I don't think we've seen it since 2007?

I think there was a period when it would have like 3 real mountain stages, with maybe 4 GC stages road stages in total, but now it's doing all these weak medium mountain stages apart from the last 2 days.

 

[Potomac]

I like the looks of the profiles.