Critérium du Dauphiné 2023, June 4 - 11

[dazaau]

He should've and could've gone with Yates, rather than sit on O'Connor for so long

Hopefully learning important lessons for the tour

 

[dazaau]

what has happened to Carapaz these days

He went to EF. the minute that happened I figured he would never be as competitive

 

[HelloDolly]

Hindley was riding fro he podium ..so he rode well imo

 

[Valv.Piti]

Terrible showings by Landa, Carapaz and Mas. The TT was no fluke for those guys.

Ineos really uplifting today, Bernal, Rodriguez and Rodriguez were better than you could have expected/feared. All with pretty solid performance. They will really benefit from the 3 weeks before Le Tour. Also, these guys are not doing to hot in the GC, so tomorrow will be very funny in that regard.

Vingegaard as expected.

 

[Filippo_3467]

Hindley seems close to that Giro form of last year. Strong contender for the podium with that ride.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Gaudu/Landa in really bad shape it seems. Surely Pinot has to go to the Tour.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Bunch of peoples overreacting to a warm up race.

 

[HelloDolly]

Adam Yates is comfortably the 5th best 1 week stage racer in the world. Not particularly close to the top 4, but definitely better than everyone else.

Today but not necessarily 5th best over all

Hindley, O Connor , Gaudu and Mas will get better
Hindley is a slow starter and better as a GTs go on

These are the guys fighting fro 3rd in the Tour

I cant see anyone from INEOS on the podium

 

[Rob5091]

Movistar tactics worked. Mas suprised his opponents and dropped early...

That must have been the plan Mas talked about - genius!

 

[Pinot's goat]

Hindley seems close to that Giro form of last year. Strong contender for the podium with that ride.

He is not close to his Giro form yet but is much better in his warm up race than previous years so clear favourite for third imo.

 

[JosefK]

I was encouraged by Bernal, today. Clearly a long haul back from the terrible injuries more than a year ago.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GC

 

[Pinot's goat]

Today but not necessarily 5th best over all

Hindley, O Connor , Gaudu and Mas will get better
Hindley is a slow starter and better as a GTs go on

These are the guys fighting fro 3rd in the Tour

I cant see anyone from INEOS on the podium

O'Connor will not get better than this. Carapaz and Landa should improve as well.

 

[JosefK]

Today but not necessarily 5th best over all

Hindley, O Connor , Gaudu and Mas will get better
Hindley is a slow starter and better as a GTs go on

These are the guys fighting fro 3rd in the Tour

I cant see anyone from INEOS on the podium

Watch Pidders.

 

[KZD]

Vingegård winning in dominant fashion as expected. Adam Yates, Hindley and O'Connor showing very good shape as awell.

Max Poole continues to impress, finishing little more than a minute behind Vingegård is such a finish is impressive and Lenny Martinez is surely in better shape than Gaudu these days. Positive signs from the Ineos trio while Træn was also really good, climbing better than Johanessen these days.

 

[Red Rick]

Valter surprised me with how strong his pull was. At the same time, I think most GC guys were pretty ready to let go and not blow up to fight for podium later on the climb. I'm not sure I believe Yates will be this level at the Tour cause he has just such a tendency to get worse during GTs. Hindley looked good to me but the one time he actually was decent before a GT he disappointed me, at the Vuelta last year.

 

[HelloDolly]

O'Connor will not get better than this. Carapaz and Landa should improve as well.

have you insight into O Connors numbers then

Of course he will get better ...he has before

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Valter looked very strong today and could possibly still be in contention for the Tour, if he can replicate that performance. But we'll see how the rest of the team gets on in Suisse, and if Kelderman and Gesink can avoid crashing out.

 

[Aimar16]

He should've and could've gone with Yates, rather than sit on O'Connor for so long

There was already a big gap between Yates and Hindley before Vingegaard attacked. Valter did a lot of damage.

 

[Rob5091]

Viftekrig.

Is that as in an object that moves air, as apposed to a supporter or follower?

 

[HelloDolly]

Watch Pidders.

Much and all as I would love if Pidders was up for the podium I am not sure if he has trained for the long climbs and INOES GC ?

 

[Pinot's goat]

Valter surprised me with how strong his pull was. At the same time, I think most GC guys were pretty ready to let go and not blow up to fight for podium later on the climb. I'm not sure I believe Yates will be this level at the Tour cause he has just such a tendency to get worse during GTs. Hindley looked good to me but the one time he actually was decent before a GT he disappointed me, at the Vuelta last year.

This is much better than 7th at Burgos which is a weaker race anyway.

 

[gregrowlerson]

GC

Aussies 3rd, 4th and 5th. We have so much more gc depth than when we just had Cadel, and later Richie.

 

[Rackham]

Gaudu is just so bad here, he lost almost a minute on Alaphilippe.

Not good. I know some people are downplaying this (in France) with talk of "he'll be better next month", but I don't know. It seems like there's something wrong going on with his form since April.

 

[Pinot's goat]

have you insight into O Connors numbers then

Of course he will get better ...he has before

O'Connor does not have the level for the hardest GT mountain stages which riders like Mas, Hindley , Carapaz etc do have.