Critérium du Dauphiné 2025, June 8 - 15

[Moose McKnuckles]

I guess Pogacar takes this ...Not sure I can be bothered to watch another procession...dull

What else are you going to do? GTA VI isn't coming out for another year.

 

[Leinster]

A more or less *** route.

I understand them wanting to make it not too difficult not scare away some of the riders preparing for the Tour, but they could have done something better than this. Stage 6 and 8 is awful.

If they made it any harder, Pog would just ride away from everyone on every stage.

 

[AmRacer]

Countdown to #100

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

What else are you going to do? GTA VI isn't coming out for another year.

Another Baldurs Gate 3 play through?

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

3 sub 140k stages to finish of a WT race. Okay. Just nothing to hard before the Tour to animate some action?

Pogacar ftw, obviously.. Vingegaard I guess will be pretty good, but the Tour is backloaded so I'd be seriously surprised if he was on the level to challenge Pogacar already. Last time he lost a week long stage race was 4 years ago

 

[Peyroteo94]

Time to see the second block of aliens race (after MVP vs Pogi in the spring). I was tired of humans racing in the Giro (it was entertaining but nothing beats a duel of Pogi vs fisherman).

 

[Froome]

The ITT will be the first test.

The differences will be very small between evenepoel, vingegaard and pogacar.

Probably evenepoel wins by a couple of seconds.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

What else are you going to do? GTA VI isn't coming out for another year.

i'd rather watch paint dry than watch another walk over

The Giro of 2025 was a million times better than the Giro 2024 which was a walkover. It did nothing for the sport when one rider is dominant. I think Vingegaard will be better at this years Tour but probably not at Dauphine. Evenepol will not be in the same planet at the Tour

I heard so many of the same whiners on here about the second rate riders at the Giro ...but domination is just so dull
I dont care about how many watts someone can put out ..its a not what makes cycling interesting or exciting

I care about competition and tactics and the riders at the Giro gave us that though some 'elitists' on here give them no respect

 

[fenns]

Pogacar surely - he tries to win everything while for the others it's a prep for the Tour.

Main interest will be if Evenepoel shows anything that might make us believe. At the moment best guess is he's another Sean Kelly.

 

[danielovichdk2]

Pogacar to win overall and 4 stages. Vingegaard to look better than previously this year but finish 4-6th, Evenenpoel 2nd or 3rd. I don’t think either of the 3 will go all out, Pogacar’s base is just better and I think he wants to show he’s still the tribal chief.

 

[danielovichdk2]

Pogacar surely - he tries to win everything while for the others it's a prep for the Tour.

Main interest will be if Evenepoel shows anything that might make us believe. At the moment best guess is he's another Sean Kelly.

Remco had a good season - last year. This year has been close to awful, just as Vingegaard. He is not mentally as strong as the two freaks on top. But I hope he can at least make some excitement in the race, because he is a physical strong kid, no doubt.

 

[danielovichdk2]

yes, i was shocked when i saw the route. Stage 7 is good but usually the route of the dauphine is much better than this.

How come ? Too much ascending ?

 

[Cycling111]

Pogacar surely - he tries to win everything while for the others it's a prep for the Tour.

Main interest will be if Evenepoel shows anything that might make us believe. At the moment best guess is he's another Sean Kelly.

I'm surprised that it´s saidsay that Vingegaard, unlike Pogacar, takes these raes as training, not to win.
I've read some messages saying this.

Vingegaard has won Dauphiné twice, and he didn't win in 2022 due to the hierarchy.
He's always raced Dauphiné to win.

 

[Netserk]

Route is on Tissot: https://www.tissottiming.com/2025/cdd/route

Number​	Type​	Date​	Name	Distance
1​		Sunday, June 08​	Domérat > Montluçon	195.8 km​
2​		Monday, June 09​	Prémilhat > Issoire	204.6 km​
3​		Tuesday, June 10​	Brioude > Charantonnay	207.2 km​
4​		Wednesday, June 11​	Charmes-sur-Rhône > Saint-Péray	17.4 km​
5​		Thursday, June 12​	Saint-Priest > Mâcon	183.0 km​
6​		Friday, June 13​	Valserhône > Combloux	126.7 km​
7​		Saturday, June 14​	Grand-Aigueblanche > Valmeinier 1800	131.6 km​
8​		Sunday, June 15​	Val-d'Arc > Val-Cenis - Plateau du Mont-Cenis	133.3 km​

 

[Valv.Piti]

4 similar stages, short ITT, short mountain stages.

This route is godawful. And you have Pogacar, Jonas and Remco, and this is what you are serving. Disgusting by ASO honestly

 

[Berniece]

Route is on Tissot: https://www.tissottiming.com/2025/cdd/route

Number​	Type​	Date​	Name	Distance
1​		Sunday, June 08​	Domérat > Montluçon	195.8 km​
2​		Monday, June 09​	Prémilhat > Issoire	204.6 km​
3​		Tuesday, June 10​	Brioude > Charantonnay	207.2 km​
4​		Wednesday, June 11​	Charmes-sur-Rhône > Saint-Péray	17.4 km​
5​		Thursday, June 12​	Saint-Priest > Mâcon	183.0 km​
6​		Friday, June 13​	Valserhône > Combloux	126.7 km​
7​		Saturday, June 14​	Grand-Aigueblanche > Valmeinier 1800	131.6 km​
8​		Sunday, June 15​	Val-d'Arc > Val-Cenis - Plateau du Mont-Cenis	133.3 km​

Thanks, I'll update the OP

 

[Wyndbrook]

Race all depends on Vingegaard's approach, I believe he will test himself on at least one stage.
Not sure why there seems to be such an expectation of a one sided summer in favour of Pog.
Certainly come July I believe it will be a titanic struggle and tend to believe a Vingegaard win is the more likely.

 

[Extinction]

if Gouvenou would have been bothered to include a real ITT, this would be a race where Remco would be strongly favored

These mountain stages are winter training rides

They are ruining the sport with junior length races and TTs. Professional cycling needs 200+ length stages and 50 km length TTs.

 

[zlev11]

they're just doubling down on this being a Tour prep race. the problem is now they might've made it too easy even for that. i keep saying this but these guys are going to lose so much form riding around in the peloton for 6 out of 8 days of this race. Primoz will be pounding out some super hard training days at altitude while Pogacar does 180 average watt days.

 

[fenns]

I'm surprised that it´s saidsay that Vingegaard, unlike Pogacar, takes these raes as training, not to win.
I've read some messages saying this.

Vingegaard has won Dauphiné twice, and he didn't win in 2022 due to the hierarchy.
He's always raced Dauphiné to win.

Trying to win and using it as a preparation are not mutually exclusive.

 

[fenns]

They are ruining the sport with junior length races and TTs. Professional cycling needs 200+ length stages and 50 km length TTs.

the overall length and the accumulated climbs is the same as recent editions of the race

 

[Berniece]

they're just doubling down on this being a Tour prep race. the problem is now they might've made it too easy even for that. i keep saying this but these guys are going to lose so much form riding around in the peloton for 6 out of 8 days of this race. Primoz will be pounding out some super hard training days at altitude while Pogacar does 180 average watt days.

If it’s too easy, they’ll make it hard themselves

 

[Extinction]

the overall length and the accumulated climbs is the same as recent editions of the race

I was referring to the general trend towards shorter stages and TTs. But, then again, I've been following cycling since 1982.

 

[topcat]

Forum favourite del Toro is not riding. Probably going to give it a miss.

 

[Cookster15]

Certainly come July I believe it will be a titanic struggle and tend to believe a Vingegaard win is the more likely.

I am of the opposite view. No Giro in his legs says another Pogacar win in July is more likely - be Vingegaard fresh and uninjured or not. The gap will be closer than last year however.

But first the Dauphiné to whet our appetites.