Critérium du Dauphiné 2025, June 8 - 15

[Krzysztof_O]

Wait, why is Pogačar starting this race without competent climbing domestiques?

Maybe he's there only for some stage-hunting.

 

[Cycling111]

There is only one stage dangerous to him.

In a week-long race, there aren't usually many more days.
But more than that, Visma has Jorgenson and could act with the superiority of having a second leader.

They want to complicate things.
The Swiss route is easy, and they're go with Felix and Vine.

 

[Boehmand]

Good decision. Much better chance of getting a top result in TdS rather than being a passenger in France. Other 2nd tier GC riders should do the same.

Losers mentality IMO - and young rider like Skjelmose should want to measure himself against the best, who he are facing at the Tour anyway - and he would had it not been for getting a stomach flu.

That being said I think TdS is the better preparation for TdF this year, because the route is harder.

 

[Mayomaniac]

There was the MTT on Ventoux in 2004. Iban Mayo beat Armstrong by nearly two minutes.

Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2004 Stage 4 (ITT) results

Iban Mayo is the winner of Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2004 Stage 4 (ITT), before Tyler Hamilton and Óscar Sevilla. Iban Mayo was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

Despite that Lance destroyed everyone, including Mayo, in July.

That discussion belongs into a different part of the forum...

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Wait, why is Pogačar starting this race without competent climbing domestiques?

Zone 2 training.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Losers mentality IMO - and young rider like Skjelmose should want to measure himself against the best, who he are facing at the Tour anyway - and he would had it not been for getting a stomach flu.

That being said I think TdS is the better preparation for TdF this year, because the route is harder.

TdS has been harder than Dauphiné for years IMHO. Dauphiné allows riders to do a mini altitude training camp before the Tour and this is why most top GT riders choose to race Dauphiné.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Wait, why is Pogačar starting this race without competent climbing domestiques?

Because some just rode the Giro, Almeida will want to win Suisse and deserves to be there as a leader, and most importantly I guess: what does he need better climbers than Soler, Sivakov and Novak for? If he's confident he's on good form he'll hardly be distanced in the mountains anyway.

 

[Oldman]

Maybe he's there only for some stage-hunting.

It looks like only Stages 7,8 really need climbing specialists. He's got some horses for the rolling and small hill stages.

 

[titan31]

Ignoring the GC discussion as we all know Pog will win, what are we thinking for stage 1,2,3 and 5.

Milan is by far the fastest sprinter here so surely other teams are going to be looking to drop him on those hills but Lidl Trek are fully built around him and he can climb reasonably well.

Are we thinking these all go as sprints for Milan or is it more a Cort, MvdP set of stages and we'll get those guys and maybe even Pog sprinting out of small groups.

 

[Lequack]

Vingegaard has the 155mm cranks now. Shorter cranks win races.