Critérium du Dauphiné 2025, June 8 - 15

[James M]

Pogacar isn't Del Toro, but I still see a mistake in UAE not putting anyone in the break.

Pogacar could have a bad day, or Vingegaard could attack with Van Aert ahead, and the UAE could have no one like they did at the Granon.

They need to improve that.
Today's fine because it's the Dauphine, and it's a preparation race to learn from mistakes. But in the Tour, they can't afford for Visma to put domestiques in the break, and they don´t.

Yeah, yeah. Their pure climbers aren't even here let the others have something of a candle to spark I mean they got zero hope, and it's really not important. Take it up with someone else, please this topic talking about this in relation to him and his team feels like a waste of time to me with all due respect, I assume you watched the team last year and Politt after Dauphine dropped half the Peloton...so any worrie is well yeah to me misplaced context and waste of time, come Tour its gonne be how ridicilous Almeida is just wait, their pure climbers arent even here, im not into the emotional part very much and this is all that. I appreciate the enthusiasm, though; I just think it's misplaced in this context. It's not relevant in my head. Yesterday, Wellens and Narvaez isolated the entire field—the same rules don't apply to Pogi, let's be real.

Besides im hate-watcing here I dont got time for this

 

[Salvarani]

Around 40 riders left in peloton it says on PCS.

 

[Cycling111]

Besides im hate-watcing here I dont got time for this

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[Boehmand]

Fun fact:

Did you know Kuss is one letter (add an "e" to the end) away from being a Danish swearword for vagina?

 

[fenns]

they've both had some truly bad TTs as well

One thing that 2 long flat ITTs would do is make Vingo and Pog come in 1-2kg heavier for TT power. Would that affect their climbing times? Or would they concede minutes in the ITTs and trust they would gain them back in the mountains?

If TTs were longer then Remco might have to adjust his condition accordingly - possibly losing effectiveness in the mountains. There's always going to be a trade-off. At the moment he's optimised for shorter TTs

What made Indurain so remarkable was his dominance in TTs and for 6 Tours he was unbreakable in the mountains.

I think a better chance for Remco would be the the organizers one year throwing in a really easy course - with just a couple of summit finishes. The days of 60km TTs seem to be long gone.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pogacar at the team car, maybe he’s struggling, maybe yesterdays big effort has got to him, fatigue has kicked in, this could be it, tune in to this years criterium de dauhcuidimduphine to find out more.

 

[houtdffan]

If TTs were longer then Remco might have to adjust his condition accordingly - possibly losing effectiveness in the mountains. There's always going to be a trade-off. At the moment he's optimised for shorter TTs

What made Indurain so remarkable was his dominance in TTs and for 6 Tours he was unbreakable in the mountains.

I think a better chance for Remco would be the the organizers one year throwing in a really easy course - with just a couple of summit finishes. The days of 60km TTs seem to be long gone.

true

Remco may eat Ullrich before the TDF and race at 85kg with a TT heavy course, LOL

 

[yaf2]

How is Wellens dropped, he was incredible yesterday, strange stuff

Tbh i dont believe it till i saw in my eyes. I have had enough of pcs dropping wellens multiple times this year only for him to appear on the front when coverage starts.

 

[Boehmand]

Ivan Romeo, just like Vacek, is a super gem for the future.

The guy has a big, big engine, along with Super Saiyan-level outright power numbers—both for 40-second spurts and 3-minute efforts,combined with a big engine, the guy gonne have a bright bright future. Ivan Romeo been on my bingo card all year of intrigueing riders to watch, love to see it Ivan. Taking big steps wasnt surprising just like Vacek giving how he ended the year. I want more lvl up relative to others in the future too.

Haven't checked, but his thread title SHOULD be:

"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pogacar at the team car, maybe he’s struggling, maybe yesterdays big effort has got to him, fatigue has kicked in, this could be it, tune in to this years criterium de dauhcuidimduphine to find out more.

He's got 2 hours and 40 minutes to reach Le Mans if he's looking for a different challenge.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Can Lipo beat both Jonas and Remco at this race?

 

[yaf2]

It seems like visma are going to one 2 pog on croix de fer with jonas and jorgenson with kuss now a minute ahead of the peleton this seems like their strategy unfortunately, we're going to miss the most exciting part of the stage due to the *** broadcasters

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Can Lipo beat both Jonas and Remco at this race?

He already did on stage 3.

 

[Stablo]

Can Lipo beat both Jonas and Remco at this race?

Anything is possible, but honestly don't believe it.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Live coverage incoming in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... hour.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Will Visma-LAB really try to explode the race with Kuss in the break?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Can Lipo beat both Jonas and Remco at this race?

You’re concerned about this aren’t you Abi, nervous he might be looking a bit too good out there, hoping he tanks a bit to ward off the leadership battle on the horizon.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Can Lipo beat both Jonas and Remco at this race?

He's looking strong for the Tour. Rogla will be a valuable dom.

 

[yaf2]

Tbh i dont believe it till i saw in my eyes. I have had enough of pcs dropping wellens multiple times this year only for him to appear on the front when coverage starts.

The tim wellens and pcs love story continues 😅

 

[Gwbert]

It seems like visma are going to one 2 pog on croix de fer with jonas and jorgenson with kuss now a minute ahead of the peleton this seems like their strategy unfortunately, we're going to miss the most exciting part of the stage due to the *** broadcasters

I don’t think you can 1-2 this version

 

[Boehmand]

Cycling is a dying breed, they said, as supposedly nobody is willing to watch it anymore.

In fairness, breeding a bicycle is quite difficult - believe me.

 

[CyclistAbi]

You’re concerned about this aren’t you Abi, nervous he might be looking a bit too good out there, hoping he tanks a bit to ward off the leadership battle on the horizon.

Quite the contrary, leading such squad is a privilege by itself. So lets hope Lipo finishes high in GC, today should be telling.

 

[yaf2]

I don’t think you can 1-2 this version

They know if they go with him to the last climb its over for them so at least this is their only chance forcing him to make a mistake

 

[Gratemans]

I know it's been said before, but it's just absolutely ridiculous there's no live footage. It's like only broadcasting the second half of a football match, having to watch the first half on livescore.

 

[CyclistAbi]

In fairness, breeding a bicycle is quite difficult - believe me.

Do you by any chance know if there is a word for that in Danish?