Critérium du Dauphiné 2025, June 8 - 15

[Tim Cahill]

Rabobank need to steal my top tactics of baiting Pogacar into attacking from 100k. Set a big pace then look around all sheepishly and drop a bit like Landa on Loze that time, then when he attacks give him 30 seconds and get everyone on the front.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Guillaume Martin attacking because the bees are busy wheelsucking.

 

[CyclistAbi]

That only comes if you choose to eat the placenta, or in this case the inner tube.

Guys, some haven't eaten yet. Waiting for the desert, for the live coverage to start.

 

[Boehmand]

That only comes if you choose to eat the placenta, or in this case the inner tube.

Don't we all?

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Devastating with no live signal yet.
Especially when you've climbed Croix de Fer from the hard side (Glandon) yourself and bern excited to watch details.
Seems like they'll almosy have finished the Glandon-part before TV signal hits the air.
Extremely frustrating.

 

[Netserk]

Slow pace in the peloton. Nothing will happen?

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Slow pace in the peloton. Nothing will happen?

Maybe Visma-LAB decided not to burn too many matches here (with a small chance of success) and to save them for the Tour. But it doesn't match their pride well.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Slow pace in the peloton. Nothing will happen?

What a time to be alive!

 

[Netserk]

Campenaerts drops Wellens.

He should have started pacing way earlier, Tulett will barely have time to be of use for action on this climb.

 

[Netserk]

It's as if Wellens had the Bjerg/McNulty '22 special yesterday.

 

[Potomac]

I'm devasted to have missed all the drama on this climb.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Campenaerts done and very hard pace apparently

 

[Valv.Piti]

Very hard pace in the bunch
14:29

The leaders are 5 kilometres away from the summit.
And the GC group are only 1' behind! Campenaerts is dropped after his effort. Visma-Lease a Bike still set the pace.
Soler is also dropped

 

[QueenStagiaire]

15 riders in the GC group

 

[Valv.Piti]

15 riders in the GC group
14:31

Healy ups the ante at the front.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Very hard pace in the bunch
14:29

The leaders are 5 kilometres away from the summit.
And the GC group are only 1' behind! Campenaerts is dropped after his effort. Visma-Lease a Bike still set the pace.
Soler is also dropped

So finally the bees attack.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

If the previous stages are any indication, we‘ll get live images at 14:39

 

[Tim Cahill]

”now we tune in as it’s all calmed down again, it’s been an infernal action packed last 20 minutes hasn’t it Sean!”

 

[SafeBet]

If the previous stages are any indication, we‘ll get live images at 14:39

And we'll see two riders in the GC group.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

And we'll see two riders in the GC group.

Jorgenson and Lipowitz?

 

[titan31]

Bit of a piss take off coverage today. Surely you build a stage like this and you get it on TV, not have it after 2 of the 3 mountains are done

 

[Netserk]

5 riders at the front; Jorgenson pulls the GC group

 

[Potomac]

Bob Roll and CVV on Peacock today.....dammit, Peackock...hire Chris Horner.

 

[Netserk]

Live images now.

GC riders are 20" after the break.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Vingegaard should attack on the descent and take inappropriate and unsportsmanlike lines to try and force Pogacar into a mistake like Steven Kruisjkwijij when he crashed into that iceberg.