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As it happened: major GC shake-up at Critérium du Dauphiné as race heads into the mountains

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🦹Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews live coverage of stage♏ 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, the first of three crunch stages that will decide the final overall.

The stage gets underway with a short neutra𒆙lised section, at 1350 CET with 2.7 kilometres for the riders to tackle before the actual race proper gets underway at 1400 CET.

Here's a quick look back at the GC sta♑ndings as we head 🎐into the first of three crunch stages of the race

And if you want to catch up on a full report of stage 5, look no further than here:

Critérium du Dauphiné: Jake Stewart wins stage 5 as leader Remco Evenepoel involved in late spill

Weather today is set to be sunny for the first part of the stage but not overly warm according to race organisers ♛ASO, with temperatures peaking💝 at 28ºC. Very little wind, just an easterly breeze of up to 6kmh. However, it could rain later on, which would undoubtably toughen up what is, at 127 kilometres, the shortest stage of the entire 2025 race.

Here's a map of what's in store for the riders today. Most of it isn't overly tough, although the Cat.1 ascent of Mont Saxonnex will be the first real climbing test of the day for the GC challengers. And the ascent in quick succession of the Cat.2 climbs of Domancy and Cote de la Cry, the l♛atter being the summit finish at Combloux, could well see a GC battle unfo✃ld.

2025 Critérium du Dauphine: stage 6 route map

(Image credit: ASO)

Just 2,630 metres of verti💧cal climbing today. That's not a huge amount in comparison with the 4,800 metres in store for the peloton on Saturday, but the double whammy of Cat.2 climbs at the end will do some damage all the same.

A shot of Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) at the start. Rodrí🔯guez has barely figured on the radar so far, but he has serious stage racing credentials, won the final, very mountainous, leg of last year's Dauphiné and is lying 1:39 down overall. Worth keeping an eye on, then.

The peloton is now 𒆙riding in the neutralised zone. Racing to get u🦄nderway soon

An interesting point from Alex Baudin (🅘EF Education-EasyPost), already in the breaks earlier on in the race and a '﷽regionale de l'étape'.

And stage 6 of the 2025 Criterium du Dauphiné is officially underway,
only 126.7 kilometres to go...

A reminder of who's on top of the different rankings:
General classification: Remco𒉰 Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep)

Non-starter

And green jersey Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceunin💦ck) is our first attacker 🦄of the day

What's in store today

Five more riders get away, making it a six man group including Van der Poel. But they've only got 10 seconds at most. On a such a shor🥂t stage like this one and with two really tough mountain stages to follow, everyone's wanting a slice of glory.

Attackers caught

107 kilometres to go

That early weather forecast of milder temperatures was not co✤rrect, by the way. According to the official website temperatures are now up to 32ºC at the front of the race.

A shot of the short-lived Van der Poel-inspired earl🎉y break of the day

We're currently powering along at an average speed of 48.5𝕴kmh. Riders beginning to get shelled at💯 the back, including Mountains leader Paul Ourselin (Cofidis)

Abandon

100 kilometres to go

Eight riders moving ahead now.

To say the Domancy and the finish at Combloux are deeply embedded in cycling history would be a major understatement. The Côte de Domancy was where Bernard Hinault took off to win the World Championships in one of the most legendary editions, and that climb leading to the finish at Combloux were where Jonas Vingegaard won the key time trial of the 2023 Tour de France.
It's not entirely clear if this is the exact same ascent, and the final Cat.2 climb inside🃏 Combloux didn't feature back in 2023, but certainly it'll bring back gꦗood memories for Jonas Vingegaard.

Gap is rising to over a minute now.

The eigh꧑t will shortly face the first climb of the day, the Cat.4 Côte de Villy-le-Peloux (0.8km at 8.4⛦%)

It's a short climb and French Nationalဣ TT Champ Armira﷽il gets the lone point on offer. 2:00 the gap

Reports that the bunch has split and Evenepoel has been caught behind. UAE are, predictably enough, driving hard in the front🐼 group

Bunch regrouped after that scare f💙or Evenepoel. Meanwhile we've got a second abandon for the day: Poland's Kamil Gradek (Bahrain Victorious).

85 kilometres to go

The bunch in full flight on stage 6

We've just completed the first hour of racing, which has been run off at a very brisk 46.ไ2 km average speeed. 1:40 the gap.

Mountains leader Ourselin, incidentally, is in a group that's nearly six minut♊es down on the break and four behind the main bunch, so there's a good chance of a new rider in the top spot of that classification this evening.

Mathieu van der Poel leads the break

Blink and you'll miss it: Romain Bardet is riding his last road race as a pro here in the Dauphiné, and he's currently in the break. Here's colleague Dani Ostanek's report on the reception Bardet got in his home town of Brioude when this year's race started there on stage 3.

'It makes sense to me that it ends here this year' – Romain Bardet enjoys home crowd sendoff at Critérium du Dauphiné

70 kilometres to go

Armirail picks up the two points maximum on offer at the summit of the Col des Fleuries to add to his one from Côte de Villy-le-Peloux. Could he be looking at a crack at the mountains title?
Meanwhile the bunch has picked up its pace (if it ever actually slowed down) even more and has slashed the eight's lea🤡d to just 1:20 as they tear down the Fl𓆉euries.

Still to come on stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphine:

Km 87.2 Climb: Cat.1 Côte de Mont-Saxonnex (🦂5.5km at 8.6%)

With less than 60 kilometres to go, we're now well over halfway on this 126.7🐼 kilometre stage.

In what is very much a statement of intent by Tadej Pogačar about today's stage, UAE's Domen Novak leads the chase of the break ahead of a cohort of Soudal-QuickStep racers, with Evenepoel in fifth place in the string behind.

A reminder that Evenepoel had a crash at the end of yesterday's stage, and though he brushed it off as minor, given he was only a kilometre from the finish, today will be a sterner judge of that.
Colleague James Moultrie had Evenepoel's comments on his own crash and the one which saw key Tour de France domestique and teamamate Louis Vervaeke quit with a broken collarbone in this story here:
'Nothing bad, just some skin off' – Remco Evenepoel uninjured in Critérium du Dauphiné crash, but loses Tour de France domestique to earlier incident

After De Mar✱chi and Gradek, news of the third abandon of the day: young French racer Louis Rouland (Arkea-B&BHotels)

50 kilometres to go

Dropped early on, the current mountains leader Ourselin has made it back into the main bunch, by the way. Next climbing challenge is the fast-ap🃏proaching ♏Côte du Mont-Saxonnex.

An interesting development: a delegation of Visma-Lease a Bike riders have taken over from UAE and Soud🀅al at the front of the bunch.

Time for the first cat climb of the 2025 Cri🐓térium du Dauphine: the Côte de Mont-S꧑axonnex (5.5km at 8.6%)

No less than five Visma-Lease a Bike riders are driving at the front of the bunch, Jonas Vingegaard aღmongst their number...

Antony Turgis (TotalEnergieᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs) dropped from the break and the bunch is splitting. Evenepoel reportedly caught behind.

If Evenepoel was caught out, he's coming back uཧp very fast. Bardet dropped fr𝐆om the break.

Less than a kilometre on൩ the climb and the gap between break and bunch has already shrunk to 53 seconds. Victor Campenearts lea🍰ds the chase for Visma.

Armirail, Baudin and Le🍰onard are the only three riಌders left at the head of the break.

Attack by Sepp Kuss , Pogačar instantly on his back wheel. Evenepoel comes across, also Vingegaard.

The group spreads across the road, and GC threat Florian Lip𓄧owitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) makes a move, Matteo Jorgenson chasing him down for Vingegaard.

3.3 kilometres from the top, Lipowitz 🔥is going clear.

Santiago Buitrago and Lenny Mart&iacut๊e;nez, Bahrain's to🦹p two climbers, both reported struggling. Meanwhile Lipowitz is gaining ground.

Baudin and Michael Leonard have no🌊w dropped Armirail and have gone clear, Baudin setting the pace.

Lipowitz storms past early break✤away Van der Poel, his advantage rꦛising to eight seconds.

A UAE teammate now chasing for Pogačar in the main GC group of around 10 riders. Visma, meanwhile, have four riders in the same group.

Lipowitz about to be caught by the yellow jerseꦇy group. Fourth overall on GC, he was too dangerous to have too much of a margin.

40 kilometres to go

Just ten riders in the main GC group, three of them Vismas: Lipowitz (Bora); Vingegaard, Jorgenson and Tulett (Visma); Pogačar and Wellens (UAE); Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep); Seixas (Decathlon); Enric Mas (Movistar) and Eddie Dunbar (Jayco-AlUla).

Although likely more riders will get back on to the GC group in the flat before the final two Cat.2 ascents, it's notable that Evenepoel is completely isolated -and that Visma are currently in a m💝ajority. Also a shout-out for Seixas, just 18 years old and punching several kilograms above his weight.

Just Baudin and Leonard remain from the original break now, and thei🍬r gap is around a minute. But it's looking increasingly like a GC day.

An acceleration by Enric Mas on the downhill. H𝕴e's 2:04 down on GC so perhaps has a bit of a margin before the top GC names start to react.

30 kilometres to go

A shot of the Evenepoel group prior to it blowi🎃ng apart on the Mont-Saxonnex

On the flatter s൲ection befo⛦re the final climbs, a much larger group of chasers has refused with the GC group

Still to come in stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné:

Km 107.5 Sprint: la Grangeat

Amongst the reinforcements in that bridging group for the top GC names: Pavel Sivakov and Jonathan Narváez for Pogačar, Kuss for Vingegaard. Nobody, though, for race leader Evenepoel.

A re🅠minder of the GC as we head into the decisive section of the sta🔯ge

And here's what to come in terms of the climbs...

21 kilometres to go

Riding for UAE's Pogačar, Narvaez mops up the last point and bonus second in the intermediate sprint behind Baudin and Leonard.

Leonard has a stage win in the Tour de l'ඣAvenir in 2024 and Baudin a stage and the overall in the Tour de Limousin, but at the moment they're pushing for their first victory in the WorldTour.

UAE continue to lay down a strong pace༒ on th🍸e flat roads approaching the final Cat.2 climbs.

14 kilometres to go

Bahrain duo Martínez and Buitrago are back in the main group as well, by the way, bღut their struggles on the punishing Saxonnex don't bode well for the big climbs the peloton will face this weekend.

9 kilometres to go

UAE ar💞e powering onꦬto the lower slopes of Domancy with Sivakov on the front of the bunch.

Eight kilometr♍es from the finish and Baudin leaps away from Leonard.

Still some 50 riders in the main bunch but it's lining ouꦐt fast...

Baudin has 55 seconds ♛on the fast-dis🍸integrating bunch

Lenny Martínez dropped again.

The UAE shredding has redu✅ced the front group to eight riders in꧃ no time at all...

Evenepoel dropped as Narvaez piles on the power.

Pogačar attacks 7 kilometres from the finish. ONly Vingegard can follow.

And now Pogačar drops Vingegaard. Not waiting for the weekend then...

Evenepoel meanwhile, is taking a stꦫeady pace at the head of a small group including Jorgenson

Pogačar catches Baudin even before the summit of the Domancy.

6.1 kilometres to go

S🧸till to come: the Cat.2 Côte de la Cry (2.7km at 7%)

Pogačar's gap on Vingegaard is inching open to 25 seconds and beyond.

As things stand, it looks as Pogačar will be heading into his first Dauphiné lead as well as the stage win.

Trailed by Baudin, Vingegaard is not cracking, but the tide is still drifting remorsely in Pogačar's favour.

Vingegaard leaves Baudin behind and heads off to try and limit the gaps on Pogačar. But the margin is 37 seconds now.

Further down the twin climbs, Lipowitz meanwhile, is putting in his 🌱own spectacular display, dropping Ev⛦enepoel and Jorgenson.

Three kilometres to go

Evenepoel, meanwhile, is now 1:20 back. If this is the kind of damage Pogačar can inflict on two short climbs, what can he do on the major ones?

Pogačar now starts the Côte de la Cry. 2.2 kilometres to go.

After the events of the TT stage in Combloux in the 2023 Tour de France, Pogačar is certainly turning the tables today....

V𝄹ingegaard is not looking great, slumping in and out of the saddle. Ga♏p now up to 50 seconds.

Pogačar, meanwhile, is riding at a very steady pace, despite the intense heat.

Jorgen🤡son moves ahead of Evenepoel.♒ 48 hours after his big time trial victory, not a great day for the World TT Champion.

Into the final kilometre and Pogačar's advantage is still rising to nearly a minute. Plus there's time bonuses on offer.

Pogacar moves into the ba✅rrier-ed off segment of the finish. The win and le༒ad are both about to be his.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) wins stage 6 of Critérium du Dauphiné

Vingegaard battles on resolutely, fꦬinally crossing the line 1:01 down.

Next up is Florian♏ Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), 1:25 back and likely moving onto the podium behind Vingegaard and Pogacar.

Evenepoel is 1:50 back. The race lead is now officially lost to Pogačar.

For those who felt Pogačar was on the back foot after the time trial where he lost more time than expected, this has been quite the turnaround for the Slovenian.

And here's a first shot of Pogačar taking the stage win and lead

Some quotes from the winner: "We had our own plan, but then Visma started to go full gas on the first cat climb [the Saxonnex]. Before the start I didn't know if I knew this climb before but for sure it brought back some memories from good times.
"The team were super-strong today, Pavel [Sivakov] and Johnnie [Narváez], all the team actually, and in the end, I felt good.
"Then we said we'd go from the bottom of the climb, the steepest part, and we committed. We had nothing to lose. It was a hot day and a hard day and I had to hurry up to see the finish of Urška [Žigart-AG Insurance-Soudal] in the Tour de Suisse, so I was just in time - all good."

Here's theℱ 🧸top ten for the stage for today, courtesy of

And here's the new top ten on GC

The full Cyclingnews report on the dramatic events of stage 6

Critérium du Dauphiné: Tadej Pogačar decimates field on stage 6 to take overall race lead

A photo of Vingegaard crossing the line. This isn't the end of his GC bid in the Critérium du Dauphiné by a long shot, but it's definitely a major setback and it puts Pogačar firmly back in the driving seat. Worth remembering, though, that this race still has its two hardest stages to come.

History fans will be pleased to note that if Pogačar was already the first winner of a Dauphiné stage in the rainbow jersey since Bernard Hinault took four in 1981, thanks to his victory on the opening day, he's now taken a triumph on the same climbs where Hinault forged his World Championships victory back in 1980 in Sallanches - the town at the foot of the valley.

In terms of the different classifications, while Pogačar has now moved into the overall lead with his ninth win of the season, Van der Poel remains in control of the points jersey. Lipowitz, whose stunning ride has kept him on the provisional podium, albeit a spot behind Vingegaard, is now heading the Best Young Rider's classification and EF breakaway Alex Baudin is the new leader in the mountains ranking. Visma are still ahead in the teams classification.

The new man in control of the🌱 Dauphiné GC...

And what about tomorrow's stage?

Three Hors Categorie climbs jammed into 131.6 kilometres on stage 7 make this the toughest day in the mountains of the 2025 Criterium du Dauphiné by a long way. Starting in the town of Grand-Aigueblanche, it's straight up one of the best-known ascents of the Alps, the 24.6km Madeleine, then straight afterwards the equally mythical Croix de Fer. A long descent and small section of flat will be the only respite for the riders prior to the 16km Valmeinier1800 ascent - the easiest climb of the three. Pogačar is already dominating the race, but if he's still in yellow on Saturday evening and Vingegaard hasn't made any inroads, then his first ever Dauphiné victory will be all but certain.

That just about wraps it up for the Critérium du Dauphiné live today, Cyclingnews will have more nཧews and analysis throughout the evening, and we'll be back again on Saturday with more live coverage.

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