Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Spoilers

[No Ta Doctor]

Not much ITT in this year's TdF, is there? So it might not be as high a priority as some years and UAE got a bit surprised by others' kit choices.

There's a 33km flat TT in Caen stage 5 and 10.9km mountain TT to Peyragudes stage 13, so they'll have over an hour TTing. Certainly enough that if you can find .5s per km on the flat and 1 or 2 per km on the climb then you'd do it.
The Peyragudes TT also starts with a couple of km flat and the climb itself is 8.5km at a fairly steady 7.9% so it's going to be interesting to see if bike swaps are involved.

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/ST2ukT_nzho?si=PIax6_kRN35b-9pV

Looking is OK, but it's a bit cheeky to be touching the bike, isn't it? Unless you've got explicit permission first. Didn't someone cause an almighty row in F1 for touching another driver's car a couple of years back?

It was apparently Jorgenson's bike not Vingegaard's (makes sense given the size it looks there) but I don't think that makes much difference

 

[Adam4868]

Looking is OK, but it's a bit cheeky to be touching the bike, isn't it? Unless you've got explicit permission first. Didn't someone cause an almighty row in F1 for touching another driver's car a couple of years back?

It was apparently Jorgenson's bike not Vingegaard's (makes sense given the size it looks there) but I don't think that makes much difference

Great PR though.

 

[mididoctors]

It's a lot of time for a 17 K TT no matter what the course is . There may be little TT Kms in the tour this year but he doesn't want to be losing 2 sec plus a km to remco and 1sec a km to jonas

 

[accountantpete]

Small break being limited by Lidl-Trek no doubt hoping Milan can get over the two main climbs with the peloton

 

[mididoctors]

They don't give these breaks much leeway

 

[mididoctors]

It's not steep enough ...Milan is there

 

[mididoctors]

Milan drifting.back now 1 k to go

 

[mididoctors]

A split but recoverable if they don't ride up front hard enough

 

[mididoctors]

Crash at the back ,.ouchie

 

[mididoctors]

Lidl looking all business

 

[accountantpete]

Gruppo Compatto

 

[mididoctors]

Remco crash last k

 

[mididoctors]

Stewart ...... Well.i never

 

[mididoctors]

Remco ok

 

[Gweeds]

Oooof - he went early and stuck it.