the peloton doesn't let anyone go on a stage that is gaining altitude... Follow the sixth stage

2023-06-09 10:58:16

The winner of the Tour de France 2022 begins the defense of his leader’s jersey in the Alps on Friday.

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Posted on 04/06/2023 12:32

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The peloton of the 75th Critérium du Dauphiné during the 6th stage, June 9, 2023. (ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP)

Place in the high mountains. The day after the takeover of the favorite, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), left to win alone in the fifth stage, the Critérium du Dauphiné takes to the heights, Friday June 9, with a sixth stage between Nantua and Crest -Voland (170.5km). If the yellow jersey seems firmly attached to the shoulders of the Dane, the polka dot tunic of the Frenchman Donovan Grondin (Arkéa-Samsic) hangs by a thread.

On the menu of the day, the first pass of the week: the Aravis (7.8km at 5.7%, category 2) about twenty terminals from the finish. If the leaders of the general want to impose themselves, it could be played out in this climb. Unless they reserve for the two sides of the final. On the third step of the podium behind the Australian Ben O’Connor (AG2R-Citroën), Julian Alaphillipe (Soudal Quick-Step) will have to resist in order not to be overtaken by his competitors.

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