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For the second day in a row, the climate is predicted to stay dry and principally sunny within the afternoon, with temperatures round 26 levels. A slight breeze however nothing main. 2023 Giro d’Italia, eat your coronary heart out.
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Stage 4 of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023
Begin: Km 0 (Course)
Checkpoint 1: Km 10.7 (Mars)
Checkpoint 2: Km 19.7 (Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne)
Vacation spot: km 31.1 (Belmont-de-la-Loire)
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A shot of early starter Dylan van Baarle (Jumbo-Visma) on the Stage 4 TT course
(Picture credit score: Getty) 2023-06-07T12:02:47.870Z
The view from the launch pad a couple of minutes in the past
🚩 C’est au tour de 🇧🇪@DeGendtThomas de quitter la rampe ! 🚩 Now it’s 🇧🇪@DeGendtThomas’ flip!#Dauphiné pic.twitter.com/vHL0njYMi8June 7, 2023
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A full record of tee instances could be discovered right here:
Begin instances of the 4th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023
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12 riders of the 140 are actually on the observe. With minutes gaps between them and leaders Laporte at 16:00, the outcomes will pack in shortly.
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Nonetheless, immediately’s GC contenders will likely be searching for a shot at glory and defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is arguably the standout favorite. On a course like this, which is appropriate for off-road use, the Dane will attempt to make a reputation for himself in entrance of the mountains. He’ll additionally seemingly use his teammate Dylan van Baarle as some extent of reference, one other nice time trialist (and former Dutch champion in 2018) who has simply began his TT. Vingegaard’s beginning time: 1545.
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Different prime time trial specialists embody former hour file holder Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny), a number of U-23 World Champion Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Crew Emirates) and reigning USA TT Nationwide Champion Lawson Craddock (Jayco-AIUIa)…it’s one very long time record.
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On the different finish of the spectrum, immediately’s stage gives each specialist time trialists and GC contenders an opportunity to shine. Of the previous, Rémi Cavagna (Soudal-QuickStep), aka ‘the TGV of Clermont Ferrand’, is likely one of the prime favorites – and if he wins as a Frenchman, biking statisticians would scurry to the historical past books to seek out out when The Dauphiné final had 4 French winners of the primary 4 phases. (Trace: it’s been a hell of a very long time).
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Stage 4 is now underway as Donovan Gondin (Arkéa-Samsic) begins. Because the king of the mountains on a day when there aren’t any KO factors, the primary factor for him immediately will in all probability be to get from A to B upright and with out falling or having an accident.
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Yesterday’s race was marked by the post-stage relegation of sprinters Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AIUIa), who completed second and third, however have been subsequently demoted to thirty third and thirty fourth respectively. You will discover out why that is so right here:
Groenewegen, Bennett cleared for deviation within the Critérium du Dauphiné dash
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There are 140 riders on the grid immediately following the retirement of Andrey Zeits (Astana Qazaqstan) within the first and largest accident in a string of late crashes on Tuesday, though groups nonetheless have time to announce a late DNS.
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Right here’s a breakdown of what drivers are going through immediately:
Stage 4 of the 2023 Criterium du Dauphiné is a 31.1-kilometer particular person time trial from Cours to Belmont-de-la-Loire and a crunch take a look at that may be damaged down into 4 sections. It begins straight off with a brief, not too arduous 2.2km climb, then there’s a lengthy light descent, then a 10km stretch of hilly terrain and eventually 12km of very gradual however regular uphill to the end . It gained’t be straightforward to calculate your effort with such a mixture of climbs, and whoever tops the record of outcomes on the finish of the day will seemingly be the primary clear GC contender.
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After this journey into biking’s previous, there are 5 minutes left earlier than the race begins.
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The third stage on Tuesday was characterised by France clinching their third consecutive victory on the Dauphine in just some days. Stage one winner Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) claimed his second win of the 2023 race, 24 hours after the triumph of compatriot Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep). Prologues apart, that is the primary time since 1958, when Francis Pipelin, Camille Le Menn and Jean Lerda gained Levels 1, 2 and three that the host nation has managed a hat-trick in opening the Dauphiné phases. The house run The success was solely damaged on the fourth stage from Hole to Uriage when Pierre Polo of Italy completed first. By the way, this was Polo’s second Dauphine stage win after one in 1956 and certainly one of solely three in his profession. Nonetheless, in that yr’s race he completed fourth and was gained by Louis Rotollan of France.
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And right here’s a fast have a look at the present state of GC: Anticipate modifications by the top of the day…
(Picture credit score: FirstCycling) 2023-06-07T11:23:03.397Z
Earlier than we begin the day’s race, which begins at 1:41 p.m. native time when mountains classification chief Donovan Grondin (Arkea-Samsic) rolls down the beginning ramp, right here’s a fast recap of what occurred yesterday:
Critérium du Dauphiné: Christophe Laporte wins stage 3 whereas Bennett, Groenewegen dismounts
Christophe Laporte wins stage three of the Critérium du Dauphiné (Credit score: Getty) 2023-06-07T11:13:19.287Z
It’s the primary main GC day of the 2023 Critérium du Dauphiné, a midweek time trial forward of the important thing mountain phases on Saturday and Sunday.
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Howdy and welcome to Cycllingnews’ reside protection of Stage 4 of the 2023 Critérium du Dauphiné