Pogacar edges Vingegaard for opening Dauphine win
Tadej Pogacar edged a gripping opening stage of the eight-day Criterium du Dauphine yesterday after an elite clique produced a surprise finale that delivered the first yellow jersey to the Slovenian.
Billed as a potential mass sprint, cycling fans were instead treated to a late breakaway as Jonas Vingegaard attacked late, with Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel following and double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel chasing them down.
Race designers had placed four small hills in the closing kilometres of the stage and the idea produced a thrilling four way race for the line.
Pogacar came across the line ahead of Vingegaard after keeping his powder dry until Van der Poel attacked early and both men overtook him.
Evenepoel was fourth with all of them clocking 4hr 40min 02sec over the hilly 196km run from Domerat and Montlucon.
Pogacar said he hadn't expected to win but had tracked the moves of others before coming up with an impromptu plan.
'I switched my focus around 2k to go to prepare for sprint. And it worked,' said the 26-year-old three-time Tour de France winner.
'I knew that van der Poel was the fastest, obviously, in this group. But after a finish like this, you cannot count all of the rest out,' he said.
Pogacar took the overall lead thanks to 10 bonus seconds, with Vingegaard only taking six. it is already looking like a fascinating battle is warming up betwen these two riders have have won the last five Tours de France between them.
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