Critérium Stage 4 reminds Evenepoel of 2024 Tour
Remco Evenepoel reacts to his 'masterclass' showing in the Stage 4 time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné, likening it to Stage 7 of the 2024 Tour de France, and what it means for him to earn Soudal's 1000th victory.
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Evenepoel wins Dauphine stage four time trial to take lead
Belgium's Remco Evenepoel has taken the overall lead of the Criterium du Dauphine after victory in the time trial on stage 4. The reigning Olympic and world time trial champion beat nearest rival Jonas Vingegaard of Visma-Lease a Bike by 21 seconds on the 17.4km course. Advertisement Soudal-Quick Step's Evenepoel, considered to be the world's third best rider, will be competing against rivals Tadej Pogacar and Denmark's Vingegaard at the Tour de France next month. Reigning Tour champion Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG was a surprising 49 seconds down on the day to Evenepoel in a discipline in which the Slovenian is often peerless. Pogacar trails Evenepoel by 38 seconds in the general classification, with Vingegaard 16 seconds down in fifth place. Germany's Florian Lipowitz of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe is second in the GC, four seconds down. "I'm very happy with this victory - the thousandth for the team," said Evenepoel after completing the course in his special Olympic gold helmet. "This one is for Patrick [Lefevere, former boss] - for everything he did for the team. Advertisement "I think in terms of [my] weight, it's already pretty good - much better than last year - I've been working super hard behind the scenes." The race, which takes place across the Dauphine region of south-east France, is the traditional warm-up for the Tour. Only four times in the last 10 editions has the overall winner gone on to be victorious in the Tour. Spaniard Ivan Romeo of Movistar lost the yellow jersey after victory on stage three, finishing one min 25 secs down to Evenepoel. The eight-day stage race moves on to Saint Priest on Thursday for a hilly 183km test to Macon. Saturday's stage is likely to see the most explosive action with three hugely steep hors category climbs in the French Alps to Valmeinier. Advertisement Stage four results 1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step) 20mins 51secs 2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +21secs 3. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/Visma-Lease a Bike) +38secs 4. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +49secs 5. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +57secs 6. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +1mins 2secs 7. Remi Cavagna (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +1min 7secs 8. Eddie Dunbar (Irl/Jayco-AlUla) +1min 10secs 9. Tobias Foss (Nor/Ineos Grenadiers) +1min 10secs 10. Paul Seixas (Fra/Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) +1min 12secs General classification after stage four 1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step) 14hrs 31mins 8secs Advertisement 2. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) +4secs 3. Ivan Romeo (Spa/Movistar) +9secs 4. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +14secs 5. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +16secs 6. Eddie Dunbar (Irl/Jayco-AlUla) +30secs 7. Harold Tejada (Col/XDS Astana) Same time 8. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +38secs 9. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/Visma-Lease a Bike) +39secs 10. Louis Barre (Fra/Intermarche-Wanty) +1min 3secs
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Critérium Stage 4 reminds Evenepoel of 2024 Tour
Remco Evenepoel reacts to his 'masterclass' showing in the Stage 4 time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné, likening it to Stage 7 of the 2024 Tour de France, and what it means for him to earn Soudal's 1000th victory.
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Romeo wins Dauphine stage three to take yellow jersey
Ivan Romeo's only previous professional win came on the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in February [Getty Images] Ivan Romeo rode solo to victory on stage three of the Criterium du Dauphine to claim the yellow leader's jersey. The Movistar rider made a couple of attacks before going clear of a group of 10 riders with about 6km left in the 202.8km route from Brioude. Advertisement Mathieu van der Poel led the chase group, but they had left it too late and Romeo crossed the line first in Charantonnay, near Lyon, some 14 seconds ahead of Harold Tejada, Louis Barre and Florian Lipowitz. That gave the the 21-year-old Spaniard his second senior professional win and meant he claimed the overall lead from Lidl-Trek's Jonathan Milan, who won stage two. "I don't believe it," said Romeo. "It was one of the toughest days of my life so far. "The breakaway, it was so hard to get into it, and I wasn't feeling really good, so I waited to the last moment. "I know in this kind of flat finish in a small break, I have good instinct, and that if they give me some seconds I can make it. Advertisement "I had this stage on my mind for a month. We've been doing altitude [training] at Sierra Nevada, working super hard with all the team, and they gave me this chance at the beginning of the week." Romeo was the under-23 time trial champion at last year's World Championships and Tuesday's success means he has a 17-second lead in the Dauphine's general classification standings heading into the time trial. Reigning Tour de France and Giro d'Italia champion Tadej Pogacar is just over a minute back in ninth and will aim to close the gap as the eight-stage race heads into the mountains on Friday. Stage three results Ivan Romeo (Spa/Movistar) 4hrs 34mins 10secs Harold Tejada (Col/XDS Astana) +14secs Louis Barre (Fra/Intermarche-Wanty) Same time Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +27secs Axel Laurance (Fra/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time Brieuc Rolland (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) Julien Bernard (Fra/Lidl-Trek) Andreas Leknessund (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) Eddie Dunbar (Irl/Jayco-AlUla) General classification after stage three Ivan Romeo (Spa/Movistar) 14hrs 9mins 1sec Louis Barre (Fra/Intermarche-Wanty) +17secs Harold Tejada (Col/XDS Astana) +18secs Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) +24secs Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +29secs Eddie Dunbar (Irl/Jayco-AlUla) +37secs Brieuc Rolland (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) Same time Andreas Leknessund (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +1min 6secs Fred Wright (GB/Bahrain Victorious) +1min 12secs Advertisement
