Criterium du Dauphine 2024 stage 2 GC Update: Magnus Cort into race lead, Primoz Roglic & Matteo Jorgenson onto podium

Stage 2 of the Criterium du Dauphine 2024 saw the first real test of the race for the GC riders. In the end, it was Magnus Cort Nielsen who emerged through the fog and mist at the finish line to take the victory ahead of Primoz Roglic and Matteo Jorgenson.

Thus, the Uno-X Mobility rider is the new leader of the general classification. Roglic is the best positioned of the pre-race general classification favourites however. In 2nd place, Roglic is only 4 seconds behind Nielsen. The provisional Top 3 is closed by Matteo Jorgenson thanks to his third place of the day, 6 seconds behind the yellow jersey.

Magnus Cort Nielsen victorious in thrilling finale to stage 2 of Criterium du Dauphine 2024; Primoz Roglic takes second

As for the rest of the Top 10 after stage 2 of the Dauphiné, Bruno Armiral is 4th thanks to his tremendous effort from the breakaway throughout the day, 8 seconds behind the yellow jersey. Clément Champoussin is 5th, 10 seconds behind, and the other riders, with the same gap, are Derek Gee (6th), Oier Lazkano (7th), Krists Neilands (8th), Juan Ayuso (9th) and Jack Haig (10th).

It is also worth mentioning the collapse of Antonio Tiberi who in the final climb of the stage was dropped by the peloton, clearly feeling the effects of the efforts he made to finish 5th at the recent Giro d'Italia, where he also secured the White Jersey for Best Young Rider.

"I think I did a good sprint but I'm not really suited to that stuff" - Matteo Jorgenson 3rd in first real test of 2024 Criterium du Dauphine

Criterium du Dauphine 2024 stage 2 GC Update:

1	CORT Magnus	Uno-X Mobility	07:23:02
2	ROGLIC Primoz	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 04
3	JORGENSON Matteo	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 06
4	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 08
5	CHAMPOUSSIN Clément	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 10
6	GEE Derek	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 10
7	LAZKANO Oier	Movistar Team	+ 10
8	NEILANDS Krists	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 10
9	AYUSO Juan	UAE Team Emirates	+ 10
10	HAIG Jack	Bahrain Victorious	+ 10
11	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 10
12	CICCONE Giulio	Lidl-Trek	+ 10
13	FORMOLO Davide	Movistar Team	+ 10
14	BERTHET Clément	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 10
15	VLASOV Aleksandr	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 10
16	FANCELLU Alessandro	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 10
17	BARGUIL Warren	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 10
18	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain Victorious	+ 10
19	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 10
20	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 10
21	UMBA Santiago	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 10
22	HARPER Chris	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 10
23	RAFFERTY Darren	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 10
24	MEINTJES Louis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 10
25	TEUNS Dylan	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 10
26	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 10
27	SOSA Ivan	Movistar Team	+ 10
28	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Lidl-Trek	+ 10
29	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	Lotto Dstny	+ 10
30	LANDA Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 10
31	TEJADA Harold	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 10
32	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 10
33	EVENEPOEL Remco	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 10
34	EIKING Odd Christian	Uno-X Mobility	+ 10
35	DE PLUS Laurens	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 10
36	GRÉGOIRE Romain	Groupama-FDJ	+ 10
37	WELLENS Tim	UAE Team Emirates	+ 10
38	KUSS Sepp	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 10
39	FUGLSANG Jakob	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 10
40	NERURKAR Lukas	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 10
41	RODRIGUEZ Cristian	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 10
42	KRON Andreas	Lotto Dstny	+ 10
43	VAN WILDER Ilan	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 10
44	SOLER Marc	UAE Team Emirates	+ 10
45	MÜHLBERGER Gregor	Movistar Team	+ 10
46	GOOSSENS Kobe	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 10
47	ROMO Javier	Movistar Team	+ 10
48	LEKNESSUND Andreas	Uno-X Mobility	+ 10
49	SCOTSON Callum	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 10
50	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 10
51	POWLESS Neilson	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 10
52	PRODHOMME Nicolas	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 10
53	VERONA Carlos	Lidl-Trek	+ 10
54	SKUJINS Toms	Lidl-Trek	+ 40
55	HOELGAARD Markus	Uno-X Mobility	+ 54
56	HINDLEY Jai	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:04
57	WRIGHT Fred	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:43
58	QUINN Sean	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:43
59	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:43
60	HAGEN Carl Fredrik	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 01:43
61	ELISSONDE Kenny	Cofidis	+ 01:43
62	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:43
63	PEDRERO Antonio	Movistar Team	+ 01:43
64	VERGALLITO Luca	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 01:43
65	CONCA Filippo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 02:11
66	MEURISSE Xandro	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 02:13
67	MARIAULT Axel	Cofidis	+ 02:14
68	HUYS Laurens	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 02:14
69	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 02:14
70	SWEENY Harry	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 02:54
71	PEDERSEN Mads	Lidl-Trek	+ 04:18
72	DE PRETTO Davide	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 05:29
73	HOLLMANN Juri	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 06:11
74	ROCHAS Rémy	Groupama-FDJ	+ 06:11
75	LEMMEN Bart	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 06:11
76	GREGAARD Jonas	Lotto Dstny	+ 06:11
77	LE BERRE Mathis	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 06:21
78	GUERNALEC Thibault	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 07:17
79	SCHELLING Ide	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 07:17
80	MOSCON Gianni	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 07:17
81	ANDERSEN Idar	Uno-X Mobility	+ 07:17
82	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 07:17
83	BOUWMAN Koen	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 07:17
84	SOBRERO Matteo	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 08:49
85	KNOX James	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 08:49
86	DONOVAN Mark	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 10:30
87	LASTRA Jonathan	Cofidis	+ 10:32
88	POLITT Nils	UAE Team Emirates	+ 10:32
89	JUNGELS Bob	BORA-hansgrohe	+ 10:32
90	TUSVELD Martijn	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 10:32
91	DURBRIDGE Luke	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 10:32
92	ARRIETA Igor	UAE Team Emirates	+ 10:32
93	FRAILE Omar	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 10:32
94	GODON Dorian	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 10:32
95	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 10:32
96	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 10:32
97	PACHER Quentin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 10:32
98	OSBORNE Jason	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 10:32
99	HOLTER Ådne	Uno-X Mobility	+ 10:32
100	BENNETT Sam	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 14:42