Stage 7 of the Critérium du Dauphiné could be re-routed, Le Dauphiné newspaper reports the Col de la Colombière won't be ready ledauphine.com/environnement/… (🇫🇷). There's been a big landslide, road closed and works may not be finished
In what was ambitiously projected to be one of the hardest Critérium du Dauphiné editions in a while, not everything is going according to the organiser's plan. Nature once again showed it's unpredictable face, as a recent landslide won't allow the race to pass the famous Col de la Colombière.
The original stage 7 probably deserved the 'queen stage' tag. On a course of a bit over 145 kilometers, the race would've led riders over four 1st category climbs before HC category finish in Samoëns 1600 (10km á 9.3%). Col de la Colombière (11.6km á 5.8%) had its place in middle of this stage, but as it seems right now, the penultimate episode of 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné now needs to be re-routed and we can only sit patiently and wait for what the organisers come up with as replacement.
Stage 7 of the Critérium du Dauphiné could be re-routed, Le Dauphiné newspaper reports the Col de la Colombière won't be ready ledauphine.com/environnement/… (🇫🇷). There's been a big landslide, road closed and works may not be finished