Victory for @alafpolak1 after a great sprint on the second stage of the #Dauphine! #WayToRide #No26in2023 Photo: @GettySport
Julian Alaphilippe powers to stylish victory on stage 2 of the Criterium du Dauphiné
CyclingMonday, 05 June 2023 at 16:34
Julian Alaphilippe has taken an emotional win on stage 2 of the Criterium du Dauphiné, sprinting to victory in some style on a final kick up to the line.
After a thrilling start to the Criterium du Dauphiné, stage 2 should provide another classics-like finale. It will be a hilly day with an uphill finish that is expected to be quite explosive.
Seven riders made the breakaway including Kenny Elissonde, Nans Peters, Pierre Latour, Victor Campenaerts and the King of the Mountains, Donavan Grondin. After taking enough points on the first two climbs to ensure another day in the jersey, Grondin dropped back into the peloton.
With the break never really being allowed off the leash, their lead was around 40 seconds with 50km still to ride.
Pierre Latour was the next to drop back to the peloton leaving just five riders out in front.
Despite a brave last-ditch effort from Campanaerts and Elissonde, the break was eventually all swept up by the peloton with 10km to go.
Immediately following the catch though, Tobias Bayer launched a counter-attack, quickly gaining around 20 seconds advantage.
With 5km to go that lead was still at 10 seconds with the Austrian dangling out the front like a carrot for the hungry peloton to chase. And with 4km to go Bayer was caught.
Into the final kilometre, it was Jumbo-Visma through Jonas Vingegaard on the front of the peloton with Christophe Laporte dreaming of a second successive stage win.
Julian Alaphilippe was the man though, powering his way to victory in some style ahead of Richard Carapaz. Brilliant to see the Soudal - Quick-Step return to winning ways.
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- He needs to finish out his contract and then go hit MTB and Cross/Gravel really hard, that's where his heart is.awp18-11-2024
- Pidcock is starting to sound like Froome now.Sweep18-11-2024
- I think this was because there were junior women in the race. If a race has junior women am pretty sure it has to be less than 45 minutes. I believe a rule is coming in for next season that will fine organisers that don't put on a junior women's race a fine equivalent to the prize money. So fingers crossed we should see more longer elite and junior women's races from next season.NorrisHippocampe18-11-2024
- Of course he CAN. Big salary in cycling is not when you win but when they talk about you (and your team / sponsors). For every news about Jonas, MVdP or Wout there are 10 times more(!) news about Pidcock (like everyday for last 2 months?). Since cycling is advertising sport not competitive sport (in terms of from money comes from) Pidcock is winner and GOAT - change my mind. ;-)averagecyclist18-11-2024
- Why do the women CXs keep getting short changed with the length of theor races? They could have easily done another lap to put them at 50 minutes which is their time limit. Yet another CX race where they fail to reach this when they had a chance to. Come on ... the math isn't that hard to figure out lap times and divide into 50 min!frieders318-11-2024
- All pro cyclists are massively underpaid! The amount of riding and physical exertion they put their bodies through is crazy compared to other sports. I can't think of any other sport where you are physically active at a very high level of power output for hours on end each day.Pogboom17-11-2024
- When I was working for Starkist/Heinz my manager quit. So the next week my group was put under another manager. During our first meeting he asked if there was anything we needed to tell him. I said that I would be out the following week on vacation. He said "I don't know if I can let you go on vacation". I replied, "You can't tell if I can go. You can only tell me if I can come back".Sweep17-11-2024
- :-)Sweep17-11-2024
- What a mess there :-)
DareDevil17-11-2024