Message sent! Rampant Remco Evenepoel storms to time trial win at the Dauphiné and gains big on Vingegaard & Pogacar

There is a reason Remco Evenepoel is widely regarded as the best time trialist on the planet and on stage 4 of the 2025 Criterium du Dauphiné, the Olympic and World TT champ proved why yet again with an astonishing stage win, gaining big on both Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar in the process. 

Among the early starters, by far the fastest time set was that of Uno-X Mobility's Soren Waerenskjold. The Norwegian clocked in at 23:00 for his efforts, enough to take firm control of the hotseat early on. Before too long however, Waerenskjold was unseated as former time trial world champion Tobias Foss powered into the stage lead with his time of 22:00.

Thibault Guernalec threatened Foss' time, but as the finish line came into sight, the Frenchman couldn't quite keep up the pace required and eventually finished 9 seconds slower the INEOS Grenadiers man. Shortly after though, Foss' time was bettered as the two-time French TT champion Remi Cavagna set a new benchmark of 21:57.

Once some of the big names started to hit the road though, Cavagna's time quickly started to look in trouble. The first to beat the Frenchman's time was Matteo Jorgenson and the Visma star beat it comfortably too, taking around half a minute on Cavagna, and setting the new fastest time at 21:28. There was a bit of disappointment for INEOS Grenadiers leader Carlos Rodriguez however, finishing a minute down on Jorgenson.

When Remco Evenepoel went flying through the intermediate time check already 30 seconds quicker than Jorgenson however, shockwaves were sent through the Dauphine. By the time he crossed the line, the Belgian had even managed to add a further 7 seconds to his gain on the American, finishing with an incredible time of 20:50.

A few moments later, Jonas Vingegaard crossed the line. The Dane was quicker than his teammate Jorgenson, but lost 21 seconds to the Soudal - Quick-Step leader in the end. Tadej Pogacar was the next big name to finish and the Slovenian was slower than both his rivals, reaching the line 48 seconds slower than Evenepoel and 27 seconds down on Vingegaard.

Mathieu van der Poel set the provisional 5th fastest time, 1:01 down on Evenepoel. Florian Lipowitz then slotted into 5th himself moments later, ceding 56 seconds to Evenepoel. The Maillot Jaune Ivan Romeo then finally ended the day, crossing the line 1:25 down.