PREVIEW | Criterium du Dauphiné 2025 stage 4 - Tour de France prelude as Pogacar, Vingegaard & Evenepoel take part in ITT battle

From the 8th to the 15th of June the riders take on the Criterium du Dauphiné. Not only is this race usually the biggest preview ahead of the Tour de France, but it will also have the presence of Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel. We preview stage 4.

17 kilometers of time-trialing will make for the first important overall classification day in the race. It will be a hilly one, with a short but steep ascent halfway through the course that won't have a real descent to it.

All-in-all, a course where you can make differences for sure, and an effort that doesn't suit the pure specialists in the discipline. The climb will be 1.8 kilometers long at 8.5%, which won't ask for a bike change, but where the climbers can certainly make a difference. After the summit things are very straightforward and simple, and the riders will quickly get themselves to the finish.

*** Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel
** Jonas Vingegaard, Magnus Sheffield
* Matteo Jorgenson, Mathieu van der Poel, Victor Campenaerts, Max Schachmann

Pick: Remco Evenepoel