PREVIEW | Criterium du Dauphiné 2025 stage 4 - Tour de France prelude as Pogacar, Vingegaard & Evenepoel take part in ITT battle
CyclingWednesday, 11 June 2025 at 10:29
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.
Stage 4 (ITT): Charmes-sur-Rhone - Saint-Peray, 17.4 kilometers
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Map Criterium du Dauphiné 2025 stage 4
Prediction Criterium du Dauphiné 2025 stage 4:
*** Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel
** Jonas Vingegaard, Magnus Sheffield
* Matteo Jorgenson, Mathieu van der Poel, Victor Campenaerts, Max Schachmann
** Jonas Vingegaard, Magnus Sheffield
* Matteo Jorgenson, Mathieu van der Poel, Victor Campenaerts, Max Schachmann
Pick: Remco Evenepoel
🤩 Répétition générale avant le #TDF2025 sur les routes du #Dauphiné ! Rendez-vous dimanche pour le Grand Départ !
— Critérium du Dauphiné (@dauphine) June 2, 2025
🤩 Dress rehearsal before the #TDF2025 on the roads of the #Dauphiné! See you on Sunday for the Grand Départ! pic.twitter.com/FDANCesDpV
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Not sure who will take this stage but Remco is the guy to beat.
Remco is the favorite. Why? He knows he can't outkick the other two on the big climbs, meaning he has to prepare well for the TTs if he wants to leave with a win of some sort.