Criterium du Dauphine: Alaphilippe wins stage 6
AdamYates stays in the overall lead
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) managed to beat Gregor Mühlberger (Bora-Hansgrohe) in a close sprint to win stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné to Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne after being on the attack for 216km of the 229km stage deep into the Alps.
Alessandro De Marchi (CCC Team), who was also in the three-rider break, finished third a few seconds behind after the trio attacked each other on the final climb of the day.
The Frenchman was the local favourite to win but Mühlberger made Alaphilippe work for victory. Mühlberger attacked several times on the late Col de Beaune climb and then lead out the sprint with aggression, with only the photo-finish confirming that Alaphilippe had beaten him by a few inches. De Marchi finished a disappointed 22 seconds back after losing contact over the top of the climb after a chase and attack.
The overall contenders let the trio gain over 13 minutes at one point during the six hours of racing, preferring to save their strength for the big mountain stages of the weekend.
Wout Poels (Team Ineos) led the peloton home at 6:10 after the British team upped the pace on the final climb, shaking out double stage winner Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who finished 15:06 back. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) finished safely in the peloton and so kept the race leader's yellow jersey going into the decisive Alpine weekend.
Alaphilippe was keen to celebrate his tenth victory of the 2019 season and the 36th victory for Deceuninck-QuickStep.
"To win in the Dauphiné in my first race (this season) in France is a really special feeling. I'm really happy after a hard day in the break, with only three guys."
"I know my mate from the breakaway, from Bora. He's really strong and I know he's explosive. I had to be careful but it was a headwind and so didn't want to start my sprint early. In the end I passed him in the last moment, so I'm happy."
Six hours in the saddle
The long ride from Saint-Vulbas on the Plaine de l'Ain to Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne included eight categorised climbs and was made harder a by heavy rain at the start and a stiff headwind once the sun emerged to dry the road and the riders.
Alaphilippe, Mühlberger and De Marchi attacked on the first rise of the stage, with the Frenchman keen to be in the move of the day. They soon opened a gap but Team Sunweb led the chase, only to give up after a fast 60 minutes in the saddle, realizing the mountain's jersey on Casper Pedersen's shoulders was lost. Soon after the trio pushed their lead out to 6:00, after covering 44.5km in the first hour, with Mitchelton-Scott obliged to lead the peloton to defend Yates' yellow jersey.
Alaphilippe led Mühlberger and De Marchi over the day's opening categorised climb after 82km with a lead of 9:15 on the bunch. He was chasing points for the climber's competition soon equalled Casper Pedersen's points total and then took the jersey on the category 4 Col de Frêne after 131km.
He swept up more points on the Côte d'Aiton as the peloton trailed behind at a massive 13:50. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and Nick Schultz (Mitchelton-Scott) crashed on the descent of Saint-Georges-d'Hurtières but both riders remounted and rejoined the peloton.
Alaphilippe leads De Marchi and Mühlberger through the finish line in Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne for the first time with 16km to race, everyone ready for the end game on the eight-kilometre Col de Beaune climb and its treacherous descent. The peloton also accelerated in anticipation of the climb, with EF Education First upping the pace and dragging the peloton through the finish some 9:20 back.
Alaphilippe asked for a bidon from his team car with 10km to go but his directeur sportif, mindful of the rules, waved a hand of refusal, forcing the Frenchman to race on with empty bottle cages and a thirst. Fortunately it did not affect his thirst for victory when De Marchi and Mühlberger took turns to attack in the final three kilometres of the climb. Alaphilippe chased down one and then other, dancing on the pedals and trying to stay in control.
There was a rare 2019 sighting of Gianni Moscon on the front of the peloton, as Team Ineos set the tempo on the Col de Beaune. The only effect was to distance Van Aert and then Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb), who both preferred to save themselves from any extra effort.
De Marchi struggled to respond to all of the change in pace but made a defensive attack when he closed the gap with 500 to the summit. However, Mühlberger was determined not to make it easy for anyone and kicked again. Alaphilippe jumped on his wheel and the break was suddenly down to two.
Even a few mistakes on the technical descent failed to disturb the Frenchman and they rode together to the finish. Alaphilippe was under pressure to win again but managed to force Mühlberger to lead out into the headwind finish. The Austrian accepted the challenge and almost held on, only for Alaphilippe to match his speed.
Neither knew who had won but the photo-finish confirmed it was Alaphilippe and the French crowd let out a partisan cheer.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
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1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 6:00:54 |
2 | Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team | 0:00:22 |
4 | Wout Poels (Ned) Team Ineos | 0:06:10 |
5 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Merida | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Gobert | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Movistar Team | 0:06:17 |
32 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:06:46 |
34 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:02 |
35 | Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Joseph Rosskopf (USA) CCC Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel | 0:07:16 |
40 | Hermann Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain-Merida | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:07:52 |
42 | Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 0:08:38 |
43 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team | 0:09:15 |
44 | Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos | 0:09:29 |
46 | Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Gobert | 0:09:50 |
47 | Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:10:52 |
48 | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:11:12 |
50 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Mads Schmidt Würtz (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:11:19 |
53 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Darwin Atapuma (Col) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Hernando Bohorquez (Col) Astana Pro Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:11:46 |
60 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos | 0:11:53 |
61 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data | 0:12:26 |
62 | Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida | 0:12:32 |
63 | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Gobert | 0:14:31 |
64 | Jérémy Maison (Fra) Arkéa Samsic | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:15:06 |
66 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Gobert | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Logan Owen (USA) EF Education First | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Arkéa Samsic | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Maxime Bouet (Fra) Arkéa Samsic | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Ineos | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First | 0:15:18 |
82 | Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Arkéa Samsic | 0:16:44 |
83 | Julius van den Berg (Ned) EF Education First | 0:16:58 |
84 | Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:17:11 |
85 | Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates | 0:17:13 |
87 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Ineos | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 0:18:26 |
94 | Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Florian Stork (Ger) Team Sunweb | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Stefan De Bod (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Petr Vakoc (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:18:34 |
103 | James Whelan (Aus) EF Education First | 0:18:36 |
104 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:18:49 |
111 | Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Arkéa Samsic | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Arnaud Courteille (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) CCC Team | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Jonas Koch (Ger) CCC Team | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 0:19:53 |
124 | David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert | 0:20:36 |
126 | Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:22:12 |
127 | Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:22:19 |
128 | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:22:39 |
130 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:25:27 |
133 | Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Dion Smith (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Maxime Cam (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel | 0:25:47 |
137 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 10 | pts |
2 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 6 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team | 4 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 15 | pts |
2 | Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 12 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team | 10 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Wout Poels (Ned) Team Ineos | 8 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team | 6 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | 5 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott | 4 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott | 3 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | 2 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 1 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 5 | pts |
2 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 1 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 2 | pts |
2 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team | 1 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 5 | pts |
2 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 2 | pts |
2 | Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 1 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 5 | pts |
2 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep | 3 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Ineos | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 6:00:54 |
2 | Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:06:10 |
3 | Neilson Powless (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:07:02 |
6 | Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo | 0:07:52 |
7 | Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:10:52 |
8 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:11:12 |
9 | Mads Schmidt Würtz (Den) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:11:19 |
10 | Cristian Camilo Muñoz Lancheros (Col) UAE Team Emirates | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Ineos | 0:11:53 |
12 | Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain-Merida | 0:12:32 |
13 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma | 0:15:06 |