Criterium du Dauphine stage 6 - Live coverage
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Wout van Aert defends yellow and green jerseys
Valentin Ferron takes the win from the break
Sprinters foiled as the peloton finishes 32 seconds down
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné.
The riders will roll out to start the stage in just a few minutes.
At 196.4km, today's stage is the longest of the Dauphiné.
The riders are off and into the neutral zone ahead of the official start.
Four classified climbs on today's stage, including two second-category tests. The last one, the Col de Cabre, comes 57km from the line, though, so the versatile fastmen should be able to get over just fine to contest the finish.
One major non-starter this morning as Juan Ayuso leaves the race from eighth place.
Three of the four jersey holders at the start – Pierre Rolland in the KOM jersey, Wout Van Aert in the yellow jersey, and Hugo Page in the green jersey.
Van Aert is actually the green jersey holder, and Ethan Hayter (white jersey) is in second place, so third-placed Page races in green today.
A steady start to today's stage with 40km of flat roads before the first climb. Plenty of time for a breakaway to form.
That first climb of the day will be the fourth-category Côte de Sainte-Eulalie-En-Royans (2.1km at 4.4%).
146 riders take the start today. The flag has dropped and they're off to start the stage.
192km to go
A few kilometres in and things are all together in the peloton.
The pace is high early on and there are splits in the peloton. It looks like Ethan Hayter is on the wrong end of it here.
184km to go
Things are coming back together but attacks are going at the front once again now.
There's no breakaway yet as a few riders have a slim advantage on the peloton.
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Still no breakaway established yet and the peloton is 15km away from the start of the day's first climb.
171km to go
56kph average speed so far.
Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) and Andrea Bagioli (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) are on the move now.
165km to go
Lukasz Owsian (Arkéa-Samsic) is also in the move.
The gap is only small at the moment, around 10 seconds. It's hard to see just a three-man group making up the break today.
The trio have 20 seconds now as they head towards the climb, just a few kilometres up the road.
158km to go
And now they're back in the peloton after being chased down.
Michał Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers) is out of the race.
Alexis Vuillermoz (TotalEnergies) led the way over the first climb of the day with an attack.
152km to go
He's part of a new move up front now.
Vuillermoz has Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ), Mikkel Honoré (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) and Samuele Battistella (Astana Qazaqstan) for company.
Chris Froome (Israel-Premier Tech) was among the riders dropped on the first.
The riders are climbing again now – up the third-category Côte des Grands Goulets (5.8km at 4.7%).
More attacks at the front.
KOM leader Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-KTM) attacked over the top of the climb to get two points. Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) was second for one point.
145km to go
More riders attack after the climb.
Rolland and Barguil have been joined out front by Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroën), Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ), Andrea Bagioli (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Victor Lafay (Cofidis), and Valentin Ferrond (TotalEnergies).
There's no real descent after the climb. Instead it's false flats before the climb to the second-category Col de Rousset.
138km to go
That group of riders have quickly built a good gap here.
Two minutes for the breakaway already.
The riders are on the false flat section following the climb now. The break's advantage is increasing.
130km to go
Taj Jones (Israel-Premier Tech) has abandoned the race.
Now the breakaway riders start the third climb of the day, the Col de Rousset (6.6km at 5%).
More points on offer for Rolland here to extend his KOM lead further.
3:55 back to the peloton at the moment.
A look at today's breakaway.
125km to go
Rolland takes the maximum five points over the top. Barguil follows with three points.
Long descent coming up. The break lies four minutes up on the peloton.
Ineos Grenadiers leading the peloton.
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115km to go
Still four minutes for the break as they near the bottom of the descent.
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44.7kph average speed so far for the stage.
Jumbo-Visma are leading the peloton at the moment.
A shot of Jumbo-Visma leading the peloton.
92km to go
The riders are on the flat roads after the climb now. 4:10 between the break and peloton.
The break's lead is still edging up, It's 4:20 now.
Around 17km to go until the riders hit the intermediate sprint in Beaurières.
Leon Heinschke (Team DSM) has quit the race.
A look at the peloton tackling that last descent.
68km to go
4:25 for the break now. They're closing in on the final climb of the day.
The second-category Col de Cabre measures in at 9.2km at an average of 4.6%.
The breakaway out on the road on the run to the final climb of the day.
Barguil led the break over the sprint ahead of Ferron and Bouchard.
64km to go
The riders are tackling this final climb of the stage now.
Today's stage is likely to end in another bunch sprint, just like yesterday's stage 5.
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Bruno Armirail is the first man to drop from the breakaway on the Col de Cabre. Six men remain up front.
The break reaches the top and it's another five points for Rolland. He's on 29 KOM points now after collecting 12 to add to his previous total of 17.
55km to go
As the riders take on the descent, the gap between the break and peloton is now down to 3:10.
Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic), Pierre Rolland (B&B Hotels-KTM), Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroën), Andrea Bagioli (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Victor Lafay (Cofidis), and Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies) left up front at the moment.
47km to go
The sprint teams will be taking control now and bring the gap to the break down as they head towards the finish.
The peloton is closing in on the flat roads following the descent.
35km to go
Three minutes for the breakaway riders now.
Alexis Gougeard (B&B Hotels-KTM) has abandoned the race.
A look at the breakaway on that final climb of the day.
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It's still Jumbo-Visma and Ineos Grenadiers doing the work at the head of the peloton. Several other teams such as Bora-Hansgrohe and Trek-Segafredo are also up there working.
The breakaway riders are still taking turns and pushin on but they're losing seconds here and there. 2:50 now.
28km to go
Chris Froome gets back into the peloton along with several other riders after the descent and a chase back.
Despite the efforts of Trek, Bora and Jumbo, the break still lies 2:50 up the road...
A shot of the breakaway racing up the final climb of the day. Can they hang on today?
22km to go
The quickest predicted time schedule for today (41kph) would've had the riders crossing this point of the course at 15:49 local time.
It's currently 15:29 in France. 44.7kph average so far...
Jumbo-Visma now with their full squad on the front working.
UAE Team Emirates moving up too. Ineos behind Jumbo.
UAE and BikeExchange have one man each on the front. It seems like it's quite late and not really enough..
18km to go
2:30 now. The gap is coming down but not very quickly.
Contenders for the win today if the peloton does manage to bring the break back:
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers), Juan Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates), Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe), Hugo Page (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), Edvald Boasson Hagen (TotalEnergies), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo)...
16km to go
2:25 for the break now. The gap isn't coming down quickly enough for the sprinters here.
There is one lump remaining before the line but nothing hard enough to really throw off the breakaway.
Out front, it's hard to say that any of the riders are particularly fast in the sprints. The likes of Bouchard, Rolland, Lafay, Bagioli, Barguil, and Ferron are better on the climbs.
Bagioli did outpace a select group to win the final stage of the Volta a Catalunya in Barcelona a few months ago, though. Something to maybe keep in mind.
13km to go
2:15 for the breakaway now. The seconds continue to slip away but so do the kilometres...
Chris Froome stops with a puncture. He gets a bike change and gets rolling again.
11km to go
Jumbo-Visma back up front now. Groupama-FDJ and Bahrain Victorious among the teams at the head of the peloton too.
2:05 between the break and peloton now.
Still six up front.
10km to go
1:55 now as Jumbo-Visma have taken more time off the gap.
Now it's just a matter of time before the breakaway riders begin to attack each other. It doesn't look as though the peloton will be able to bring them back.
Back in the peloton a UAE Team Emirates rider puts his hands on green jersey wearer Hugo Page. He has words with the Frenchman and then reaches out to push him again.
A teammate of the UAE rider then has words with him. That should be a DSQ really. We don't know who the UAE man was.
7km to go
1:30 for the breakaway now. Still all rolling through in the front.
The breakaway men have rolled over that last lump and are now heading downhill towards the finish.
The UAE rider might've been Molano. Unconfirmed, though.
Harry Sweeny (Lotto Soudal) goes on the attack from the peloton.
5km to go
A minute for the breakaway now.
No attacks up front but the riders are looking around at each other as they continue on.
Bouchard tries a move now. Bagioli gets across to him with Lafay.
Jumbo and Ineos domestiques Ganna and Laporte drop out the back of the peloton.
50 seconds from the peloton to the break.