Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews live coverage of stage 3 of the 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné!
The race is set to kick off at 11:00 CET today, so we're around 20 minutes away.
The flag will drop 15 minutes later to signal the real stage start.
Here's a look back at yesterday's sprint stage...
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The riders are away for the 5.8km neutral start.
The riders are already approaching the day's first climb, the fourth-category Côte de Cornille (4.1km at 4.8%).
Ineos Grenadiers and Alpecin-Deceuninck are leading the way at the front.
Over the top and the next climb follows in quick succession.
The Côte de la Barbate (5.8km at 6.8%) is up next.
An attack at the front by Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar) and Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) now.
Sprinters are being dropped from the peloton on the way up the climb, including stage 2 winner Milan.
Mathieu van der Poel among the latest attackers but it's Van Gils who leads.
Louis Barré (Intermarché-Wanty) attacks just past the summit and Van der Poel reacts.
He joined Barré at the front and finished second behind the Frenchman at the day's only intermediate sprint to take two bonus seconds.
Tadej Pogačar was third to take one bonus second.
More attacks fly at the front after the sprint, though no GC men are involved.
Florian Lipowitz, Max Schachmann, Eddie Dunbar are among the other notable names out front.
It looks like this is the break of the day.
The peloton has let the move take a minute.
1:15 for the break now.
A group containing Ben Healy, Magnus Sheffield, Jonathan Milan, Guillaume Martin, Pascal Ackermann and others is currently two minutes behind the peloton.
Up to 2:10 for the breakaway group now
The 13-man group have just taken on the third climb of the day, the Côte de Malataverne.
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Soudal-QuickStep and UAE Team Emirates-XRG are leading at the front of the peloton.
No more hills on the stage for the next 40km or so.
Here's a look at the breakaway out on the road today.
Oliver Knight (Cofidis) has abandoned.
The peloton remains at two minutes down on the 13-man break.
Milan is back in the peloton after dropping again, meanwhile.
Milan at the rear of the peloton.
Around 15km to go until the Col du Tracol (2.9km at 3.9%).
The break has now started the penultimate climb of the day, the Col du Tracol.
Milan is once again dropped from the peloton.
The break have now crested the climb and are on the long descent.
Consonni, Ghrebreigzabhier, Theuns have dropped back to work for Milan.
Barré led the break over the climb.
Milan's group is now back in the peloton again.
13 riders continue out front.
Another look at the break of the day.
Tadej Pogačar remains top of the pile, as he faces Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel at the Dauphiné
Only the Côte du Château Jaune remains on today's stage.
1:43 between break and peloton now.
Today's final climb is 1.2km at 9.5%.
The riders are on flat ground now.
The peloton is speeding up now. 1:20 to the break.
No change in the men out front. Still 13 riders.
UAE, Visma, and EF are working at the front.
A minute for the breakaway now.
Milan is getting pulled towards the front of the peloton ahead of the climb.
The break hits the climb and riders drop out the back. Leonard and Turgis first.
47 seconds between the break and peloton on the way up.
Bernard, Tejada, and Romeo attack at the front.
Meanwhile, Milan drops from the peloton on the way up.
Lipowitz goes at the front, too.
Lipowitz is with Bernard and Tejada.
Milan is 40 seconds off the rear of the peloton.
The peloton has dropped to 1:05 behind the break.
Leknessund has gone across to Lipowitz, Tejada, and Bernard.
Tejada attacks at the front as Van der Poel and Barre come across.
Tejada is joined by Lipowitz, Bernard, Van der Poel, Leknessund, Barre.
1:18 back to the peloton.
Laurance, Romeo, Rolland, Dunbar are chasing.
The chase group catches the breakaway leaders to make it 10 out front.
Romeo tries a move but it brought back.
1:15 back to the peloton.
The Spaniard has a small gap.
No immediate reaction from behind.
1:20 back to the peloton.
Van der Poel is pulling in the chase.
Laurance tries a move now.
The chase comes back together, 17 seconds down on Romeo.
Romeo riding to the stage win and overall lead.
Lipowitz ups the pace in the chase.
Lipowitz takes Tejada and Barre with him.
Romeo heading to the final 500 metres now.
Tejada leads Barre and Lipowitz home at 14 seconds down.
Van der Poel leads the remainder of the break home at 27 seconds.
The peloton crosses the line at 1:08 down.
Romeo celebrates his win.
That's the second pro win for 21-year-old Romeo, who is the reignin U23 world time trial champion.
Romeo is the first Spaniard to lead the race since Alberto Contador in 2016.
Here's what Romeo said after his win.
"I don't believe it. I don't know what to say, honestly, I think it was one of the toughest days of my life so far.
"The breakaway, it was so hard to get into it, and I wasn't feeling really good. I had to tell the car I needed to take the risk and not be very active, so I waited to the last moment. I know in this kind of flat final in a small break, I have good instinct and that if they give me some seconds, I can make it.
"I knew the final. I had this stage on my mind for one month. We've been doing altitude at Sierra Nevada, working super hard with all the team, and they gave me this chance at the beginning of the week, so to be able to pull it off like this."
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Romeo now leads the GC by 17 seconds from Barre.
Lipowitz is up to fourth overall at 24 seconds down. He gained a chunk of time on the other main GC contenders today and now lies 42 seconds up on Tadej Pogačar.
Romeo is in the yellow jersey and white jersey as best young rider overnight.
Van der Poel continues in the green points jersey.
Paul Ourselin continues as the mountain classification leader.
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Look out for more news to come throughout the remainder of the evening!
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