Denmark’s Mikkel Bjerg won the Critérium du Dauphiné time trial on Wednesday June 7 and took the leader’s yellow jersey.
After the double victory of Christophe Laporte and that of Julian Alaphilippe, the TGV of Clermont Ferrand, Rémi Cavagna (Soudal Quick Step), could have won in the 31 kilometer time trial between Cours and Belmont-de-la-Loire . The former French champion in the discipline was at the top of the standings for a very long time, but had to bow to the Dane Mikkel Bjerg, triple world champion in the time trial among the hopefuls, who largely dominated the clock. The UAE Emirates rider does double duty and takes the leader’s yellow jersey of this Critérium du Dauphiné. Leader so far, Christophe Laporte concedes 1’50.
Among the favorites of this Criterium, Jonas Vingegaard is the best of the day even if the Dane still concedes 12 seconds to Mikkel Bjerg, the winner of the day. Ben O’Connor is not far 41 seconds behind the Dane, Adam Yates finishes 56 seconds, former Giro winner Jai Hindley is 1’08 behind as riders like David Gaudu, Egan Bernal and Enric Mas lose big with 2’22, behind for the first, 2’37 for the second and finally 2’40 for the last.
Here is the classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023
It’s a real preparation for the Tour de France which will pass through the five mountain ranges in 2023. The 2023 Critérium du Dauphiné will connect the Auvergne region to the Alps. The runners will cross 10 departments and will have to pedal 27 climbs for 21,505m of elevation gain.
The Critérium du Dauphiné 2023 unveiled on Thursday February 16 will run from Sunday June 4 to Sunday June 11.
France Télévisions and Eurosport have television rights and will broadcast the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023 to follow from June 4 to June 11.
The stages will this year be animated by duels of climbers. The fight promises to be fierce, a taste of the Tour de France in July.
