Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) stamped his authority on the seventy fifth version of the Critérium du Dauphiné, taking the general title and two solo stage victories. The Dane claimed the third WorldTour stage race crown of his profession – after the Tour de France and Itzulia Basque Nation – with the largest successful margin on the Dauphiné in 20 years.
After grabbing the yellow jersey with a second-place end within the stage 3 time trial, Vingegaard was in a position to maintain off a sizeable chase group on the 14km run to the end after taking a flyer on the ultimate climb on stage 7.
He then as soon as once more gave a dominant show of his type on the primary excessive mountain stage of the Dauphiné, dropping all his challengers on the way in which to win atop the Col de la Croix de Fer on the penultimate stage.
Falling simply wanting a 3rd stage win on Sunday, Vingegaard needed to accept the runner-up spot to stage winner Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) on the ultimate day of racing. The race chief personally responded to efforts from second place on GC Adam Yates (UAE Workforce Emirates) on the ultimate two climbs earlier than easing clear within the closing kilometre in one other disarming show of energy.
By no means remoted, Vingegaard and his staff capped off an virtually good eight days of racing. The one blemish was the crash of Steven Kruijswijk, who fractured his collarbone and pelvis on the second stage.
“I’m simply tremendous completely satisfied about how I rode at present however basically how the entire staff has been at present and the entire week,” Vingegaard instructed Professional Biking Internet.
“We misplaced Steven [Kruijswijk] which is a really very huge loss for us. It’s very unlucky for us and that every little thing goes higher with him and that he’s in much less ache. Mainly, that’s the one factor that went improper.”
Now, Vingegaard after a couple of days of relaxation will flip his consideration to the Tour de France which begins in three weeks.
“I don’t actually give attention to everybody else, I simply give attention to myself, attempt to be at my finest on the beginning line for the Tour. The identical for the remainder of the staff. I feel we’re at place proper now.”
“I might trust in myself however I do nonetheless suppose I can get slightly bit higher. I hope so at the least.”
Though the Dauphiné is taken into account a take a look at for the Tour, solely 10 riders have gained each races in the identical yr. The final rider to realize the double was Chris Froome in 2016.
