Update
2023-06-07T12:24:25.462Z
For the second day in a row, the weather is expected to remain dry and mostly sunny in the afternoon, with temperatures around 26 degrees. A slight breeze but nothing major. 2023 Giro d’Italia, eat your heart out.
2023-06-07T12:16:49.082Z
Stage 4 of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023
Start: Km 0 (Course)
Checkpoint 1: Km 10.7 (Mars)
Checkpoint 2: Km 19.7 (Saint-Denis-de-Cabanne)
Destination: km 31.1 (Belmont-de-la-Loire)
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A shot of early starter Dylan van Baarle (Jumbo-Visma) on the Stage 4 TT course
(Image credit: Getty) 2023-06-07T12:02:47.870Z
The view from the launch pad a few minutes ago
🚩 C’est au tour de 🇧🇪@DeGendtThomas de quitter la rampe ! 🚩 Now it’s 🇧🇪@DeGendtThomas’ turn!#Dauphiné pic.twitter.com/vHL0njYMi8June 7, 2023
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2023-06-07T12:00:52.675Z
A full list of tee times can be found here:
Start times of the 4th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2023
2023-06-07T11:59:52.426Z
12 riders of the 140 are now on the track. With minutes gaps between them and leaders Laporte at 16:00, the results will pack in quickly.
2023-06-07T11:58:40.096Z
However, today’s GC contenders will be looking for a shot at glory and defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is arguably the standout favourite. On a course like this, which is suitable for off-road use, the Dane will try to make a name for himself in front of the mountains. He’ll also likely use his teammate Dylan van Baarle as a point of reference, another great time trialist (and former Dutch champion in 2018) who has just started his TT. Vingegaard’s starting time: 1545.
2023-06-07T11:54:28.616Z
Other top time trial specialists include former hour record holder Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny), multiple U-23 World Champion Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) and reigning USA TT National Champion Lawson Craddock (Jayco-AIUIa)…it’s one long time list.
2023-06-07T11:51:21.842Z
At the other end of the spectrum, today’s stage offers both specialist time trialists and GC contenders a chance to shine. Of the former, Rémi Cavagna (Soudal-QuickStep), aka ‘the TGV of Clermont Ferrand’, is one of the top favorites – and if he wins as a Frenchman, cycling statisticians would scurry to the history books to find out when The Dauphiné last had four French winners of the first four stages. (Hint: it’s been a hell of a long time).
2023-06-07T11:45:11.120Z
Stage 4 is now underway as Donovan Gondin (Arkéa-Samsic) starts. As the king of the mountains on a day when there are no KO points, the main thing for him today will probably be to get from A to B upright and without falling or having an accident.
2023-06-07T11:42:37.764Z
Yesterday’s race was marked by the post-stage relegation of sprinters Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AIUIa), who finished second and third, but were subsequently demoted to 33rd and 34th respectively. You can find out why this is so here:
Groenewegen, Bennett cleared for deviation in the Critérium du Dauphiné sprint
2023-06-07T11:39:33.521Z
There are 140 riders on the grid today following the retirement of Andrey Zeits (Astana Qazaqstan) in the first and biggest accident in a string of late crashes on Tuesday, although teams still have time to announce a late DNS.
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Here’s a breakdown of what drivers are facing today:
Stage 4 of the 2023 Criterium du Dauphiné is a 31.1-kilometer individual time trial from Cours to Belmont-de-la-Loire and a crunch test that can be broken down into four sections. It starts straight off with a short, not too hard 2.2km climb, then there is a long gentle descent, then a 10km stretch of hilly terrain and finally 12km of very slow but steady uphill to the finish . It won’t be easy to calculate your effort with such a mix of climbs, and whoever tops the list of results at the end of the day will likely be the first clear GC contender.
2023-06-07T11:37:03.200Z
After this journey into cycling’s past, there are five minutes left before the race begins.
2023-06-07T11:36:20.417Z
The third stage on Tuesday was characterized by France clinching their third consecutive victory at the Dauphine in just a few days. Stage one winner Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) claimed his second win of the 2023 race, 24 hours after the triumph of compatriot Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep). Prologues aside, this is the first time since 1958, when Francis Pipelin, Camille Le Menn and Jean Lerda won Stages 1, 2 and 3 that the host country has managed a hat-trick in opening the Dauphiné stages. The home run The success was only broken on the fourth stage from Gap to Uriage when Pierre Polo of Italy finished first. Incidentally, this was Polo’s second Dauphine stage win after one in 1956 and one of only three in his career. However, in that year’s race he finished fourth and was won by Louis Rotollan of France.
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And here’s a quick look at the current state of GC: Expect changes by the end of the day…
(Image credit: FirstCycling) 2023-06-07T11:23:03.397Z
Before we start the day’s race, which begins at 1:41 p.m. local time when mountains classification leader Donovan Grondin (Arkea-Samsic) rolls down the starting ramp, here’s a quick recap of what happened yesterday:
Critérium du Dauphiné: Christophe Laporte wins stage 3 while Bennett, Groenewegen dismounts
Christophe Laporte wins stage three of the Critérium du Dauphiné (Credit: Getty) 2023-06-07T11:13:19.287Z
It’s the first major GC day of the 2023 Critérium du Dauphiné, a midweek time trial ahead of the key mountain stages on Saturday and Sunday.
2023-06-07T09:30:03.307Z
Hello and welcome to Cycllingnews’ live coverage of Stage 4 of the 2023 Critérium du Dauphiné