Update
2023-06-10T12:11:07.494Z
Ineos came to the fore on the Madeleine but happily took a back seat on the Mollard.
2023-06-10T12:10:03.188Z
Campenaerts holds its own on these gentle upper slopes of the Mollard. These climbs will suit his style, but again the group just rides at a steady pace with no one really slowing down.
2023-06-10T12:04:36.065Z
25.3 km to go
Charming gets caught. It’s called Campenaerts vs the Rest.
2023-06-10T12:03:06.095Z
Jumbo-Visma is now on the rise, approaching 90 seconds behind Campenaerts. They’re hot on Charmig’s heels now. The group may be smaller, but it’s still sizeable with 26 kilometers to go.
2023-06-10T11:59:56.716Z
Perez was caught by the peloton, who now want to catch up with Bayer. So now we only have two men ahead of us – Charamig by 30 seconds and Campenaerts by 1:45.
2023-06-10T11:58:44.234Z
In the middle chasing group, Charmig left Bayer and Perez behind.
2023-06-10T11:58:03.474Z
Four Jumbo Visma drivers at the top: Van Hooydonck, Van Baarle, Valter, Vingegaard. It looks like they have Benoot further down the group.
2023-06-10T11:53:54.061Z
Here you can find out what we are dealing with. The ascent becomes much gentler a few kilometers closer to the summit.
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30 km to go
10km to the top of the Col du Mollard and Campenaerts will take the lead in the mountains classification if he can stay in the lead all the way to the top. He has 1:25 in hand.
2023-06-10T11:48:51.432Z
Campenaerts plays at his own pace. He’s losing time but is still 1:30 ahead of the three pursuers, but the peloton is now only two minutes closer.
2023-06-10T11:45:37.307Z
Even more mountain fun
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Here is our sole leader on the mountain
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35 km to go
Thompson is being caught by the peloton so we now have an easier situation on the Col du Mollard…
– Campenaerts leads solo
– Perez, Charmig, Bayer are at 1:50
– Peloton is at 3 minutes
– Gruppetto (incl. Laporte, Bjerg, Burgaudeau) takes 11 minutes
2023-06-10T11:34:22.374Z
Jumbo-Visma are back at the front of the peloton, taking over from Ineos who dictated the madeleine.
2023-06-10T11:31:29.227Z
The Latour group is quite predictably caught up by the peloton, which is 3:30 behind Campenaerts as they reach the Mollard.
2023-06-10T11:30:36.851Z
37.5 km to go
The Col du Mollard begins. Campenaerts makes it with a two-minute lead over Perez, Charmig and Bayer.
2023-06-10T11:29:30.204Z
Pierre Latour, I’m not kidding you, went on the offensive again. He is just ahead of the field in a trio with teammate Alexis Vuillermoz and Arkea-Samsic’s Simon Gugliemi.
2023-06-10T11:24:53.826Z
On the valley road leading to our final climbs, Campenaerts pulls away from the rest at full speed. Perez is now back with Charmig and Bayer and they are 90 seconds down on our solo leader.
2023-06-10T11:23:57.719Z
That was Ineos on the Madeleine a little earlier
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Latour is back in the peloton. We were right all along – that’s the Pierre Latour thing anyway.
2023-06-10T11:14:25.784Z
We’ve come to the bottom of the descent and Campenaerts has lost some of their lead but is still 50 seconds ahead of Perez. Charmig and Bayer are at 1:10, while Thompson and Cavagna are at 1:50. Latour went through the groups.
2023-06-10T11:03:14.929Z
situation as it is
– Campenaerts
– Perez at 1:05
– Charmig and Bayer at 1:15
– Latour at 1:35
– Thompson and Cavagna at 2:00 p.m
– Peloton at 2:25
2023-06-10T11:01:34.211Z
Latour is now actually at the top of the mountains classification, but was left behind by Charmig and Bayer on this descent.
2023-06-10T11:01:10.272Z
KOM points at the Col de la Madeleine
1. Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny), 15 points
2. Anthony Perez (Cofidis), 12 pts
3. Pierre Latour (Total Energies), 10 points
4. Anthon Charmig (Uno X), 8 pts
5. Tobias Bayer (Alpecin Deceuninck), 6 pts
6. Rémi Cavagna (Soudal Quick-Step), 5 pts
7. Reuben Thompson (Groupama-FDJ), 4 points
8. Omar Fraile (Ineos Grenadiers), 3 pts
9. Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers), 2 pts
10. Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), 1 pt
2023-06-10T11:00:27.073Z
For those who are just joining, I’ll try to recap
After a quick start we had a group of four – Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny), Remi Cavagna (Soudal-QuickStep), Anthony Perez (Cofidis) and Madis Mihkels (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) – followed by a four-man chasing group – Anthon Charmig (Uno-X), Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Reuben Thompson (Groupama-FDJ) and Matteo Vercher (TotalEnergies) – and then the peloton.
On the Col de la Madeleine, Campenaerts dropped first Mihkels, then Cavagna and then Perez to lead alone by a minute over Perez. Cavagna, Mihkels, Thompson and Vercher then fell behind Charmig and Bayer, who were later joined by Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies), who attacked from within the group and used Vercher to cross.
Latour made his move just before Ineos came forward to set a high pace, thinning the group and reducing the gap to the breakaway to just 2:30.
2023-06-10T10:54:40.596Z
It’s a long descent now and we might see some lineup changes on the way down.
2023-06-10T10:51:58.262Z
The peloton is only 2:30 from Campenaerts as it goes over the top. Ineos took on the Madeleine, loosening up the group while taking advantage of the break. The stage winner today will certainly come from the GC group.
2023-06-10T10:50:38.697Z
Top of the Madeleine – 72 km to go
Campenaerts leads solo over the Col de la Madeleine on Stage 7 of the Dauphiné. What’s impressive is that he’s pulled out a one-minute lead on those upper slopes, with Perez his closest pursuer.
2023-06-10T10:48:30.086Z
Latour made it to the chasing group with Charmig and Bayer. Thompson was excluded from this group.
2023-06-10T10:41:39.916Z
And now Perez is distanced, leaving Campenaerts alone in the lead on the upper slopes of the Madeleine.
2023-06-10T10:35:22.553Z
Up front Cavagna is distanced by Campenaerts and Perez.
2023-06-10T10:34:40.044Z
Mihkels has also been dropped from the chasing group and will be back in the field shortly.
2023-06-10T10:29:30.216Z
Vercher fell off after helping Latour on his way. The Frenchman had some brief banter earlier on this live blog but he came within 2:20 of the leader of the race.
2023-06-10T10:28:28.322Z
Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) is among those who have now been dropped. He has already lost a lot of time on the 5th stage. Higher profile riders like David De La Cruz (Astana) and AG2R duo Nans Peters and Franck Bonnamour are also unable to keep up, which is an indication of the pace Ineos is setting.
2023-06-10T10:22:51.976Z
Former yellow jersey Mikkel Bjerg (UAE’s Team Emirates) is out as the peloton shrinks under pressure from Ineos.
2023-06-10T10:21:22.603Z
The Ineos Grenadiers take on the peloton
The gap to the leaders had shrunk back to over five minutes but is now closing again as the team of Egan Bernal, Dani Martinez and Carlos Rodriguez look to assert themselves on stage.
2023-06-10T10:19:48.335Z
Mihkels is eliminated from the leading group.
2023-06-10T10:09:50.024Z
More attacks from the group now halfway up the Col de la Madeleine, Simon Guglielmi (Arkéa Samsic), followed by Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) and Eduardo Sepulveda (Lotto-Dstny).
2023-06-10T10:05:03.710Z
Latour has another teammate in that chasing group, Vercher, who is now stepping back to help.
2023-06-10T09:58:44.348Z
Latour has pulled away from his spotted teammate Burgaudeau but is just ahead of the peloton. It’s classic Pierre Latour stuff.
2023-06-10T09:51:00.166Z
A few more – Kevin Geniets (Groupama-FDJ), James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost) and Gianmarco Garofoli (Astana Qazaqstana) – try to chase after them, but to no avail.
2023-06-10T09:50:10.312Z
Now we’re on the first HC climb of the Dauphiné and have some fresh attacks from the peloton. TotalEnergies is trying to go with a duo of Pierre Latour and Mathieu Burgaudeau.
2023-06-10T09:47:18.164Z
That’s what we’re dealing with.
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97 km to go
Anyway, we’re slowing down now as the riders reach the lower slopes of the Col de la Madeleine. The breakaway quartet (Campenaerts, Cavagna, Perez, Mihkels) has a 90 second lead over the four pursuers (Charmig, Bayer, Thompson, Vercher) and 5:30 over the peloton.
2023-06-10T09:44:34.058Z
50.7 km driven in the first hour. Rush.
2023-06-10T09:43:59.663Z
This was the breakaway group that had formed a little earlier.
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100 km to go
Almost time to move up and the top quartet has nearly five minutes for a peloton led by Jumbo-Visma. The four pursuers are in between, 90 seconds behind the leader of the race.
2023-06-10T09:29:29.624Z
The gap now increases to four minutes as we approach the Madeleine.
2023-06-10T09:22:22.738Z
The peloton allows the four leaders to extend their lead to almost three minutes. This quartet is still stuck in no man’s land at 45 seconds.
2023-06-10T09:17:39.836Z
The rising breakaway reaches the intermediate sprint at Grignon after 29km and it is Mihkels who is first at the finish line ahead of Campenaerts and Perez.
2023-06-10T09:16:40.474Z
The peloton has started to calm down, but not without a fresh wave of attacks that sent another group of four into a counterattack chase. It features Anthon Charmig (Uno-X), Tobias Bayer (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Reube Thompson (Groupama-FDJ) and Matteo Vercher (Total Energies).
2023-06-10T09:14:38.069Z
Finally we have a parade with some daylight and it consists of Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny), Remi Cavagna (Soudal-QuickStep), Anthony Perez (Cofidis) and Madis Mihkels (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty).
2023-06-10T09:02:04.006Z
128 km to go
In about 10km we have an intermediate sprint ahead of us, after that it’s about 20km to the foot of the Madeleine, who could act as judge and jury in this breakaway fight.
2023-06-10T09:00:33.867Z
But that’s no use.
2023-06-10T09:00:10.163Z
Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies), leader in the mountains classification and wearer of the polka-dot jersey, dares to take the latest step.
2023-06-10T08:56:39.635Z
Still fast and furious with no breakaway formed. At least we get to the mountains quickly and quickly.
2023-06-10T08:47:11.507Z
The appetite for the outlier is great. A fast start with a lot of attacks, but nothing stuck in the first kilometers.
2023-06-10T08:44:54.744Z
We’re off!
The riders reach kilometer zero, the flag is waved and the seventh stage of the Dauphiné is underway.
2023-06-10T08:42:59.033Z
We’re about to start, so now it’s time to catch up on yesterday’s action, including a Stage 6 report, the latest standings and lots of nice photos.
Critérium du Dauphiné: Zimmerman wins Stage 6 despite GC stalemate
2023-06-10T08:40:05.718Z
This is a crucial day in the fight for the overall title. The final stage tomorrow is tough and features some steep sections including the spectacular finish above Grenoble, but today’s stage hosts the bigger mountains.
After about 50 km on the flat, it first goes up to the Col de la Madeleine (25.1 km at 6.2%), then it goes to the lesser known Col du Mollard (18.5 km at 5.8%) and fast continue to the summit finish at the Col de la Croix de Fer (13.1 km at 6.2%).
That final climb doesn’t seem like much, but it’s sort of split in two, with a gentle initial section followed by a fairly violent final 5km.
2023-06-10T08:33:53.590Z
The riders have already rolled out and are currently working their way through the neutral zone before the actual stage begins.
2023-06-10T08:32:12.857Z
The starting line at Porte de Savoie was a little earlier here.
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Good morning! Today we have an early start on the Dauphiné and we have a monster stage ahead of us, with more than 4,000 meters of climbing, while the race in the Alps gets really serious.