Zimmermann won and Vingegaard took control before the final firestorm of the weekend

At the door of the demanding weekend in 75th edition of Critérium du Dauphiné, with the two decisive stages of the race and the two high mountain days, yesterday the race faced a moderate mountain stage, as a warm-up for the enormous challenge that awaits the runners. A day in which Dane Jonas Vingegaard started with the leader’s jersey with the premise that he would not be the one to attack, but the one whose legs gave out in the last meters, causing more than a hot flash in his main. rivals

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The movement of the runner Jumbo-Visma came to the decisive part of the last ascent of the day to Crest-Voland (2.4 kilometers at an average gradient of 7%). At the front, German Greg Zimmermann and French Mathieu Burgaudeau battled for partial stage wins, with Jonathan Castroviejo starting to bid farewell to what would have been his first consecutive victory – the ten wins he has in the stages against the clock– , after being the most generous rider among the thirteen with whom he had almost the entire escaped stage.

Of the fourteen, at the moment of truth, only three were left of the leader of the race, and the first to show that he was really going to the stage was Zimmermanwho attacked at the beginning of the last climb. castroviejo he was unable to follow him and Burgaudeau in a clean move managed to overtake the German on the horizon, but Zimmermann was undaunted and ended up winning the stage. “I can’t believe it. I know what the purpose is because I’ve found myself in this situation here during the Tour de l’Avenir in 2018 and the favorites passed me 200m from the finish line. But this time it happened, I’m very happy”, concluded Intermarche.

RANKINGS

6th Stage: Nantua-Crest-Voland, 170.2 km
1. G.Zimmermann (Germany/Inter.) 4h02’50”
2. M.ABurgaudeau (Fra/Total) at 1”
3. J.Castroviejo (ESP/Ineos) at 8”
4. G.Ciccone (Ita/Trek-Segafredo) at 48”
General
1. J.Vingegaard (Din/Jumbo) 21h06’41”
2. B.O’Connor (Aus/AG2R) at 1’10”
3. J. Alaphilippe (Fra/Soudal) at 1’23”
4. A.Yates (Gbr/UAE Team) at 1’26”

At 48 seconds came the big favorites, including the boss vingegaard controlling the situation.