The British Jake Stewart offers himself the 5th stage in Mâcon in front of the French Axel Laurance, Remco Evenepoel still yellow jersey

As expected, everything was played in the last moments. Jake Stewart (Israel-Prime Tech) won the 5th stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, between Saint-Priest (Rhône) and Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire), Thursday, June 12, after a massive sprint, before the last three mountain stages. The Briton is ahead of the French Axel Laurance (ineos grenadiers) on arrival) and the Norwegian Soren Waerennskjold (UNO-X Mobility).

“It's not too bad for a massive sprint, At Source Axel Laurance on arrival. I felt super well all day. It was hard to manage, we wanted to accelerate, but with the heat, we got caught quickly. “

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The Belgian Remco Evenepoel, who was taken in a falling fall in the last kilometer, remains in yellow, after having recovered this tunic the day before during the time trial. To general, the German Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) retains its second place (+4 ''), while the Dutch Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) climbs in third place (+14 '') in front of the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike, +16 ''). The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) also grabbed a few places to position himself in seventh position (+38 '').

The stage was also marked by the big work carried out by three tricolor runners: Thibault Guernalec (Arkéa-B & B, +2'11 ''), Jordan Labrosse (Décathlon-AG2R, +5'03 '') and Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis, +3'07 ''). The three men lived the day for a long time, escaping at the top of the race from the start before being resumed in the last two kilometers. Proof of their good resistance, Benjamin Thomas won the price of the fighting spirit of the day.