Tadej Pogacar won alone on the 6th stage in Combloux and finds the yellow jersey two days before

The cadors were expected. Tadej Pogacar responded. Slovenian, a runner of UAE Emirates-XRG won solo during the sixth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, 126.7 km long, between Valserhône (Ain) and Combloux (Haute-Savoie), Friday, June 13. After his victory in Montluçon during the first stage, Tadej Pogacar thus signed his second success on this edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné, and his ninth this year. He thus recovers the yellow jersey of the shoulders of Remco Evenepoel (Sudal Quick-Step), which falls in fourth place du Général (+1 '22') before the last two stages at high altitude.

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Author two days earlier of a counter-performance on the time trial finishing fourth at 49 seconds from Remco Evenepoel, the Slovenian preceded during this first mountain stage the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-lease a bike) (+1'01 “) and the German Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) (+1'22 '').

The Slovenian decided to attack in the Domancy coast, 7 kilometers from the finish. If Jonas Vingegaard tried to follow him, he quickly dropped the wheel of Tadej Pogacar, letting him go alone at full speed. “It was a very hot day, very difficult, but everything went well. I really felt very good when I attacked. I knew there was a fifteen minutes of effort. I had to attack. My legs were turning well, and I managed to keep the pace.” he congratulated himself.

The first Frenchman in the stage is Axel Baudin (+1'42 ''). The runner EF Education – Easypost finished in sixth place after having made a very beautiful step, he who was part of the 28th kilometer escape and who was one of the last to hold on with Michael Leonard (ineos grenadiers). The French even performs the double operation by seizing the jersey of the best climber at the end of the 6th stage.