DAUPHINE. After a final sprint, David Gaudu won the third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné at Chastreix-Sancy ahead of Wout van Aert who took the yellow jersey. Victor Lafay completes the podium.
At the end of a 169 kilometer long third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, David Gaudu won the stage ahead of Wout Van Aert and Victor Lafay after the final climb towards the finish in Chastreix-Sancy. The Groupama-FDJ rider beat the Belgian to the finish line. The stage was marked by a long breakaway of six riders then three with Jonas Wilsly (Uno-X), Pierre Rolland and Sebastian Schönberger (B&B-KTM). The three men were close to creating the feat where they were only caught four kilometers from the finish by the peloton. Here is the classification of the third stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné:
As for the jerseys, Alexis Vuillermoz (TotalEnergies) lost his yellow jersey by giving up the general classification to Wout Van Aert. The rider from the Jumbo-Visma formation is the new leader of the Critérium du Dauphiné ahead of the French David Gaudu and Victor Lafay. At the top of the best climber ranking since Sunday, Pierre Rolland has fulfilled his objective by keeping his polka dot jersey.
When does the 2022 edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné take place?
Traditionally scheduled a few weeks before the Tour de Francethe Critérium du Dauphiné is no exception to the rule in 2022 with a race that begins this Sunday, June 5 and ends on June 12, 2022.
What is the course of the Dauphiné?
Three summit finishes are offered to runners during the week, at Chastreix-Sancy from the third day, then Vaujany – after the ascent of the Galibier and the Croix-de-Fer, for what will be the queen stage and the formidable Solaison Tray (11.3 km at 9.2%) during the final weekend. The course :
What are the stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné?
Eight stages are on the program of the stage race counting for the UCI World Tour calendar between Issoire on
- Sunday June 5 – stage 1: La Voulte-sur-Rhône – Beauchastel, 191.8 km
- Monday, June 6 – stage 2: Saint-Péray – Brives-Charensac, 169.8 km
- Tuesday, June 7 – stage 3: Saint-Paulien – Chastreix-Sancy, 164 km
- Wednesday, June 8 – stage 4: Montbrison – La Bâtie d’Urfé, 31.9 km individual time trial
- Thursday, June 9 – stage 5: Thizy-les-Bourgs – Chaintré, 162.3 km
- Friday June 10 – stage 6: Shores – Gap, 196.4 km
- Saturday June 11 – stage 7: Saint-Chaffrey – Vaujany, 134.8 km
- Sunday June 12 – stage 8: Saint-Alban-Leysse – Plateau de Solaison, 139.2 km
On which TV channel is the Critérium du Dauphiné broadcast?
The stage race will be broadcast every day from 3 p.m. on France 3 (3rd stage at 12:30 p.m.) with the last kilometers and will be live on the France TV Sport site, but also on Eurosport.
What is the classification of the Critérium du Dauphiné 2022?
After his second place in the third stage, Wout Van Aert recovers the yellow jersey from Alexis Vuillermoz. Here is the full ranking:
- Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
- David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) at 6 seconds
- Victor Lafay (Cofidis) at 12 seconds
- Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 16 seconds
- Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar) at 16 seconds
- Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education – Easy Post) at 16 seconds
- Esteban Chaves (EF Education – Easy Post) at 16 seconds
- Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) at 16 seconds
- Steff Cras (Lotto-Soudal) at 16 seconds
- Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) at 16 seconds.