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Critérium du Dauphiné 2020


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https://www.criterium-du-dauphine.fr/en/

 

Exceptional list of riders taking to the startline:

 

GC battle is going to be HOT, with 5 out of the stages 5 having uphill finishes. Lotto Jumbo vs Ineos, and then enough other contenders to keep things very lively.

 

We will soon find out who has come out of lockdown with some climbing legs.

AG2R La Mondiale
Romain Bardet, Pierre Latour, Tony Gallopin, Benoît Cosnefroy, Mikaël Cherel, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Nans Peters

Astana Pro Team
Miguel Ángel López, Alexey Lutsenko, Luis León Sánchez, Gorka Izagirre, Omar Fraile, Merhawi Kudus, Nikita Stalnov

Bahrain McLaren
Mikel Landa, Dylan Teuns, Matej Mohoric, Pello Bilbao, Rafael Valls, Damiano Caruso, Sonny Colbrelli

BORA – hansgrohe
Peter Sagan, Emanuel Buchmann, Lennard Kämna, Daniel Oss, Felix Großschartner, Gregor Mühlberger, Andreas Schillinger

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Nicolas Edet, Guillaume Martin, Victor Lafay, Luis Ángel Maté, Anthony Perez, Pierre-Luc Périchon, Stéphane Rossetto

CCC Team
Michael Schär, Jan Hirt, Victor de la Parte, Pavel Kochetkov, Łukasz Wisniowski, Will Barta, Fausto Masnada

Deceuninck – Quick-Step
Julian Alaphilippe, Bob Jungels, Kasper Asgreen, Tim De Clercq, Mauri Vansevenant, Rémi Cavagna, James Knox

EF Pro Cycling
Rigoberto Uran, Daniel Felipe Martínez, Sergio Higuita, Hugh Carthy, Jens Keukeleire, Tejay van Garderen, Tanel Kangert

Groupama – FDJ
Thibaut Pinot, Stefan Küng, Valentin Madouas, Antoine Duchesne, Sébastien Reichenbach, Bruno Armirail, Matthieu Ladagnous

Israel Start-Up Nation
Daniel Martin, André Greipel, Hugo Hofstetter, Krists Neilands, Guy Niv, Nils Politt, Mads Würtz Schmidt

Jumbo – Visma
Primoz Roglic, Tom Dumoulin, Steven Kruijswijk, Robert Gesink, Wout Van Aert, Tony Martin, Sepp Kuss

Lotto Soudal
Thomas De Gendt, Carl Fredrik Hagen, Harm Vanhoucke, Jelle Wallays, Sander Armée, Rémy Mertz, Brent Van Moer

Mitchelton-Scott
Adam Yates, Brent Bookwalter, Jack Haig, Daryl Impey, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Damien Howson, Nick Schultz

Movistar Team
Enric Mas, Marc Soler, Alejandro Valverde, José Joaquin Rojas, Carlos Verona, Antonio Pedrero, Nelson Oliveira

NTT Pro Cycling
Roman Kreuziger, Domenico Pozzovivo, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Michael Valgren, Louis Meintjes, Michael Gogl, Ben O’Connor

Team Ineos
Chris Froome, Egan Bernal, Geraint Thomas, Jonathan Castroviejo, Pavel Sivakov, Dylan van Baarle, Michal Kwiatkowski

Team Sunweb
Tiesj Benoot, Søren Kragh Andersen, Nicolas Roche, Marc Hirschi, Jasha Sütterlin, Mark Donovan, Nikias Arndt

Trek – Segafredo
Richie Porte, Pieter Weening, Michel Ries, Niklas Eg, Kenny Elissonde, Juan Pedro López, Toms Skujins

UAE-Team Emirates
Tadej Pogacar, Davide Formolo, Alexander Kristoff, David de la Cruz, Jan Polanc, Sven Erik Bystrøm, Vegard Stake Laengen

ProTeams

Arkéa Samsic
Nairo Quintana, Warren Barguil, Maxime Bouet, Dayer Quintana, Diego Rosa, Winner Anacona, Clément Russo

B&B Hotels – Vital Concept p/b KTM
Pierre Rolland, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Cyril Gautier, Quentin Pacher, Maxime Chevalier, Arnaud Courteille, Sebastian Schönberger

Circus – Wanty Gobert
Jan Bakelants, Xandro Meurisse, Quinten Hermans, Fabien Doubey, Thomas Degand, Alexander Evans, Jeremy Bellicaud

Team Total Direct Energie
Romain Sicard, Niccolò Bonifazio, Rein Taaramäe, Jérôme Cousin, Fabien Grellier, Geoffrey Soupe, Mathieu Burgaudeau

 
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Today's stage:

 

Sprint points within 38km from the start might have Bora at the front trying to keep things together for Sagan. Breakaway might only get a chance to establish itself thereafter.

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Why is James Knox in bold?

I'm giving him an outside shot at causing some ruffled feathers in GC...;) He did a decent ride at Vuelta 2019, so I keen to see if he can build on that.

 

I doubt JA is a real GC contender for DQS, the other teams won't make the same mistake twice... or would they...?

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Why is James Knox in bold?

 

 

I'm giving him an outside shot at causing some ruffled feathers in GC... ;) He did a decent ride at Vuelta 2019, so I keen to see if he can build on that.

 

I doubt JA is a real GC contender for DQS, the other teams won't make the same mistake twice... or would they...?

You can easily highlight another 10 to 20 riders in there as strong riders who can shake things up. I just highlighted the guys that my gut said could be worth taking note of. 

 

But as things typically go, I will have none of the stage winners highlighted and just two out of the final top 10. Which is why we love sport, it surprises.

 

This course doesn't suit WvA, but watch how he finds a way to surprise us all, unless of course if he is on strict team duties for Roglic.

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I'm giving him an outside shot at causing some ruffled feathers in GC... ;) He did a decent ride at Vuelta 2019, so I keen to see if he can build on that.

 

Yeah, but wasn't his high overall placing at the Vuelta due to being in the break on Stage 16?

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Yeah, but wasn't his high overall placing at the Vuelta due to being in the break on Stage 16?

Fair point.

 

Bob Jungels placed in the top 10 at the 2016 and 2017 Giro and nothing of note thereafter.

 

Do we think DQS will target GC with one of their other riders or target stage wins? More likely the latter?

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Fair point.

 

Bob Jungels placed in the top 10 at the 2016 and 2017 Giro and nothing of note thereafter.

 

Do we think DQS will target GC with one of their other riders or target stage wins? More likely the latter?

Their squad looks like stage win hunters to me.

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What do you guys reckon for a Top 5?

 

Roglic

Bernal

Pogacar

Quintana

TommyD

Pretty realistic I reckon. Don't ask me to put a number behind each name though.
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