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Tour of Romandie win is career-best title for Carlos Rodriguez through rain-slicked final stage

The winner of the Tour de Romandie, Carlos Rodriguez, right, from Spain of team Ineos Grenadier, celebrates on the podium after the fifth and final stage, a 150,8 km race between Vernier and Vernier at the 77th Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour Cycling race, in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

The winner of the Tour de Romandie, Carlos Rodriguez, right, from Spain of team Ineos Grenadier, crosses the finish line of the fifth and final stage, a 150,8 km race between Vernier and Vernier at the 77th Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour Cycling race, in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

The winner of the stage, Dorian Godon from France of team Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, crosses the finish line to win the fifth and final stage, a 150,8 km race between Vernier and Vernier at the 77th Tour de Romandie UCI World Tour Cycling race, in Vernier near Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

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VERNIER, Switzerland (AP) — Carlos Rodriguez protected his yellow jersey through a rain-soaked final stage Sunday to win the six-day Tour of Romandie for the biggest race victory of his career.

Four previous winners in the French-speaking region of Switzerland went on to win that season’s Tour de France, including Chris Froome in 2013. Rodriguez placed fifth in cycling’s marquee event last year and won a stage.

Rodriguez started Sunday’s flat stage that looped round the suburbs of Geneva — won in a sprint finish by Dorian Godon — with a seven-second lead he took by placing third in a mountain stage Saturday.

The 23-year-old Ineos Grenadiers rider kept that winning margin over runner-up Aleksandr Vlasov, the 2022 Romandie winner. Third-placed Florian Lipowitz was third, trailing Rodriquez by nine seconds.

Godon sealed his second stage win this week, edging Simone Consonni with Dion Smith third.

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Up and coming Spanish star Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) safely navigated wet conditions on the final stage of the Tour de Romandie on Sunday, holding onto the race leader’s yellow jersey in Vernier.

Winner of stage 14 of the Tour de France last year, Rodríguez’s success is the first general classification victory of his pro career and continues his evolution as one of Spain’s big hopes for the future.

He beat Aleksandr Vlasov by seven seconds overall, with another Bora-Hansgrohe rider Florian Lipowitz a further two seconds back in third.

Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step) and Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) rounded out the top five.

The final stage came down to a sprint taken by Frenchman Dorian Godon (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale), also winner of stage one. He put in a powerful sprint to blast home comfortably ahead of Simone Consonni (Lidl-Trek), Dion Smith (Intermarché-Wanty), Tim van Dijke (Visma Lease a Bike) and many others.

“After yesterday being in the breakaway I was tired,” Godon said. “And the weather today was not good for me, really. My team did incredible work. With about 500 meters to go I wasn’t near the front. I was a bit far back in that turn but I just came with the right speed.

“My form has been really good since the start of the season.”

A distant 70th in the short prologue on Tuesday, Rodríguez moved up the general classification with each passing stage. He jumped from 14th to fourth overall in the individual time trial on Friday, then vaulted into the race lead on Saturday with a strong ride on the mountain stage to Leysin.

Sunday was all about staying out of trouble, and the 23 year old did just that in wet, slippery conditions which saw several riders fall.

PODIUM!! Dion Smith sprints to 3rd place in the final stage of Tour de Romandie His first podium for Intermarché-Wanty #TDR2024 pic.twitter.com/81o2fHIxKG — Intermarché-Wanty (@IntermarcheW) April 28, 2024

Slippery when wet in Switzerland

Starting and finishing in two different locations in Vernier, the 150.8km stage was an undulating one, and took in four laps of a circuit which included the third category climb of Dardagny.

Several early attacks fired off but the day’s first significant move wasn’t established until 24km after the start when Rémi Cavagna (Movistar Team), Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost) and Alexandre Balmer (Swiss Cycling) went clear.

These were joined very soon afterwards by Marco Brenner (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) and together they stretched their lead to two minutes. Cavagna attacked the break with 46km remaining but Rafferty and Brenner got back up to him 15km later, only for the trio to be reabsorbed by the bunch with 28km left on the clock.

A number of unsuccessful attacks were fired off, including one by former race leader Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), who was trying to overcome his 27 second deficit to yellow.

Wet conditions were making things tricky on the descents and several riders fell in two incidents.

Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost) and Michael Hepburn (Team Jayco AlUla) made a joint bid for stage honours with 12km to go, but lasted just four kilometers out front. The sprinters’ teams were working hard to guarantee a group finish, with Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale nailing the finale and taking the win with Godon.

Rodríguez avoided trouble and sealed the overall victory, taking an important confidence booster.

“Winning like this gives a lot of motivation for the future. Now I take a bit of a break and prepare for the best possible for the Tour de France,” he said.

“The next race will be the Dauphiné. For the Tour, I want to feel better than last year. I am not sure what that will mean in terms of the result, but I want to leave the Tour knowing that I did my best, and to leave everything on the road on each stage.”

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France's Godon wins opening Tour de Romandie stage

Fribourg (Switzerland) (AFP) – French cyclist Dorian Godon won a sprint finish ahead of his Decathlon AG2R La Mondial team-mate Andrea Vendrame on the first stage of the Tour de Romandie in Switzerland on Wednesday.

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Godon, who came fourth in Tuesday's prologue, slipped through a gap to burst clear of the bunch in the closing metres of the hilly 165.7km stage from Chateau d'Oex to Fribourg and was followed closely by Vendrame.

Belgian rider Gianni Vermeersch of Alpecin-Deceuninck claimed third after an early six-man breakaway was swallowed up by the peloton on the last climb of the Arconciel.

Godon took over the race leader's jersey after picking up a time bonus that leaves him six seconds in front of Vermeersch. Julian Alaphilippe is nine seconds off the pace in third.

"We did a one-two with Andrea, and on top of the jersey, it's my first World Tour victory. I just had to be patient and I was rewarded," said Godon.

Thursday's second stage is a 171km run that finishes with a climb to Salvan/Les Marecottes in the Swiss Alps.

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Tour de Romandie: Ethan Hayter wins prologue

Dennis, Grossschartner fill out top 3

Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) won the prologue to take the first leader's jersey at the six-day Tour de Romandie. Hayter covered the 5.12km time trial route with a winning time of 5:52, finishing four seconds faster than runner-up Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma) and 10 seconds faster than Felix Großschartner (Bora-Hansgrohe) in third place, while Hayter's teammate Geraint Thomas finished in fourth.

"It was really nice. I had a couple of setbacks at the start of the year, and I've taken a break from racing, training hard, so to come back like this is nice," Hayter said. "[Geraint] did a really good time trial as well, and I think it is looking good for the week ahead. [The time trial] suited me, and I thought I'd give it a crack, and it worked out well."

The 712.3km route across the six days of racing includes 14,000 metres of elevation gain, a parcours well-suited to the climbers.

Hayter heads into stage 1's 178km race from La Grande Beroche to Romont with the leader's jersey as Ineos Grenadiers look to defend their overall title won by Thomas in 2021. Dennis trails in the general classification by four seconds, while Großschartner and Thomas trail by 10 seconds.

"I think orignially we thought these next couple of days could be quite good for me as well. I will just keep trying to win stages and the overall with the rest of the team," Hayter said.

How it unfolded

The Tour de Romandie kicked off with a 5.12km prologue that started at the Stade de la Tuilière in Lausanne. The pan-flat route resembled the shape of a dumbbell and between the two straightaways offered the riders short and somewhat technical loops. The first was located south of the start area that circled the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise before heading north for the second and final circuit around the La Blécherette airport and back to the finish.

Dario Lillo (Switzerland) was the first rider down the starting ramp. The faster early-starters included Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Matteo Sobrero (BikeExchange-Jayco), who finished at the same time of 6:05 minutes. Then it was Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), Mikkel Honoré (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) and Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates), all crossing the line at 6:06 minutes. All four riders pushed average speeds upwards of 50 kph.

Großschartner was the first to knock his teammate Schachmann and Sobrero out of the early hot seat with a time that was three seconds faster than the pair at 6:02.

His time held for a short while until Hayter passed through the intermediate time check nine seconds faster than Großschartner, and then pushed through a full 10 seconds faster with a time of 5:52, the first rider to cover the route in less than six minutes.

"I went out hard and pushed it through a few of the corners and took this last one at like 70 kilometres per hour," Hayter said directly following his time trial, stating Ineos Grenadiers' goals for the event "To win as many stages as possible and win the GC."

Australian champion Dennis crossed through the intermediate time check just three seconds slower than Hayter and slotted into second place at the finish line with a time of 5:56. The only other rider to break the six-minute mark.

Ineos Grenadiers' Thomas raced through the intermediate check just behind Hayter and Dennis; however, he finished a fraction of a second slower than Großschartner in fourth place.

"It was OK, a funny feeling, especially after Liège on Sunday. I felt OK, to be honest, I just went full gas and took the corners well. I felt that I lacked that little bit in the end, but I'm happy with it. I gave it everything. [My form] is a lot better than a couple of months ago, and I'm getting better all the time, so we will see how this week goes," Thomas said.

"Obviously, we will try and defend and try and win the race again. There are a lot of strong guys here, and we will see on the weekend, I think. I'm still on the way up, but we will give it a go. We've got a few other guys who could be in the mix as well. It should be a good week of racing."

Several of the event's overall general classification contenders finished further down in the time trial, with McNulty at 17 seconds down, Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 19 seconds back, Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën) at 20 seconds back. Bahrain Victorious riders Dylan Teuns and Gino Mader are 26 and 27 seconds down, respectively. A recent stage winner at the Tour of the Alps, Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), and Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) at 34 seconds back.

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Tour de Romandie 2024 stage 3: Start times Oron ITT

Stan Van Tricht is the first rider off the ramp at 14:24, while GC leader Thibau Nys will be the last rider to start at 17: 15 – both are local times (CEST).

Most important start times 14:24 – Stan Van Tricht 14:31 – Johan Price Pejtersen 14:34 – Brandon McNulty 14:43 – Nikias Arndt 14:50 – Josef Cerny

15:01 – Ethan Hayter 15:04 – Stefan de Bod 15:07 – Rémi Cavagna 15:09 – Jonathan Castroviejo 15:29 – Kasper Asgreen 15:30 – Nelson Oliveira 15:42 – Benjamin Thomas

16:00 – Magnus Sheffield 16:10 – Jan Tratnik 16:11 – Thymen Arensman 16:20 – Bruno Armirail 16:31 – Jan Christen 16:33 – Jai Hindley 16:37 – Richard Carapaz 16:41 – Egan Bernal 16:43 – David Gaudu 16:45 – Tao Geoghegan Hart 16:49 – Carlos Rodriguez 16:51 – Simon Yates 16:55 – Damiano Caruso 16:57 – Adam Yates

17:01 – Aleksandr Vlasov 17:03 – Juan Ayuso 17:05 – Lenny Martinez 17:07 – Enric Mas 17:09 – Ilan Van Wilder 17:11 – Luke Plapp 17:13 – Andrea Vendrame 17:15 – Thibau Nys

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Tour de Romandie: Carlos Rodríguez wins overall

D orion Godon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) took his second win of the week at the Tour de Romandie to round out the race with another triumph on a wet day out in Vernier.

The Frenchman outpaced Simone Consonni (Lidl-Trek) and Dion Smith (Intermarché-Wanty), going long to get the jump on his rivals in the reduced bunch finish.

After ascending to the race lead on Saturday's stage 4 to Leysin, Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) secured the overall victory to take the first stage race victory of his career. The Spaniard beat Bora-Hansgrohe Aleksandr Vlasov and Florian Lipowitz by seven and nine seconds respectively to seal the win.

The day was always likely to be one decided by the fast men, even with seven ascents of the 1.6km Dardagny climb lying in wait on the largely circuit-based final stage.

Attacks flew at the front after the break of the day was brought back inside the final 30km, but things came back together as the likes of UAE Team Emirates, Lidl-Trek, and Visma-Lease A Bike controlled the peloton for the final dash to the line.

In the end, the riders those teams had hoped to set up were caught behind as the final bend loomed, and it was instead Godon who launched himself from the front to take a largely uncontested win.

Further back in the 67-man group, Rodríguez crossed the line safely with the overall victory and the best young rider prize in the bag. Godon's win saw him overhaul Decathlon AG2R teammate Andrea Vendrame for the points jersey, while Juri Hollmann (Alpecin-Deceuninck) came away with the mountain classification win.

How it unfolded

The final stage of the 2024 Tour de Romandie would take the riders on a 151km route based on four laps of a hilly 35km circuit in Vernier. The main challenge of the day would be the 1.6km, 4% climb of Dardagny, coming three times during the stage, though nothing likely to trouble the main GC names – aside from potential time bonuses at the top of the general classification.

The day began with a strong breakaway going early as Rémi Cavagna (Movistar) jumped from the flag. He was quickly caught but was soon off again after 20km of racing. The Frenchman was joined in the attack by Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost), Marco Brenner (Tudor), and Alexandre Balmer (Swiss National Team).

Counter-attacks from Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) and Jan Tratnik (Visma-Lease A Bike) didn't disrupt the move, and so the quartet got away up the road with a gap of two minutes.

Behind them, Ineos Grenadiers kept things on a tight leash on behalf of new GC leader Carlos Rodríguez, while Lidl-Trek were also up there working to keep the time gap at two minutes.

It would be a hard task for the breakaway to stay away to the line with the fast men of the peloton keen to contest the final stage victory of the race, and so it proved as the peloton closed in to under 1:30 as the riders hit the final 60km.

Cavagna wouldn't be resigned to the breakaway's fate, however, and sought to push on alone. The 'TGV from Clermont-Ferrand' pushed on alone with 46km left to run, leaving his break mates behind as he went in search of a 14th career victory.

He'd be alone for 15km before Rafferty and Brenner came back up to him for the final ascent of Dardagny. There, Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) went on the attack from the peloton, causing a split as riders behind sought to shut things down.

The break would be brought back just inside the 30km to go mark, with Cavagna unsurprisingly being awarded the final combativity prize of the race for his efforts. More attacking came soon after, though, with former race leader Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) among those on the move, even if the move came to nought.

The final 20km saw Enzo Paleni (Groupama-FDJ) and Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) on the move, though the pair were unsuccessful in their efforts. Martin and Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost) would make moves inside the final 10km, but with Lidl-Trek taking charge for stage 2 winner Thibau Nys, it would all come down to the final sprint finish.

The sprint to the finish was a disorganised one, however, with Nys and several other key contenders caught too far back to affect things at the front.

In the end, it was Godon who had the perfect run around the final bend, accelerating away from his rivals to close out his Tour de Romandie with a second stage victory.

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GENERAL TIME CLASSIFICATION FROMAGE LE MARÉCHAL

The “ Fromage Le Maréchal” yellow jersey distinguishes the best placed rider in the individual general time classification. After each stage, this jersey is awarded to the rider at the head of the classification.

At one time, this jersey was green for the TdR. However, the yellow jersey has become the norm, except for the Giro d’Italia whose leader wears a pink jersey.

GENERAL POINTS CLASSIFICATION JOUEZSPORT!

The Loterie Romande “ JouezSport!” green jersey is a warded to the rider who has picked up the most points awarded for the intermediary sprints during the stage as well as those at the finish. It therefore rewards the best sprinter.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION FOR BEST CLIMBER Pick-e-Bike

The “ Pick-e-Bike” King of the Mountain jersey rewards the best climber in the peloton every day, namely the rider who has accumulated the most points during the King of the Mountain sections, which are given a certain number of points depending on their level of difficulty.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION FOR BEST YOUNG RIDER BANQUE DU LEMAN

The best young rider classification is reserved for riders aged under 25. The best ranked among them in the individual general time classification is the daily leader of the young riders and wears the “ Banque du Léman” jersey This jersey is therefore the equivalent of the yellow jersey but is only for young riders.

COMBATIVITY PRIZE PRODIS

This distinction, created in 1952 on the Tour de France, commends the greatest sporting moments in each stage. The Combativity Prize rewards the rider who distinguished themselves through their courage, their tireless effort and their team spirit. This prize highlights audacity and transcendence, and all the essential values that make cycling an exceptional sport. This “qualitative” prize is awarded after each stage by a jury of leading figures from the cycling world and the media.

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Criterium du Dauphine 2024 – Stage 2 Preview

We have the first of two uphill sprint finishes that can be hard to categorize. How difficult are they? How many riders will sprint for the win? Let’s try figuring it out.

2400 climbing meters more or less. Most of it towards the end.

The rides head southeast for most of the stage. Once they reach the finale, they head west.

24.9 km at 3.3%. It has two categorized climbs. The first being 7 km at 6%, that is usually too much for the sprinters. They reach a plateau with 17.5 km left and the next climb begins with 10.8 km left. It evens out, the two-percent-sector with 7 km left. Then, the last 3 km are merely 3.8%.

No rain expected. It is not the warmest of days either.

Here you have the wind for the last 25 km. A tailwind on the first climb should make it rather selective. But anyone hanging on there should be able to hang on for a long time, as the headwind on the second ramp will make it easier to sit on.

Juan Ayuso – he is quick on the line but I am not certain if he will sprint or not. We saw in Basque Country that he can be conservative when it comes to bunch sprints, so it is all about how thinned out the group will be. I can also imagine he has one eye on the time trial already. Still, the 2nd place result in a sprint in Tour de Romandie 2023 sticks to my mind. I think he can contest the top-5 but I think he may sit this one out.

Dorian Godon – this has become sort of his specialty. He loves a 4% sprint like few others (perhaps Mads Pedersen)… I actually think he can cling on tomorrow, as he already has some very strong results on similar difficulties this season, including top results in Catalunya and a stage win in Romandie.

Primoz Roglic – will he go for the sprint? You never really know. A few years ago, he would have started as the favorite but I don’t think that will be the case tomorrow. We have not had the chance to see his explosiveness on Bora-Hansgrohe, but I doubt it has disappeared during winter.

Remco Evenepoel – he has a good kick to him but he has talked himself down. I have not put my hopes up regarding him, I need to see him in the mountains to get a general idea of his current level.

Magnus Cort – the first half of the season has been filled with illness and injuries. His recent results in Tour of Norway gives me the feeling he is well on his way back and climbing well. His 11th on the toughest day to Gullingen is a clear sign that he will sprint for the win tomorrow. He also played lead-out man for Kristoff, meaning that he has come more to terms with bunch sprints. Tomorrow will be a reduced one.

Santiago Buitrago – he goes well in a sprint but I doubt it can become much more than a top-10 on these gradients.

Romain Gregoire – this is his territory. This is the finishes I’d expect him to be a name for the next ten years. His stage win in Basque Country was just the first of many WT wins coming to this young man. I’d expect him to fight for a top-3 tomorrow. But with Gaudu and Madouas on the team, who is their first choice?

Andreas Kron – with optimal preparation, he would be a genuine contender for a strong result. But 2024 has not been his year. A top-10.

Davide de Pretto – the young Italian goes well in this sorts of stages. Despite his small size, he does pack a fantastic sprint.

Mads Pedersen – I think this is too difficult for him.

I will go for Magnus Cort.

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Tour de France 2024 Rider Power Rankings

Less than a month out from the start of the men’s Tour de France, we ranked the top yellow jersey threats in the peloton.

This is the latest edition of Bicycling’ s Power Rankings for the 2024 Men’s Tour de France, where we rank the top contenders leading up to July’s race. This continuously updated list will give you an in-depth look at the riders that have the best shot to stand atop the podium at the end of the Tour—and how they’re performing in the races leading up to July.

These rankings will be constantly refreshed, so you can see who’s up and who’s down on the road to the 2024 Tour de France.

The 2024 Tour de France was expected to bring together the sport’s four best grand tour riders: Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), winner of the last two Tours de France; Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), winner of the 2020 and 2021 Tours de France and the recent Giro d’Italia; Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step), winner of the 2022 Vuelta a España; and Slovenia’s Primož Roglič (BORA-hansgrohe), a 3-time winner of the Vuelta and the champion at last year’s Giro d’Italia.

Each rider was taking a different route to the Tour de France, with each choosing to mix race days with extended periods of time spent at training camps. And while some of their paths crossed at select races throughout the first few months of the season, they weren’t expected to all race together until the Tour. For fans, it was a dream scenario.

But the dream became a nightmare in early-April after a scary, high-speed crash during Stage 4 of Spain’s Tour of the Basque Country took down several riders, including Vingegaard, Roglič, and Evenepoel. Two of them–Vingegaard and Evenepoel–suffered serious injuries, and all of them had their Tour preparations interrupted.

That was almost eight weeks ago, and they’re all back on their bikes and training again. But with the Tour de France beginning in Florence, Italy just four weeks from Saturday, one big question still remains: Will Vingegaard–who suffered the worst injuries of the three–be on the starting line, and if he is will he have the form he needs to defend his title? This storyline is the one we’ll be watching the most in the month leading up to the start of the Tour, but it’s not the only one.

We’re also excited to see if Pogačar can become the first rider since 1998 to win the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France in the same season (spoiler alert: we think he can). And last but definitely not least, we’re eager to learn which other contenders–if any–will be ready to challenge him.

So with four weeks left before the Tour’s “Grand Depart,” here’s our latest–and perhaps most optimistic–Tour de France contender Power Ranking.

Tadej Pogačar

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Previous Ranking : 1

Race Days : 31

Race Wins : 14

Best Result : 1st-place, General Classification - Giro d’Italia

Next Race: Tour de France, June 29-July 21

With about four weeks until the start of the Tour de France, there are still no questions about who the Tour’s top contender is. Pogačar just wrapped-up a three-week training camp in Italy. You may have heard it–it’s called the Giro d’Italia.

We’re kidding, right? Well, not really. Pog absolutely dominated the Italian grand tour, winning the maglia rosa by almost ten minutes over the next-closest rider on the Giro’s General Classification. Along the way he won six stages–finished second or third on three more–and won the Giro’s King of the Mountains prize. But more importantly, he finished the race healthy and reasonably fresh for a rider who just won a three-week grand tour. 

He only crashed once–near the end of Stage 2 when he flatted and his front wheel slipped out from him. It was a minor fall, and Pogačar quickly quickly got back on his bike and promptly won the stage. Otherwise, he escaped the race injury-free.

He also stayed healthy, which–considering the terrible weather that the race encountered at the beginning of the third week–was another blessing for the Slovenian. Staying safe and healthy during a three-week is often a greater challenge than overcoming the competition, and Pog came through that battle unscathed. 

And speaking of the competition, between a relatively gentle course and a rather weak (sorry, guys) start list, Pogačar was never really pushed to defend his lead. With the exception of the Giro’s two individual time trials, he basically won the race with a series of quick, uphill accelerations that no one else could follow. Then he simply rode a steady tempo to the finish line, extending his advantage as he pedaled. 

Pogačar’s near-perfect Giro–plus the fact that he raced minimally in the months before it–means that he probably ended the Giro stronger than he was when he started it. That’s bad news for the men he’ll be racing against at the Tour de France. 

With the Giro behind him, Pogačar will rest for a week and then head to a ski station in the French Alps for nineteen days of altitude training. He won’t race before the Tour de France, but with a grand tour in his legs, he doesn’t need to. 

At this rate, we’ll be eating some humble pie in late-July. At the beginning of the season, we didn’t have much faith in his chances of winning the Giro and the Tour in the same season. But given the way things are shaping up, now we’ll be more surprised if he doesn’t. 

Primož Roglič

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Previous Ranking : 2

Race Days : 11

Race Wins : 1

Best Result : 1st-place, Stage 1 - Tour of the Basque Country

Next Race : Critérium du Dauphiné, June 2-10

Roglič also went down in the crash that took out Vingegaard and Evenepoel, and like the other two, he abandoned the race immediately. But after a series of medical examinations, BORA-hansgrohe reported that the 34-year-old suffered no major injuries. Compared to the others, the Slovenian dodged bullet.

He was initially expected to take part in Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège last week, but the team changed plans to give him extra time to heal. That was a good call, as the weather in the Belgian Ardennes was atrocious that week, and the risk of getting sick or worse–another crash–just wasn’t worth it. In fact, he probably made more gains by training than he would have by racing. 

The Slovenian spent the past five weeks training–which was always the plan–and now he’s heading to the Critérium du Dauphiné–which starts this Sunday–for his last big test before the Tour de France.

The Dauphiné is essentially an 8-day mini-Tour de France with several stages that mimic key stages from the upcoming Tour. It’s also early enough in the month that riders have time for one more small block of training before the start of the Tour. That makes it a popular dress rehearsal for Tour contenders, and Roglič will be going head-to-head with several of his rivals. And it’s a race he knows well: he won it in 2022. 

That’s why anything worse than a top-5 finish would be bad news for the Slovenian. He doesn’t need to win it; after all, the Dauphiné ends four weeks before the start of the Tour, and he needs to be at his best in July not June. 

But a poor performance against many of the men he’ll be racing against at the Tour will raise some eyebrows, putting even more pressure on a 34-year-old rider who might be staring down his last reasonable chance to win the Tour de France. 

Remco Evenepoel

Previous Ranking : 3

Race Days : 17

Race Wins : 4

Best Result : 2nd place, General Classification - Paris-Nice

Another victim of the crash at the Tour of the Basque Country, Evenepoel broke his right clavicle and scapula in Spain and had surgery a few days later in Belgium to address the broken collarbone. The injury meant the Belgian missed a chance to become only the fourth rider to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège three years in a row. 

But his injuries have healed and he’s been on his bike for several weeks. He even attended a recent training camp with his team in Sierra Nevada. So he’s back on schedule in terms of his training for this summer’s Tour de France. 

This sets Evenepoel up for an important showdown with Roglič–and others–at the Critérium du Dauphiné–the Belgian’s last race before the Tour de France–and the pressure he’ll face there will be intense. 

The winner of the 2022 Vuelta a España, Evenepoel is Belgium’s best chance to win a Tour in several decades (a Belgian hasn’t won the Tour since 1976), so he already carries the weight of a nation of passionate cycling fans on his shoulders.

So there’s really no way for the 24-year-old to come out of the Dauphiné without facing even more pressure: if races well–let’s say, finishes on the podium–everyone will start talking about him as if he’s bound to win the Tour. But a bad Dauphiné will fire up the naysayers, putting the wrong kind of pressure on a rider who sometimes struggles to handle adversity. It’s an unenviable position, but that’s life as when you’re Belgium’s first grand tour winner since 1978. 

Egan Bernal and Carlos Rodriguez

Previous Rankings : 4 (Bernal) and 5 (Rodríguez)

Race Days : 28 (Bernal) and 24 (Rodríguez)

Race Wins : 0 (Bernal) and 2 (Rodríguez)

Best Result : 3rd place, General Classficiation - Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Bernal) and 1st-place, General Classification - Tour de Romandie (Rodríguez)

Next Race : Tour de France, June 29-July 21 (Bernal) and Critérium du Dauphiné, June 2-10 (Rodríguez) 

We’re hedging our bets with this one because–at the moment–we can’t find a reason to put one ahead of the other. But that could change after the Critérium du Dauphiné, which Rodríguez will be starting this weekend.

The Spaniard flew a bit under the radar at last year’s Dauphiné, but in hindsight he shouldn’t have: he finished ninth overall against some tough competition and won the white jersey as the race’s Best Young Rider. The then-22-year-old went on to finish fifth overall and win a stage at the Tour de France. Perhaps we should have seen it coming.

But Rodríguez won’t sneak up on anyone this year, and his performance will indicate if he’s ready to become a true Tour de France podium contender. If he is, he’ll likely bump Bernal–who last raced in late-April and is currently training in Colombia–down a notch in the team’s leadership hierarchy. And that might not be a bad thing: we like the chances of “Bernal the Dark Horse” better than those of “Bernal the Pre-Tour Podium Contender.” 

Jonas Vingegaard

Previous Ranking : Under Consideration

Race Days : 14

Race Wins : 7

Best Result : 1st-place, General Classification - Tirreno-Adriatico

Next Race : TBD

Given some recent news, we’re optimistically moving the Tour’s two-time defending champion back into our top-5—well, 6 if you consider the INEOS tandem above. 

One of the worst victims of the crash at the Tour of the Basque Country, Vingegaard lay motionless along the side of the road for a few minutes before finally being placed in an ambulance and taken to a local hospital, where tests revealed a broken collarbone and a few cracked ribs. Later the team shared that Vingegaard also suffered a pulmonary contusion and a collapsed lung. He stayed in the hospital for 12 days. 

At first, Visma-Lease a Bike wouldn’t discuss the Dane’s chances of racing the Tour de France. But now they are–albeit in uncertain terms–because Vingegaard is back on his bike and training. He was first spotted on a bike path in Denmark, and this week, he arrived in Tignes, France for altitude training camp.

At the Giro d’Italia last week, his team manager Richard Plugge confirmed that Vingegaard has indeed resumed training but would only head to the Tour if he is 100 percent ready to defend his title. And he didn’t sound as if the possibility of the Dane being ready in time was as far-fetched as it seemed a month ago.  

He won’t ride the Dauphiné, but his teammates racing it will meet him in Tignes afterwards. Things are clearly going better than they were in April for Vingegaard, and we think there’s about a 50% chance that he starts the Tour de France. 

Vingegaard started the season in dominating fashion. In fact, he was so strong that some wondered how he could possibly maintain such a high level of fitness all the way through the Tour. Assuming he’s able to get anywhere close to the form he had before the crash–and he starts the Tour–he’s good enough to break back into our Power Ranking. It’s an optimistic take, but we’re going with it–for now.

Under Consideration

If Vingegaard is ultimately unable to start the Tour de France, American Sepp Kuss (Visma Lease a Bike) –the winner of last year’s Vuelta a España–will likely lead the team instead. Kuss hasn’t raced since the Tour of the Basque Country, but he’s starting the Critérium du Dauphiné this Sunday. With three summit finishes to close out the race, it’s the perfect chance for Kuss to assert himself as a Tour de France contender.

Spain’s Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) is also riding the Dauphiné and likely racing to win it. The 21-year-old finished third at the 2022 Vuelta a España and is set to start his first Tour de France this summer. He’ll be riding in support of Pogačar, but the Spaniard could be a contender himself–both as a domestique (UAE put two riders on the podium last year) and as a back-up plan (should something happen to Pog).

Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) has been training since his last race, April’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The 31-year-old is racing the Tour de Suisse–which takes place one week after the Dauphiné–as his final race before the Tour. And he’ll be racing with a chip on his shoulder: the reigning Olympic champion was not selected to represent his country at the games this summer. Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers)–who won Stage 1 at the Giro d’Italia–was chosen instead.

Since getting hooked on pro cycling while watching Lance Armstrong win the 1993 U.S. Pro Championship in Philadelphia, longtime Bicycling contributor Whit Yost has raced on Belgian cobbles, helped build a European pro team, and piloted that team from Malaysia to Mont Ventoux as an assistant director sportif. These days, he lives with his wife and son in Pennsylvania, spending his days serving as an assistant middle school principal and his nights playing Dungeons & Dragons.

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