Critérium du Dauphiné

Stage 2: Brassac-les-Mines - La Chaise-Dieu

FR France Monday 05 June 2023 167.3 km

Alaphilippe powers to victory at the Dauphiné

Alaphilippe powers to victory at the Dauphiné

Julian Alaphilippe was just unstoppable on stage two of the Critérium du Dauphiné, pouncing to an emphatic success in La Chaise-Dieu, a small town in the Haute-Loire department, which the peloton visited for the first time. By taking this win, Julian became the most successful active French rider at the World Tour race, with three stages and a KOM jersey to his name in seven participations.

There were plenty of hills on the road again at the Dauphiné Tuesday afternoon, four of which were classified, and Soudal Quick-Step was one of the only two teams to work behind the breakaway, which was easily reeled in with ten kilometers to go, on the Côte des Guêtes. Going over the top, a few riders tried to surprise the bunch with an all-out attack, but they too were caught before the last kilometer, which Julian entered seventh wheel.

The double World Champion raced smartly as things heated up, getting himself in a perfect slot and launching a devastating sprint 200 meters from the line down the center of the road just as the gradient stiffened. Alaphilippe easily came past Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), putting a bike length into his opponents, as he celebrated his 41st victory in the pro ranks and the team’s 26th success of the season.

“It wasn’t easy to take the win today, but it feels great to have done it. These past couple of months haven’t been easy, but I kept my passion and worked hard in the last couple of weeks, and now I’m delighted I could feel the taste of winning again. Coming into the race, my goal was to get a victory here, and now that I have accomplished that, I remain motivated for the rest of the week, as I want to give my best”, said Julian, who climbed to second overall. “My gesture when crossing the line was about staying calm. When it goes well, it goes well. When it doesn’t happen, you need to keep working hard, which I did.”

 

Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images

Race details

1 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
3:54:53
2 Richard Carapaz Montenegro
EF Education-EasyPost
0:00
3 Natnael Tesfatsion
Trek - Segafredo
0:00
4 Christophe Laporte
Jumbo-Visma
0:00
5 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
0:00
6 Robert Stannard
Alpecin-Deceuninck
0:00
7 Fred Wright
Bahrain - Victorious
0:00
8 Oscar Onley
Team DSM
0:00
9 Marco Brenner
Team DSM
0:00
10 Clément Champoussin
Team Arkéa Samsic
0:00
79 Florian Sénéchal
Soudal - Quick Step
0:25
81 Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step
0:25
96 Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step
1:31
104 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
2:29
105 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step
2:31
139 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
13:09
1 Christophe Laporte
Jumbo-Visma
7:38:13
2 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
0:00
3 Richard Carapaz Montenegro
EF Education-EasyPost
0:04
4 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
0:06
5 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
0:10
6 Robert Stannard
Alpecin-Deceuninck
0:10
7 Fred Wright
Bahrain - Victorious
0:10
8 Marco Brenner
Team DSM
0:10
9 Clément Champoussin
Team Arkéa Samsic
0:10
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen
TotalEnergies
0:10
56 Florian Sénéchal
Soudal - Quick Step
0:35
72 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
2:39
77 Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step
5:50
87 Rémi Cavagna
Soudal - Quick Step
7:51
89 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step
8:51
140 Dries Devenyns
Soudal - Quick Step
23:43
1 Christophe Laporte
Jumbo-Visma
43 pt
2 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
32 pt
3 Julian Alaphilippe
Soudal - Quick Step
25 pt
4 Richard Carapaz Montenegro
EF Education-EasyPost
22 pt
5 Robert Stannard
Alpecin-Deceuninck
22 pt
6 Fred Wright
Bahrain - Victorious
22 pt
7 Matteo Trentin
UAE Team Emirates
22 pt
8 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
20 pt
9 Natnael Tesfatsion
Trek - Segafredo
20 pt
10 Axel Zingle
Cofidis
18 pt
13 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
12 pt
1 Donavan Grondin
Team Arkéa Samsic
7 pt
2 Pierre Latour
TotalEnergies
3 pt
3 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
2 pt
4 Tobias Bayer
Alpecin-Deceuninck
1 pt
1 Rune Herregodts
Intermarché - Circus - Wanty
7:38:19
2 Maxim Van Gils
Lotto Dstny
0:04
3 Robert Stannard
Alpecin-Deceuninck
0:04
4 Fred Wright
Bahrain - Victorious
0:04
5 Marco Brenner
Team DSM
0:04
6 Clément Champoussin
Team Arkéa Samsic
0:04
7 Tobias Halland Johannessen
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
0:04
8 Oscar Onley
Team DSM
0:04
9 Carlos Rodríguez Cano
INEOS Grenadiers
0:04
10 Axel Zingle
Cofidis
0:04
24 Andrea Bagioli
Soudal - Quick Step
2:33
27 Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step
5:44
29 Mauri Vansevenant
Soudal - Quick Step
8:45
1 UAE Team Emirates 22:55:09
2 EF Education-EasyPost 0:00
3 Team DSM 0:00
4 INEOS Grenadiers 0:00
5 Cofidis 0:00
6 BORA - hansgrohe 0:20
7 Bahrain - Victorious 0:22
8 Alpecin-Deceuninck 0:22
9 Jumbo-Visma 0:22
10 TotalEnergies 0:22

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