Critérium du Dauphiné
Stage 6: Valserhône - Combloux
France
Friday 13 June 2025
139.1 km
Evenepoel fights hard on first Dauphiné summit

The first of the three crunch stages of this edition was also the shortest one of the week, just 127 kilometers from Valserhône to Combloux, but the presence of the Mont-Saxonnex, Domancy and Cry climbs promised to do some damage to the general classification led by Remco Evenepoel following his victory in the time trial.
The action kicked off more than 40 kilometers from the finish, on the steepest part of Mont-Saxonnex, where an injection of pace at the front of the peloton whittled it down to just ten riders, including the yellow jersey. In the valley, they were joined by others, and the group continued to travel at a high pace until the foot of Domancy, the short but gruelling ascent made famous by Bernard Hinault at the 1980 World Championships, when the Frenchman soloed to the rainbow jersey.
A separation was made there following an attack of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), who went on to take the victory, while Remco rode at his own pace in the scorching hot weather, without going into red, while trying to limit the losses as much as possible. Soudal Quick-Step’s 25-year-old concluded the stage in fifth place and is now fourth overall ahead of the race’s toughest stage, which has in store three classified climbs and more than 4000 vertical meters.
Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
2:59:46 |
2 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
1:01 |
3 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
1:22 |
4 |
Matteo Jorgenson Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
1:30 |
5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:50 |
6 |
Alex Baudin EF Education - EasyPost |
1:56 |
7 |
Tobias Halland Johannessen Uno-X Mobility |
2:03 |
8 |
Louis Barré Intermarché - Wanty |
2:04 |
9 |
Ben Tulett Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
2:04 |
10 |
Paul Seixas Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
2:04 |
75 |
Maximilian Schachmann
Soudal Quick-Step |
14:16 |
83 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step |
14:46 |
94 |
Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step |
18:16 |
115 |
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step |
19:37 |
130 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
20:46 |
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
21:35:08 |
2 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:43 |
3 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:54 |
4 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:22 |
5 |
Matteo Jorgenson Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
1:41 |
6 |
Eddie Dunbar Team Jayco AlUla |
2:28 |
7 |
Louis Barré Intermarché - Wanty |
2:39 |
8 |
Paul Seixas Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
2:49 |
9 |
Tobias Halland Johannessen Uno-X Mobility |
3:21 |
10 |
Ben Tulett Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
3:26 |
47 |
Maximilian Schachmann
Soudal Quick-Step |
15:48 |
81 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step |
23:29 |
99 |
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step |
28:37 |
127 |
Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step |
43:05 |
138 |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:05:38 |
1 |
Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin - Deceuninck |
69 pt |
2 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
54 pt |
3 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
46 pt |
4 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
43 pt |
5 |
Jake Stewart Israel - Premier Tech |
41 pt |
6 |
Jonathan Milan Lidl - Trek |
41 pt |
7 |
Axel Laurance INEOS Grenadiers |
36 pt |
8 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
34 pt |
9 |
Louis Barré Intermarché - Wanty |
33 pt |
10 |
Bastien Tronchon Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
32 pt |
1 |
Alex Baudin EF Education - EasyPost |
13 pt |
2 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
12 pt |
3 |
Paul Ourselin Cofidis |
12 pt |
4 |
Bruno Armirail Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
9 pt |
5 |
Louis Barré Intermarché - Wanty |
8 pt |
6 |
Michael Leonard INEOS Grenadiers |
8 pt |
7 |
Victor Guernalec |
6 pt |
8 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
6 pt |
9 |
Jordan Labrosse Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
5 pt |
10 |
Benjamin Thomas Cofidis |
5 pt |
1 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
21:36:02 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:28 |
3 |
Louis Barré Intermarché - Wanty |
1:45 |
4 |
Paul Seixas Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
1:55 |
5 |
Ben Tulett Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
2:32 |
6 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
2:46 |
7 |
Lenny Martinez Bahrain - Victorious |
3:08 |
8 |
Mathys Rondel Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
3:29 |
9 |
Alex Baudin EF Education - EasyPost |
9:21 |
10 |
Bastien Tronchon Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
12:31 |
26 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step |
22:35 |
43 |
Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step |
42:11 |
1 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 64:51:26 |
2 | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 9:04 |
3 | Bahrain - Victorious | 11:18 |
4 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 13:38 |
5 | EF Education - EasyPost | 17:51 |
6 | Movistar Team | 18:36 |
7 | Uno-X Mobility | 20:11 |
8 | Team Jayco AlUla | 21:03 |
9 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 21:11 |
10 | Team TotalEnergies | 21:49 |