Critérium du Dauphiné
Stage 8: Val-d'Arc - Plateau du Mont-Cenis
France
Sunday 15 June 2025
133.8 km
Evenepoel finishes fourth at the Critérium du Dauphiné

Remco Evenepoel improved his result of last year at the Critérium du Dauphiné by three places, coming home fourth on the general classification after a strong and hard week of racing. The double Olympic Champion once again won the only individual time trial of the competition and enjoyed a two-day spell in the yellow jersey before the three mountain stages, where he did his best despite a crash on stage 5, whose effects could be seen on the ascents.
On the final stage, a 133.3km one comprising six climbs, including the brutal Mont-Cenis one, and 3500 vertical meters, Remco attacked twice: once on the last difficulty of the day, where he accelerated from the favourites’ group making a selection, followed by another move on the plateau leading to the line, where he dropped almost all those with him en route to fifth place – his sixth top ten finish of the week – a result that helped the Belgian seal his position in the overall standings.
“This final stage was another step forward. I underestimated the crash in which I was involved a couple of days a bit and also struggled with the allergies, which prevented me from being at my best for two days in a row, but today was a bit better, I had a good feeling, and that gives me a lot of confidence for the future.”
“In the next couple of weeks, I want to work on the tempo changes, because it’s something that isn’t in my nature, but I also need to improve on the climbs. There’s still some time until the Tour de France and we are confident we can be there with a good team and in better form”, said Remco after bringing home Soudal Quick-Step’s best result in eight years at the Dauphiné.
Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Lenny Martinez Bahrain - Victorious |
3:34:18 |
2 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:34 |
3 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
0:34 |
4 |
Matteo Jorgenson Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:40 |
5 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:40 |
6 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
0:45 |
7 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
0:47 |
8 |
Tobias Halland Johannessen Uno-X Mobility |
0:47 |
9 |
Ben Healy EF Education - EasyPost |
1:01 |
10 |
Sepp Kuss Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
1:01 |
21 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step |
3:18 |
67 |
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step |
16:14 |
108 |
Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step |
26:12 |
118 |
Maximilian Schachmann
Soudal Quick-Step |
27:20 |
DNF |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
-03:34:18 |
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
29:19:46 |
2 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:59 |
3 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
2:38 |
4 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
4:21 |
5 |
Tobias Halland Johannessen Uno-X Mobility |
6:12 |
6 |
Matteo Jorgenson Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
7:28 |
7 |
Enric Mas Nicolau Movistar Team |
7:57 |
8 |
Paul Seixas Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
8:25 |
9 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
8:57 |
10 |
Guillaume Martin Guyonnet Groupama - FDJ |
10:01 |
51 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step |
59:11 |
63 |
Maximilian Schachmann
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:08:28 |
64 |
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:08:53 |
122 |
Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:48:29 |
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
79 pt |
2 |
Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin - Deceuninck |
79 pt |
3 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
70 pt |
4 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
55 pt |
5 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
48 pt |
6 |
Jonathan Milan Lidl - Trek |
41 pt |
7 |
Axel Laurance INEOS Grenadiers |
36 pt |
8 |
Louis Barré Intermarché - Wanty |
33 pt |
9 |
Bastien Tronchon Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
32 pt |
10 |
Fred Wright Bahrain - Victorious |
32 pt |
1 |
Bruno Armirail Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
36 pt |
2 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
33 pt |
3 |
Sergio Higuita García XDS Astana Team |
27 pt |
4 |
Jonas Vingegaard Hansen Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
26 pt |
5 |
Lenny Martinez Bahrain - Victorious |
23 pt |
6 |
Juan Guillermo Martinez Huertas Team Picnic PostNL |
18 pt |
7 |
Romain Bardet Team Picnic PostNL |
16 pt |
8 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
15 pt |
9 |
Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin - Deceuninck |
14 pt |
10 |
Alex Baudin EF Education - EasyPost |
13 pt |
20 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
6 pt |
37 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
1 |
Florian Lipowitz Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe |
29:22:24 |
2 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:43 |
3 |
Paul Seixas Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
5:47 |
4 |
Carlos Rodríguez Cano INEOS Grenadiers |
6:19 |
5 |
Ben Tulett Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
10:30 |
6 |
Mathys Rondel Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
14:21 |
7 |
Lenny Martinez Bahrain - Victorious |
36:14 |
8 |
Louis Barré Intermarché - Wanty |
39:25 |
9 |
Ben Healy EF Education - EasyPost |
45:13 |
10 |
Iván Romeo Abad Movistar Team |
46:37 |
16 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre
Soudal Quick-Step |
56:33 |
42 |
Pepijn Reinderink
Soudal Quick-Step |
1:45:51 |
1 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 88:16:04 |
2 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 39:05 |
3 | Bahrain - Victorious | 49:21 |
4 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 51:22 |
5 | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 51:46 |
6 | Movistar Team | 54:57 |
7 | EF Education - EasyPost | 1:10:54 |
8 | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:16:28 |
9 | Groupama - FDJ | 1:17:29 |
10 | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:28:58 |