Relive the best moments of Stage 5 - Amplepuis / Saint-Priest, where won in front of and !
General ranking after today's stage:
1 - EVENEPOEL Remco
2 - ROGLIC Primoz
3 - JORGENSON Matteo
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General ranking after today's stage:
1 - EVENEPOEL Remco
2 - ROGLIC Primoz
3 - JORGENSON Matteo
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00:00 Remco Evenepoel lit the fuse and fired to a dominant time trial victory on Wednesday.
00:13 The Belgian started the weekend in yellow and intent on defending the jersey.
00:17 An early wake up call for day 5, the question was, sprint or break?
00:22 Stage 1's winner was in no doubt.
00:23 It will be a sprint, yes.
00:25 It's my last chance of winning a stage here so we have to make sure it's going to be a
00:31 sprint and we have other teams who are interested in doing the same so it has to be a sprint,
00:37 yes.
00:38 Sam Bennett though wasn't expecting much support against a break.
00:41 We can't afford to let a big group go up the road.
00:45 There's only two teams interested and there's so many other teams that want a break.
00:50 You never know.
00:51 I think they settled on it being a break and they're happy for it to be like a rest day
00:57 before the hard weekend.
01:00 Not a race to impact the GC.
01:02 Magnus Cornelissen and Fred Wright sharing their view on the day ahead.
01:06 I think it's quite open.
01:07 It is possible for the sprinters to control but we don't have many big sprinters so for
01:13 us we'll go out and look into the opportunity from the breakaway and we hope there's more
01:19 teams that want to do the same.
01:21 I think it's more the 20km before it.
01:25 More corners than we've had in the other stages.
01:27 A little bit more technical, a bit of tailwind so it's being in the front quite early over
01:33 the top of that last climb and then the rest we can work out.
01:41 The day's 167km route between Impelpuy and Saint-Priest will be ideal for attacks.
01:47 A hilly profile, it all depends on the breakaway.
01:50 If the peloton arrives at the line first, Pedersen-Bennett part 2 may be on show but
01:55 can their teams control for an entire day or will the escapades make it?
01:59 A day to remember.
02:08 No appetite it seemed for a major break.
02:10 Only three kicking on.
02:12 Mathis Lebert wanting to maintain his king of the mountain status.
02:16 The Arkea man followed by Tobias Beyer of Alpecin and Cornelissens Uno X team mate,
02:21 Adne Holter.
02:24 A four minute gap began to slide, much like Holter.
02:31 A crash forcing the Norwegian to change bike.
02:34 The leading duo though chose to wait for Holter, three better than two if they hope to hold
02:39 off the charge of the peloton.
02:42 No shock that it was Lidl Trek and Decathlon up front to keep them at arm's length.
02:47 The distance at two minutes as the trio reach the foot of the penultimate climb of the day,
02:52 the category 3 ascent up the Cote de Givaud.
02:56 At the summit, Lebert picking up two king of the mountain points to make it eight for
03:00 the day so far.
03:02 Relatively easy in defending the polka dot jersey.
03:06 The final 50k, one minute 25 the distance and soon enough two became one.
03:12 Holter dropped on the descent, either confident shots after the earlier crash or feeling the
03:16 pain, maybe both.
03:19 Not the only struggler, Lebert forced to unclip to keep his balance, the conditions making
03:24 a previously calm day into a hellish one.
03:31 A number of riders hitting the deck, including Nielsen Powles, seventh in the GC, the American
03:38 returned to the front of the peloton, at the head of the race Lebert nabbed the sole point
03:42 over the Cote de Bel Air with no chance for Bayer.
03:45 Holter back in the pack just before the race was neutralised on the descent, one rider
03:50 losing traction, enough to set bikes flying.
03:54 Oh, massive crash on the left hand side.
04:10 After time to survey the damage, Dauphine director Thierry Gauvenu making the big but
04:15 straightforward decision to neutralise.
04:17 No stage winner, the peloton riding the 20k to the finish, wondering who would be fit
04:22 for tomorrow's start line.
04:50 No stage winner, therefore no movement in the GC, Remco therefore retaining leadership
04:56 and the yellow jersey, if not in the manner he'd have wanted.
05:00 The green jersey remains on the shoulders of Primoz Rodklic.
05:04 Nine points collected means Lebert continues to be the best climber at this Dauphine ahead
05:09 of a busy weekend.
05:11 And Remco will once again loan his white jersey to Mathieu Jorgensen.
05:15 Proceeds the start of hostilities, stage 6 will pit the field against the Cote de Granier
05:20 before 11k and 8% over the Col de Dalvar, a brutal challenge after a torturous day.
05:28 the finish.
05:29 the finish.
05:30 the finish.
05:30 (dramatic music)
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