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2020 Critérium du Dauphiné, 2020 Tour de France, Features, Opinion and analysis, Racing - August 18, 2020

More questions than answers: What we learned from the Critérium du Dauphiné

The Critérium du Dauphiné has a long and cherished history of offering an illuminating look at cycling’s biggest names just before its biggest race. The Dauphiné’s spot on the calendar, its route, and its prestige make it a great source of insight into where things stand for riders across the peloton as the Tour de …

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After a string of horror crashes, riders protest over safety

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The resumption of the cycling season has seen chaotic racing, an upended Ineos hegemony, and eager anticipation for the competition to come. But over the past fortnight, there’s been one other constant: crashes. Fabio Jakobsen faces a long road back to health after suffering major injuries in a Tour of Poland sprint crash. His teammate, …

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Primoz Roglic abandons Criterium du Dauphiné

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Race leader Primoz Roglic won’t take the start in the fifth and final stage of the Criterium du Dauphiné. The Slovenian Jumbo-Visma captain wore the yellow since stage two but suffers too much from a crash on Saturday. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) is now the new race leader. Team Jumbo-Visma team communicated on Twitter: “As a …

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Egan Bernal abandons Criterium du Dauphiné

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Egan Bernal will not take the start of the fourth stage of the Criterium du Dauphiné. Team Ineos didn’t elaborate on the reasons why the Tour de France winner of 2019 had to abandon but France TV quoted Geraint Thomas as saying his Colombian teammate had back pain. Bernal started his post-COVID season with a …

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Photo gallery: A hellish hailstorm at the Dauphiné

The second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné hit many of the familiar beats of this strange season: a furiously contested day’s racing, the intrigue of a Team Ineos apparently on the decline, and a rider in the colours of Jumbo-Visma winning the day, just as has been the case on seven occasions this August …

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More questions than answers: What we learned from the Critérium du Dauphiné

After a string of horror crashes, riders protest over safety

Primoz Roglic abandons Criterium du Dauphiné

Egan Bernal abandons Criterium du Dauphiné

Photo gallery: A hellish hailstorm at the Dauphiné

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