The four Colombian cyclists competing in one more edition of the Criterium Dauphine They saved the first day of competition, being Santiago Umba (Astana) and Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain), the best placed on the opening day, which won Mads Pedersenfirst leader.
All quiet
“A brave Briton was encouraged by the first break of this edition, Mark Donovan (Q36.5 Pro Cycling), capable of going solo at the start against the entire world. He first crowned the Jenzat Mountains (4th), Gannat (3rd ), and Chouvigny (3rd) enough points to take the lead in the mountain for the first time. That was the explanation for their adventure,” said the AFP agency.
And he added: “The peloton, calm, convinced that the inevitable for the escapees would come in due time. 50 km from the finish line, already inside the Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule circuit, a town in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, The lead of the advance team did not exceed 2 minutes. Situation controlled by the Decathlon of the Irish Sam Bennett and the Lidl of the Dane Mads Pedersen, two of the sprinters who have dared with this mountainous Dauphiné.”
The Dauphiné will open the week this Monday with the presence of the mountain in the second stage, which will link Gannat with the Col de la Loge over 142 km.
Await the first of the 5 high finishes of this edition, this time with an ascent of 10.9 km at 3.6 percent that leads to the finish line
Classifications
Classifications
Stage
1. Mads Pedersen 4h 01m 30s
2. Sam Bennett MT
29. Aleksandr Vlasov mt
40. Carlos Rodríguez mt
51. Juan Ayuso mt
60. Santiago Umba mt
61. Santiago Buitrago mt
72. Primoz Roglic mt
73. Ivan Sosa mt
95. Harold Tejada mt
General
1. Mads Pedersen 4h 01m 02s
2. Sam Bennett at 4s
32. Aleksandr Vlasov at 10 s
42. Carlos Rodríguez mt
53. Juan Ayuso mt
62. Santiago Umba mt
63. Santiago Buitrago mt
74. Primoz Roglic mt
75. Ivan Sosa mt
96. Harold Tejada mt
99. Remco Evenepoel mt
