Criterium du Dauphine: GC Winner The new calendar make races look weird and so much different. Same for the Dauphine. Sprinters and time trial specialists can stay at home and go for other events. This one is for climbers and for climbers only. 5 stages only, 5 tough ones with 5 mountain top finishes! It`s the duel Jumbo vs Ineos round 2. First round Jumbo dominated with Dumoulin/Bennett/Kruijswijk easily being the superior domestiques for Roglic as Thomas/Froome/Castroviejo had been for Bernal. Only the two leaders were pretty similar strength wise. This time Ineos is adding Sivakov, Kwiatkowski and Van Baarle here. So basically their Tour squad with only Froome being the questionmark still. It would actually be a surprise if any other team can take the GC seeing their dominant line ups. Best chances maybe for Landa, Quintana, Buchmann, Porte, Pogacar due to individual skills to potentially mix it up with Uran, A.Yates/Haig, Bardet, Lopez, Martin, Pinot, D.Martin and one of Movistar/NTT being able to challenge.
Starting time (GMT): Aug 12 2020 09:00 Type: All vs. All Bids: 11 Outcome: ANOTHER RIDER