2022 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 1 Results & Recap
Stage 1 of the 2022 Critérium du Dauphiné is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Van Aert wins opening stage of Critérium du Dauphiné
Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) took the opening stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné today after handily coming around Ethan Hayter (Ineos) in a hectic finale into Beauchastel. Sean Quinn (EF Education Easypost) took third after a hard 197km stage 1 that featured enough climbing to drop sprinters Dylan Groenewegen (Team BikeExchange - Jayco) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious).
"Looking at the profile, we could expect a hard finale," van Aert said. "There were lots of teams interested in dropping sprinters. I was able to hang on and I felt good for the sprint so that’s really nice. On stages like today, I can already feel the good legs and that’s a pleasure. But you still have to beat guys like [Ethan] Hayter, who is doing really great this season. It was tough to pass him but in the end, I did it so I’m happy, furthermore since I’ve been working on my sprint recently because I didn’t have the best sensations in this area during the spring. The coming stages suit me quite well so we’ll try to defend the jersey if possible, and hopefully, I can hand it over to Primoz this weekend, but it’s a lot of hard stages coming, difficult to control."
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