2022 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 2 Results & Recap
Stage 2 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
Vuillermoz wins stage 2
Alexis Vuillermoz (TotalEnergies) won today's stage of the Criterium du Dauphine out of the five-rider breakaway that spent most of the day up the road. It's the first win for the Frenchman since March 2019. The 33-year-old won the sprint ahead of Anders Skaarseth (Uno-X) and Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ) after 170km of hilly terrain.
"It’s incredible. After two years of struggles and a pelvic fracture, I could have stopped riding. But I still wanted to come back. I didn’t really believe in it today, but I saw the break was going and the team didn’t have anyone at the front, so I decided to follow because I was in a good position to do so. I wanted to enjoy myself and it paid off. It wasn’t always easy at the front as a lightweight, but I took my turns at the front. I thought we would get caught but we didn’t wait and see, we took our chance and we were right. When you’re at the front, you have to fight until the end.
It was a very long sprint, a bit scrappy. When Olivier [Le Gac] attacked, I didn’t think I would come back, but he faded a bit with 50m to go. I went after him and I was afraid someone else would come back from behind, but it worked out. I’ve never worn a distinctive jersey, it will be a bliss even though it may be difficult to keep it tomorrow with the Chastreix-Sancy finish."
Vuillermoz also takes over the yellow and blue leader jersey from Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma). He now leads by three seconds over Anders Skaarseth (Uno - X Pro Cycling Team) and an additional second ahead of Olivier Le Gac (Groupama - FDJ). Van Aert has dropped down to fourth at five seconds.
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