2024 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 7 Results & Recap
Stage 7 of the 2024 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
Roglic takes two in a row
Marc Soler initiated the breakaway on the first climb of the day, and he headed out alone on the penultimate climb, the Col de La Ramaz. The GC riders caught him just two kilometres from the finish, and then it was the yellow jersey of Primoz Roglic who sprinted to his second stage win in a row.
There was a lot of movement from the start, but it’s was only on the Col des Saisies that the breakaway formed. The right move was made by Marc Soler, Davide Formolo and Lorenzo Fortunato. Nicolas Prodhomme and Darren Rafferty bridged across shortly after, while Kevin Geniets and Warren Barguil made the junction in the last part of the Saisies. Eventually, Mathis Le Berre, Koen Bouwman, and Guillaume Martin made it ten at the front just before the summit.
After a long chase, Mark Donovan also managed to catch up during the descent of the Côte d’Arâches.
Soler dropped his companions on the Col de La Ramaz and reached the summit 1'40" minutes ahead of the first chasers, Fortunato, Barguil, Rafferty, Bouwman, and Prodhomme. By then, the peloton was over five minutes in arrears.
The GC group closed in two minutes in the last seven kilometres of the finish climb. Remco Evenepoel lost contact, and the GC riders kept on pushing.
The lead of the soloist was down to one minute in the final three kilometres. It went down fast, and he was caught with over two minutes remaining.
The GC group remained together until Primoz Roglic sped up in the last 150 metres. Matteo Jorgenson followed his move, and that’s what it was – he followed. The yellow jersey took his second stage win in two days to extend his lead in the GC to over one minute. Jorgenson replaced Evenepoel as the runner-up, while Derek Gee moved up to third place.
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