Critérium du Dauphiné to hit the slopes on Stage 6

Richie Porte has overall leader Thomas De Gendt in his sights as the Critérium du Dauphiné gets ready to tilt upwards.

Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 6

The Critérium du Dauphiné reaches a new phase on Stage 6. Source: Getty

De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) finished in the bunch to retain his overall lead, although he expects it to be his last in yellow with the general classification battle about to come alive on the 145.5km stage from Parc des Oiseaux  to Villars-les-Dombes.

Porte (BMC) is in second place overall with a reasonable time gap to his key rivals, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) and Chris Froom (Sky) and it will be up to that trio to take the race to the BMC leader.

The stage could also be one where outside chances attempt to take something away from the race as the leading contenders mark each other, Esteban Chaves (Orica-Scott), Romain Bardet (AG2R) and Fabio Aru (Astana) among them.
 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 6
Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 6. Source: Supplied
On offer are three categorised climbs, but it's the 8.7km long Mont du Chat, with its 10.3 per cent average gradient, on which the GC riders will place their efforts, just 15km from the finish in La Motte-Servolex.

“It’s a super hard climb and quite a tricky descent into the finish. It’s going to be a solid stage," Porte said "Everyone is talking about the descent, but I think make it to the top of the climb first because it’s a really hard climb.

"I think it’s going to be quite tactical with the start tomorrow. Probably a bit like today, it’s a hard start as well. It’s going to be interesting."


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Published 9 June 2017 12:32pm
Updated 9 June 2017 12:39pm
By Cycling Central
Source: Cycling Central

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