Results Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 | Pogacar dominates with three stages and GC victory, Martinez claims final stage
CyclingMonday, 16 June 2025 at 09:11
Since normalizing high-altitude training camps, the Critérium du Dauphiné has been considered the ultimate warm-up race for the Tour de France. This is also the case in 2025, with last year's top three finishers in the Tour de France among the participants. IDLProCycling.com outlines the possible scenarios for you!
Of course, the Dauphiné has a long history. Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain, and Lance Armstrong all won it in the years they also won the Tour, and Sky also made it a tradition to use the Dauphiné as a benchmark for the all-important month of July in cycling.
Interesting fact: Tadej Pogacar hasn't won this race yet. The Slovenian rider has only competed once, in 2020. He finished fourth in the GC but won the Tour shortly afterward. Jonas Vingegaard won the race once in 2023. Last year, as in 2022, the victory went to Primoz Roglic, who will not compete this season.
Latest winners Critérium du Dauphiné
2024 Primoz Roglic
2023 Jonas Vingegaard
2022 Primoz Roglic
2021 Richie Porte
2020 Daniel Felipe Martínez
2019 Jakob Fuglsang
2018 Geraint Thomas
2017 Jakob Fuglsang
2016 Chris Froome
2015 Chris Froome
2023 Jonas Vingegaard
2022 Primoz Roglic
2021 Richie Porte
2020 Daniel Felipe Martínez
2019 Jakob Fuglsang
2018 Geraint Thomas
2017 Jakob Fuglsang
2016 Chris Froome
2015 Chris Froome
Course, favorites stage wins and times Critérium du Dauphiné 2025
Stage 1, Sunday, June 8: Domérat - Montluçon ( 195.8 km)
The Critérium du Dauphiné starts on Sunday, June 8, in Domerat. The first stage takes the peloton to Montlucon, where they will complete two local laps with some punchy climbs. The Cote de Domerat (1.9 km at 4.0%) and Cote de Buffon (0.6 km at 8.6%) could theoretically exhaust the fast men.
Winner
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
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Stage 2, Monday, June 9: Prémilhat - Issoire (204.6 km)
Stage two of the Critérium du Dauphiné is similar to stage one. We start in Prémilhat and arrive in Issoire after 205 kilometers of racing. Five kilometers from the finish, there is another little climb that could once again disrupt the peloton.
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Stage 3, Tuesday, June 10: Brioude - Charantonnay (207.2 km)
Every year, the A.S.O. chooses to give those who like to attack a chance in the Critérium du Dauphiné; this third stage seems to lend itself to that. It goes up and down constantly, especially in the first half of the race, which, combined with its length of 207 kilometers, could be a good day for the baroudeurs.
Winner
Iván Romeo (Movistar)
Iván Romeo (Movistar)
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Stage 4, Wednesday, June 11: Charmes-sur-Rhône - Saint-Péray (time trial, 17.4 km)
On day four, the program includes an individual time trial of 17.4 kilometers. Along the way, the riders have to overcome a tricky climb of almost two kilometers at more than eight percent, which could be crucial for the day's result.
Winner
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)
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Stage 5, Thursday, June 12: Saint-Priest - Mâcon (183 km)
Stage five takes the riders from Saint-Priest to Macon and has been classified as hilly. It could go either way between the time trial and the mountain stages: either we see a sprint, or the attackers seize their chance once again.
Winner
Jake Stewart (Israel-Premier Tech)
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Stage 6, Friday, June 13: Valserhône - Combloux (126.6 km)
On Friday, we head into the mountains. Between Valserhone and Comboux, a stage of just 126.7 kilometers is scheduled, in which the riders will have to tackle several steep climbs. The final climb can be divided into two parts: first, the Cote de Domancy, which is 2.4 kilometers at 8.6 percent, and then the Col de Cry, 2.7 kilometers at 8.2 percent.
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Stage 7, Saturday, June 14: Grand-Aigueblanche - Valmeinier 1800 (131.6 km)
Ooh la la, what a ride this will be! We start with the Madeleine (24.6 kilometers at 6.2 percent), then continue to the Croix de Fer (22.4 kilometers at 6.9 percent), and finally, the climb to Valmenier 1800 (16.5 kilometers at 7.6 percent) awaits us. No further explanation is needed.
Winner
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates-XRG)
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates-XRG)
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Stage 8, Sunday, June 15: Val-d'Arc - Val-Cenis, Plateau du Mont-Cenis (133.3 km)
For the third day in a row, the organizers have chosen a mountain stage of approximately 130 kilometers. This time, the altitude will rise from 315 to 2097 meters, with the finish on the Val-Cenis plateau. This five-kilometer-long plateau follows the climb of Mont-Cenis, which is 9.6 kilometers long with an average gradient of 6.9 percent.
Winner
Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)
Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious)
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Latest Comments
- Maybe I was a bit disrespectful to Heiden. What he did was unique and exceptional but he wasn't the only one who combined those distances, nowadays it is just not possible and nobody competes in both distances. The same is true for cycling with for example the combination of Roubaix and de Tour de France. In Merckx era there were more riders who managed a top10 in both races than currently.Joostmehrtens19-06-2025
- Two old men shouting at pigeons in the park…JonS16-06-2025
- Out of touch old men hankering after their youth through rose tinted spectacles, their arrogance almost outshines their irrelevance. Turn the volume down, this modern stuff just isn't music like we used to sing...johnny20whales16-06-2025
- In talking speed skating, the days when Heiden did that, nobody else did that. And Eddy couldn't do the equivalent of the bike. His 200 on the velodrome was good, but not world competitive for gold. Heiden was in his own world on the ice, moreso than Eddy if we pretend Eric didn't have a very short career on the ice.Veganpotter16-06-2025
- They wouldn't have dropped HIM so easily.... the GOAT. They would have dropped the rest from that era easily thoughVeganpotter16-06-2025
- Merckx was able to win in a break away on a flat (sprinters) stage, what do you mean they did not drop that easily in his time. Vlaeminck won in the mountains and the classics, but now you need to specialise. The days that a Eric Heiden could win the sprint and the 10k and everything in between are long gone and cycljng is no differentJoostmehrtens16-06-2025
- Carsapaz and Del torro were not capable of chasing Yates. They paused and looked at each other because they didn't have it in them. Yates had kept his powder dry waiting for this stage and demolished both of them. They lost Yates won. Your second guessing is utter nonsense., if either felt they could close Yates down they would have , just like they did countless times for other riders. They blew up , Yates excelled.Uphillbilly05-06-2025
- Carapaz is full of it. He is absolutely irrelevant after a rant at del Toro. Isaac had no obligations to do anything for Carapaz. It should remind one of the saying that goes lke this: "If I jump off the bridge, are you going to jump too?" If Caapaz wanted to win the Giro he should have chased Yates with or without Isaac. And if del Toro could follow, then so be it. But it was Carapaz's choice to slow down and stare at Isaac. Isaac was on the radio at times and you can bet he was being told by the Team car to do just what he was doing. Did I like that he didn't set out after Yates himself, NO. But the 21 year old was probably being instructed to do what he did, otherwise you can bet we would have heard from UAE mgmt. that Isaac chose to ignore their orders. But what we did hear was they were happy with his result. Which I think was a terrible betrayal of their young rider, who I think was capable of more than that penultimate stage showed. The Giro finished on a truly sour note as far as I'm concerned, because it was not "raced" The most crucial stage of the whole 21 stage race was simply given away, playing games with the unwritten rules of bicycle racing. "Leaders jerseys responsibility" and all that nonsense. Just RACE! It was disgraceful.
reemmo004-06-2025 - Well this aged like fine milkGlyn31-05-2025
- This is just mean-spirited.agnessk29-05-2025