The Netflix Tour de France series is out. It’s entertaining at times but don’t expect any great insights or art.
Warning: spoilers
The Moment The Critérium du Dauphiné Was Won
Normally these race reviews try to pick a defining moment when the race was won but this week saw Jonas Vingegaard dominate the Dauphiné, he was giving sprint lead outs one day, putting time into all his rivals the next in the TT, then taking the yellow jersey the next day and winning a mountain stage for good measure while in yellow.
Still for the sake of tradition let’s pick his win in Salins-les-Bains on Stage 5 where he followed Richard Carapaz up the last climb only for Carapaz to realise he just couldn’t sustain the effort, leaving Vingegaard alone and away for the stage win and yellow jersey. It wasn’t a vintage edition but a review and some thoughts all the same.
Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 8 Preview
They’ve saved the best for last with a course that’s as fun to ride on a summer’s day as it should be to race, or watch. There’s the Chartreuse trilogy and then the return of the Bastille above Grenoble.
Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 7 Preview
The race goes wild in the Alps with the first of two tough stages. Don’t miss the early start and finish.
We’re Not in Kansas Any More
The Critérium du Dauphiné goes to Salins today, a small spa town that’s seen better days. It’s a long way from the race’s traditional home of the Dauphiné, an old kingdom in the Alps. Seeing the race ranging so far has made a few people wonder about this race’s identity as one day it’s showcasing the volcanoes of the Auvergne, then it’s visiting a spa town in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Is it really a Critérium du Dauphiné?
Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 5 Preview
The Dauphiné goes as far from the original Dauphiné region as you can get with a trip to the spa town of Salins and with it, a tough late climb.
Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 3 Preview
The sprint stage of the race, it’s a crucial day for the likes of Sam Bennett and Dylan Groenewegen otherwise their week is reduced a mountain training camp.
Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 2 Preview
Another day, another lumpy stage with a hilly finishing circuit that will put some of the sprinters in trouble.