It’s hard to pick a winning moment as to review the startsheet before the race was to pick Primož Roglič and after a week’s racing the result now feels like an inevitable formality. But he did a great time trial to ride away from the other GC contenders, including thirty seconds on his team mate Jonas Vingegaard and this allowed him to be well clear of everyone. He didn’t defend but attacked come the mountains and on the last day only Vingegaard looked stronger and enjoyed a stage win for his support.
The Critérium du Dauphiné invites us gaze up from the road and to the Alps and their ridges and peaks, and then to look beyond and imagine what lies over the horizon: what will July look like?
