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2025-06-13T12:30:17.137Z
We’re currently powering along at an average speed of 48.5kmh. Riders beginning to get shelled at the back, including Mountains leader Paul Ourselin (Cofidis)
2025-06-13T12:28:16.392Z
A shot of the short-lived Van der Poel-inspired early break of the day
(Image credit: Getty Images)
2025-06-13T12:26:01.695Z
That early weather forecast of milder temperatures was not correct, by the way. According to the official website temperatures are now up to 32ºC at the front of the race.
2025-06-13T12:22:04.842Z
107 kilometres to go
2025-06-13T12:21:02.022Z
Attackers caught
2025-06-13T12:09:23.138Z
Five more riders get away, making it a six man group including Van der Poel. But they’ve only got 10 seconds at most. On a such a short stage like this one and with two really tough mountain stages to follow, everyone’s wanting a slice of glory.
2025-06-13T12:06:44.203Z
What’s in store today
Km 87.2 Climb: Cat.1 Côte de Mont-Saxonnex (5.5km at 8.6%)
2025-06-13T12:05:09.952Z
And green jersey Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is our first attacker of the day
2025-06-13T12:03:05.431Z
Non-starter
2025-06-13T12:01:45.287Z
A reminder of who’s on top of the different rankings:
General classification: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep)
Points: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
2025-06-13T12:01:12.295Z
And stage 6 of the 2025 Criterium du Dauphiné is officially underway,
only 126.7 kilometres to go…
2025-06-13T11:57:06.010Z
An interesting point from Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost), already in the breaks earlier on in the race and a ‘regionale de l’étape’.
🎙 « Les sensations sont bonnes, on va essayer de prendre l’échappée. Si Pogi s’énerve, il faut que l’échappée ait au moins 3 minutes. » – 🇫🇷 Alex Baudin🎙 “The legs feel good, we’ll try to get in the break. If Pogi wants to win, the break will need at least a 3-minute gap.” –… pic.twitter.com/NZxncImiOwJune 13, 2025
2025-06-13T11:53:33.152Z
The peloton is now riding in the neutralised zone. Racing to get underway soon
2025-06-13T11:45:34.226Z
A shot of Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) at the start. Rodríguez has barely figured on the radar so far, but he has serious stage racing credentials, won the final, very mountainous, leg of last year’s Dauphiné and is lying 1:39 down overall. Worth keeping an eye on, then.
(Image credit: Getty Images)
2025-06-13T11:38:27.868Z
Just 2,630 metres of vertical climbing today. That’s not a huge amount in comparison with the 4,800 metres in store for the peloton on Saturday, but the double whammy of Cat.2 climbs at the end will do some damage all the same.
2025-06-13T11:31:48.763Z
(Image credit: ASO)
2025-06-13T11:30:39.907Z
Here’s a map of what’s in store for the riders today. Most of it isn’t overly tough, although the Cat.1 ascent of Mont Saxonnex will be the first real climbing test of the day for the GC challengers. And the ascent in quick succession of the Cat.2 climbs of Domancy and Cote de la Cry, the latter being the summit finish at Combloux, could well see a GC battle unfold.
2025-06-13T11:26:34.438Z
Weather today is set to be sunny for the first part of the stage but not overly warm according to race organisers ASO, with temperatures peaking at 28ºC. Very little wind, just an easterly breeze of up to 6kmh. However, it could rain later on, which would undoubtably toughen up what is, at 127 kilometres, the shortest stage of the entire 2025 race.
2025-06-13T11:12:26.024Z
And if you want to catch up on a full report of stage 5, look no further than here:
Critérium du Dauphiné: Jake Stewart wins stage 5 as leader Remco Evenepoel involved in late spill
2025-06-13T11:09:30.613Z
Here’s a quick look back at the GC standings as we head into the first of three crunch stages of the race
(Image credit: FirstCycling)
2025-06-13T11:04:04.771Z
The stage gets underway with a short neutralised section, at 1350 CET with 2.7 kilometres for the riders to tackle before the actual race proper gets underway at 1400 CET.
2025-06-13T10:10:01.000Z
Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews live coverage of stage 6 of the Critérium du Dauphiné, the first of three crunch stages that will decide the final overall.