The 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné pays homage to native French big name Romain Bardet (Staff Picnic PostNL) with a level 3 get started in his house the town of Brioude within the closing race of his street profession.
A winner closing 12 months of the hole level of the Excursion de France, Bardet, 34, is ready to retire from street racing and turn to gravel after collaborating within the Dauphiné this June. He gained a level of the Dauphiné again in 2015 and completed runner-up to Chris Froome in 2016 in the similar match. The Picnic-PostNL racer will obtain a distinct popularity in entrance of a house crowd on level 3 of the 2025 version.
All through its usually not easy eight-day direction, which runs from June 8-15, this 12 months’s Critérium du Dauphiné will act as a key pre-Excursion de France take a look at for favourites Tadej Pogačar (UAE Staff Emirates-XRG) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Hire a Motorbike) in addition to Belgian big name Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep).
Protecting champion Primoz Roglič (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) will nearly not at all participate, as he’ll be racing the Giro d’Italia, the three-week Grand Excursion finishing June 1.
The 2025 direction is significantly other to the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné in its first part. The contrasts get started with the a lot punchier opening leg from Domerat to Monluçon, that includes a minimum of seven class 4 climbs within the closing 80 kilometres.
There’s no repeat of the 2024 back-to-back class 3 summit finishes on level 2 and level 3, both. As an alternative past due minor climbs at the run-ins to Issoire and Charantonnay will most likely spark a struggle between the sprinters’ groups – who can be stricken by means of an excessively steep, quick ramp within the last kilometres of level 3 – and the breakaway experts.
The most important exchange for the GC riders, although, is the standard level 4 particular person time trial. That is simply 17.7 kilometres lengthy, in comparison to the a lot more laborious 34-kilometre direction in 2024. That shorter distance will most likely stay the entire favourites nearer in combination on GC for the crunch mountain levels which observe.
After an bizarre summit end consisting of back-to-back catetory 2 ascents of Domancy and Combloux within the northern fringe of the Alps, the sort-out procedure starts on level 6, level 7 and is by means of a ways the hardest of all the race.
3 Alpine hors class climbs – the Croix-de-Fer, the Madeleine and the overall ascent to the little-known Valmeinier – are all packed into simply 132 kilometres making for a ferociously tough day. The Dauphine’s love of a sting in a tail isn’t unnoticed, both, at the ultimate day. Some other mountain trek throughout six labeled ascents that culminate within the ultimate class 1 climb to the Mont Cenis Plateau, and can make a decision the total winner of France’s third-biggest level race.
Race organisers ASO additionally introduced the groups which can be because of participate within the 77th version of the Critérium du Dauphiné. The 18 WorldTour squads will race along Israel-Premier Tech, the only ProTeam gaining an automated qualification after Lotto became down their invite. The 3 different squads provide will probably be TotalEnergies, Julian Alaphilippe’s Tudor Professional squad and Norwegian outfit Uno-X Mobility.
Degree 1: Domérat – Montluçon, 189.2km
Sunday, June 8, 2025 – Degree 1 from Domerat to Montlučon, 189.2km (Symbol credit score: ASO)
Will the sprinters attempt to keep watch over this level? Given such a lot of quick, explosive climbs will probably be make it arduous to blow up, this seems to be made for a gutsy past due assault by means of a breakaway specialist like Julian Alaphilippe or…Tadej Pogačar?
Km 107.9: Cat.4 Côte de Sainte-ThérenceKm 114: Cat.4 Côte d’ArgentyKm 125.5: Cat.4 Côte de BuffonKm 130: Montlučon – SprintKm 137.8: Cat.4 Côte de DomératKm 155.1: Cat.4 Côte de BuffonKm 167.4: Cat.4 Côte de DomératKm 184.7: Cat.4 Côte de BuffonStage 2: Premilhat – Issoire, 204.6km
Monday, June 9, 2025 – Degree 2 from Premilhat to Issoire, 204.6km (Symbol credit score: ASO)
A lumpy starting for the breakaways, however the flattish finale and scant alternatives – as all the time – for the fastmen within the 2025 Dauphiné will most likely make this a primary bunch dash.
Km 33.4: Cat.4 Côte de l. a. Font NanaudKm 50.5: Cat.4 Côte de Saint-Priest-les-ChampsKm 61.1: Cat.3 Côte des RivaudsKm 71.8: Cat.3 Côte de Saint-Jacques d’AmburKm 102: Dash – OlbyKm 147.1: Cat.2 Côte de Château de BuronKm 186.7: Cat.4: Côte de NonetteStage 3: Brioude – Charantonnay 202.8km
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 – Degree 3 from Brioude to Charantonnay 202.8km (Symbol credit score: ASO)
Some other sprinters v. breakaway fest, with the very early climbs and steep ramp within the last kilometres most likely favouring the ones chancing their arm from distance – and most likely a past due take a look at by means of a GC contender.
Km 8.9: Cat.3 Côte de CornilleKm 18: Cat.2 Côte de l. a. BarbateKm 29.4: Dash – Los angeles Chaise-DieuKm 78.7: Cat.3 Côte de MalataverneKm 124.2. Cat.4 Côl du TracolKm 183.8: Cat.3 Côte du Château JauneStage 4: Charmes-sur-Rhône – Saint-Peéray 17.7km (ITT)
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – Degree 4 from Charmes-sur-Rhône – Saint-Péray (ITT) 17.7km (Symbol credit score: ASO)
A brief, somewhat hilly time trial, that may not create main variations on GC, so somewhat a transformation from the standard Dauphiné mid-week contre-la-montre.
Degree 5: Saint-Priest – Mâcon 182.6km
Thursday, June 12, 2025 – Degree 5 from Saint-Priest to Mâcon 182.6km (Symbol credit score: ASO)
A 3rd and ultimate likelihood for the sprinters right here because the GC males stay their powder dry for the 3 hilly levels to come back.
Km 91: Cat.4 Côte-de-Saint-AmourKm 103: Cat.3: Col de FontmartinKm 120.6: Cat.4: Col du BoubonKm 142.7: Dash – Col du Bois ClairKm 155.8: Cat.4 Côte des Quatre VentsStage 6: Valserhône – Combloux 139.1km
Friday, June 13, 2025 – Degree 6 from Valserhone to Combloux 139.1km (Symbol credit score: ASO)
The primary key mountain level, and despite the fact that it is nowhere close to as arduous because the weekend, the overall Cat.2 aggregate will indubitably cut back the bunch to a gaggle of 5 or ten finisher at maximum.
Km 46.6: Cat.4: Côte de Villy-le-PellouxKm 70.7 Cat.3: Col des FleuriesKm 98.6 Cat.1: Côte de Mont-SaxonnexKm 119.1: Dash – Los angeles GrangeatKm 132.7: Cat.2: Côte de DomancyKm 139.1: Cat.2: Côte de l. a. Cry (Combloux)Degree 7: Grand-Aigueblanche – Valmeinier 1800 132.1km
Saturday June 14, 2025 – Degree 7 from Grand-Aigueblanche – Valmeinier 1800 132.1km (Symbol credit score: ASO)
63.5 kilometres of mountaineering in a 132.1km level; 3 hors categorie ascents, two of them peaking out at greater than 2,000 metres above sea degree and the closing a summit end; slightly a metre of flat during. May just it’s anything than a Critérium du Dauphiné queen level?
Km 25.8: HC climb: Col de l. a. MadeleineKm 70.8: HC climb: Col de l. a. Croix de FerKm 115.2: Dash – Saint-Michel-de-MaurienneKm 132.1: HC climb: Col de ValmeinierStage 8: Val-D’Arc – Plateau du Mont Cenis 133.8km
Sunday June 15, 2025 – Degree 8 from Val-D’Arc – Plateau du Mont-Cenis 133.8km (Symbol credit score: Getty Photographs)
The struggle for total victory within the 2024 Critérium du Dauphine went down the cord as race chief Roglič struggled at the ultimate ascent – and this time round on level 8, there is room sufficient aplenty for a rival to problem the total chief once more. That ultimate climb to Mont-Centis may but see the sparks fly once more similar to at the closing climb of 2023. However with such a lot of tricky little ascents, technical downhills and drained legs all spherical in 2025 after every week’s arduous racing, ambushes may simply come previous.
Km 4.7: Cat.3 Côte d’AitonKm 15.3: Cat.2 Côte de Saint-Georges-d’HurtièresKm 67.2: Cat.1 Col de BeauneKm 75.8: Dash – Saint-Michel-de-MaurienneKm 88.4: Cat.3 Côte-de-Saint-AndréKm 101.6: Cat.2 Côte d’AussoisKm 128.7: Cat.1 Col du Mont-Cenis
