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2019 Criterium du Dauphine: Stage 8 / Final Results

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Having won the race previously in 2017, today Jakob Fuglsang claimed his second Critérium du Dauphiné GC title. The Dane successfully defended his lead in the final stage together with his teammates, of which Kazakh national champion Alexey Lutsenko was able to take a GC top 10 as well, securing a seventh place overall. Astana Pro Team has also been crowned as the winner of the Team Classification.

CHAMPÉRY, SWITZERLAND – JUNE 16: Podium / Tejay van Garderen of The United States and Team EF Education First / Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark and Astana Pro Team Yellow Leader Jersey / Emanuel Buchmann of Germany and Team Bora-Hansgrohe / Celebration / Trophy / during the 71st Criterium du Dauphine 2019, Stage 8 a 113,5km stage from Cluses to Champéry. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

“I was expecting a day that was harder than it turned out to be, but my team did a perfect job as they controlled the race in the best way possible. A group went away with just one rider who was within 6 minutes in the GC, so there was no stress. I could just sit in the wheel of my teammates and they brought me all the way to the finish line. This victory for me is special because now I could actually ride in the yellow jersey, as in 2017 I won the race on the final day. I’m super happy to bring this jersey to the finish today with the great help of my team. I want to thank all of our partners and sponsors for this win, especially Samruk Kazyna for the great support throughout the years.

“I look forward to the Tour de France, I think I’m on the right way and until now it’s already been a great season for me and Astana. This year everything seems to come really easy and perfect, there is no stress and the atmosphere is fantastic. We lift each other, we are ready to sacrifice ourselves for our teammates and with that, we were able to win many races with many different riders. I want to congratulate Luis Leon Sanchez as well with his win in Switzerland,” said Jakob Fuglsang.

On the final day of Critérium du Dauphiné, the riders went from Cluses to Champéry (113,5 kilometers), including seven climbs of which a 1st and 3rd categorized climb were in the final 20 kilometers of the race. A group of thirteen riders went clear, with none of the riders being a threat for the overall classification of Jakob Fuglsang. Halfway the race, the closest contender Adam Yates (+0’08”) had to abandon the race due to a fever. Meanwhile, the breakaway gained an advantage of over 4 minutes and was able to fight for the stage win, with Dylan van Baarle taking the stage victory. Behind the break, Jakob Fuglsang had a solid ride to the finish thanks to his teammates as he secured his Dauphiné win. Alexey Lutsenko finished seventh overall and the team won the Team Classification as well.

Dylan van Baarle sealed his first WorldTour victory by winning a two-up sprint after a day in the break. Van Baarle was part of a stage-long break that slowly dwindled in numbers across the 113.5km course until Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) was the only rider left with him.

“The plan was to go in the breakaway and for Gianni and me to try and help Wout, but it ended up a little bit differently,” said Van Baarle.

“I’m so happy as this week had so many ups and downs. Everyone knows what happens to Chris and the team did a really great job with that. Obviously what happened to Chris affected us, it was a shock and it changed our line up. But we stayed together and showed that we are ready for the big race.

“In the past I really struggled in this race, so I trained and worked to be really good here and this win comes out of it.”

Stage 8 Brief Results:

  1. Dylan van Baarle (Team Ineos) at 3h05’48”
  2. Jack Haig (Mitchelton-Scott) s.t.
  3. Carl Fredrik Hagen (Lotto Soudal) at 50″
  4. Warren Barguil (Arkéa Samsic) at 1’12”
  5. Sepp Kuss (Team Jumbo-Visma) s.t.
  6. Sébastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ) s.t.
  7. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) at 1’16”
  8. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team) at 1’59”
  9. Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Gobert) s.t.
  10. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) s.t.

Final General Classification:

  1. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana Pro Team) at 30h44’27”
  2. Tejay Van Garderen (EF Education First) at 20″
  3. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 21″
  4. Wout Poels (Team Ineos) at 28″
  5. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) at 33″
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