Tadej Pogačar takes yellow jersey at Critérium du Dauphiné with solo victory on stage 6

World champion drops Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel on first summit finish

Tadej Pogačar at the Dauphiné
(Image credit: Getty Images)

With two Alpine stages to come, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) overhauled the general classification at the Critérium du Dauphiné on Friday, winning stage six’s summit finish in Combloux, and putting himself in pole position for the overall.

The world champion attacked with 7km to go – still seated in the saddle – dropping the race leader Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), both of whom he had lost time to in Wednesday's time trial.

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Tom Davidson
Senior News and Features Writer

Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is fluent in French and Spanish, and holds a master's degree in International Journalism. Since 2020, he has been the host of The TT Podcast, offering race analysis and rider interviews.

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill, and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides. His best result is 28th in a hill-climb competition, albeit out of 40 entrants.

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