The overall classification contenders fighting for victory in the terrain of the sprinters and classics specialists, Tadej Pogacar got away with the win with Jonas Vingegaard in second place. The world champion managed to take a stage one that was not expected at all.
"The idea was to get the week off to a good start. Lidl-Trek and Israel-Premier Tech controlled the gap, so it was hard to aim for anything else than the polka dot jersey. There was a great battle in the first three KOM summits, we really gave it our all.. It really means something to wear this jersey in a race like the Dauphiné, especially as it escaped me on stage 1 of Paris-Nice two years ago. I know it's difficult to think about winning it, given what's in store for us next weekend. So we're going to work with the team to see what strategy we adopt, but I haven't made all these efforts for nothing."
-Paul Ourselin
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