CRITÉRIUM DAUPHINÉ 2025 – COUP DOUBLE ! Milan S’IMPOSE au sprint et prend le JAUNE à Pogacar

Cette fois, la deuxième étape du Dauphiné a suivi le scénario attendu, contrairement à la veille. L’arrivée à Issoire a souri aux sprinteurs, et à Jonathan Milan. L’Italien de Lidl-Trek a levé les bras après avoir souffert plus tôt dans la journée, et chipe le maillot jaune à Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates-XRG). A domicile, Romain Bardet a tenté en fin d’étape, en vain.

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The second stage of this 77th Critérium du Dauphiné. To be followed with Jacky Durand, with of course Steve Chainel and you, the Rois de la Pédale, on this Whit Monday, via #LesRP. The race was just restarted a few moments ago. Only Paul Ourselin had taken the breakaway. Paul Ourselin, already in the breakaway yesterday, who is wearing the mountains jersey. A few minutes ago, while we are still far from the finish, in Issoire, 83.8 kilometers. Steve, he was joined by four riders. Yes, indeed, when we started talking on the Rois de la Pédale plateau, we had Paul Ourselin who was alone in the lead. He was joined a few moments ago by Victor Guernalec of the Arkéa B&B Hotels team, Christopher Juul Jensen for the Jayco – Alula and Romain Combaud, the rider of the Picnic PostNL. First observation, Jacky, we heard it a few minutes ago on the set of Rois de la Pédale with Louis-Pierre Frileux, the interview with Mathieu Van der Poel who said: I want to sprint. Jacky, look who’s riding. They’re Mathieu Van der Poel’s teammates who collaborate with Jonathan Milan’s Lidl-Trek. We’re about 15 kilometers north of Issoire. Here it is. We’re on it. This little climb. Yes, 3.3 kilometers, 7% average. It’s not an insignificant climb. So yes, it’s placed very far from the finish line, but if punchers decide to cause trouble, if climbers decide to cause trouble, it’s in this one, because there will be, as we said, the Nonette hill on the final circuit, placed about fifteen kilometers from the finish, but which will still be much shorter and much less steep. The last one is 5, 6%. There, we’ll see. Why not see Mathieu Van der Poel put one in. In any case, look, Jacky, it’s the Visma who are accelerating. While Christopher Juul Jensen, the experienced one, is the neopro, let’s say. Guernalec are dropping Romain Combaud and Paul Ourselin. We can see it clearly, we’re not entertaining the gallery in front, but we’re still losing a lot of time. This clearly shows that the peloton is still climbing at a strong pace, driven by Vingegaard’s teammates. It’s Guernalec. Victor, he’s doing well. He’s doing well. He’s going to get the mountain points. It was the first second-category climb of this Critérium du Dauphiné. We just talked about it. 5, 3, 2, and 1 points. Other guys in difficulty. Look, he’s the one we wanted to isolate, the one we wanted to test: Jonathan Milan. Ahead of him, we can also see Matteo Trentin. Surprising all the same. Yes, he’s one of the sprinters who doesn’t climb very well. But he’s not there by chance. He’s really dropped back within this peloton. Still a very good pace at the front of this peloton. We have to come and help Jonathan Milan quickly. Edward Theuns is starting to get loose. Milan is just behind, struggling. There’s already Simone Consonni with him, Ammanuel Ghebreigzabhier, but the expected sprinter of the day can’t stomach the odds you were talking about, Jacky. On the other hand, at Alpecin, Jacky, we heard you. Now, if we’re going to ride, we’re not going to give Milan any favors. That’s obvious. It might be up to Mathieu Van der Poel, perhaps in person, to go see other teams. I talk a lot about Israel because it’s true that yesterday, Stewart was quite impressive in the sprint. He doesn’t seem to care. Mathieu Van der Poel, he’s staying there in fourth position. He’s not going to seek support from other teams. Despite all the efforts of the Alpecin team, Jonathan Milan should regain his place in the peloton in the next few hundred meters. The temperature should exceed 30 degrees. So, it will be the race to… Change of direction. Watch out! Just in case. There’s a speed bump. Movistar accelerates with Victor Campenaerts controlling the left of the frame for Visma – Lease a Bike. Watch out. If there’s a herd of rabid buffalo behind, you never know. And then, bang. Watch out. Small road. It’s the helicopter blowing the flag. That’s the Charbonnier bend. Watch out, watch out. It’ll rise in 5, 4. There you go. 3, 2. Look, Jonas, he said: Let’s continue. He just said: come cover me. Last 20 kilometers and it’s still rolling. That’s it, it’s the finale. We’re at the bottom of this hill. We call it back 1.8 kilometers at an average gradient of 6%. And then the question is: where is Jonathan Milan placed? Will Jonathan Milan, who was in trouble with 60 kilometers to go, be in trouble again? He’s here, Jonathan Milan, no problem. He’s in the first seven or eight rows. He has people around him, especially behind him. We left Simone Consonni. Consonni, he’s… Bardet attacks. Romain Bardet on the move. He wants to enjoy himself. He wants to put a little champagne on this last professional week. Romain Bardet knows these roads well. Does he want points from the mountains? Why not? 1 point. All that for 1 point, I don’t believe it. What’s the downhill like? We know that Romain is an excellent downhiller. We know that Romain knows the bike, that behind him, the teams in the classification in general might not go all out on the downhill. No, and above all, he knows the roads, he knows them, he wants to enjoy himself. So, it’s not shooting himself in the foot, it’s certainly not going to work. He might have liked to have someone with him. Yes, he turns around. A second, a third rider. He looks back a lot to see if there aren’t one or two who have the same desire as him. He must know the descent. There must be a fairly technical descent. Look, those are narrow roads, those poorly laid tarmacs. There, look, those aren’t the sprinters. Would Pogacar be happy to give the yellow jersey to Romain Bardet? And look. There, that’s what I was saying earlier, who’s going to ride? Jonathan Milan. Look, the Lidl-Trek, they’re coming back, the Alpecin might come back, but meanwhile, Romain Bardet is in front with a 12-second lead. They’re coming, they’re coming. The Lidl-Trek. Resumed towards Charantonnay, starting from Brioude. We’ll see Romain Bardet back home tomorrow, in Brioude, for this third stage, 6 kilometers. After Romain Bardet’s little flash of panache. But hey, if there’s one rider who should shine next to Issoire, it’s Romain. He’s at home. We’re also thinking about Raphaël Geminiani and Rémi Cavagna. We’ve seen the Lidl-Trek trains, they’re lying in wait in 12th, 13th position with Tom Skujins coming up on the right. We’re waiting. We’re waiting. Obviously, the goal is to come at the last moment, position your sprinter, and not catch the wind too early. Mathieu Van der Poel is there. He has a teammate behind him. Three more kilometers. We’ll see after the three-kilometer line if the teammates and the general classification men let any sprinters pass, it’s not certain. Narvaez, Sivakov, Tadej Pogacar, Jonathan Milan with two teammates, Mathieu Van der Poel. Stuyven and Theuns, just ahead of Jonathan Milan, we’re ideally placed. For the Lidl-Trek. Simone Consonni who is also trying to come back. Yes. We’re placing Bastien Tronchon for the Decathlon team. Everyone is there. Paul Seixas is there too. He’s rubbing shoulders with Pogacar in second place with 1.5 kilometers to go. He’s going to sprint while we can’t see Jonas Vingegaard’s green jersey. He’s a little further back. Tadej Pogacar, he’s still in the top positions. Come on, Consonni is passing Stuyven. The launch pad for Jonathan Milan will be Edward Theuns. With Aurélien Paret-Peintre coming to rub in Jonathan Milan’s wheel. There are a lot of people now. On the other side, there’s Bastien Tronchon. Well positioned, Turgis, there, with Emilien right in the center of the road. Right next to Jonathan Milan. Jonathan Milan is giving way a little. Van der Poel, Penhoët. It’s close. Penhoët. Jannière. It’s going to be very close. We’ll see that later. Oh dear! And even the 82, who got past Penhoët. It’s Fedorov who’s there for the Astana team. Tronchon well positioned. Fred Wright for the Bahrain also well placed. Bib number 57, he has a teammate right next to Jonathan Milan. The left turn and it will be the 500-meter straight. I think it’s Matteo Trentin, an experienced rider, who should be there for the Tudor. Emilien Jannière who passes in front of Jordan Labrosse. He’s sure of himself, Van der Poel. He wants to sprint with Milan. In the wheel, already placed. He’s waiting for him, he’s sizing him up. Fred Wright who took the wheel of Mathieu Van der Poel. Another teammate for Jonathan Milan. The job is well done by the Lidl-Trek team. We’ll see the response now. If Jonathan Milan, struggling on the climb, has rediscovered his pure sprinting instinct. In any case, Jonathan Milan, we’ve freed him. Now, Mathieu Van der Poel is making his effort, coming back, but he won’t come back enough. Victory for the man expected, Jonathan Milan, who hits the line here in Issoire after being dropped, after struggling all day. Jonathan Milan plays Mads Pedersen on the Giro. He’s on the Dauphiné. He will be the sprinter of the Lidl-Trek. Another collective victory centered around Jonathan Milan. We’ll debrief him, of course, on this sprint. We’ll see him again in the palette later with Jacky Durand who will show us all that, deciphering this sprint won by Jonathan Milan. A look at the top 10. He’s ahead of Fred Wright, Mathieu Van der Poel, Stian Fredheim, Paul Penhoët, Émilien Jannière, Bastien Tronchon, Yevgeniy Fedorov, Matis Louvel and Clément Venturini who came to sprint, the French, still in number in the top 10 of this second stage, a little like it was already the case yesterday. But today’s victory belongs to Jonathan Milan. Jonathan Milan has indeed taken the yellow jersey.