Tour of the Dauphiné 2024, Route Presentation and Favorites Sixth Stage: Hauterives – Le Collet d’Allevard (174.1 km)

First real mountain stage for the Tour of the Dauphiné 2024. With the sixth stage of the transalpine race, 174.1 kilometers from Hauterives to Le Collet d’Allevard, we finally get to the heart of things and arrive at the decisive weekend of this edition, which includes three consecutive uphill finishes that can certainly reshape the general classification. The first of these will be located at this Isère ski area, which will be reached at the end of a day with few other relevant difficulties but with a tough final ascent of more than 11 kilometers characterized by decidedly challenging slopes, which will call the big and small stronger climbers to be absolutely ready.

DEPARTURE TIME: 12.45pm
ARRIVAL TIME (EXPECTED): 4.58pm-5.23pm
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Route Sixth Tour of the Dauphiné Tour 2024

The route can essentially be divided into two parts, the first without major bumps and the second, however, with two long GPMs, including the final one. In the first 15 kilometers after starting from Hauterives the road will almost always be very slightly uphill, but the only official difficulty, the Côte de la Côte-Saint-Andre (1.8 km at 6.7%), it will be encountered after 30 kilometers of the race. Once this short stretch has been overcome, about seventy kilometers of “French plain” will follow, and only after having passed the flying finish line of Les Échelles that the runners will start climbing again.

From -60 to -44 from the conclusion we will therefore face the Col du Granier, actually officially 8900 meters long, at 5.4%, which will be followed by a rather steep and technical descent of about ten kilometers. After a short climb, from Pontcharra a stretch of flat ground of about fifteen kilometers will begin which will take the group to the foot of the final ascent of Le Collet d’Allevard. The climb, which measures 11.2 kilometers at 8.1%, is decidedly demanding and will cause differences among the men in the ranking, also because the gradients will almost never fall below 8%, particularly in the last 7000 metres, where they will often be above 9%.

Favorites Sixth Stage Tour of the Dauphiné 2024

In the sixth stage of this Giro del Dauphiné, all eyes are on the climbers and men in the ranking, but also on their conditions after yesterday’s big fall. Three of the main favorites for victory at the finish line in Le Collet d’Allevard ended up badly on the ground and once they got up they seemed quite sore. Let’s talk about the leader Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), of the second of the general Primoz Roglic (Bora-hansgrohe) and of Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates).

The Belgian, who demonstrated in Wednesday’s time trial that he has a great leg, said that he had hit the right side of his body but that he is ready to fight in the next few days. The Slovenian came close to victory in the two stages and also did well in the time trial, but after today’s crash he revealed that he was still uncertain whether or not to continue his race. The Spaniard, the only one of the three in excellent shape also because he had not fallen two months ago at the Tour of the Basque Country, was however seen touching his shoulder after the accident and there is an unknown as to his physical condition. All three would be super favorites on paper, but the fall could affect their performance on the final climb.

He is certainly another huge favorite to win Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers). It doesn’t seem like the Spanish climber had any major problems due to today’s fall, and the progress of his last two stage races – second in the Basque Country and first in Romandie – tells us that he is ready to leave his mark even on a long and hard climb like tomorrow’s. Another high-ranking rider who can aim for stage victory is Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl Trek). The Briton finally seems to be feeling well after a fluctuating start to the season and the excellent leg seen in Neulise’s time trial is confirmation of this.

There are two very strong climbers who seem to have managed to remain standing in today’s mega accident Matthew Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike) and ours Giulio Ciccone (Lidl Trek). The American, who is fully fighting for the general classification and is experiencing his best season, could assert his power on the final climb albeit without the help of two precious assistants such as Dylan Van Baarle and Steven Kruiswijk, who were taken away in an ambulance after the maxi-fall. The Italian, who also seems to be in excellent shape, is now far from the top of the general classification and could concentrate on winning the stage also thanks to his very fast start in the event of a very limited sprint.

Names to take into consideration are also those of Alexander Vlasov And Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe) two excellent climbers who, in the event that they do not have wingman duties, could seek personal glory. The same goes for the Soudal-QuickStep couple Mikel Landa And Ilan Van Wilderthat of the UAE Team Emirates composed of Marc Soler And Pavel Sivakovthe American Sepp Kuss (Visma | Lease a Bike) and the Belgian Laurens De Plus (Ineos Grenadiers). However, their chances depend on the health of their respective captains.

Two teams will choose along the way who will be their captain for the race and for the stage. Groupama-FDJ can choose between Romain Gregoirebetter positioned in the rankings and more lively, and the most experienced David Gaudu. While Bahrain-Victorious can play the Colombian’s card Santiago Buitrago than that of the Australian Jack Haig, two very strong climbers capable of winning high-level stages. There are also two options at Arkea-B&B Hotels, which answer to the names of Cristian Rodriguez and especially Clement Champoussin.

Who will be the captains of their teams instead Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), seventh overall, the timeless Warren Barguil (dsm-firmenich), the very agile Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty), the sore Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan), the fierce Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) and the solid Andreas Leknessund (One-X). However, it is unlikely that one of these will be able to achieve victory in the sixth stage and they could therefore be satisfied with a placement in the Top 10 of the day.

Among the possible outsiders who could seek glory on the day, perhaps by attacking from afar, there is the Italian Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana-Qazaqstan), the Colombian Ivan Ramiro Sosa and his partner Davide Formolo (Movistar), French Kenny Elissonde (Cofidis), the Danish Magnus Cort (Uno-X), the Belgian Kobe Goossens (Intermarché-Wanty) and Norwegian Carl Fredrik Hagen (Q36.5 Pro Cycling).

Bag of the Favorites Sixth Stage Tour of the Dauphiné 2024

***** Carlos Rodriguez
**** Juan Ayuso, Tao Geoghegan Hart
*** Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel, Giulio Ciccone
** Matteo Jorgenson, Aleksandr Vlasov, Mikel Landa, Jai Hindley
* Santiago Buitrago, Neilson Powless, Jack Haig, Clement Champoussin, David Gaudu

Predicted weather for the sixth stage of the Tour of the Dauphiné 2024

Scattered thunderstorms. Chance of precipitation: 70%. Humidity: 66%. Wind direction SSE up to 10 km/h. Expected temperature: minimum 20°, maximum 23°.

Major pitfalls Sixth Stage Tour of the Dauphiné 2024

A real danger, given what happened today, could be the long and steep descent after the Col du Granier. A steep road that more than one ranking rider could travel at low speed to avoid risking anything. As for the decisive moment for the stage victory, it will certainly be the very tough final climb which, with its 8.1% average gradient, is an ascent for real climbers and men in excellent shape.

Altimetry and Planimetry Sixth Stage Tour of the Dauphiné 2024

Chronotable Sixth Stage Tour of the Dauphiné 2024