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Lights out tour phase 1 whos going9/11/2023 ![]() Consistency has been his big problem in Grand Tours. Ciccone has talked of going for a Tour de France stage victory and the King of the Mountains this summer. (Image credit: Getty)Īfter storming the Bastille in Grenoble for triumph on the last day of the Dauphiné, the little Italian surges into our top ten. 2023 results: 8th at Tour du Var, 11th at Ardèche Classic, 11th at Drôme Classic, 7th at Paris-Nice, DNF at Volta a Catalunya, 9th at La Flèche Wallonne, 15th at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 7th at Tour de RomandieĪfter missing the Giro, Ciccone turns his thoughts to the Tour.Tour experience: Nine appearances, 2nd overall in 2016, 3rd in 2017.Mas will want to put his COVID-19 abandon of last year’s race well behind him. There’s clearly a bit of work to be done to make sure it’s a case of más rather than menos at the Tour de France. Dropping three minutes to winner Mikkel Bjerg in the time trial was no big surprise of greater concern was losing nearly that same amount to a flying Vingegaard on the race’s queen stage. Still, there was little of that on display at the Critérium du Dauphiné. He matched his second places in the Vuelta and Il Lombardia with a fan-pleasing, attacking style. Mas looked like every bit like a Tour de France podium contender eight months ago. 2023 results: 7th at Volta Valenciana, 2nd at Ruta del Sol, 7th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 5th at Volta a Catalunya, 2nd at Itzulia Basque Country, 3rd at Flèche Wallonne, DNF at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 22nd at Critérium du DauphinéĮnric Mas looked short of his best at the Dauphine (Image credit: Getty).Tour experience: Five appearances, 4th in 20.Tour debutant Hindley will have to get through the hubbub of the first week unscathed, but the 2022 Giro d’Italia winner appears to be in pole position to be the best of the rest. With Vingegaard and Pogačar looking like a cut above the rest, it is likely to be a fierce scrap for the third step of the podium. Following finishes on the fringes at Catalunya and the Amstel Gold Race, he was among the strongest at the Critérium du Dauphiné.Ĭonsistency on the climbs at this mini Tour de France was off-set by one of the best time trial rides of his career, laying the foundations for fourth overall. Hindley’s season has shifted up a gear at the perfect time. Landa tracks Vingegaard in the Basque Country (Image credit: Getty) 2023 results: 16th at Tour Down Under, 32nd at Cadel Evans Race, 13th at Volta ao Algarve, 32nd at Ardèche Classic, 53rd at Drôme Classic, 15th at Tirreno-Adriatico, 8th at Volta a Catalunya, 12th at Amstel Gold Race, 83rd at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, 4th at Critérium du Dauphiné.All roads lead to Bilbao and a renewal of hostilities between the two titans of the 2022 edition. The form book and results suggest it’ll be their duel for glory. Both he and Pogačar have similar remarkable win rates this year but of course the Tour de France is the one that counts above all others. As if that wasn’t enough, after the race the defending champion indicated he can still improve.īack in March, Pogačar got the better of Vingegaard at Paris-Nice. ![]() They’re so closely-matched, we’ve put the pair in equal first.Īfter a three-week altitude camp at Sierra Nevada, he passed his last test at the Critérium du Dauphiné with flying colours, winning a brace of stages and the overall, with the biggest winning margin since Charly Mottet in 1987. With Pogačar out of racing sight and more out of mind, Jonas Vingegaard is the focal point for rivals and observers alike with his strength and ease. Jonas Vingegaard dominated the Dauphine (Image credit: Getty)
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