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The French cyclist Soudal-Quick Step Julian Alaphilippe ha cattle this Monday the second stage of the Critérium Dauphiné 2023in La Chaise-Dieu, in a sprint, ahead of Richard Carapaz (EF Education) and Natnael Tesfatsion (Trek-Segafredo), second and third classified in this day. In the general classification, the French rider of the Jumbo-Visma Christophe Laportewho was fourth in the second stage, continues leaderequal with Alaphilippe, but with the yellow jersey because he has better places than the winner on Monday (first and fourth for Jumbo, thirty-eighth and first for Soudal).

Alaphilippe thus added his second victory this season, after the one he achieved in February at the Faun-Ardèche Classic. The Frenchman, world champion in 2020 and 2021, thus seems fit for the start of the Tour de France, where he has won six stages between 2018 and 2021. In this Monday’s sprint at the Critérium Dauphiné, he added an undisputed victory to his brilliant record; Taking advantage of Richard Carapaz’s acceleration, already on the finish line, he advanced through the center of the pack and immediately took the lead, clearly winning. His gesture while he crossed the finish line, as if asking all his rivals to calm down, has been, in that sense, significant.

Kenny Elissonde (Trek-Segafredo), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-XPro), Andrea Piccolo (EF Education), Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies), Victor Campenaerts (Lotto) and Nans Peters (AG2R) They formed the breakaway of the day, but the peloton, well guided by the Jumbo, had the escapees under control. Elissonde and Campenaerts have been the ones who have gone the furthest, and have been caught when there were just over ten kilometers to go. In this way, it gave the impression that the sprint was going to be the most logical outcome for the second stage; above all, after seeing Jonas Vingegaard, a true Tour winner, at the head of the race, chasing the riders who, in the final stretch, tried to challenge the peloton and question Laporte’s lead.

Thus, the stage has been resolved in a sprint, and Alaphillipe has claimed victory. In general, there have been no major changes; Vingegaard remains ten seconds off the lead, in fourteenth position, and Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious) He is forty-fourth, 32 seconds behind the yellow jersey and 22 behind Vingegaard. Everything is pending, now, on Tuesday’s stage, the third stage of the Critérium Dauphiné 2023, of 194 kilometers, between Monistrol-sur-Loire and Le Coteau.

Source: Eitb

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