
Who else but Tadej Pogačar? On a day destined for the fast men, the world champion won an incredible opening stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, out-sprinting Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) out of a star-studded breakaway into Montluçon.
The five-man move, which also contained Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious), was sparked by Vingegaard inside a chaotic final 6km filled with attacks after the last categorised climb.