After Tuesday's stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, the media spotlight fell logically and mainly on little-known stage winner and race leader Iván Romeo (Movistar). But at the same time, Tadej Pogačar was one of those who noticed that Florian Lipowitz, a surprise second overall in Paris-Nice this spring, had also gained time in the break of the day and could be a GC threat.
"With Florian Lipowitz and Eddie Dunbar in the move, you shouldn't give them too much advantage," Pogačar told reporters, and if the Irish Jayco-AlUla racer is a more familiar figure in stage racing battles, Lipowitz has been quietly but steadily rising upwards through cycling's unofficial GC hierarchy, too.
