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As it happened: A GC shakeup in the mountains on Critérium du Dauphiné stage 6

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Primož Roglič celebrates his stage win.

Vlasov, Roglič, and Ciccone racing to the finish.

Roglič takes his second win of the season and with it the GC lead.

Evenepoel crosses the line at around 45 seconds down.

Ciccone second, Vlasov third, Gee fourth.

Finish

Roglič sprint to the line and easily gets away from Ciccone.

Ciccone on Roglič’s wheel.

Vlasov drops away.

Now Roglič goes with 300 metres left.

Vlasov keeps on pushing in the lead.

500m to go

De Plus leads the chase at five seconds. Evenepoel and co are 30 seconds down.

Ciccone still there on Roglič’s wheel.

Vlasov continues to push at the front.

27 seconds between Roglič and Evenepoel currently.

1km to go

Only Ciccone can keep up!

Vlasov pushing on at the front with Roglič in his wheel.

20 seconds from Roglič’s group back to Evenepoel.

2km to go

Gee, Ciccone, Roglič, Jorgenson, Rodríguez are closing in on Vlasov and De Plus.

Landa is pacing Evenepoel.

2.5km to go

Notable names up in this group include Oier Lazkano, Derek Gee, Carlos Rodríguez, Jai Hindley, Pavel Sivakov, and Matteo Jorgenson.

Evenepoel did say before the race that “I’m happy to discover the Dauphiné, but I will look less towards my general classification position, as this will be more a chance to return to the race rhythm and see where I’m at.” 

3km to go

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