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Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) laid down an ominous marker ahead of the Tour de France as he soloed to victory on stage 5 of the Critérium du Dauphiné to take command atop the overall standings.
Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) won the sprint for second place ahead of Tobias Johannesen (Uno-X), 31 seconds down on the unassailable Vingegaard, who is now more than a minute clear in the overall standings.
The Dane eased clear alone on the category 2 climb of the Côte de Thésy after tracking an acceleration from Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) and then dropping the Ecuadorian a mile or so from the summit.
Vingegaard reached the top with 35 seconds in hand on a sizeable chasing group, and he proceeded to cruise inexorably to victory on the 14km run to the finish in Salins-les-Bains.
Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) and Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën) attempted to marshal the pursuit, but the relative lack of cohesion among the GC men doomed any faint hope of catching Vingegaard.
Egan Bernal (Ineos) tried to take advantage of that unruly chase by clipping off…
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