Will Wout van Aert manage to keep his yellow jersey on Saturday?
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The serious things begin for the favorites in the general classification. The seventh stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, between Saint-Chaffrey and Vaujany (135 km), Saturday June 11, offers a favorable playground for a fight to create gaps. For the first of the two high mountain stages of the race, nearly 60 kilometers of ascent await the peloton.
The start will be dry with a start in full ascent of the mythical Col du Galibier (22.8 km at 5.1% and a peak at 2600 meters altitude). Another big piece then comes with the Col de la Croix de Fer (29 km at 5.2%) and the finish will be judged uphill in Vaujany (5.7 km at 7.2%). A route a priori too difficult to imagine Wout van Aert still in yellow on Saturday evening?