Critérium du Dauphiné (2021) Photos; Stage 1: Issoire → Issoire, 182 km
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Stage 1 teams presentation in Issoire with Jumbo - Visma on-stage		share this photo
Alejandro VALVERDE		share this photo
Geraint Thomas		share this photo
Nairo QUINTANA (Team Arkea - Samsic).		share this photo
Kasper ASGREEN (Deceuninck - Quick Step)		share this photo
The rollout from Issoire		share this photo
The four men break: Patrick GAMPER (Bora - Hansgrohe) - Brent VAN MOER (Lotto - Soudal) - Ian GARRISON (Deceuninck - Quick Step) et Cyril GAUTIER (B&B Hotels - P/B KTM).		share this photo
Brent VAN MOER (Lotto - Soudal) - Ian GARRISON (Deceuninck - Quick Step) - Patrick GAMPER (Bora - Hansgrohe) and Cyril GAUTIER (B&B Hotels - P/B KTM).		share this photo
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Brent VAN MOER (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) attacked his breakmates with 15 km to go: “From the team car, I was told to go all out from the final climb and when I had 50 seconds advantage atop the final climb, I knew that – with most of the final kilometres downhill – the stage victory was possible. But only when I got into the final three kilometres, I was sure of it. As a team, I think we have shown that with racing aggressively, you can go really far. We also form a really solid team. I remain really careful what defending the leader’s jersey concerns. We have a really tough Dauphiné in front of us and I’ll take it day by day whether I can defend any of my jerseys. But I will definitely fight for them and then we’ll see where that takes me”		share this photo
Brent VAN MOER (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) solos to his first professional win back in Issoire: “I almost can’t believe it. My first professional victory and immediately in this way and with the leader’s jersey on top of it…”, begins an emotional Brent Van Moer. “After what happened at the Ronde van Limburg, where I was about to fight for my first pro victory but got sent into the wrong way at the end, I was really disappointed but I immediately shifted focus towards the Dauphiné. I was really eager to show that I am able to finish off a race. The fact that I can already do this at the Dauphiné, amongst this strong field of riders, is just fantastic. What a difference compared to last year, when I was also part of the early breakaway but had to abandon the race due to a crash. It is really special to be now wearing the yellow jersey.”		share this photo
2 Sonny COLBRELLI (ITA/BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) + 25s, 3 Clément VENTURINI (FRA/AG2R CITROËN TEAM), 4 Jasper STUYVEN (BEL/TREK-SEGAFREDO), 5 Kaden GROVES (AUS/TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE), 6 Nils POLITT (GER/BORA-HANSGROHE)		share this photo
Brent VAN MOER (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL): “Last week I was really disappointed – I did a great solo but had some bad luck. Today I wanted to show I can finish it off, and I’m really happy to do it here among all the big names.”		share this photo
Your Stage 1 winner, Brent VAN MOER (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL)		share this photo
And race leader by 30s, Brent VAN MOER (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL)		share this photo
And best young rider, Brent VAN MOER (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL). In fact, he claimed all the jerseys on Stage 1		share this photo
Critérium du Dauphiné (2021) Photos; Stage 1: Issoire → Issoire, 182 km
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