2025 Criterium du Dauphine

Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Stage 8 Results: Pogacar Wins First Dauphiné

Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Stage 8 Results: Pogacar Wins First Dauphiné

Reigning Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar wrapped up the Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 on Sunday with a podium finish in the eighth and final stage.

Jun 15, 2025 by AFP Report
Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Stage 8 Results: Pogacar Wins First Dauphiné

Reigning Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar wrapped up the Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 on Sunday with a podium finish in the eighth and final stage, which was won by France's Lenny Martinez.

A winner of three stages in total, the Slovenian dominated the 77th edition of the Dauphine to top the overall classification by 59 seconds ahead of Dane Jonas Vingegaard -- three weeks before the start of the Tour de France 2025.

"It's been a really amazing week," Pogacar said. "Once again today, the team did a great job. We managed to defend the (yellow) jersey, and we can go home happy and prepare for the Tour."

German Florian Lipowitz completed the podium, 2 minutes, 38 seconds behind Pogacar, while Belgium's Remco Evenepoel came fourth at 4 minutes, 21seconds.

Sunday's final stage was a 133.3-kilometer mountainous trek from Val-d'Arc to Val-Cenis, with an uphill finish at the Plateau du Mont-Cenis.

The 21-year-old Martinez caught Spaniard Enric Mas with 8 kilometers to go to give France its first victory in this Dauphine, finishing 34 seconds ahead of Vingegaard and Pogacar.

Vingegaard tried to catch Martinez but was unable to shake off Pogacar. The Dane and the Slovenian then stopped attacking and rolled in together.

Pogacar now has 99 victories to his name -- a record for an active rider at just 26 years of age.

"There's a lot of positives from this week and we turned all the negatives into positives, so it's all good," said Pogacar, who bounced back from a poor time-trial performance in Stage 4 to lay down the gauntlet to his principal Tour rivals.

"There's not much to do ahead of the Tour. I rest a bit, maybe some extra work for the time trial, and then I'm ready," the three-time Tour winner added.

The 2025 Tour de France runs from July 5-27, with Pogacar the firm favorite following his first Dauphine crown.

Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Stage 8 Results – Top 25

  1. Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) – 3:34:18 (B10)
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 3:34:52 (B6)
  3. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 3:34:52 (B4)
  4. Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 3:34:58
  5. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) – 3:34:58
  6. Enric Mas (Movistar Team) – 3:35:03 (B1)
  7. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe) – 3:35:05
  8. Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) – 3:35:05
  9. Ben Healy (EF Education - EasyPost) – 3:35:19
  10. Sepp Kuss (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 3:35:19
  11. Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) – 3:36:04
  12. Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Groupama-FDJ) – 3:36:04
  13. Paul Seixas (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 3:36:23
  14. Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar Team) – 3:36:23
  15. Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 3:36:45
  16. Emanuel Buchmann (Cofidis) – 3:37:15
  17. Jhoan Esteban Chaves (EF Education - EasyPost) – 3:37:15
  18. Maxim Van Gils (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe) – 3:37:30
  19. Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 3:37:30
  20. Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (XDS Astana Team) – 3:37:31
  21. Valentin Paret Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) – 3:37:36
  22. Clément Berthet (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 3:37:43
  23. Mathys Rondel (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) – 3:37:43
  24. Laurence Pithie (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe) – 3:38:35
  25. Louis Meintjes (Intermarché - Wanty) – 3:38:59 

Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 Overall Standings – Top 25 After Stage 8

  1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) – 29:19:46 (B36)
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 29:20:45 (B24)
  3. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull - Bora - Hansgrohe) – 29:22:24 (B8)
  4. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) – 29:24:07 (B1)
  5. Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) – 29:25:58 (B2)
  6. Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 29:27:14
  7. Enric Mas (Movistar Team) – 29:27:43 (B1)
  8. Paul Seixas (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 29:28:11
  9. Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) – 29:28:43
  10. Guillaume Martin Guyonnet (Groupama-FDJ) – 29:29:47
  11. Emanuel Buchmann (Cofidis) – 29:30:20
  12. Ben Tulett (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 29:32:54
  13. Sepp Kuss (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) – 29:33:10
  14. Jordan Jegat (TotalEnergies) – 29:36:42
  15. Mathys Rondel (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) – 29:36:45
  16. Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar Team) – 29:36:49
  17. Alexey Lutsenko (Israel - Premier Tech) – 29:38:56 (B2)
  18. Louis Meintjes (Intermarché - Wanty) – 29:39:18
  19. Edward Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla) – 29:40:29
  20. Jhoan Esteban Chaves (EF Education - EasyPost) – 29:43:54
  21. Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 29:47:47
  22. Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (XDS Astana Team) – 29:48:22
  23. Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ) – 29:50:02
  24. Clément Berthet (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 29:50:26
  25. Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) – 29:53:07

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