UAE Team Emirates Clinches Stage Six of Criterium du Dauphine, Takes Overall Lead

Abu Dhabi: UAE Team Emirates-XRG, led by Slovenian world champion Tadej Pogacar, reclaimed control of the Critérium du Dauphiné with a victory in Stage Six, held yesterday. Pogacar finished the mountainous stage over a minute ahead of his nearest rivals. According to Emirates News Agency, it was a performance to be remembered by the Emirati squad, with Tim Wellens and Jhonatan Narváez providing an uphill lead-out as though they were on the slopes of Milano-San Remo in the spring. Earlier in the day, Domen Novak and his UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammates had worked in unison to ensure that the breakaway would stand little chance in the finale. With their lead, and that of opportunist attacker Florian Lipowitz from Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe squashed, Wellens and Narváez could go to work in setting up the move of Pogacar. Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 stage 6 results were as follows: Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates-XRG finished first with a time of +49', followed by Jonas Vingegaard from Visma-Lease a Bike at +1:01 , and Florian Lipowitz from Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe at +1:22. Speaking after the stage, Pogacar remarked, "We knew this would be a decisive stage. The team did an incredible job, and I felt great going on the attack. That one-minute gap gives us a strong morale boost heading into the upcoming stages. One minute is good and I am super happy."