It was a case of 50 or so meters too short for tjakestewart with the 25-year-old Brit sprinting to fifth place on criteriumdudauphine stage 1, winning the bunch sprint, but unable to pull back the late attack from the GC contenders. Instead, Jake and the reduced bunch made the catch just as winner Tadej Pogačar celebrated over the line. “We always knew it would be chaos in the final but I don’t think anyone really expected the GC guys to try and light it up so it was interesting,” explained Jake. “We could see them around five or 10 seconds ahead as we hit the flamme rouge and Lutsenko did a really good pull for me there which I massively appreciate. It was close on the finish but it was a few meters too short in the end. But, I’m happy with the result.” If stage one is anything to go by, we’re in for an action-packed eight days of racing in France! 📷 sprintcycling 🇫🇷 #Dauphine #YallaIPT #FactorRacing