“That one was painful”: Tadej Pogacar celebrates his surprising Criterium du Dauphine bunch sprint victory

In the opening stage of the Criterium du Dauphine, a day built for the sprinters, Tadej Pogacar did the only thing he knows how to do – win.

The Emirates-XRG rider was part of a star-studded breakaway with only 6km to go and out-sprinted Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease a Bike) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to start his campaign off strongly and take the first yellow jersey.