News | Criterium du Dauphiné | Team • June 11, 2025
Tadej Pogačar fourth in Dauphiné stage 4 time trial
Former Slovenian national time trial champion produces solid ride against the clock, with the mountains still to come at the Dauphiné
Tadej Pogačar finished in fourth place on the stage 4 individual time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné. It was a solid performance from the Slovenian, who remains within reach of his rivals in the general classification heading into the second half of the race.
Earlier in the afternoon, Nils Politt and Tim Wellens had the opportunity to show off their German and Belgian national champion skinsuits, respectively. Pavel Sivakov, meanwhile, posted a good ride that saw him in the provisional top 10 for a while.
As the day drew on, however, all eyes were on the big contenders for the overall title, with Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) first off the starting ramp.
The world and Olympic champion in this discipline demonstrated all of his credentials with a blistering ride that delivered him the stage win. A time of 20:50 across the 17.4km-long course was enough to see him earn the day’s honours.
With that display, the Belgian also rides into the yellow leader’s jersey, yielded by Iván Romeo of Movistar.
As for the other big contenders, Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), their times would be separated only by Vingegaard’s teammate, Matteo Jorgenson.
Vingegaard placed second on the day, 21 seconds down on Evenepoel, whilst Jorgenson and Pogačar finished third and fourth, respectively.
At the halfway point of the race, Pogačar now sits eighth overall, just 38 seconds behind the race leader, Evenepoel. With the mountains still to come at this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné, it is very much all still to play for.
Pogačar: “I didn’t do the perfect TT today.
“I think I probably got the pacing slightly wrong. I started out on the first section a bit too conservative and should have pushed a bit more there.
“But it’s okay – that’s why we are here, to tune-up before the Tour and improve.
“There are still three big stages to come here and I’m looking forward to it. The team is working well and with the rivals we have here, it’s the best place to test ourselves.”
Critérium du Dauphiné 2025 stage 4 (ITT) results
1. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) 20:50
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +21”
3. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +38”
4. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +49”
General classification after Critérium du Dauphiné stage 4
1. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) 14:31:08
2. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +4″
3. Iván Romeo (Movistar) +9″
8. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +38”
