{"id":1988809,"date":"2026-06-13T23:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1988809"},"modified":"2026-06-13T23:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T20:03:45","slug":"can-matteo-jorgenson-win-the-dauphine-american-best-placed-of-the-big-names-with-one-day-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1988809","title":{"rendered":"Can Matteo Jorgenson Win the Dauphin\u00e9? American Best-Placed of the Big Names With One Day To Go"},"content":{"rendered":"
Matteo Jorgenson went into the Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f3ne-Alpes as Visma-Lease a Bike\u2019s designated leader. And despite tipped names such as Paul Seixas, Isaac Del Toro, Juan Ayuso all being major contenders, the American is best placed of the big names with just one stage remaining.<\/p>\n
Jorgenson is poised in second overall, up from fourth, and heads into Sunday\u2019s finale just 42 seconds off the yellow jersey of the Australian Luke Tuckwell.<\/p>\n
The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider snatched yellow when he was part of Friday\u2019s massive breakaway, gaining 3:28 on Jorgenson, and advancing 11 places in the GC.<\/p>\n
Tuckwell\u2019s lead is looking increasingly precarious, making the GC battle wide open with one day to go.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy with my performance today,\u201d Jorgenson said after Saturday\u2019s seventh leg.<\/p>\n
The Idahoan was prominent in the finale, driving the chase after Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) powered clear 6.7 from the summit of the Grand Colombier.<\/p>\n
That work left him exposed to a counter attack by Del Toro, the UAE Emirates-XRG rider catching Ayuso and then pushing clear to the stage win.<\/p>\n
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Jorgenson placed fourth, 41 seconds back, but the time he already had on hand saw him end the day seven seconds ahead of Del Toro.<\/p>\n
A high-stakes finale lies ahead<\/h2>\nMatteo Jorgenson is getting closer to yellow in the Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes (Photo: Anne-Christine Poujoulat \/ AFP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cIt was a stage that became very difficult to control early on,\u201d he said, referring to the illness-related withdrawals of Per Strand Hagenes and J\u00f8rgen Nordhagen.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started with a small team, but I received strong support throughout the stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the final climb, I rode at my own pace and tried to get to the top as quickly as possible. I\u2019m pleased to be second in the general classification now.\u201d<\/p>\n
The WorldTour race has been won by major names in recent years, with Tadej Poga\u010dar, Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d, Jonas Vingegaard, Richie Porte, Dani Mart\u00ednez, Jakob Fuglsang and Geraint Thomas all proving best in what was previous called the Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Joining that contingent would be a huge addition to a fine palmares by Jorgenson, a two-time Paris-Nice winner.<\/p>\n
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Stage eight is the toughest of the race, with 4051 altitude meters lying in wait, including the hors categorie summit finish of the Plateau de Solaison.<\/p>\n
This averages 8.9 percent over 11.5km, but there are several kilometers of more than 10 percent.<\/p>\n
Can Jorgenson overhaul Tuckwell and fend off Del Toro, Ayuso and others?<\/p>\n
That remains to be seen, and will require him to step up on his performance of Saturday with regards to his big rivals. However he\u2019s feeling upbeat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to tomorrow,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a stage that should suit me well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2281408227.jpg”] Shane Stokes Updated June 13, 2026 05:25PM Matteo Jorgenson went into the Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f3ne-Alpes as Visma-Lease a Bike\u2019s designated leader. And despite tipped names such as Paul Seixas, Isaac Del Toro, Juan Ayuso all being major contenders, the American is best placed of the big names with just one stage remaining. Jorgenson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,71],"class_list":["post-1988809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-velo-outsideonline-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1988809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1988809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1988809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1988809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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