Baudin: 'When I saw Pogačar catching up with me, I couldn't resist grabbing the wheel'
The first summit finish of the Critérium du Dauphiné saw Tadej Pogačar flipping the script on his doubters as he put over a minute into arch-rival Jonas Vingegaard on the Côte de la Cry. While the world champion was on his way to a statement stage win, he scooped up the remaining breakaway riders, including EF Education-EasyPost's punchy climber, Alex Baudin.
"When I saw Pogačar catching up with me, I couldn't resist grabbing the wheel to see how fast he was!" Baudin said at the finish. "It killed me for two or three minutes."
The Frenchman still finished sixth on the stage, took over the mountains classification, and was awarded with the combativity award for his dogged efforts.
