Critérium du Dauphiné 2026 - Stage 5

07.06-14.06

Wout van Aert won stage 5 of the Critérium du Dauphiné after a controlled bunch sprint. A six rider breakaway was caught with 12 kilometres to go, after Visma | Lease a Bike and Cofidis had led the chase. Van Aert was perfectly positioned by his teammates and proved clearly strongest ahead of Hugo Hofstetter and Phil Bauhaus.

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