I think the race is made by the riders - last year's winner, Stephane Poisson, rode for a team made up entirely of retired sociology lecturers, so you can't really compare with having Ineos and Jumbo and Trek etc racing.
Either Ineos have some well worked out training strategy or they have some catching up to do. And Pogacar wasn't there, my pick for a podium place this year.
The Dauphine starts on Wednesday so not long to wait to get a better idea of what's happening.
I think the race is made by the riders - last year's winner, Stephane Poisson, rode for a team made up entirely of retired sociology lecturers, so you can't really compare with having Ineos and Jumbo and Trek etc racing.
Either Ineos have some well worked out training strategy or they have some catching up to do. And Pogacar wasn't there, my pick for a podium place this year.
The Dauphine starts on Wednesday so not long to wait to get a better idea of what's happening.