Cycling news: Wout Poels comeback clinches Dauphine Stage 7 win

Updated 15/06/2019 at 19:01 GMT

Wout Poels produced a late surge to claim victory in Stage 7 of the Criterium du Dauphine.

Wout Poels célèbre sa victoire lors de la 7e étape du Critérium du Dauphiné 2018

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The Team Ineos rider had trailed Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) heading into the final kilometre of the stage but pipped them to the victory by a single second.

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Fuglsang finished second, with Buchmann third, with Thibau Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Daniel Martin (Bora-Hansgrohe) completing the top five. Adam Yates, who had been in the overall lead, was sixth.

Despite missing out on the stage victory, Fuglsang received a time bonus for second place, which helps him claim the yellow jersey from Yates (Mitchelton-Scott).

The Dane has an eight-second lead ahead of Yates, with just Sunday's mountain stage to come.

Place	Rider	Team	Time
1	Wout Poels	Team Ineos	4:01:34
2	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team	0:00:01
3	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-Hansgrohe
4	Thibaut Pinot	Groupama-FDJ	0:00:10
5	Daniel Martin	UAE Team Emirates
6	Adam Yates	Mitchelton-Scott
7	Romain Bardet	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:13
8	Tejay Van Garderen	EF Education First	0:00:16
9	Dylan Teuns	Bahrain-Merida	0:00:30
10	Bjorg Lambrecht	Lotto Soudal	0:00:34

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