Carlos Verona keeps Primoz Roglic at bay to win Stage 6, Slovenian takes Criterium du Dauphine lead from Wout van Aert

Carlos Verona (Movistar) was the last man standing from a breakaway, staying just out of reach of a marauding Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma) for his first professional victory, at the age of 29. On the uphill finish to Vaujany, Roglic did more than enough to take over the team lead and yellow jersey, as Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) proved unable to endure the pace set by the faster, lighter climbers. Ad/> Jonas Vinegaard (Jumbo Visma) lost 12 seconds to his team-mate but gained enough ground on the rest for third on the stage and second overall.

The Dane’s lack of legs to stay with Roglic should do away with any thoughts of Jumbo Visma sharing leadership between the pair at the Tour de France. /> Critérium du Dauphiné‘I am super happy’ — Primoz Roglic delighted with form at Criterium du DauphineAN HOUR AGO Nasty, brutal and short was an apt description of the Criterium du Dauphine’s Stage 7, which managed to pack almost 4,000m of vertical gain into its 135 horizontal kilometres. The course offered a dress rehearsal for Stage 12 of next month’s Tour de France.

The only real difference was that the Dauphine would not continue on to the notorious Alpe d’Huez. The stage officially started just five kilometres from the foot of the Col du Galibier. That meant an uphill start and an intermediate sprint just 20km into the stage.

A large group of 29 riders first clipped themselves off the front of the peloton, though they were easily brought back. A little later, a luckier 13 secured what seemed to be a meaningful gap but it too was reined in. Brilliant Longo-Borghini snatches overall victory on the line, Wiebes takes third stage of weekFroome abandons last two stages of Criterium due to illness'Completely out of order' — Molano