Criterium du Dauphine joy for Jumbo-Visma, as Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard ride rampant to take the stage and GC

A Dutch demolition on the final climb was enough to see off breakaway dreams, as Jumbo-Visma brought home the Criterium du Dauphine for Primoz Roglic, along with a stage victory for Jonas Vingegaard. The pair rode up the Plateau de Solaisons in the company of each other and no-one else, holding hands to cross the line as the elder rider gave his junior the nod to take the stage. The result was reversed in the general classification, with Vingegaard’s second place matching that which he achieved at the Tour de France last year.

Ad/> Theirs was a statement performance. Whether they will have the best rider at the Tour de France remains to be seen, but they left little doubt as to which will be the strongest squad in July. /> Critérium du DauphinéHighlights of Stage 8 of the Criterium du Dauphine as Vingegaard takes stage and Roglic GCAN HOUR AGO The Dauphine concluded with a stage absent of the show climbs of the previous day, but with uphill challenges every bit their equal.

The final theatre would be the Plateau de Solaisons, a long, steep balcony road above the village of Brizon, off the A40 towards Mont Blanc. Never before tackled in a professional race, the Tour de France organisers would be paying close attention to the finale, lest they consider bringing the big show here in years to come. /> With Jumbo-Visma occupying the box seats in the general classification, and the third podium place the best the rest could reasonably hope for, a few more teams than usual were granted permission to attempt to play for the stage.