Primoz Roglic holds on to win second Criterium du Dauphine title

Roglic went into the last day of the pre-Tour de France race with a one-minute and two-second lead on Jorgenson but the American put in a fine performance to come second in the eighth and final stage, just behind stage winner Carlos Rodriguez of Spain.

The Slovenian came in sixth on the day after forcing his way up the final ascent just in time to ensure he added a second Dauphine victory to his win in 2022.

Jorgenson of Visma failed to add a Criterium win to his Paris-Nice title this year as he ended up second in the overall classification.

Canadian Derek Gee was dropped by the leading group of Jorgenson and Rodriguez just before the finish line but rolled through in third place for the stage and consolidated his spot on the podium of the general ranking, 36 seconds behind Roglic.

Ineos' Rodriguez claimed a career-first Criterium stage win in Sunday's 160-kilometre mountainous run from Thones to Plateau des Glieres to jump to fourth in the overall ranking.