On the final climb of the Critérium du Dauphiné, Jonas Vingegaard launched one last attempt to distance his rival Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), but the race leader held firm on his wheel all the way to the finish, where Vingegaard took second on the stage and Pogačar added yet another victory to his growing palmarès.
On the ascent of Plateau du Mont-Cenis, Vingegaard accelerated away from a reduced peloton with the world champion on his wheel and bridged up to his Visma-Lease a Bike teammate Sepp Kuss, who had been part of the early breakaway. Although they managed to catch all but one of the remaining escapees, Vingegaard couldn’t shake Pogačar and had to settle for second place in the overall standings.
