2024 Critérium du Dauphiné Stage 8 Results & Recap
Stage 8 of the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Roglic wins 2024 Criterium du Dauphine
Matteo Jorgenson almost turned the Critérium du Dauphiné upside down on the final day. Yellow jersey Primoz Roglic dropped inside the last five kilometres, and the American battled it out with Carlos Rodriguez for the stage win. The latter took the spoils, while Jorgenson fell eight seconds short. Roglic finished sixth to win the GC in a nail-biter of a finale.
The battle raged on the Col de la Forclaz-de-Montmin, and eventually, Bart Lemmen, Marc Soler, Nicolas Prodhomme, Sean Quinn, and Lorenzo Fortunato managed to reach the summit in first position. David Gaudu, Guillaume Martin, Tim Wellens, Eduardo Sepúlveda, Omar Fraile, and Bruno Armirail tracked them down in the descent to make it eleven at the front.
Fortunato moved into the KOM lead on the Forclaz-de-Montmin before he extended it on the Col des Esserieux.
The eleven reached a maximum lead of 4 minutes before it fell to two minutes in the Salève climb. Fortunato and Prodhomme couldn't follow the pace and were dropped from the breakaway.
The gap was down to under 1 minute at the base of the finish climb. Giulio Ciccone attacked early from the GC group and he gobbled up the attackers before he himself was caught by Laurens De Plus, Carlos Rodriguez, Derek Gee, Matteo Jorgenson, Santiago Buitrago, and leader Primoz Roglic. Still five kilometres remained at that point.
Moments later, Rodriguez struck, and only Gee and Jorgenson followed his move. Roglic was struggling at the back, and Jorgenson sensed an opportunity. The runner-up in the GC gave it his all, causing Gee to lose contact inside the last 1.5 kilometres.
Roglic was doing everything to limit the damage, while Jorgenson at the front was doing just the opposite. Second by second, the American extended his lead with a Spanish shadow in tow. In the final meters, Rodriguez took the lead and secured the stage win. Jorgenson fell short by eight seconds on the last day to snatch the yellow jersey from Roglic, ending up in second place.
So, it’s a GC win for the Slovenian after all, while Gee finishes third in both the stage and the GC.
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