RISOUL, France (AP) — Chris Froome has won the Criterium du Dauphine race for the first time.
The British rider was second in Sunday’s eighth and final stage behind stage winner Alessandro De Marchi of Italy.
Overall, Froome was 58 seconds ahead of Sky Procycling teammate Richie Porte. Spain’s Daniel Moreno was 2:12 back in third.
Belgium’s Tim Wellens led De Marchi by about 30 seconds with 3.1 miles to go in the 96.4-mile mountainous ride from Sisteron to Risoul. Froome wanted to give Porte the win and tried to help him catch De Marchi up, but Porte could not stay with Froome’s attack.
Australia’s Michael Rogers was third overnight but dropped to sixth place overall.
