Primoz Roglic and Jumbo outshine Ineos in mini Tour de France test

Primoz Roglic won the three-day Tour de L'Ain on Sunday by climbing to victory on the Grand Colombier mountain as defending champion as Egan Bernal and Nairo Quintana shadowed him all the way

In this fascinatingly tense war of nerves the race pitched the cream of the rising Dutch outfit Jumbo-Visma against the established elite of the mighty British Ineos team.

This final stage of the Tour de L'Ain will also feature on the Tour de France itinerary, stage 15 culminating with the same climb, on the fifth of eight mountain days on the coming edition of the Grande Boucle.

In the final overall standings Vuelta a Espana champion Roglic, a former ski-jumper who came to cycling late, beat Tour de France champion Bernal by 18 seconds with another Colombian Nairo Quintana coming third another 10 seconds back.

Roglic was delivered to the final kilometre after a powerful performance from three of his teammates led by 2018 Giro winner and world champion Tom Dumoulin.

Bernal, on his own against Jumbo for 8km of the climb, clung on as some of the peloton's top climbers fell by the wayside.

He only lost Roglic over the final 100m of the climb and even then the Colombian never looked flustered.

The pair looks set to lead their teams in a mouthwatering clash at the Tour, which starts in Nice August 29 and which looks sure to deliver a definitive generational shift.

Former Tour de France winners Chris Froome, 35, and Geraint Thomas, 34, were both clearly working for the 23-year-old Bernal on this race.

2020 Tour de l'Ain GC after Stage 5

1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 11:21:12
2 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos 0:00:18
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:28
4 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:56
5 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:01:27
6 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:24
7 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep 0:02:40
8 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:02:45
9 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 0:03:39
10 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:04:26

2020 Tour de l'Ain Stage 5 Top 10

1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 4:06:24
2 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos 0:00:04
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic 0:00:06
4 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis 0:00:08
5 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:16
6 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:23
7 George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:31
8 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:00:44
9 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:01:16
10 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-Quickstep 0:01:58