Richie Porte warms up for Tour with Criterium du Dauphine Victory

Australian Richie Porte on Sunday won the Criterium du Dauphine, the last major warm-up race before the Tour de France

Riding for Ineos Grenadiers, Porte finished 17 seconds ahead of Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech) and 29 seconds ahead of teammate Geraint Thomas in the general classification.

The final stage – a 147-kilometre route from La Lechere-les-Bains to Les Gets that featured six categorised climbs – was won by Mark Padun for Bahrain Victorious.

The overall win for Porte presents Ineos with a familiar problem. Going into the Tour, they have four riders with claims over the team leadership: 2019 Giro winner Richard Carapaz, 2018 Tour champion Thomas, Porte and Tao Geoghegan Hart, who won the 2020 Giro.

VIDEO: 2021 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 8 Highlights

2021 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 8 Top 10

1 Mark Padun (Ukr) Bahrain Victorious 4:06:49
2 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:36
3 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
4 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:01:57
5 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:02:10
6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
7 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech
8 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers
9 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
10 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis

2021 Criterium du Dauphine Final Overall Classification

1 Richie Porte (Aus) Ineos Grenadiers 29:37:05
2 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Premier Tech 0:00:17
3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:29
4 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:33
5 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious 0:00:34
6 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:38
7 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana-Premier Tech
8 Ben O'Connor (Aus) AG2R Citroën Team 0:00:47
9 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:12
10 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:01:57