Jakob Fulgsang (Team Astana) wins overrall criterium du dauphine 2017

Jakob Fuglsang (Team Astana) wins final stage 8 of Criterium du Dauphine and seals overrall title 2017. 

There was a special guest in the person of retired Frank Schleck.

Richie Porte (BMC

Racing) looses race lead

Ever since Contador almost blew the 2011 Tour de France apart on the road to Alpe d'Huez, ASO has increasingly warmed to the value of short mountain stages as a means of animating its races, and Sunday's final leg of the Dauphiné was a further indication of the success of the format.

Top Fifteen General Classification final result

 1, Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) Astana Pro Team 29:05:54,
2, Richie Porte (Australia) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10,
 3, Daniel Martin (Ireland) Quick-Step Floor's 0:01:32,
 4, Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:33,
5, Fabio Aru (Italy) Astana Pro Team 0:01:37,
6, Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:04,
 7, Emanuel Buchmann (Germany) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:32,
 8, Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:12,
 9, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) Movistar Team 0:04:08,
10, Rafael Valls (Spain) Lotto Soudal 0:04:40,
11, Alberto Contador Velasco (Spain) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:20,
 12, Tiesj Benoot (Belgium) Lotto Soudal 0:08:03,
13, Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:09:02,
14, Sam Oomen (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:09:03,
15,Pierre Latour (France) AG2R La Mondiale 0:12:16