Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) cemented his authority at the 75th Criterium du Dauphiné with an overall win and two solo stage victories. He took his third World Tour stage race crown, after the Tour de France and Ituriá Basque, by the largest margin in 20 years at the Dauphiné.

Vingegaard, who took the yellow jersey after finishing second in the stage 3 time trial, jumped out on the final climb of stage 7 and held off a large chase group 14km from the finish.

He again dominated the first mountain stage of the Dauphiné, winning the final stage at the top of the Col de la Croix de Fer.

He missed a third win on Sunday's stage 8 and had to settle for second place on the final day behind winner Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo). The race leader responded to the efforts of second-place finisher Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) on the last two climbs and escaped in the last kilometer.

Never isolated, Vingegaard and his team closed out a nearly perfect eight days of racing. The only blemish was the crash of Steven Kruijswijk, who broke his collarbone and pelvis on stage 2.

"I'm just super happy with how I rode today, and how the whole team rode today and the whole week," Vingegaard told CyclingPronet.

"Losing Steven [Kruisweig] is a huge loss for us. It's very disappointing for us, but he's in better shape and in less pain. Basically, that's all that went wrong."

Now, after a few days of rest, Vingegaard turns his attention to the Tour de France, which begins in three weeks.

"I don't care too much about the other riders, I just want to concentrate on myself and do my best on the start line of the Tour. The same goes for the rest of the team. I think I'm in a good position right now."

"I'm confident in myself, but I think I can still get a little bit better. At least I hope so."

"I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do better, but I think I can do it.

The Dauphiné is considered a test for the Tour, but only 10 riders have won both races in the same year. The last to complete the double was Chris Froome in 2016.