So near but so far – but no regrets, either way. At the last possible moment, Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike) came within a whisker of toppling Critérium du Dauphine leader Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe), attacking him on the final climb of the race, the Plateau des Glieres, and with every turn of the pedalstrokes, closing in on the Slovenian star overall.
In a heartstopping finale, Jorgenson claimed second on the stage behind Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers), and the resulting time gap on Roglič meant Jorgenson’s courageous last-ditch attack all but proved enough to go from second to first as well.
Even after taking his best-ever TT result for a middle-distance race against the clock on Wednesday, the American had continued to play down his chances in the mountains.
Instead, he went well beyond his own expectations on the three Alpine stages to become the first American on the podium since Tejay van Garderen claimed second in 2019 behind Jakob Fuglsang. In the process, he has left everybody wondering, too, what he may now be able to achieve in the fast-approaching Tour de France.
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