Sunday\u2019s final stage of the rebranded Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9, France\u2019s Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes<\/a>, had the same result as the penultimate day, with Isaac del Toro raising his arms at the line, Juan Ayuso second and Tobias Halland Johannessen third. Del Toro plucked the yellow and blue leader\u2019s jersey from Luke Tuckwell, adding Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes to his UAE Tour and Tirreno-Adriatico all-around victories. He is the first Mexican champion of Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes. Del Toro and Jonas Vingegaard have both won three UCI WorldTour stage races this year. Jay Vine, Tadej Pogacar and Paul Seixas have won the other three. Tuckwell lost a lot of his lead on Saturday, and he sat 42 seconds ahead of Matteo Jorgenson, and 49 seconds faster than Isaac del Toro, who has proven to be the best climber in the race. Ayuso was +1:06. Seixas\u2019 Saturday crash had him at +1:59.<\/p>\n The Course<\/strong><\/p>\n The pattern was Cat. 1, HC, Cat. 1, HC crammed into 125 km. Both HC\u2019s, Mont\u00e9e de Bisanne and Plateau de Solaison\u2013Brison, were 11.5 km long, with summit finish Plateau de Solaison-Brison slightly steeper at 8.9 percent. This climb will also feature in the Tour de France.<\/p>\n Cat. 1 Col du Pr\u00e9 was right out of the gate, and a small breakaway featuring KOM leader Cl\u00e9ment Braz Afonso scooted away on its slopes, Braz Afonso securing the points on top 2:00 ahead of the peloton. Fourteenth-place K\u00e9vin Vauquelin, who embodies Netcompany-Ineos\u2019s misfortunes in the race, decided to bridge over to the break and join two teammates. On the descent, Seixas couldn\u2019t keep up.<\/p>\n The yellow jersey group moved closer to the break on HC beast Mont\u00e9e de Bisanne, UAE-Emirates setting the pace. It was there that sixth-place Seixas packed it in. He has 20 days to recover and prepare for the Tour de France.<\/p>\n Braz Afonso wrapped up the white-dots-on-light-blue jersey atop Bissane, his group having pulled out more of a lead. The penultimate climb of the 78th edition was Cat. 1 Col des Aravis. With Ayuso\u2019s Lidl-Trek driving the field, the gap shrank. And so the race steamed towards its concluding 11.5 kilometres. The fugitives\u2019 lead was 48 seconds when the climb began. UAE-Emirates powered the greatly-reduced peloton. Tuckwell couldn\u2019t hold the pace with 9.3 km to go. Del Toro attacked when the last fugitives were in sight. Del Toro was solo with 8 km to race.<\/p>\n Jorgenson and Ayuso were del Toro\u2019s closest chasers, the latter hoping to scoop Tuckwell\u2019s podium spot. Ayuso lit out after it on his own. Jorgenson started to falter and it would be the American\u2019s podium place Ayuso would nick, Tuckwell the runner-up of the 78th edition.<\/p>\n The next WorldTour stage race is the Tour de Suisse, a five-day competition that starts on Wednesday, June 17.<\/p>\n 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes Stage 8<\/strong> 2026 Tour Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes Final GC<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Preliminaries<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26DauphineStg8.jpg\")
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Plateau de Solaison-Brison<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26DauphineDelToro3.jpg\")
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1) Isaac del Toro (Mexico\/UAE-Emirates) 3:35:07
2) Juan Ayuso (Spain\/Lidl-Trek) +1:00
3) Tobias Halland Johannessen (Norway\/Uno-X) +1:02<\/p>\n
1) Isaac del Toro (Mexico\/UAE-Emirates) 29:35:05:49
2) Luke Tuckwell (Australia\/Red Bull) +0:59
3) Juan Ayuso (Spain\/Lidl-Trek) +1:17<\/p>\n