After Dylan van Baarle and Steven Kruijswijk had to abandon due to their crash on the fifth stage, Team Visma | Lease a Bike had five riders left at the starting line in Hauterives. The 174-kilometre mountain stage was the first challenge in a hard final weekend of the Critérium du Dauphiné.

“It is very unfortunate what happened to Dylan and Steven, especially now that their Tour de France participation is gone”, sports director Grischa Niermann stated. "But this Dauphiné is not over for us. There are still five motivated riders here who will still give it their all. Matteo can go into the final stages in an excellent position. He already proved to have good form this week."

Six riders formed the day’s breakaway, but their attempt stranded on the final climb. The fans had to wait until the foot of Le Collet d'Allevard before the race opened up. With five kilometres to go, the GC riders attacked each other for the first time. Laurens De Plus, Aleksandr Vlasov, Giulio Ciccone and Primoz Roglic accelerated. Among others, overall leader Remco Evenepoel was dropped at the front. Meanwhile, Jorgenson chose his own pace in the chasing group behind the leaders. Roglic eventually proved the strongest in the steep final. Jorgenson finished fifth, seventeen seconds behind the former Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider.

“I felt good today”, Jorgenson responded afterwards. "At the end I reached my limit, but on a finish like that you can expect that. My goal today was to race conservatively, partly with the next tough stages in mind. So on the final climb I opted for a steady pace. I tried to follow Roglic as long as possible, but that went a bit too fast."

“I'm happy with how we showed ourselves as a team”, Jorgenson added. "Sepp Kuss did not have his best day and Bart Lemmen was involved in yesterday's crash, but still they did what they could to assist me. The conditions were not ideal, but also Tiesj Benoot and Koen Bouwman were of great value today to protect me. We will keep fighting on Saturday and Sunday.”