The British Team Sky rider, who went on to win the Tour after both of his previous Dauphine wins in 2013 and 2015, ended the final stage with a 12 second lead over Frenchman Romain Bardet.
The final 151km seventh stage from Le-Pont-de-Claix to Superdevoluy was won by another Briton Steve Cummings (Dimension Data), who broke away with 40km to go.
“Coming into this week I hoped I’d be fighting for the podium,” Froome told Eurosport television. “To be sitting here last day in yellow, that’s a really amazing feeling.
“It is great timing now to have a win under the belt, it does help build the morale a bit and build the team around me,” he added.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ian Chadband)
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