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Jonas Vingegaard seals 2022 Tour de France triumph in Paris – as it happened

Jasper Philipsen sprinted to victory in Paris as Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma clinched his triumph in the overall race

• 24 Jul 2022 Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck) wins Tour de France Stage 21!
• 24 Jul 2022 Preamble

Jeremy Whittle reports from Paris:

C’est la vie, c’est la guerre, c’est le Tour. That is it for another year. Thank you for reading, thanks for emailing and tweeting, and see you soon for more. I will be back tomorrow for stage two of the Tour de France Femmes. We will have a report for stage 21 of the men’s race coming up soon. Au revoir.

Tadej Pogacar, the beaten champion, has a chat with Eurosport and is asked how it felt to ride into Paris in second, rather than first position on GC: “I was still really happy to be here. I was really proud with my other teammates. We were riding strong. Yeah, it was not bad at all, I was enjoying it a lot today.”

On the brewing Vingegaard rivalry: “I think we [the fans] are going to have a really great next couple of years in front of the television ... me, I will for sure enjoy these years on the bike, because I love the challenge.”

Will he celebrate tonight? asks Bernie Eisel for Eurosport. “I guess so. We will see what we have prepared ... For sure we’re going to have a nice day, a nice night. Tomorrow I’m already on stage two of the Tour de Femmes, to support my fiancee. Tomorrow I cheer on, then I need to go home and set up some telecoms stuff. Busy life.”

And there you have it. Tadej Pogacar, the two-times Tour de France champion, has to get home and sort out his broadband connection. Then he can start thinking about next year, maybe watch some Tour highlights on YouTube ...

On the podium.

Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) has a chat, and is asked about his stage 13 win: “It was definitely one of the last options for me in this Tour. I planned to go all in for the first week, but I was a little bit sick before, so to have this stage win is absolutely amazing ...

“Cycling is the new national sport in Denmark. It’s absolutely crazy ... of course with the start in Copenhagen it was really special for all of us. And to see all these people on the road, we didn’t expect that, not that many people. Of course with Jonas in the yellow jersey it makes cycling grow even more, and now we see half the Danish people here [in Paris], so that’s pretty amazing.”

Vingegaard, the champion , speaks while holding his young daughter: “It’s just incredible. I mean, now I’ve finally won the Tour. Now nothing can go wrong anymore and I’m sitting with my daughter, and it’s just incredible.

“It’s the biggest cycling race of the year, and it’s the biggest one you can win, and now I’ve done it, and no one can take this away from me.

“I always had the feeling that at least I could fight for the win. But I think yeah, in the end, when I really started believing was after Hautacam. I mean, I always believed in it, but then I was really thinking: something has to go almost wrong before I don’t win, that was after Hautacam .”

He is asked about seeing all the Danish fans in Paris: “That was really incredible for me. So many Danes here, so many Danes arrived to see me ride in the yellow jersey. I appreciate it so much and I have to say thank you to every Dane who’s here and that has been cheering for me for three weeks now, it means everything to me.”

How will he celebrate his victory? “Tuesday I have to go to Holland ... Wednesday in Copenhagen, Thursday in the town I live in, and Friday I’ll be on the couch for one week.

“Of course I’m super happy about my victory now. Of course now I want to celebrate, relax, but then I also want more [Tour de France victories], yes.”

“Where’s my make-up,” asks south London’s Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) when he appears for a chat on Eurosport.

“I’ve loved it. I loved it last year, but to be that percentage or so stronger, and be able do stuff in the races, it’s been so much fun ... You get so wrapped up in it. It’s only when you look at your phone afterwards that you’re like: ‘Oh yeah, actually, this is the Tour de France’.”

Adam Blythe tells him how brilliant his performances have been. “You’re trying to get me a bit emotional again ... it’s great, I’ve loved every minute of it. Even the mountains: it’s suffering, but it’s beautiful suffering. It’s been great – I’m happy.”

Peter Sagan speaks! He is asked about the final sprint on Eurosport. “Pretty messy ... On the last turn my chain dropped ... I started my sprint but Jakobsen was in the front. His chain dropped out ... I came over, I gained some positions, but in the end it was not enough.”

There you go: Jaksobsen dropped his chain, says Sagan, which explains why he was nowhere in the end.

How was his Tour? “For me it was quite easy. A lot of years I was dealing with media every day, podium, I did it with green jersey ... interview stuff, people around the hotel ... just quite good. The average speed was high, every day full gas.”

And what about his performance? “It could be better, it could be worse, that’s life. No victory but I’m here, I finished. It’s quite special [in Paris].

“Wout van Aert is like some kind of new level. If you see his results in Tour de France , it’s very impressive. Sprint, time trial, climb ... I don’t know why he doesn’t go for yellow jersey ... it looks like easy, he can go [for yellow].”

The outgoing champion, Tadej Pogacar, speaks about his late attack on the final lap in Paris: “It was kind of funny. Thomas and Ganna on the right side, me on the left. Fuck, it was funny, because I said to Pippo [Ganna] two kilometres before, I said to him: “We go for an attack?” And we were sprinting against each other. And i think I was just dead by the Triomphe, on the roundabout, finished.”

Philippe Gilbert, after riding his final Tour stage, speaks to Eurosport: “Happy to be in Paris. It was a tough tour, really difficult, and I’m happy to have made it.”

What made it difficult? Wout van Aert? “Yeah. Pretty much him. No, the speed was crazy, out of control. We went with a plan every day, and it ended up with the opposite. Some days we thought it would be controllable, with a nice [breakaway] group like it used to be, but it would end up with a crazy strong group to chase, and finishing with almost 50 [km/h] average. It was dry every day, so it means fast. A lot of tailwind, so it was really fast, fast.

“It’s nice when you can decide yourself, when you stop. That’s my decision and I’m happy to take it. I enjoyed also today. It was nice, yeah.”

Bradley Wiggins remembers rooming with Gilbert 20 years ago when they rode for Française des Jeux. “I never imagined you’d go on to have the career you had. You’ve won everything there is to win in the sport.”

“The same for me about you,” Gilbert replies. “We achieved our goals, I won the one-day races and you won the stage races.

“My career is not over,” the legendary strong man Gilbert concludes. “I want to rest now, and finish on a good note, I hope to win one more race this year.”

Simon Geschke has a chat with Eurosport: “It was a really fun time in the mountains jersey ... if I’d lost it after two days, I’d have been like: ‘That was fun’. But the longer you keep it, the longer you start believing that you can take it all the way to Paris. I thought I had a realistic chance, actually, but on the last mountain stage I made a few mistakes here and there probably. In the third week the energy levels reached their limits and that was it.”

“Too bad, but that’s part of the sport. The head wanted it more than the legs, but at least I got to wear it to Paris. Kind of a strange feeling, but still nice for the pictures, I guess. It’s a privilege to wear a jersey in the Tour de France . For sure I enjoyed it today also although I was only second in the mountains classification ... it’s sort of a little achievement, as well.”

Surely you have to question why Groenewegen sprinted so early? It looked like a bit of panic. All he was likely to do was lead out Philipsen, or Ewan, or Sagan, or AN Other. As it happened, Philipsen was in the perfect position to benefit, right on Groenewegen’s wheel. And it was an utterly dominant win by Philipsen in the end. No doubt Mark Cavendish is sitting at home and thinking he could have won that. It was a bad day for both Quick-Step and Jakobsen, who didn’t feature at all.

Today’s stage winner Philipsen speaks: “I cannot believe [it], it’s a childhood dream coming true, this will take a while to realise. I’m just super-proud of the team, that we finished the Tour like this, it’s the cherry on the cake.

“I think it [the final kilometre] went ideal for me. I was in a great position. I think Dylan was forced to launch early and I could really stay in his wheel and do my final sprint when I wanted ... I’m super happy and proud that I could win in this Champs-Elysees, the dream of any sprinter.

“It couldn’t be better. We had some disappointments earlier this Tour, things that went not the way we wanted. But to finish off in style like this, to win stage 15 and then again on 21, on the most beautiful stage for a sprinter, it’s just unbelievable.”

Top 10 on stage 21:

1) Philipsen 2hr 58min 32sec 2) Groenewegen 3) Kristoff 4) Stuyven 5) Sagan 6) Lecroq 7) Van Poppel 8) Ewan 9) Hofstetter 10) Wright

Kristoff (who finished third) sums up the final sprint: “Unfortunately there was a big movement maybe 300m to go, everybody had to stop pedalling a bit, and we lost a bit of momentum, otherwise I think we could have been closer to Jasper ... anyway I’m happy with third place. Caleb was maybe a bit angry with me, but I felt I was fair, I made a straight line. I got the wheel of Groenwegen and Caleb was a bit boxed in because of that, but that’s not my fault.”

On the final straight, Luka Mezgec took up the leadout for BikeExchange on the left-hand side, trying to set up Groenewegen. Ewan looked pretty much in perfect position but was ultimately boxed in and didn’t even bother to sprint. Groenewegen was second, Kristoff third, Stuyven fourth and Sagan fifth!

Philipsen got on Groenewegen’s wheel - the BikeExchange–Jayco rider went early - and Philipsen timed it perfectly, completely dominating his rival in the final metres after springing out from behind Groenewegen and heading for the clear road on the right. Ewan looked unhappy to be boxed in by Kristoff. A really bad Tour de France for the Australian and for Lotto Soudal.

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck) wins Tour de France Stage 21!

Wow! Philipsen’s second stage win of the race is sealed in Paris! Back down the road, Jumbo-Visma ride across the finish line in formation. Jonas Vingegaard safely negotiates the final stage and wins his first Tour de France .

1km to go: Thomas (Cofidis) attacks!

2.5km to go: Ewan is well placed for Lotto Soudal and has teammates around him. Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck) is right up there. Jakobsen is going to have a say, too ...

3.5km to go: Politt leads for a while then pops and drops back. Simmons is there for Trek-Segafredo and Pedersen ... The peloton speeds towards the famous tunnel for one final time.

5km to go: Around the Arc for the final time. Ineos are on the front with Ganna. Trek-Segafredo are massed near the front. Politt is up there for Bora. BikeExchange working for Groenewegen. It’s all happening.

6.3km to go: Thomas and Ganna attack on the left for Ineos! Pogacar attacks off the front on the other side of the road! Pogacar isn’t letting his Tour de France crown go without at least reminding us all that he still exists!

7.5km to go: The riders round the right-hand bend which leads up to the start-finish line for the penultimate time. The Arc de Triomphe is visible in the distance. As the bell sounds for the final lap, Schachmann and Rutsch are overwhelmed by the charging peloton. The crowd roars! We are all back together!

8.5km to go : And then there were two. Schachmann and Rutsch are up front together, the two Groupama-FDJ riders having fallen out of it.

9km to go: HUGE ride by Schachmann of Bora-Hansgrohe, on the front again and stamping on the pedals as hard as he can. He has clearly ridden himself into some very good form at this Tour.

11km to go: Schachmann does another turn, then flicks his elbow to ask Jonas Rutsch to have a go. The turns at the front are becoming shorter and shorter as the fatigue really sets in. Are the sprinters’ teams just holding off a touch? No – the gap is now six seconds.

12km to go: Cracking ride by the four up front, this is. They are holding the peloton at around 10sec as they round the Arc de Triomphe. Mind you, the four is now down to three: Le Gac’s tank is empty and he drops back to the bunch.

15km to go: The break’s advantage drops to under 10 seconds. They will be getting swallowed up before too long. Looking grim-faced, Schachmann puts in another desperate dig to try and keep away. These guys are basically sprinting now to try and keep their advantage ... and it does creep back up to 11sec to mark the effort they are putting in.

18km to go: Doull has been dropped by the escape group so they are down to four. The gap is holding at 15sec. Le Gac and Duchesne, the Groupama-FDJ teammates, take it up at the tête de la course .

19km to go: The likes of Lotto Soudal are working desperately to set up a sprint. Their sports directors will be yelling down the team radios and no mistake. But will they simply be setting up the likes of Wout van Aert to win in Paris again? If as expected it’s a big bunch sprint, surely Jakobsen or Ewan will have the raw speed to win it ...?

How about Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux), a man who has won in Paris before, and who tends to excel when everyone else is knackered?

20km to go: Here we go. Into the final 20km of a truly epic Tour de France . The advantage for this five-man break is 15sec.

The riders in the break are Schachmann, Duchesne, Rutsch, Le Gac and Doull.

21km to go: #LargelyCeremonial

You get a different perception of the Largely Ceremonial and Processional Paris stage when you’re actually there. It’s unbelievable how fast the riders go on the circuit, and it’s exhilarating to see. Plus, Paris is the greatest city in the world. — Edward Pickering (@EdwardPickering) July 24, 2022

22km to go: Boasson Hagen has a mechanical and grabs a replacement bike. That’ll be another lung-bursting effort to get back into the peloton, let alone do anything to try and lead out his teammate Peter Sagan.

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109th edition: july 1-24, 2022.

2021 Tour | 2023 Tour | List of stages | Teams presentation photos | Start list | Route details | 2022 route description | Tour de France database Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Transfer | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7 | Stage 8 | Stage 9 | Rest Day 1 | Stage 10 | Stage 11 | Stage 12 | Stage 13 | Stage 14 | Stage 15 | Rest Day 2 | Stage 16 | Stage 17 | Stage 18 | Stage 19 | Stage 20 | Stage 21

Map of the 2022 Tour de France. 21 stages totalling 3,343.8 kilometers. It started in Denmark July 1.

Sunday, July 24: The 21st & final stage, La Défense Arena - Paris/Champs Elysées, 115.6 km

Stage 21 map and profile | Stage 21 photos

Jasper Philipsen wins stage 21. ASO photo

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Weather at the finish city of Paris at 1:40 PM, local time: 30C (86F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.

• Km 43.3: Côte du Pavé des Gardes, 1.3 km @ 6.5%. Cat. 4

The race: Three riders who made through the previous 20 stages were unable to start today's race: Michael Woods (Covid-19) and Guillaume Boivin (unwell, but negative for Covid-19), both riding for Israel-Premier Tech and Gorka Izagirre (Movistar). No reason is given for Izagirre's withdrawl. That left a starting peloton of 135 riders.

The stage started at 4:46 PM. Starting at the La Défense Arena, this is the Tour's first indoor experience.

Jumbo-Visma had never won the Tour de France in 38 consecutive participations, starting in 1984 with Jan Raas’ Kwantum-Hallen squad. The team was known as Rabobank for a long time.

Here's the race organizer's stage 21 summary:

Jasper Philipsen took the title of most successful sprinter of the 109th Tour de France as he became the only one of them to score for the second time. The Belgian outclassed former Champs-Élysées winners Dylan Groenewegen and Alexander Kristoff to emulate his childhood hero Tom Boonen who also won his second Tour de France stage in Paris at the age of 24 in 2004. Wout van Aert didn’t contest the last sprint to celebrate Jonas Vingegaard’s first overall victory.

135 riders started stage 21 at 16:46 at Paris La Défense Arena. 3 non-starters: Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Michael Woods and Guillaume Boivin (Israel-Premier Tech).

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), the super combative of the 109th Tour de France, symbolically attacked from the gun one last time but it was for a laugh along with Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar. As per tradition, the peloton rode slowly for the first fifty kilometres or so. Polka dot jersey wearer Simon Geschke was allowed by the rest of the riders to symbolically take the last KOM point up for grab at Côte du Pavé des Gardes. Also as per tradition, Jumbo-Visma, the team of the Maillot Jaune, entered Paris in the lead of the peloton.

Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost) and Stan De Wulf (AG2R-Citroën) attacked with 45km to go. They were joined in several waves by Jan Tratnik (Bahrain Victorious), Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies), Dani Martinez (Ineos Grenadier), Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Mikkel Honoré (Quick Step).

It was all together again with 33km to go. The next leading group involved Schachmann again. The German was accompanied by Jonas Rutsch and Owain Doull (EF Education-EasyPost), Antoine Duchesne and Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ). The quintet got a 25’’ lead with 25km to go as their maximum advantage. It went down to 15’’ with 15km remaining. Schachmann and Rutsch were the last to surrender and it was all together again with 6.8km left.

The Tour has reached Paris. Photo: ASO/Charly Lopez

White jersey holder Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) attacked but Filippo Ganna reacted for Ineos Grenadiers and the peloton was strung out in the run in to the last 3-km. Alpecin-Deceuninck seized the reins of the peloton. BikeExchange-Jayco took over at the red flame.

Dylan Groenewegen launched from far out and Jasper Philipsen had the situation under control. He sped up on the right hand side to take his second stage win at the age of 24, eighteen years after Tom Boonen, the last Belgian green jersey winner before Wout van Aert, did so on the Champs-Elysées. Both hail from Mol and Philipsen has often been touted as the next Boonen.

Last year’s Champs-Elysées winner Wout van Aert remained quietly at the back of the pack, along with Jonas Vingegaard who took home his first Tour de France trophy.

Afternote: In August the UCI ruled that GC sixth-place Nairo Quintana was disqualified from the Tour for taking the drug Tramadol. The riders who finished after him were all bumped up one place. For example, Romain Bardet is now the sixth-place finisher of the 2022 Tour de France.

Complete results:

Stage 21 photos

115.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.850 km/hr

• GC winner: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)
• Mountains classification winner: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)
• Points classification winner: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
• Best young rider: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Teams classification winner: INEOS Grenadiers

3,343.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.031 km/hr

Teams Classification:

Stage 21 map & profile

Stage 21 map

The Tour posted two profiles of this stage. Here's the original.

And here's the second with more detail.

Stage 21 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

After a leisurely ride into Paris, it's time to race.

Jonas Vingegaard made it to Paris in Yellow

Jasper Philipsen wins the big one.

Team Jumbo-Visma owned this Tour: GC, Points & KOM and a few stage wins.

Jonas Vingegaard celebrates.

Wout van Aert and family, all in green.

Stage winner Jasper Philipsen

INEOS Grenadiers wn the teams classification

Tadej Pogacar won the young rider classification.

Points classification winner Wout van Aert.

Jonas Vingegaard also win the mountains classification.

2022 Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard.

The final GC podium, from left: Tadej Pogacar (2nd), Jonas Vingegaard (1st) & Geraint Thomas (3rd)

Saturday, July 23: Stage 20, Lacapelle Marival - Rocamadour 40.7 kilometer individual time trial

Complete stage 20 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Stage winner Wout van Aert. ASO photo

• GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)
• Mountains classification leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)
• Points classification leader: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
• Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

Friday, July 22: Stage 19: Castelnau Magnoac - Cahors, 188.3 km

Complete stage 19 results, stage story, photos map & profile

Christophe Laporte takes stage 19. Charly Lopez/ASO photo

Thursday, July 21: Stage 18, Lourdes - Hautacam, 143.2 km

Complete stage 18 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Jonas Vingegaard wins at Hautacam in yellow. Bravo!. ASO photo.

Wednesday, July 20: Stage 17, Saint Gaudens - Peyragudes, 129.7 km

Complete stage 17 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

After a hard duel to the summit finish line with Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar wins the stage. ASO photo

• Mountains classification leader: Simon Geschke (Cofidis)

Tuesday, July 19: Stage 16, Caracassonne - Foix, 178.5 km

Stage 16 complete results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Hugo Houle wins in Foix. Israel-Premier Tech photo

• GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Jmbo-Visma)

Monday, July 18: Rest Day Two: Carcassone

The walled city of Carcassonne.

Sunday, July 17: Stage 15, Rodez - Carcassonne, 202.5 km

Complete stage 15 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Jasper Philipsen (center) just beats Wout van Aert (green kit) for the stage win. Photo: ASO

Saturday, July 16: Stage 14, Saint Etienne - Mende, 192.5 km

Complete stage 14 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Michael Matthews enjoys his superb stage win. ASO photo

• GC leader: Jonas Vingegard (Jumbo-Visma)

Friday, July 15: Stage 13, Le Bourg d'Oisons - Saint Etienne, 192.6 km

Complete stage 13 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Mads Pedersen wins stage 13. Photo: ASO

Thursday, July 14: Stage 12: Briançon - Alpe d'Huez, 165.1 km

Stage 12 complete results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Tom Pidcock wins alone atop Alpe d'Huez. INEOS photo

Wednesday, July 13: Stage 11: Albertville - Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, 151.7 km

Complete stage 11 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Jonas Vingegaard wins the stage and becomes the news GC leader. Jumbo-Visma photo

Tuesday, July 12: Stage 10, Morzine Les Portes du Soleil - Megève, 148.1 km

Complete stage 10 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Magnus Cort wins stage 10. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet

• GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

Monday, July 11: Rest Day 1: Morzine Les Portes du Soleil

Sunday, July 10: Stage 9: Aigle - Châtel les Portes du Soleil (Pré-la-Joux), 192.9 km

Stage 9 complete results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Bob Jungels wins stage nine. Photo: ASO

Saturday, July 9: Stage 8, Dole - Lausanne, 186.3 km

Complete stage 8 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Wout van Aert gets his second stage win this Tour. ASO photo

• Mountains classification leader: Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost)

Friday, July 8: Stage 7, Tomblaine - La Super Planche des Belles Filles, 176.3 km

Complete stage 7 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Tadej Pogacar wins stage seven with Jonas Vingegaard just with him.

Thursday, July 7: Stage 6, Binche - Longwy, 219.9 km

Stage 6 complete results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Tadej Pogacar wins the stage and become the new GC leader. ASO photo

Wednesday, July 6: Stage 5, Lille Métropole - Arenberg Porte du Hinaut, 157 km

Complete stage 5 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

After a hard day at the office, Simon Clarke (right) is just barely the winner of stage five. Sirotti photo

• GC leader: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
• Team classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers

Tuesday, July 5: Stage 4, Dunkerque - Calais, 171.5 km

Complete stage 4 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

What a rider! In yellow, alone and winning the stage, Wout van Aert has ridden a simply superb race. Chapeau! Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet

• Team classification leader: Jumbo-Visma

Monday, July 4: Transfer: The Tour moves from Denmark to Dunkerque, France

Sunday, July 3: Stage 3, Vejle - Sonderborg, 182 km

Stage 3 complete results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Dylan Groenewegen wins stage three. Photo: Getty Images

• Best yong rider: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

Saturday, July 2: Stage 2, Roskilde - Nyborg, 202.2 km

Complete stage 2 results, stage story, photos, map & profile

Fabio Jakobsen takes stage two. Photo: Getty Images

Friday, July 1: Stage 1, Copenhagen 13.2 km individual time trial

Complete stage 1 results, stage story, photos, map, profile & start list

Yves Lampaert going faster than anyone else at the Tour de France. ASO photo.

• GC leader: Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl)
• Points classification leader: Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl)
• Team classification leader: Team Jumbo-Visma

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List of stages, June 23, 2022:

Official start list with back numbers, 6/30/2022:

Some details about the 2022 Tour de France route:

MAP Four countries: Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland and of course France will appear on the Tour map in 2022, the highest number since 2017. Denmark will become the 10th country to host the Grand Départ, and the most northerly in the Tour’s history. In France, the race will visit 8 regions and 29 departments.

STAGES There will be 21 stages:

• 6 flat stages
• 7 hilly stages
• 6 mountain stages with 5 summit finishes (La super Planche des Belles Filles, Col du Granon, Alpe d’Huez, Peyragudes, Hautacam)
• 2 individual time trial stages
• 2 rest days
• 1 transfer day

The 2022 Tour will start on 1st July, on a Friday and not on a Saturday as usual. This is to allow for the transfer to France following the three Grand Départ stages in Denmark.

WELCOME... to the 9 new stage town or sites that will  be hosting the Tour for the first time:

• Copenhagen (start and finish of stage 1)
• Roskilde (start of stage 2)
• Nyborg (finish of stage 2)
• Vejle (start of stage 3)
• Sønderborg (finish of stage 3)
• Aigle (start of stage 9)
• Castelnau-Magnoac (start of stage 19)
• Lacapelle-Marival (start of stage 20)
• Rocamadour (finish of stage 20)

MOUNTAINS The Vosges, Alps, Massif Central and Pyrenees are the four mountain massifs that will feature in this 109th edition, appearing in that order. There’s one climb, the Col de Spandelles (1,378m) in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées.

COBBLES They’ll be making their return after a four-year absence. Stage five Lille Métropole > Arenberg Porte du Hainaut will feature 19.4km of cobbles, split across 11 sectors, ranging in length from 1.3 to 2.8km.

TIME TRIALS 53km is the combined distance of the two individual time trials in the 2022 Tour: 13km on the opening stage in the centre of the Danish capital, and 40km on the penultimate stage between Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadour.

TIME BONUSES The first, second and third riders  across the line on each stage willreceive a time bonus of 10, 6 and 4 seconds, respectively.

PRIZE MONEY A total of 2.3 million euros will be awarded to the teams and riders, including €500,000 to the final winner of the overall individual  classification.

Here's the the organizer's explanation of the 2022 Tour route, released October 14, 2021:

2022 ROUTE: ONE FOR THE ATTACKERS

The route of the 109th Tour de France, scheduled for the 1st to the 24th July 2022, has been unveiled in its traditional venue in Paris. The Palais des Congrès again opened its doors to thousands, including the reigning champion, Tadej Pogačar, the joint record holder for most stage wins, Mark Cavendish, and two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe. 

The big hitters of the next Tour discovered a route filled with opportunities to go on the attack on every terrain following the Grand Départ in Copenhagen. The mountains will then set the stage for a series of showdowns to decide who gets to take the yellow jersey home, including the Super Planche des Belles Filles in the Vosges department, the col du Granon and Alpe d'Huez to wrap up the Alpine chapter of the Race, before Peyragudes and the Hautacam in the Pyrenees, where the climbers will have the chance to set the race alight. 

In a historic first, riders from the women's peloton attended the ceremony to witness the birth of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The race director, Marion Rousse, announced that the inaugural edition of the race will start on 24th July, heading east before finishing on the Super Planche des Belles Filles on 31st July.

As the world of cycling looks forward to the 2022 Tour de France, the powerful scenes from the previous edition are still fresh in the mind. In the first week, viewers were treated to a no-holds-barred contest from riders who have made their mark on cycling’s current era thanks to their aggressive racing style. Riders such as Julian Alaphilippe, Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert set the tone and inspire the rest of the peloton to follow their example with their victorious escapades. There will be plenty of opportunities for them and the rest to go on the attack throughout the Tour, starting with the Danish stages, where the masters of echelons will be right in their element in the 18 km crossing of the Baltic Sea, coming after a time trial for power riders in Copenhagen, the world capital of cycling, and before the sprint stage that will cap the Scandinavian adventure in Sønderborg.

The peloton will return to French soil in the Nord department. Next up, an exhausting ride to Calais, a serving of Roubaix cobblestones, a launch pad for punchers in Longwy and the first clash between the crown pretenders at La Planche des Belles Filles, this time in its "Super" version. Unless the weather turns the race into a war of attrition, the 2022 Tour offers mountain goats a prestigious path to the overall title.

The Alps will start with a summit finish on the col du Granon, 2,413 metres above sea level, on the same road that Bernard Hinault wore the yellow jersey for the last time in his career back in 1986, followed by a carbon copy of the stage from Briançon to the Alpe d'Huez, won by the Frenchman after crossing the finish line hand in hand with Greg LeMond. On the way to the Pyrenees, the Saint-Étienne and Carcassone stages have "sprint finish" written all over them, unlike the one to Mende.

At this point, the bell will call the leaders back into their mountain rings. Tadej Pogačar could soar on the ascent to Peyragudes after the Col d'Aspin and the Hourquette d'Ancizan have softened up the legs of the contenders. Regardless of whether he is in yellow by this point, the reigning champion will have to tame his rivals on the road to Hautacam, which will offer no respite with the climbs up the Aubisque and the Col de Spandelles, making its debut in the race. The final time trial will also enter uncharted waters with its finish on the Rocamadour promontory. It will be time to see where everyone stands… 24 hours later, it’ll be time to celebrate the winner on the Champs-Élysées. A new adventure will then begin with the women in the spotlight.

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• - Aktualisiert am 25.07.2022 - 17:46

Hat alles gegeben: Jonas Rutsch startete bei seiner zweiten Tour de France. Bild: Picture Alliance

Der deutsche Radprofi Jonas Rutsch berichtet regelmäßig über seinen Start bei der Tour de France. Nach dem Finale erklärt er, warum er auf der Schlussetappe nochmal „alles in die Pfanne geschmissen“ hat.

D as Tagebuch von Jonas Rutsch von der Tour de France wird an dieser Stelle regelmäßig aktualisiert. Aufgezeichnet werden seine Berichte von Alex Westhoff und Michael Eder.

Tag 25: Das Tour-Finale in Paris war noch mal ein guter Tag für mich, ein toller Abschluss. Ich habe auf den Champs-Élysées eine Ausreißergruppe initiiert, und das hat funktioniert. Richtig geplant hatte ich das nicht. Aber ein bisschen natürlich schon. Ich hatte ja schon vorher gesagt, dass wir in Paris noch mal richtig Rennen fahren werden. Das haben wir dann auch getan. Ich glaube, es wird dem ein oder anderen noch eine ganze Weile in Erinnerung bleiben, wie gut das geklappt hat. Und das war das Ziel.

Die Chance, auf den Champs Élysées bei der Abschlussetappe aus einer Ausreißergruppe heraus ein Ergebnis zu fahren oder sogar zu gewinnen, ist sehr gering. Auf der anderen Seite ist es aber auch die einzige Chance, die sich meinem Team oder einem Fahrer wie mir geboten hat. Im Massensprint sind wir nicht so stark, wir haben keinen Sprinter, das heißt, wir hätten im Finale keine Chance gehabt. Dann muss man eben einen Weg finden, den Sprint zu umgehen. Und dafür habe ich alles in die Pfanne geschmissen, was ich habe. Ich habe die Gruppe initiiert und dann auch starke Mitstreiter gefunden, die auch absolut alles gegeben haben.

Der „last man standing“ an meiner Seite war Max Schachmann. Zusammen haben wir den Laden noch mal aufgemischt und es denen hinten so schwer gemacht wie möglich. Es war brutal hart. Darauf muss man sich vorher mental einstellen, wenn man so was vorhat. Man muss sich drauf vorbereiten, dass es noch einmal eine Stunde oder anderthalb richtig wehtun wird. Dann fährst du die ganze Zeit am Limit. Es war quasi unser zweites Zeitfahren zum Tour-Abschluss.

Das Feld hat uns erst eingeholt, kurz nachdem die Glocke für die letzte Runde geklingelt hat. Wir haben danach noch öfter gesagt bekommen, dass es hinten ganz schön geklemmt hat. Da war nicht mehr viel. Die sind hinten an der Spitze mit sechs Mann gefahren, und vorne waren wir am Anfang fünf, dann vier, dann drei und dann eben nur noch zwei. Ich glaube, einen Sprinter wie Dylan Groenewegen, der gewinnen wollte, haben wir neutralisiert. Der musste sein ganzes Team aufopfern, um uns zurückzuholen. Dann war am Ende des Tages keiner mehr übrig, um für ihn den Sprint zu forcieren.

Die Power für die Ausreißaktion kam bei mir aus dem Mentalen. Jeder Rennfahrer war vor dem Finale drei Wochen Rad gefahren. Keiner war mehr ultraheiß drauf, noch mal alles aus sich raus zu holen. Wenn man sich aber darauf einstellt, dass man noch mal alles aus sich rauskratzt, dann hilft das ungemein.

Die Stimmung auf den Champs-Élysées und die Zuschauermassen, das ist natürlich eine ganz besondere Szenerie, auch die Emotionen, die da mitschwingen, aber in der Zeit, die du vorne bist, ist es einfach nur hart. Da kriegst du nicht viel von der Außenwelt mit. Hört sich blöd an, aber der schöne Teil hat dann eigentlich erst angefangen, nachdem wir eingeholt worden waren. Dann war der Fluchtversuch beendet und ich bin ganz entspannt die letzte Runde gefahren und konnte sie genießen, konnte alles aufsaugen, was da los war. Ich habe eine Cola aus dem Auto gekriegt und habe sie mir schmecken lassen. Noch ein Schulterklopfer, und dann sind wir ins Ziel gekommen.

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Tour de France 2022: Jonas Rutsch macht Freundin Heiratsantrag nach der letzten Etappe auf den Champs Élysées

Update 25/07/2022 um 20:53 GMT+2 Uhr

Für Jonas Rutsch (EF Education-Easy Post) wird die 109. Tour de France immer in besonderer Erinnerung bleiben. Nicht nur aus sportlicher, sondern vor allem aus privater Sicht. Denn der Wiesbadener machte seiner Freundin nach der Abschlussetappe auf den Champs Élysées, wo er sich noch einmal als Ausreißer gezeigt hatte, einen Heiratsantrag. Natürlich hat sie "ja" gesagt.

Jonas Rutsch (r.) macht seiner Freundin in Paris einen Heiratsantrag - Screenshot: LeTour

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It’s time for the Tour de France

We’re bringing eight riders from eight different nationalities to the world’s greatest bike race

June 29, 2022

It’s time for the Tour de France.

As French families head for the beaches of the Côte d’Azur and to campsites high in the Pyrénées and Alps, they will follow the news of their country’s summer spectacle, gathering around TV sets in sweltering bars and reading day-old newspapers or Insta-updates under their sun umbrellas. Americans will rise at dawn to watch the final kilometres of each stage, while Australians wait late into the night to see who will wear the yellow jersey. People from all over the world will camp by the side of French roads and party together long after the peloton has passed. The Tour de France now belongs to you, too. It is the vital side story to your summer holidays.

We’re excited to announce the riders for us that will star in one of summer’s classic traditions: Rigoberto Uran, Neilson Powless, Magnus Cort-Nielsen, Jonas Rutsch, Stefan Bissegger, Ruben Guerreiro, and Owain Doull will race Le Tour for EF Education-EasyPost.

For our riders, the Tour de France will be anything but a vacation. For 21 days, on a 3,328-kilometre race course, they will sweat to dizzying heights up France’s highest cols and throw themselves into mad sprints for the finish line, pushing their bodies to the limits of human endurance, as they try to win stages and pull on cycling’s greatest prize: the maillot jaune.

They are eight riders from eight different nationalities. Ever since they were little kids, they have dreamed of racing onto the Champs Elysées in Paris. We asked them about their ambitions for this year’s race and what Le Tour means to them.

Magnus Cort

"To win stages at the Tour is on a different level to anything else you can do in cycling. It means a lot just to be selected and going, especially this year when the Tour is starting in Denmark. It is probably the only race where you really count how many times you have been there and have finished. It’s not my first time going, but as a small kid, like most other Danes, I just followed the Tour on the TV during the summer holidays. I didn’t know anything about cycling, but watched the Tour every summer. It is pretty crazy to think back to that eight-year-old, myself, sitting there looking at all the bike riders, and now I am actually the one inside the television, riding the Tour de France in my home country."

Rigoberto Urán

"The best riders are here. The teams come prepared with everything, the new material, the new bikes. Everybody is focused on the Tour de France. You see the new developments. All the world is watching. The level is super high. Every stage is hard. The riders, the masseurs, the mechanics — everyone is focused and nervous for 21 days. Every second is important. It is nice. It is very different, starting in Denmark and not in France is something different, but especially here it is nice because there are many fans in Denmark. We take it day by day. It is one month. You need to stay first lucky and then healthy. You make a strategy, but must take it day by day. The most important thing is to sleep well."

Neilson Powless

"When I think about the Tour de France, I just think of the highest level of competition and just a race filled with athletes who have dedicated their lives to becoming as fit as possible and showing that along the countryside in France for the world to see. It is a pretty massive sporting event that crosses a pretty large area of space in France. It reaches a lot of people, which is really cool. The influence that it has is pretty massive, over the whole globe, which is pretty unique, and not a lot of people get to compete in an event like that, which is pretty exciting."

Alberto Bettiol

"Tour de France for me is the biggest race of the year. It is a big goal for the season. The Tour is the race where all of the teams put in the most effort. The best riders in the world are at the Tour de France, so it is a big show, so I really want to win a stage in this Tour de France. That is why I worked so hard, even if I had some trouble during the season with COVID and so on, but I am confident now after the Tour de Suisse. The team is really ambitious for the GC with the stage racers, and we will try to win a couple of stages. I worked hard for this event. I know it, because I have done it already three times, but I am really looking forward to the race."

Jonas Rutsch

"I have great memories from last year. It is the biggest bike race in the world, the one I am always looking forward to. I always hope that I will be selected, and I managed to get selected. I am just really excited to see what comes next. I love the whole history of the race, how well prepared the riders are every year, and the whole atmosphere."

Stefan Bissegger

"It feels amazing to be here after all the bad things I had in the last few weeks with COVID and having to leave the Tour de Suisse. It feels amazing to be here and be ready to race. The Tour de France is the biggest race of them all, so it is always nice to be a part of. I remember watching a mountain stage on TV and then later we went with the family to Alpe d’Huez. I’m definitely looking forward to it."

Ruben Guerreiro

"The Tour de France is the race that made me a rider. I was young and watching the Tour de France and imagined, dreamed to one day ride the Tour. It is my favorite race. I think it is the race that motivated me to be a professional rider. My ambition is now bigger. With this team I have the opportunity to ride and arrive here in the best condition and now I hope to win something. It is a big achievement, a big honor to make my dream come true. Last year was my first one. This year is my second one. Last year, I didn’t win anything, but I was there, and this year I want to win something."

Owain Doull

It’s a childhood dream. This is my first Tour, so I don’t know what to expect. Watching the Tour is my earliest memory of cycling. I think it probably means the same to every person who starts the Tour, whether it is their first or their tenth. It is the biggest race in cycling and I can’t wait to be a part of it. Even before I got into cycling, ITV used to show the Tour and I would always watch the highlights package in the evening. There is no other bike race where you know the theme tune. I remember watching that and every day they would do a round-up of how the British riders were getting on and it was in smaller numbers then. I can’t wait to get stuck into it.

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There is now a Colombian TV show about Rigoberto Urán’s life. It is about more than Olympic medals and grand tour podiums, fashion shoots, and appearances in the celebrity pages of newspapers.

Rigoberto’s dad was killed by a paramilitary group three months after he introduced Rigo to cycling. Rigo was 14. All of a sudden, he had to work to support his mom and his sister. He took over his dad’s job, selling lottery tickets to support his family, while going to school and trying to race. He still won a lot.

At 16, it was too much. Rigo told his cycling team that he would either have to turn pro or quit and go back to selling lottery tickets. Technically, he was too young to become a professional. To get around that fact, the team offered his mother the contract. Three years later, Rigo traveled to Europe for the first time to race for a small Italian team.

He has never looked back. An Olympic silver medal and podium finishes at the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France are highlights from his illustrious career. Rigo is still a contender. In 2022, he won stage 17 of the Vuelta , completing his trifecta of stage wins in each of the grand tours, and was a force in the autumn classics.

Rigo continues to inspire his teammates and a whole generation of cyclists with his laid-back, fun-loving approach to the sport.

When Stefan Bissegger was ten, he signed up for a bike race in his home village in Switzerland. He just didn’t know that he needed a racing bike. The organizer, an old pro, called him and said he could borrow one. He is still Stefan’s coach.

Stefan had fun at the race. Soon he was dreaming of winning classics like Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders. He was good at time-trials and long solos and wanted to become the kind of racer who could ride away from all of his rivals on the Oude Kwaremont.

After a stellar few years in the juniors, Stefan came to our team in 2020. He had a breakthrough season in 2021, with time-trial victories at Paris-Nice and the Benelux Tour and an outstanding solo stage win at his home race: the Tour de Suisse. To cap it all off, he participated in his first Olympics on the track with the Swiss team-pursuit squad.

In 2022, Stefan won the European time trial championships, the TT at the UAE Tour, and a rainbow jersey in the mixed relay at the world championships.

He had a difficult start to last season, breaking his wrist right before his favorite race of the year: Paris-Roubaix. He worked his way back into form however and won the Swiss national time-trial title.

If Stefan wasn’t a racer, he would be a bike mechanic. He likes tinkering with the set-up of his SuperSlice and testing his position until it is as aero as possible.

When Neilson Powless started racing X-Terra triathlons with his sister back home in Northern California, he just wanted to spend time outside and rip around the trails near his house. His first love was mountain-biking. It was his best discipline in those off-road triathlons, and when he got to high-school, there were all sorts of chances for him to compete in California’s mountain-bike league. Soon, he was travelling with the US national team, racing junior world cups and championships against the world’s most talented mountain-bikers. Race in and race out, Neilson proved he was one of them.

Then he decided he wanted to have a go on the road.

Neilson has progressed steadily since he turned pro in 2018, thanks to his hard-work and diligent approach to training. In 2020, Neilson Powless became the first tribally recognized Native North American to race the Tour de France. The next year, our rising American star won Spain’s greatest one-day race, the Clásica San Sebastián, and finished fifth at the world championships in Belgium. Neilson was stellar in 2022. After a strong campaign in the Ardennes, he finished fourth on GC at the Tour de Suisse and lit up the Tour de France. He finished the year off with a victory at the Japan Cup .

The 2023 season was his best yet. Neilson won his first race of the year: the Grand Prix Cycliste de Marseille. He then won the overall at Étoile de Bèsseges and stormed the Flemish classics, finishing third at Dwars door Vlaanderen and fifth at De Ronde in his debut campaign on the cobbles. At the Tour, he captured hearts with a stellar run in the King of the Mountains jersey.

Neilson lives in Nice, France with his wife and baby girl during the racing season. He enjoys exploring their new city and relaxing on the beach after hard rides through the Alps.

If he can find time in his schedule, Neilson would like to get back to his roots, and do some off-road alternative racing in 2024.

Owain is one of just two Welsh speakers in the peloton and became the first Welsh-speaking athlete to win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

While he loves to explore new places on long rides, his favorite place to ride is in the Peak District — preferably on a sunny day. For Owain, setting goals and giving his all in their pursuit is deeply satisfying. In the moment that a race kicks it up a notch, he finds motivation in reminding himself that the outcome will be worth the effort. Owain, the runner-up in the 2019 edition of Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne, loves racing the Classics and Grand Tours. When Owain is not on his bike, you’ll find him overseeing 5 Rings, his coffee company named for the Olympic rings.

Alberto Bettiol has always been a winner. He started racing around the hills of Tuscany when he was five and won his second-ever race in his hometown of Castelfiorentino. He has been bringing home bouquets of flowers ever since.

His coaches and supporters always believed in his talent. Alberto was a strong junior and U23 rider, who signed his first professional contract with our team in 2014. But Alberto wanted to become a champion. He had grown up watching the classics and the Giro d’Italia with his father, a former footballer, and dreamed of winning the sport’s greatest races.

In 2019, he won his first Monument. Alberto’s victory in the Tour of Flanders that year changed his life. It gave him the confidence that he could beat the best riders in the world. He backed it up with an impressive string of results, including a stunning solo stage victory at the 2021 Giro d’Italia.

In 2022, Alberto earned podium places on stages of the Tour de France, Tour de Suisse, and Deutschland Tour.

He now splits his time between Lugano, Switzerland and Castelfiorentino. He enjoys all of the opportunities to travel that cycling now provides him, but is always happy to return to the Tuscan hills where he got started.

Alberto started 2023 with a prologue win at the Tour Down Under, but had a tough spring set back by injury and illness and had to miss his favorite classics. He made his return with a strong ride at the Giro d’Italia. He has great ambitions for the Tour de France.

Jonas Rutsch loves the Classics and is always excited when he gets to race up the Muur-Kapelmuur. The lanky German won the U23 Gent-Wevelgem and finished 11th at the 2021 Paris-Roubaix. He is a very versatile rider, who is always ready to work for his teammates.

In 2022, he even impressed in the mountains at the Tour de Suisse.

This is already Jonas’s fifth season racing with the team. He says that racing in the WorldTour had been his goal since he was a little boy, when cycling’s historic races captured his imagination. He has now finished two Tours de France and even proposed to girlfriend on the Champs-Élysées after the 2022 Tour.

In addition to racing, Jonas also finished his exams at the German police academy. While he follows a training schedule, his favorite days are when he just gets to ride his bike. Whenever he has the chance, he goes mountain biking.

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Tour de france stage 20 live - wout van aert sets fastest time as vingegaard races for yellow.

All the action from the final 40.7 kilometre time trial of the Tour de France

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Race Situation

-Stage 20 was a 40.7 kilometre individual time from Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour

-First rider off was Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) at 1305 local time.

-Wout Van Aert  (Jumbo-Visma) claimed the stage win, his third of this year's Tour, with yellow jersey and teammate Jonas Vingegaard in second  and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) taking third.

-Overall there was no change in the top four, with Vingegaard set to claim the overall victory on Sunday ahead of Pogacar and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). 

Bonjour and welcome to the Cyclingnews live coverage of stage 20 of the 2022 Tour de France.

139 riders are left in the race, and the first down the start ramp in about 20 minutes (at 1305 local time) will be sprinter Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal). Ewan will likely be aiming to save his strength for Sunday, though, and what he hopes would be a repeat win on the Champs-Élysées.

The weather looks sunny and dry for the umpteenth day on the Tour this year and according to the Tour website,   a very gentle 4kmh northwesterly wind is blowing. So close to flat calm.

Here are the results from yesterday's stage 19, won by Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) and the overall standings

For an insightful preview of stage 20, have a look at Barry Ryan's expert analysis at the link here:   Tour de France 2022 stage 20 preview - Van Aert seeks to continue Jumbo-Visma dominance

Ewan is rolling up to the start ramp, just a minute to go before stage 20 of the Tour de France is underway.

Ewan is away. The course the Australian and the 138 riders left in the race  has no classified climbs, but it isn't pancake flat, either. Rather we're looking at rolling, mainly rural roads with some technical sections.

Stage 20, a fairly lengthy 40.7 kilometre TT,  has three intermediate checkpoints: at Aynac at km 10.5; at Grammat at km 22; and at Couzou at km 32.5.

Temperatures throughout are at somewhere between 22 and 23 degrees celsius, by the way, so nowhere near the oven-like heat that was previously blasting the Tour in much of its second and third weeks.

News of a DNS: according to his team,  for family reasons Nathan van Hooydonck, a key support worker for Jumbo-Visma and Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard, will not be taking part in today's time trial. Van Hooydonck was due to start today's TT at 1400 local time.

Current best rider at the first intermediate checkpoint (Aynac km 10.5) is Frederik Frison (Lotto-Soudal), leading with a time of 13:14 over France's Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies)  who's two seconds behind.

And the Tour de France stage 1 time trial winner in Copenhagen, Yves Lampaert (QuickStep-Alpha Vinyl) has just started today's race against the clock. If you're interested in how he managed to do that just over three weeks ago, you can read our full report here: Tour de France: Lampaert stuns favourites to take yellow jersey

Mikkel Berg (UAE Team Emirates) has clocked the best time in checkpoint 1 at km 10.5 in Aynac of 12:37, a full minute faster than Frison. Tadej Pogačar is, incidentally, following Berg from the co-pilot's seat in the following team car, presumably to see how best to tackle the course 'live', a few hours hence.

At km 22 at Grammat, Berg once again clocks the best time, 1:35 ahead of second placed Christopher Juul Jensen (BikeExchange-Jayco)

And here are the start times for the next hour. Worth noting that Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) is off at 1405 and he'll be a serious challenger for the rider currently looking to set the best time, Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates). 39       Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo          14:02:00 40       Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 14:03:30 41       Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 14:05:00 42       Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 14:06:30 43       Aleksandr Riabushenko (Blr) Astana Qazaqstan Team           14:08:00 44       Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux      14:09:30 45       Owain Doull (GBr) EF Education-EasyPost 14:11:00 46       Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 14:12:30 47       Alexis Gougeard (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM    14:14:00 48       Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost 14:15:30 49       Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team 14:17:00 50       Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 14:18:30 51       Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious      14:20:00 52       Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education-EasyPost       14:21:30 53       Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic 14:23:00 54       Marco Haller (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 14:24:30 55       Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis 14:26:00 56       Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 14:27:30 57       Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 14:29:00 58       Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM           14:30:30 59       Michael Matthews (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco        14:32:00 60       Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel-Premier Tech    14:33:30 61       Guy Niv (Isr) Israel-Premier Tech    14:35:00 62       Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic     14:36:30 63       Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma       14:38:00 64       Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious 14:39:30 65       Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Lotto Soudal  14:41:00 66       Connor Swift (GBr) Arkea-Samsic   14:42:30 67       Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix 14:44:00 68       Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra) TotalEnergies     14:45:30 69       Pierre Rolland (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM        14:47:00 70       Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto Soudal    14:48:30 71       Stan Dewulf (Bel) AG2R Citroen Team       14:50:00 72       Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo       14:51:30 73       Franck Bonnamour (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM 14:53:00 74       Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team DSM   14:54:30 75       Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Cofidis     14:56:00 76       Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo  14:57:30 77       Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ     14:59:00 78       Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix   15:00:30

Four riders have now made it to the finish, and the best time so far is Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Lotto-Soudal) with a time of 53:54, a full 63 seconds clear of his teammate Frederik Frison. Frison was 20 seconds up on Van Rensburg at the first checkpoint, by the way, so clearly Van Rensburg turned in a very strong rider in the second part of the course.

Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) clocks the provisional best time at the finish in Rocamadour, a remarkable time of 50:22. That's 2:31 faster than his closest pursuer, Christophe Juul Jensen (BikeExchange-Jayco), and 3:32 up on Van Rensburg. Big gaps.

Meanwhile Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) has just sliced 14 seconds off Mikkel Bjerg's first intermediate time at kilometre 10.5. But it's worth noting, too, that the second half has already seen some fast starters pay a price later on. The final has a grinding little uphill in the last kilometre that is going to be hard to manage over such a long time trial.

Swiss time trial star Stefan Bisseger (EF Education-Easy Post) is not going to remember this year's TTs in the Tour at all fondly. Having crashed twice in the opening race against the clock in Copenhagen, Bisseger has now just needed a bike change in this one.

At the second checkpoint in Grammat at km 22, Ganna continues to reign supreme in the provisional best times. But he's now 13 seconds faster than fellow Italian Mattia Cattaneo (QuickStep-Alpha Vinyl), with Bjerg 36 seconds down.

Spare a thought for stage 1 winner Yves Lampaert (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) by the way. Victorious in the opening time trial in Copenhagen, Lampaert has completed this one 5:01 down on the current best time set by Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates).

He was playing down his chances prior to today's time trial, but Ganna is a man on a mission today. In the much lumpier final third of the TT, which includes two nasty little drags in quick succession, by the third checkpoint Ganna has nearly doubled  his margin on compatriot  Cattaneo from 13  to 27 seconds.

And Ganna has smashed Bjerg's provisional best time at the finish by a whopping 1:41 seconds. The defending World TT champion has clocked a time of 48:41. 

Meantime we're almost into the third hour of the time trial, and here are the start times from here to 1600 local time. 78       Silvan Dillier (Swi) Alpecin-Fenix   15:00:30 79       Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 15:02:00 80       Pierre Latour (Fra) TotalEnergies     15:03:30 81       Edvald Boasson-Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies 15:05:00 82       Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe      15:06:30 83       Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious         15:08:00 84       Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis        15:10:00 85       Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team           15:12:00 86       Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 15:14:00 87       Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux           15:16:00 88       Maxime Bouet (Fra) Arkea-Samsic  15:18:00 89       Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Ineos Grenadiers           15:20:00 90       Kévin Geniets (Lux) Groupama-FDJ 15:22:00 91       Kobe Goossens (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux           15:24:00 92       Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe      15:26:00 93       Georg Zimmermann (Ger) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux      15:28:00 94       Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost 15:30:00 95       Simon Geschke (Ger) Cofidis 15:32:00 96       Lukasz Owsian (Pol) Arkea-Samsic 15:34:00 97       Joe Dombrowski (USA) Astana Qazaqstan Team    15:36:00 98       Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Cofidis    15:38:00 99       Tony Gallopin (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 15:40:00 100     Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team 15:42:00 101     Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Jumbo-Visma      15:44:00 102     Michael Storer (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 15:46:00 103     Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team DSM      15:48:00 104     Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ   15:50:00 105     Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Ineos Grenadiers    15:52:00 106     Michael Woods (Can) Israel-Premier Tech  15:54:00 107     Sebastian Schönberger (Aut) B&B Hotels-KTM      15:56:00 108     Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team           15:58:00 109     Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team         16:00:00

Ganna's compatriot Cattaneo has paid a high price in the very lumpy second half of the time trial and slides to 43 seconds down on the Ineos Grenadiers rider. He's still got second provisional best time, though.

And an interesting piece of data courtesy of our colleagues over at the Tour's official website: at 40.7 kilometres this is the longest time trial in the Tour since the 54 kilometre time trial on stage 20 in 2014. That year (rather like this one), the overall lead was almost completely decided, with Vincenzo Nibali heading towards Italy's first victory since Marco Pantani in 1998. There were some significant changes further down the GC, though, as Jean-Christophe Peraud ousted Thibaut Pinot from the third place, Tejay van Garderen pushed Romain Bardet down to sixth, and Laurens Ten Dam and Bauke Mollema slumped down a spot to ninth and tenth respectively.

This time round, barring major, major upsets the biggest  GC questionmark hangs around Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) and whether he can hang onto fifth place. We'll know the answer a little over a couple of hours from now...

And here's an image of Filippo Ganna mid-way through today's stage

Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) has just chipped a second off Ganna's best time at the first checkpoint (km 10.5). Wright, let's not forget, was in the thick of the late action on stage 19 in a three-rider late break before being swept up in the finale, but he's clearly got some energy left for today, too.

After a strong start, Wright is fading slightly in the much lumpier middle section. A second faster than Ganna at checkpoint 1, the Bahrain Victorious racer has now gone through checkpoint 2 (km 22), 21 seconds down on the Italian.

Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ) starts his time trial. He'll likely be one of Ganna's biggest challengers today for the stage win, together with a certain Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma).

And here's the start list for the final hour of racing 109     Simone Velasco (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team         16:00:00 110     Daniel Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers      16:02:00 111     Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM        16:04:00 112     Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team    16:06:00 113     Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Movistar Team     16:08:00 114     Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education-EasyPost         16:10:00 115     Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo         16:12:00 116     Nicholas Schultz (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco          16:14:00 117     Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma  16:16:00 118     Hugo Houle (Can) Israel-Premier Tech        16:18:00 119     Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Movistar Team     16:20:00 120     Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates       16:22:00 121     Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious          16:24:00 122     Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma       16:26:00 123     Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers     16:28:00 124     Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe          16:30:00 125     Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Bahrain Victorious 16:32:00 126     Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ  16:34:00 127     Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost      16:36:00 128     Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroen Team       16:38:00 129     Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ       16:40:00 130     Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 16:42:00 131     Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Team     16:44:00 132     Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM      16:46:00 133     Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe     16:48:00 134     Louis Meintjes (RSA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux           16:50:00 135     Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic 16:52:00 136     David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ   16:54:00 137     Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers      16:56:00 138     Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates    16:58:00 139     Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma         17:00:00

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), the winner of last year's Tour de France stage 20 time trial, is off at 1616 local time. Last year's time trial was 10 kilometres shorter and notably flatter, but given Van Aert's all-round talents that won't automatically be a problem for the Belgian.

Küng is 5 seconds off Fred Wright's best time at the first checkpoint at km 10.5 and 4 down on Ganna.

Compared to the start of the afternoon and when Caleb Ewan, the first rider off, rolled down the start line more than three hours ago, the temperatures, by the way, have now risen to a very tolerable 27 degrees celsius. Slightly stronger wind at the start, 11kmh tailwind, but nothing dramatic.

And seconds before Wout Van Aert rolls down the start ramp and begins his quest for a third stage win in this year's Tour and the third in succession for Jumbo-Visma, double German road champ Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) crosses the finish line with a very decent time of 49:36, less than a minute down on Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers), and fourth in the provisional standings.

At the second intermediate checkpoint at km 22, Küng has lost a little more time on Ganna and is now in third spot, 14 seconds down on Ganna and a second slower than Mattia Cattaneo (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl).

Kung goes through the third checkpoint of stage 20 nearly 50 seconds down on Ganna, his hopes of a victory today all but gone.

Jumbo-Visma promised that Van Aert would go for today's stage, and he has staked a serious claim from the word go, powering through the first checkpoint 14 seconds faster than Ganna.

And a third party has now joined the battle for the stage win. Recently crowned Dutch TT champion Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) is currently racing the course in the same time, give or take a second, as Ganna.

And here's a picture of European Champ Stefan Kung during today's TT

French TV shows the first images of yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) warming up on the rollers for the TV. Meanwhile there's a rider in Jumbo-Visma kit and a green jersey already out on the  TT course who's looking well en route to a top placing, if not the win, for the stage.

And Van Aert goes through the second checkpoint at km 22 a whopping 25 seconds faster than Ganna.

Kung finishes the course 1:13 down on Ganna. Not his day.

Romain Bardet (DSM), eighth on GC, adjusts his helmet prior to taking the start of the day's time trial. With an advantage of over four minutes on Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) the French climber's main task today will be to stay upright and out of trouble.

Van Aert, meanwhile, thunders on and is about to overtake his two-minute man, Nicholas Schultz (BikeExchange-Jayco). 

Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) continues to forget a very solid performance, even if he has now dropped away from Ganna's times, and is 28 seconds down on the Italian at the third checkpoint (km 32.5)

Van Aert continues to blast his path towards a provisional best time for the stage, 23 seconds ahead of Ganna at checkpoint 3. It's worth remembering though, that Ganna did an excellent final quarter of the TT with its two tough climbs, so the battle may not be quite decided yet.

A serious-looking Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) rolls down the ramps. Currently fifth overall, Quintana has Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) at 8 seconds behind and Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 35 seconds, meaning the battle for fifth is one of the big outstanding issues this TT will resolve.

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), second overall, rolls down the start ramp. He's the only starter today with two Tour de France TT stage wins in his palmares, one in 2020 (which netted him the entire Tour) and one in 2021 (which netted him a fair chunk of it).

Bauke Mollema crosses the line 40 seconds down and in second place on Filippo Ganna's provisional best time. All 138 riders have now started.

Wout van Aert grinds his way up the final, very draggy, little climb to the finish. Will Filippo Ganna's longstanding provisional best time soon be beaten?

And the answer is a resounding yes. Van Aert crosses the line 41 seconds ahead of Ganna. New best time.

So having clocked the fastest times at all the intermediate checkpoints, Van Aert now leads the provisional stage standings by 42 seconds over Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and 1:22 over Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo).

With the green jersey home and dry, attention now switches to Jumbo-Visma teammate and yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard and his defence of the overall lead. Memories of Tadej Pogacar's heist on yellow in 2020 are still fresh in the mind of the Dutch team, but for now the difference between the two on the stage is roughly one second, and Vingegaard has an advantage of 3:26 overall in his favour. 

And things are hotting up for the stage win as well: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) has taken a 7 second advantage over Pogacar in the opening segment of the time trial and 8 seconds over Wout Van Aert. Meanwhile at the same checkpoint of km 10.5, Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) is only a second further adrift.

Vingegaard, let's not forget, finished third in last year's final TT behind Van Aert, as well as third in the first week TT as well.

All eyes are on the second checkpoint times at km 22, where Van Aert currently defends a 25 lead over Ganna. But with Pogacar, Vingegaard and Thomas all on the rampage out there, that could change very soon.

Thomas goes through checkpoint 2 just six seconds down on Van Aert.

Best time at checkpoint 2 for Vingegaard, 7 seconds faster than Van Aert, 13 seconds on Thomas and 20 on Pogačar. 

It can't be underlined strongly enough, though, that the second half has proved crucial in this time trial so far: that was where Ganna really made the biggest gains and where Van Aert then opened up the throttle the most strongly. A lot could yet happen, in other words.

Thomas shoots past David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), fourth overall. But Thomas is not the only one of the top three overall riding to try to win this time trial.

Thomas flies through the third checkpoint with a disadvantage of just three seconds on Van Aert's provisional best time. The Welshman is closing the gap, but Vingegaard and Pogacar are still to come through the checkpoint.

Pogacar is 20 seconds down on Van Aert at checkpoint 3, shedding another seven seconds on the Belgian compared to checkpoint 2.

At checkpoint 3, Vingegaard is only 1.3 seconds faster than Van Aert, meaning that although the Dane has the fastest time, the gaps are narrowing again. Thomas is also closing the gap, as he's now only five seconds back on Vingegaard. Pogacar, though, has drifted to 22 seconds. With eight kilometres to go, the stage seems to be between Thomas, Van Aert and Vingegaard.

Two very nasty, draggy climbs in quick succession, the second leading to the finish, now will decide the final TT of the 2022 Tour de France.

Vingegaard is incidentally, tearing up the script that a yellow jersey with a cushion of three minutes overall rides defensively on the last time trial.

And Vingegaard has just had a narrow squeak on a downhill, staying upright but fighting to control his bike on a shallow lefthander. 

Thomas crosses the line 31 seconds down on Van Aert. Those last climbs were seemingly critical in the outcome at least in terms of this particular duel for the stgae. 

Pogacar crosses the line five seconds up on Thomas but  27 down on Van Aert. Only one rider can take away the win from Van Aert now.

Vingegaard takes the last few corners carefully, finishing second and Van Aert takes the stage win.

Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) wins stage 20 of the Tour de France, teammate Jonas Vingegaard retains the overall lead with one stage remaining.

Van Aert gave Vingegaard a friendly slap on the shoulder as he pedalled by close to the line, the stage winner simultaneously celebrating both his own victory and Vingegaard's imminent overall win.

And here we have a photo of Vingegaard during the time trial en route to an almost certain first overall win in the Tour. 

Van Aert's win, let's not forget, is his third in the Tour this year, and this is also Jumbo-Visma's third in succession after Jonas Vingegaard's win on Lourdes Hautacam on Thursday and Christophe Laporte at Cahors on Friday. Jumbo-Visma have netted no less than six stage wins so far in the 2022 Tour de France. And who would rule out a seventh on Sunday?

In the overall classification, no changes in the top four, with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) in the lead, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) at 3:34, Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) at 8:13 and David Gaudu (Groupama-FJD) at 13:56. Beyond that, though, Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) has moved up to fifth, ousting Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) who drops to sixth. And a little further down, Romain Bardet (DSM) has moved up to seventh, while Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) drops two spots to eighth. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Qazaqstan) and Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) remain in ninth and tenth overall.

Some words from the stage winner, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma): "I'm emotional, winning this Tour de France with this team is very special, and it's like a dream scenario. Jonas is such a strong guy and specially a good guy, and I want to thank all my teammates, the whole team for this special three weeks."

"I'm supertired after three weeks, and I gave it all today. I want to win races and take this stage. Also that Jonas could secure his yellow. He has such a big heart, he's a special guy." "It was a very hard course, you had to keep something back for the last six kilometres. I measured my strength well and it was special coming up the last climb to this pretty village. So yes, it's again a great day."

And some words from Pogačar, now looking certain to finish second overall in the Tour. "I'm happy it's Paris tomorrow, I'm happy that it's over and it'll be nice to be on the Champs-Élysées. It's been a good three weeks with its ups and downs, we had some bad luck in the team, but I think the battle between me and Jonas was really something special. It's going to be an interesting couple of years ahead for us." "He's stepped up from last year, he's taken control of things from the beginning, he's proved he's a strong rider." Do you want revenge, the TV interviewer asks him? And Pogacar answers, "Of course I'm a little bit more motivated and I'm looking for more challenges." And as for being once again the Tour's Best Young Rider, Pogacar confirms that, "Having the white jersey is a special one, it's the third year in the row for me and I'm very happy." 

And here is a shot of a very contented stage 20 winner Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) on the podium at Rocamadour, celebrating his ninth stage victory in the Tour de France.

An equally content Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) on the podium at Rocamadour as he savours overcoming the last major obstacle prior to claiming his and his team's first Tour de France victory in a little over 24 hours.

You can read our full report, complete with gallery, and results on the link below: Wout van Aert, Vingegaard go one-two in stage 20 time trial of Tour de France

And some words, too, from yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard, particularly focussing on that heart-in-mouth moment when he nearly crashed, confirming too that he eased back a little afterwards: "I was actually feeling like I wasn’t taking big risks but in the corner the surface wasn’t regular and I didn’t take the right angle, so it was a near miss." "After that situation, I was thinking the stage was a bonus. There were only two or three corners left so I took it really easy. But I still went full gas in the finale. It’s a relief to make it to this point and now of course we have to make it to the finish tomorrow."

A family shot of Vingegaard post stage 20

And here is the link to the full results for today.

Thanks for joining our live coverage of stage 20. 

We'll be back on Sunday and bringing you full live coverage of the final 115 kilometre stage from Paris La Défense to Paris Champs-Élysées. 

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Tour de France Stage 21 LIVE - Can Van Aert make it four in a row in Paris for Jumbo-Visma ahead of Vingegaard coronation?

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Tour de France 2022: Jonas Vingegaard takes yellow jersey from Tadej Pogačar with victory on stage 11

Vingegaard wins epic battle of the favourites in dramatic Alpine showdown

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Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won stage 11 at the Tour de France after attacking the other GC contenders on the Col du Granon on Wednesday. He put in a devastating ride to snatch the overall lead from the shoulders of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates). 

In an epic showdown in the high Alps, Jumbo-Visma pulled off a tactical masterstroke to dislodge Pogačar from his throne and land a hammer blow to the Slovenian’s hopes of winning a third straight Tour de France. 

For the first time in his career, Pogačar was under serious pressure and would soon be seriously isolated on the Col du Galibier. As the leaders  took on the savage gradients of the Col du Granon, Vingegaard took flight. After Pogačar had managed to hold on all day, this time he was distanced and soon the Dane had a lead of more than a minute.

Earlier in the day Warren Barguil had been part of a big breakaway, not that it mattered to Vingegaard as he flew past the Frenchman with Pogačar still on the ropes to take a monumental victory for Jumbo-Visma. 

Nairo Quintana came in second on a remarkable day with Romain Bardet third. Geraint Thomas took fourth as Pogačar haemorrhaged time on a dramatic day of racing. 

By the time Tadej Pogačar crossed the finish line himself, he had lost nearly two minutes to slip to third overall. Romain Bardet climbed to second with Geraint Thomas in fourth.  

HOW IT HAPPENED

Prior to the mammoth 152 kilometre stage getting underway, much of the pre-race talk was how UAE Team Emirates would cope after losing George Bennett yesterday . 

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Tadej Pogačar was still at the top of the overall standings , but was expected to be put under pressure in the high mountains. The race was due to climb the giant Col du Galibier, this year’s Souvenir Henri Desgrange, before climbing the Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, the highest summit finish at the Tour de France this century. 

The last time the race finished there was 36 years ago, which saw Bernard Hinault lose the yellow jersey to Greg LeMond. With a summit finish at more than 2,400 metres, today would be one for the pure climbers.

The moment Christian Prudhomme dropped the flag, both Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) were straight on the attack. Van Aert will have wanted the intermediate sprint points at Aiguebelle. Van Aert won the stage to Mont Ventoux at last year’s race and certainly looked like he was up for the fight again today. 

Multiple other riders attempted to join them, including Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma), Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe), Jan Tratnik (Bahrain Victorious) and Bret Van Moer (Lotto Soudal). Van Aert and van der Poel had a 40 second gap from the main field. With Van Aert ahead and Benoot behind him, Jumbo-Visma looked like the plans were already in motion ahead of the summit finish later in the day. 

With 130km to go the race was flying along the valley road on the way to the spectacular 18 hairpins of the Lacets de Montvernier climb. Matteo Cattaneo (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) put in a huge effort to try and bridge across to the front and would eventually make it. 

A large number of riders then joined the trio forming a group of 20, including Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma), Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic), Jonas Rutsch (EF Education-EasyPost), Nils Pollitt & Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious) and Simon Geschke (Cofidis). After the breakaway hit the Lacets de Montvernier with 100 kilometres to go, they had established a solid lead of almost five minutes. 

As the leaders crested the climb, they still had their advantage nicely intact with Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) leading them over. With 80 kilometres to go the lead had increased to 7-24 and they approached the famous Col du Télégraphe. Van Aert was leading the charge up the climb, with Simon Geshcke looking to extend his lead in the King of the Mountains jersey. 

With 70 kilometres to go, Pogačar was increasingly isolated at the front of the peloton. Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates) had disappeared from the main group, and the Col du Télégraphe was continuing to do the damage. Riders dropped away from the breakaway leaving just 10 in front. At this point, Van der Poel threw in the towel, abandoning the race.

Jumbo-Visma’s plan revealed itself as both Jonas Vingegaard and Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) put in a surprise attack looking to draw out Pogačar and put UAE rider under the hammer before the race hit the Galibier. Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) initially responded, although the move came to nothing major with UAE responding. Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) began to drop away along with Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) as Jumbo-Visma continued to push on. 

Not satisfied with the pace, Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) got onto the front of the peloton and continued to set a fierce tempo intent on causing the remaining UAE domestiques to suffer. Roglič would try again as they summited the Télégraphe although the race leader was set on not allowing Roglič out of his sight. Roglič continued to push on as they descended towards the Col du Galibier and finally had his fellow-countryman isolated. 

Roglič, Pogačar, Laporte, Vingegaard and Geraint Thomas were now clear and 6-36 behind the leading group as they rode towards the Col du Galibier. With Van Aert still up the road, Jumbo-Visma were firmly in the driving seat as the race neared its first Hors Categorie climb. 

Roglič went again as Jumbo-Visma continued to work Tadej Pogačar over. The attacks kept coming but Pogačar was always able to respond. 

With 50 kilometres to go to the finish line, Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic) pushed on as the race leaders approached the summit of the Galibier climb. Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) dropped away, although not due to Barguil’s acceleration, but due to the assault his teammates were putting UAE Emirates under. After a brief respite, Roglič would go again forcing Pogačar to chase and splitting the group again. Thomas could follow again but this time, Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) was able to follow. 

Sensing that Roglič was beginning to tire, Pogačar attacked himself, distancing his fellow Slovenian, Kuss and Yates. Pogačar was clearly trying to isolate Vingegaard and he attacked again. The race leader had done his work and only Vingegaard could follow. Whereas 10 kilometres previously, it was the yellow jersey that was under pressure, the race had now tipped back in his favour. Meanwhile up ahead, Warren Barguil (Arkea-Samsic) took the souvenir Henri Desgrange atop the mighty mountain. 

As the race got set for an epic finale, Van Aert appeared to sit up and wait for his team leader as they reached the summit. Onto the descent, Pogacar and Vingegaard were frantically eating, hoping to sustain energy for the climb to Col du Granon. Barguil was still 4-30 ahead of the chasing group as Thomas would make it back on as the descent ramped up. Quintana was sprinting behind to join the Pogacar group too. Eventually the leader's group reached Van Aert, and Yates would also make contact. 

On the descent, Van Aert had waited for Roglič and they were joined by Groupama-FDJ pair Thibaut Pinot and David Gaudu. Jumbo-Visma appeared to be hoping that after some brief respite, Roglič was set to do a huge job for his team at the finish. In the valley road the Van Aert group rejoined the group led by Pogačar as the stage was reaching its conclusion. Barguil led the chasers by 5-00 as the Frenchman began to climb the Col du Granon. 

Roglič instantly attacked, but it was last showing from Roglič as he would then drop away. Quintana then tried something, and with a teammate up the road the Colombian was looking good. 

Quintana was making huge gains on the overall standings and with seven kilometres to go, a stage win was a real possibility. Barguil was rapidly fading up ahead on the brutal gradients. Quintana closed to 1-25 on his teammate, and the contenders were closing in too. 

With four kilometres to go, Bardet and Quintana rapidly closed on Barguil. Vingegaard fired another bullet and suddenly had a gap; for the first time all day Pogačar was distanced.

Vingegaard soon caught Bardet and was tearing towards a huge career win at the Tour de France. Grimacing in pain but flying, the Dane powered straight past Quintana and led Pogačar by a minute. Bardet was second on the road as the race turned upside down.

Vingegaard showed no signs of relenting and knowing Tadej Pogačar was falling away, he continued. 

Crossing the line Vingegaard screamed as he punched the air to take an unbelievable victory. Pogačar conceded more than two minutes on the Jumbo-Visma rider in an epic day of racing. 

Romain Bardet also made monumental gains and would be nearly two minutes ahead of Tadej Pogačar and climbed to second place overall. 

 TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE 11 RESULTS 

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, in 04-18-02 2. Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic, at 59s 3. Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM, at 1-10 4. Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-38 5. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 02-04 6. Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers, at 02-10 7. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, at 02-51 8. Aleksey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana-Qazaqstan, at 03-38 9. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Jumbo-Visma, at 03-59 10. Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkea-Samsic, at 04-16

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 11

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, in 41-29-59 2. Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM, at 02-16 3. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, at 02-22 4. Geraint Thomas (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers, at 2-26 5. Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkea-Samsic, at 02-37 6. Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers, at 03-36 7. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 03-13 8. Aleksandr Vlasov Bora-Hansgrohe, at 07-23 9. Aleksey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan, at 8-07 10. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, at 09-29

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Le vieux quaremont s'est imposé comme l'endroit stratégique du tour des flandres depuis 2012 et la décision de le franchir à trois reprises. son dernier passage propulse les plus forts à l'avant..

Il ne faut pas se fier aux images de l'an passé, où le Slovène Tadej Pogacar avait donné l'impression d'aplatir le mont, pour signer le record de la montée, les 2 200 m en un peu moins de 4 minutes. Le Vieux Quaremont demeure un lieu de souffrance, de par sa longueur, déjà, peu commune dans les monts flandriens, et par sa difficulté qui augmente au fil des trois passages. « Le deuxième est un passage de gestion, pour rester au contact, analyse Valentin Madouas, 3e en 2022 derrière Mathieu Van der Poel et Dylan Van Baarle. Il ne fait pas encore très mal. Mais dans le troisième, tu arrives dedans complètement mort, tu viens d'enchaîner cinq ou six monts pavés. Musculairement, tu as pris toutes les vibrations, tu es au bout de tes efforts physiques, il y en a partout et tu dois retaper dedans. Tu es vraiment dans l'inconnu, tu peux passer la première rampe mais exploser dans la suivante. » Voici les trois phases principales auxquelles il faut « survivre ».

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2024 Tour of Flanders: Preview, schedule, how to watch men's and women's cycling classic races live

Who will succeed defending champions Tadej Pogacar and Lotte Kopecky? Find out the routes and the main contenders for this year's 'De Ronde' one-day races, in our preview.

Sunday 31 March 2024 is a date to mark on the calendar for road cycling fans.

On that day, the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen), the second classic Monument of the 2024 season, will celebrate its 108th men's and 21st women's editions.

The men's event, which has taken place every year since 1919, will start again from Antwerp, as it did between 2017 and 2022, covering 17 iconic climbs and five cobblestone sectors for a total of 270.8 kilometres. The women will tackle 12 climbs, taking on a 163km traverse through the Flanders region in Belgium.

Who will succeed defending champions Tadej Pogacar and Lotte Kopecky ?

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2024 Tour of Flanders course routes

The men's route covers 270.8 kilometres.

The organisers have decided to modify the first 100 kilometers for safety reasons, removing the climbs of Kortekeer and the Kanarieberg. A year ago, the start was in Bruges, while this year it will be in Antwerp. The finish will be in Oudenaarde.

The riders will have to tackle 17 climbs:

• Vieux Quaremont (km 136,7)
• Kappelle Berg (km 155,7)
• Wolvenberg (km 158,9)
• Molenberg (km 171,3)
• Marlboroughstraat (km 175,3)
• Berendries (km 179,3)
• Valkenberg (km 184,7)
• Berg Ten Houte (km 197,1)
• Hotond (km 206,6)
• Vieux Quaremont (km 216,5)
• Paterberg (km 219,9)
• Koppenberg (km 226,2)
• Steenbeekdries (km 231,6)
• Taaienberg (km 234,0)
• Kruisberg (km 244,3)
• Vieux Quaremont (km 254,1)
• Paterberg (km 257,6)

The women's route spans 163 kilometres.

Both the start and finish are scheduled in Oudenaarde.

There are 12 climbs to face during the race:

• Wolvenberg (km 72,1)
• Molenberg (km 84,6)
• Marlboroughstraat (km 88,6)
• Berendries (km 92,6)
• Valkenberg (km 97,9)
• Kappelle Berg (km 109,7)
• Koppenberg (km 118,4)
• Steenbeekdries (km 123,7)
• Taaienberg (km 126,2)
• Kruisberg (km 136,5)
• Vieux Quaremont (km 146,3)
• Paterberg (km 149,7)

2024 Tour of Flanders riders to watch

Men's race - 2024 riders to watch.

A mass crash during the Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday ruled out some of his biggest contenders, including Wout van Aert, who suffered fractured collarbone and ribs. Defending champion Tadej Pogacar decided to skip the Ronde this year to focus on the preparation of the Giro d'Italia. The big names who will be competing are:

• Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin Deceuninck): The two-time winner (2020, 2022) is considered the undisputed favourite after dominating the E3 Saxo Classic and finishing second at last week's Gent-Wevelgem, and with archrival van Aert not competing.
• Matteo Jorgenson (USA/Team Visma | Lease a Bike): The American rider is expected to lead his team following his win at the Dwars door Vlaanderen and the injuries carried by both Tiesji Benoot and Jan Tratnik. This season he also claimed the general classification at the Paris-Nice.
• Alberto Bettiol: The Italian is a former winner of the Ronde and, despite suffering from cramps at the recent Dwars door Vlaanderen, has demonstrated a good form by winning the Milano-Torino and finishing fifth at the Milan-San Remo.

Women's race - 2024 riders to watch

• Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx-Protime): The Belgian superstar and reigning world champion is aiming for a third consecutive Flanders title after her convincing victories at Strade Bianche and Nokere Koerse so far this spring.
• Demi Vollering (NED/SD Worx-Protime): The Tour de France Femmes reigning champion, who finished third at Strade Bianche, is ready to step up as a leader if Kopecky finds herself in difficulty.
• Elisa Balsamo (ITA/Lidl-Trek): Italy's 2021 road world champion has impressed this season, showing that she can both climb and sprint by winning the Trofeo Alfredo Binda and the Brugge-De Panne.

2024 Tour of Flanders: Race schedules

(All times local CEST, approximate after race start. Assumes an average race speed of 44km/h for men and 40km/h for women)

Sunday 31 March 2024

10:00 Start men's race (Antwerp)

13:25 Start women's race (Oudenaarde)

16:29 Estimated men's race finish (Oudenaarde)

17:44 Estimated women's race finish (Oudenaard)

Tour of Flanders: Last five winners

• 2023 Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAE Team Emirates)
• 2022: Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin-Fenix)
• 2021: Kasper Asgreen (DEN/Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
• 2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin-Fenix)
• 2019: Alberto Bettiol (ITA/EF Educational First)
• 2023: Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx)
• 2022: Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx)
• 2021: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED/Movistar Team)
• 2020: Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED/Boels-Dolmans)
• 2019: Marta Bastianelli (ITA/Team Virtu Cycling)

How to watch 2024 Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen

List of regional broadcasters (TV / online):

• Belgium – RTBF
• Czechia – Czech TV
• Denmark – TV2
• France – France TV
• Italy – RAI
• Netherlands – NOS
• Norway – TV2
• Slovenia – JOJ
• Spain – Enjoy
• Switzerland – SRG SSR
• Pan-Europe – Eurosport, GCN
• Canada – Flobikes
• United States – Flobikes
• Australia – Flobikes, SBS
• New Zealand – SKY Sport
• Central and South America and the Caribbean – ESPN
• Sub-Saharan Africa – Supersport

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