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Tour 2022: Dit zijn de winnaars

Overzicht De Tour de France 2022 zit erop. Het was een ronde om duimen en vingers bij af te likken, met strijd op verschillende fronten. Jumbo-Visma was de voorbije weken de grote slokop. Jonas Vingegaard bezorgde de Nederlandse formatie de eerste Tourzege in zijn geschiedenis. Maar wie zijn de andere winnaars? WielerFlits  zet ze op een rij.

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Who Won the 2022 Tour de France?

Your stage-by-stage guide to the winners of the 2022 Tour.

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won the yellow jersey as the overall winner of the 2022 Tour de France. The 25-year-old outlasted two-time defending champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) of Slovenia to win his first Tour. Pogačar finished second, 2:43 back of Vingegaard, and Great Britain's Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) was third, 7:22 behind the lead, to round out the podium for the Tour's General Classification.

Here’s a look at how every stage of the 2022 Tour unfolded.

Results From Every Stage Full Leaderboard

Stage 21 - Jasper Philipsen

Who Won the Tour?

Surrounded by his teammates, Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) finished safely behind the peloton at the end of Stage 21 in Paris to win the 2022 Tour de France. The Dane won the Tour by 3:34 over Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who started the race as the two-time defending champion, and 8:13 over Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers), who won the Tour in 2018 and finished second in 2019.

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won the field sprint on the Champs-Élysées to take the final stage, defeating the Netherlands’ Dylan Groenewegen (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) and Norway’s Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) to win his second stage in this year’s Tour.

But the real story was Vingegaard, the 25-year-old from a fishing town in northern Denmark who is only the second rider from his nation to win the Tour de France. He rode an almost perfect race, only losing little bits of time to Pogačar on Stage 1, a rainy individual time trial in Copenhagen, Stage 5, a road stage over the cobbles of northern France, and on Stages 7, 8, and 9, when the Slovenian scored time bonuses at the end of each stage.

But Vingegaard was clearly just biding his time for the Alps, content to let Pogačar make big efforts for only a handful of seconds. And when it mattered most–on the steep slopes of the Col du Granon at the end of Stage 11–Pogačar was unable to respond when Vingegaard attacked to win the stage and take the yellow jersey that’s awarded each day to the rider who leads the Tour’s General Classification.

Pogačar vowed to keep fighting, and he kept his word. But Vingegaard responded quickly to each new assault, never faltering as the riders battled intense heat through the Massif Central. In the end it came down the Pyrenees, where Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates, each depleted due to the loss of key teammates, traded blows in the mountains. Again Vingeggard waited, following each of Pogačar’s accelerations with ease.

He delivered the coup de grace at the end of Stage 18 on the climb to Hautacam, the Tour’s last summit finish. Pulling away from Pogačar with about 4km left to climb, Vingegaard won the stage to put the Tour out of reach before Saturday’s time trial. Not leaving anything to chance, he still finished second in the race against the clock on Stage 20, confirming once and for all that the strongest rider won the 2022 Tour de France.

Pogačar isn’t going home empty-handed: in addition to finishing second overall, the 23-year-old won the white jersey as the Tour’s Best Young Rider and three stages during the Tour’s first week. But more importantly, he learned valuable lessons about how to better gauge his efforts during a Grand Tour. Pogačar remains the best all-around rider in the world, and with a little more tactical nous–and perhaps a bit more humility–he might get even better.

Who Really Won the Tour?

While INEOS-Grenadiers finished the Tour atop the Team’s Classification, Jumbo-Visma was the best team in the 2022 Tour de France.

In addition to winning the yellow jersey, Vingegaard also won the polka dot jersey as the winner of the Tour’s King of the Mountains competition. His teammate, Belgium’s Wout van Aert, won the green jersey as the winner of the Tour’s Points Classification and was also named the Tour’s Most Aggressive Rider. Along the way the team won six stages: three with van Aert, two with Vingegaard, and one with France’s Cristophe Laporte.

Perhaps even more impressive was the manner in which the team defended Vingegaard’s lead in the Pyrenees during the Tour’s third week. The team lost Slovenia’s Primož Roglič and the Netherlands’ Steven Kruijswijk on Stage 15, with Roglič not taking the start and Kruijswijk crashing out on the road to Carcassonne. Two of the team’s strongest climbers, some wondered if this would spell the end of the team’s dominance, but led by van Aert and American Sepp Kuss, the team had all the firepower it needed to defend and then extend Vingegaard’s lead.

Is it the best overall performance by a team in Tour history? It might be–at least in the modern era. In 2012 Team Sky went 1-2 with Britons Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome and took six stage wins. In 1984 Renault-Elf riders finished first- and third-overall (France’s Laurent Fignon and American Greg Lemond) and won an incredible ten stages. Lemond also won the white jersey as the Tour’s Best Young Rider.

But Jumbo-Visma is not a team that cares how it stacks-up against other teams in history–all that matters is that it finally won the Tour de France after several years of near-misses and heartbreak. As fans we’re all in for a treat in the coming years, as Vingegaard and Pogačar are both young and show no signs of letting up any time soon.

Stage 20 Winner - Wout van Aert

Who's Winning The Tour?

Jumbo has absolutely dominated this Tour, with six stage wins from three different riders and taking home three of the four jersey classifications. Much of that is due to van Aert, who was also awarded the race’s “Super Combativity” prize for being the most aggressive rider throughout the race.

A generational talent, van Aert is nearly unmatched in the sport for his versatility; perhaps only Ineos Grenadiers’ Tom Pidcock—reigning World Cyclocross Champion, Olympic MTB Champion, and Alpe d’Huez stage winner at this year’s Tour—has the same breadth of ability. The Belgian has now won nine Tour de France stages in four years, including time trials, field sprints, breakaways, uphill finishes, and mountain stages. He will also win his first green jersey, setting a record for the highest point total in that competition.

Who’s Really Winning the Tour?

Vingegaard, meanwhile, has cemented his rise to the top of the sport with a convincing Tour win that likely unseats Primož Roglič as Jumbo’s top GC rider. While Roglič has a deeper resumé of results, he’s been hit by bad luck in the Tour and at 32 is seven years older than Vingegaard.

At this year’s Tour, Vingegaard never seemed rattled by Pogačar’s aggressive racing to build an early lead, instead coolly waiting for the second half of the race where the long climbs suited his abilities. He withstood every challenge thrown at him, even when isolated in the Pyrenees on Stage 17 and almost crashing on the descent of the Col de Spandelles on Stage 18. As the strongest rider (this Tour, anyway) on the strongest team in the sport, Vingegaard put a decisive stop to Pogačar’s Tour-winning streak and showed that the foreseeable future of the Tour will be a massive fight between two of the sport’s best young racers, and maybe more.

Stage 19 Winner - Christophe Laporte

Who Winning The Tour?

In normal circumstances, Jumbo’s designated sprinter is Wout van Aert, winner of two stages this Tour, and who is mathematically assured to win the green jersey and score the highest points total ever in the competition. But on Stage 19, it was Laporte, who joined Jumbo in the offseason, who got the leadership nod and delivered the results.

An early breakaway of five was caught well before the finish, which soon triggered a dangerous move from three riders with just over 30km to go. So van Aert put in a powerful dig at the front in the final kilometers to help bring the group almost to the catch and then pulled off. Not long after, Laporte sprung his own perfectly timed move out of the pack, crossing the distance to the leaders and catching the others by surprise. On the slight rise to the finish and with leadouts in disarray behind, Laporte had plenty of room to hold off the chase and celebrate crossing the line.

Well, Jumbo. Entering the Tour, the Dutch powerhouse team was by broad consensus the strongest in the race. And even after losing two key riders to injury, they haven’t disappointed. Laporte’s victory is the fifth stage they’ve won this Tour, by three different riders, and they have excellent chances in the two remaining stages as well. They also will win three jerseys in Paris: van Aert’s green, plus Jonas Vingegaard’s yellow, and the polka-dot jersey for best climber, which Vingegaard also now leads after yesterday’s stage win.

The team is riding with huge confidence, as Laporte’s win shows. The 29-year-old Frenchman is a talented sprinter and Classics rider, but in his first year on Jumbo he’s showed a new level, highlighted by today's career-best moment. In eight previous seasons on Cofidis, his only other pro team, Laporte won 21 races, but it took his switch to Jumbo to get his first victories in WorldTour-level races. That’s a point that’s probably not lost on Cofidis, which is working a 14-year (and counting) dry streak since its last Tour stage win.

Stage 18 Winner - Jonas Vingegaard

Who’s Winning the Tour?

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won Stage 18, the final summit finish of the 2022 Tour de France, to extend his lead at the top of the Tour’s General Classification. With the help of his Belgian teammate Wout van Aert, Vingegaard dropped Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) 4.4km from the top of the climb to Hautacam. Van Aert pulled-off a few hundred meters later, leaving Vingegaard alone to take the stage–and barring catastrophe, the Tour.

Vingegaard won Stage 18 by 1:04 over Pogačar, extending his GC advantage to 3:26 over the Slovenian. Van Aert, wearing the green jersey as the leader of the Tour’s Points Classification, finished third on the stage, pumping his fist as he crossed the finish line.

Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) finished fourth on the day, losing more time to Vingegaard and Pogačar, but cementing his hold on the Tour’s final podium spot, a whopping 8:00 behind Vingegaard, but more importantly 3:05 ahead France’s David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) who moved up to fourth overall by finishing fifth on Stage 18.

With three days left in the 2022 Tour de France, Vingegaard looks assured of standing on the top step of the podium in Paris. Barring a crash, a mechanical, or a terrible ride in Saturday’s 40km individual time trial, the Dane’s lead is too much for Pogačar to overcome. Pogačar and Thomas look certain to stand next to Vingegaard on the Tour’s final podium. Thomas is one the Tour’s better time trialists, and there’s little chance of Gaudu overtaking him.

By winning the Tour’s final summit finish atop the Hors Categorie climb to Hautacam, Vingegaard also took the lead in the Tour’s King of Mountains competition. He won’t get a chance to wear the polka dot jersey as the leader of the classification, but with only three Category 4 climbs left in the race, he’s assured of taking the prize.

In the end, Stage 18 capped a legendary team performance for Jumbo-Visma, who looks set to go home with the yellow, green, and polka dot jerseys and at least four stage wins. And with two more stages expected to end in sprints and a long time trial on Saturday–all of which suit van Aert–the team’s tally could increase.

Stage 17 Winner - Tadej Pogacar

Two days in the Pyrenees down, one to go: Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) once again held on to the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2022 Tour de France after finishing second on Stage 17 in Peyragudes. Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won the stage, outsprinting Vingegaard to win his third stage of this year’s Tour. Pogačar’s teammate, the United States’ Brendan McNulty, finished third after doing much of the work in the latter parts of the stage.

Pogačar trimmed four seconds from Vingegaard’s lead thanks to the 10-second time bonus he earned for winning the stage. (Vingegaard took six seconds of his own by finishing second.) The Dane now leads the Slovenian by 2:18 on the Tour’s General Classification. Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) lost time to both riders, but remains third overall, 4:56 behind Vingegaard.

Once again Vingegaard and Pogačar proved to be the two best riders in the 2022 Tour de France. Despite winning the stage, the long-range attacks that we expected from Pogačar never materialized. This has been the fastest Tour in history (so far), and given the intense heat the riders have faced and the tenacity with which Pogačar has raced since the Tour started almost three weeks ago, we suspect he’s simply running out of gas he needs to make large gains on Vingegaard.

Even after losing Poland’s Rafa Majka to a thigh injury before the start of the stage, leaving him with only three teammates, Pogačar’s team was the strongest on Stage 17, with McNulty setting a pace that dropped everyone but Vingegaard. With one more day in the Pyrenees with three categorized climbs including two “Beyond” Category ascents, Pogačar will need a similar performance from the American if he’s to have any chance of gaining more time on Vingegaard.

Thomas looks firmly entrenched in third. Despite losing time to Vingegaard and Pogačar on Stage 17, he gained time on everyone behind him. He now sits 2:57 ahead of Colombia’s Nairo Quintana (Arkéa–Samsic), and with a long individual time trial on Saturday, he should have no problems defending his place on the podium.

So tomorrow, all eyes will be–again–on the Tour’s top-2 riders, with one day left for Vingegaard to solidify his lead before the time trial, and one day left for Pogačar to get close enough to give himself a chance of winning a third consecutive Tour de France.

Stage 16 Winner - Hugo Houle

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) survived the first of three days in the Pyrenees to hold on to the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2022 Tour de France. The 25-year-old finished safely in a small group of GC contenders and their teammates in Foix at the end of Stage 16, maintaining his 2:22 advantage over Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), the two-time defending champion. After getting gapped on the final climb of the stage, Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) managed to rejoin the group of favorites on the long road down to the finish. He remains third overall, 2:43 behind Vingegaard on the Tour’s General Classification.

It was a bigger day for Canada and Israel-Premier-Tech, though as Canadian Hugo Houle won the stage and his teammate and compatriot, Michael Woods, finished third. A career domestique who usually spends his time sacrificing his own chances for the sake of other riders, Houle crossed the line pointing to the sky in honor of his brother Pierrik, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2012 while out for a run. Houle’s win is only the second Tour de France stage win for a Canadian in Tour history. Steve Bauer, Houle’s team director, won the nation’s first stage back 1988.

As expected, Pogačar started his assault on Vingegaard’s yellow jersey with a series of attacks on the day’s penultimate climb, the Category 1 Port de Lers. Accelerating multiple times on both the climb and the descent after the summit, the Slovenian was matched each time by Vingegaard, gaining no time on the yellow jersey. By the time the riders reached the day’s final climb, the Category 1 Mur de Péguère, Pogačar seemed happy to let others set the pace, resigned to the fact that Vingegaard wasn’t budging–at least not today.The stage a tactical battle between the Tour’s three best teams as Jumbo-Visma, UAE Team Emirates, and INEOS Grenadiers all sent riders on the attack early in the hopes that their team leaders would have an extra support rider for the long descent from the top of the final climb to the finish in Foix at the end of the stage. The plan worked well as Vingegaard had Belgium’s Wout van Aert (along with American Sepp Kuss, who stayed with Vingegaard over the final climb), Pogačar had American Brendan McNulty, and Thomas had Colombia’s Dani Martinez waiting to help. France’s Romain Bardet (Team DSM) was the day’s biggest loser. The former podium finisher entered the day fourth overall, but lost over 3:36 on the stage to fall to ninth, 6:37 behind Vingegaard. The Tour’s best Frenchman is now David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) who moved up to fifth overall (4:24 behind the leader) with another strong ride. And last but not least, there’s Colombia’s Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) who was the only rider able to hang with Vingegaard, Pogačar, and Kuss to the top of the Mur de Péguère. Currently fourth at 4:15, a podium finish might be a stretch given the fact that there’s a long individual time trial on Saturday. But a top-5 finish would be a fine result for the 32-year-old–especially if he’s somehow able to combine it with a mountain stage win on one of the next two stages. With Vingegaard and Pogačar locked in at the top of the GC, Quintana might be given a little bit of breathing room to go for the win on one the upcoming summit finishes.

Stage 15 Winner - Jasper Philipsen

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) survived a long, hot day in the saddle to retain the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2022 Tour de France. The 25-year-old finished safely with the leading group at the Stage 15 finish in Carcassonne, but the day also saw the departure of two of his most important teammates. Heading into the second Rest Day, the top-3 riders on the Tour’s General Classification remain unchanged with Vingegaard leading Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) by 2:22 and Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) by 2:43.

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won the stage in Carcassonne, outsprinting Belgium’s Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Denmark’s Mads Pedersen to take the first Tour de France stage win of his career.

Despite defending Vingegaard’s lead for another day and van Aert’s second-place finish, Stage 15 was a day to forget for Jumbo-Visma. It began with the announcement that Slovenia’s Primož Roglič would not be starting the stage. The 32-year-old began the Tour as one of the favorites to win the race overall, but he crashed hard on the cobbled Stage 5, separating his shoulder and losing several minutes to the other GC contenders. With his own GC chances gone, he became a super-domestique on behalf of Vingegaard, and played a large role in helping his Danish teammate take the yellow jersey on Stage 11 in the Alps. But this morning he abandoned the race to begin recovering from the injuries he sustained, a calculated risk with three days in the Pyrenees still to come.

As if to emphasize that gamble, a crash with about 67km to go brought down the Netherlands’ Steven Kruijswijk, who was forced to abandon the race with a suspected broken collarbone. Another top climber for Jumbo-Visma, Kruijswijk was 13th overall at the start of the stage and his good form was likely one of the reasons why the team felt comfortable letting Roglič head home.

And then the unthinkable almost happened: as Kruijswijk was being lifted into an ambulance, another crash brought down Vingegaard and Belgium’s Tiesj Benoot, one of the team’s top all-rounders. The yellow jersey was quickly able to rejoin the peloton, but Benoot struggled behind, obviously hurting from the fall.

The loss of Roglič and Kruijswijk will be felt most in the Pyrenees, leaving the United States’ Sepp Kuss as Vingegaard’s best domestique in the mountains. Yes, Kuss is one of the best climbers in the peloton and is probably better than anyone else’s top mountain domestique, but losing Roglič and Kruijswijk decimates the team’s depth. And if Benoot’s injuries worsen during the Rest Day and he’s unable to start Stage 16, Jumbo-Visma will have only four riders left to protect the yellow jersey. That’s not good–especially with Pogačar clearly recovered from his bad day on Stage 11 and eager to throw everything he’s got at Vingegaard.

Stage 14 Winner - Michael Matthews

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) defended his place atop the general classification of the 2022 Tour de France , finishing Stage 14 alongside his biggest rival, Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), the Tour’s two-time defending champion. The two remain first- and second-overall, separated by 2:22. Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) held onto his third-place position, despite losing 17 seconds to Vingegaard and Pogačar at the end of the stage.

Australia’s Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) took a fantastic stage win, the fourth of his career. Riding with determination after several near-misses so far in this year’s Tour, the 31-year-old joined the day’s big breakaway, initiated the winning move in the stage’s final hour, dropped his two breakaway companions on the tough final climb, and was caught and gapped by Italy’s Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) midway up the ascent. But the Australian kept himself in contention, catching and then passing Bettiol while cresting the summit to win the stage—almost five years to the day after taking his last Tour de France stage victory. Bettiol finished second, and France’s Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) was third.

With the Pyrenees looming, the battle to win the 2022 Tour de France has been reduced to just two contenders, with Pogačar attacking and Vingegaard having no trouble following the Slovenian’s acceleration on the Côte de la Croix Neuve at the end of Stage 14. Behind them, the rest of the Tour’s general classification contenders all lost time.

But while the time gaps between Pogačar-Vingegaard and the other contenders weren’t huge on the finish line in Mende, it’s clear that everyone else is racing for third–a boon to Vingegaard as Pogačar will likely find few allies willing to risk a possible podium place by attacking the yellow jersey in the final week.

Even better for Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma is the fact that Pogačar and his team continue to make questionable decisions. The Slovenian launched a 200-meter sprint at the end of the stage–for no good reason–and the team put Spain’s Marc Soler in the day’s big breakaway, which might have made sense had the team not already lost two riders to COVID-19. If Pogačar is to win a third Tour de France, he’s going to need all the help he can get from his teammates, and allowing Soler to waste energy on a day like this might be something they later regret.

Stage 13 Winner - Mads Pedersen

Former world champion Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) put on a display of perfectly executed tactics as he won a three-way sprint from the remains of the day’s breakaway, to take victory in Stage 13 of the Tour de France.

Pedersen narrowly missed out on stage win chances back in the Tour’s start in his native Denmark. But he made up for that disappointment on a transitional stage out of the Alps, taking his first-ever Tour victory out of a day-long breakaway. Pedersen specializes in hard days in bad weather, and while that usually means cold, wet conditions like his 2019 World Championship title, he proved equally as capable in withering heat.

Pedersen joined a seven-rider breakaway that finally established itself after 50km of hard racing. With world-class time trialists Filippo Ganna (Ineos-Grenadiers) and Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) in the mix, the pack—led by sprint teams Lotto-Soudal and Alpecin-Deceuninck—kept a tight leash on the gap. American Tour debutants Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) and Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo) also joined.

But a heavy crash by Lotto sprinter Caleb Ewan at around 75km to go disrupted the chase severely. Ewan, clearly hurt, briefly regained the main field but soon dropped back again, and his team pulled off the front. BikeExchange-Jayco took up the hunt, but without allies they were unable to make much of a dent in the gap given the raw horsepower driving the break. With the break’s survival all but assured, Pedersen attacked on a grinding false flat with 13km to go, dropping everyone but Bahrain-Victorious’s Fred Wright and Hugo Houle of Israel-Premier Tech, then positioned himself perfectly to outsprint them at the finish.

For yellow jersey wearer Jonas Vingegaard, today was a day to stay out of the wind and out of trouble. He had little issue accomplishing that, capably protected by his powerhouse Jumbo-Visma team. The day was not expected to offer difficulties for him and generally didn’t. But a brief split in the peloton with around 40km to go hinted at risks to come in the next two days.

Saturday’s Stage 14 is another lumpy one, through the Massif Centrale with an uphill finish in Mende on the short but steep Cote de Croix Neuve. Sunday’s stage has the risk of crosswinds, and both should be uncomfortably hot. Vingegaard will simply be looking to get through both without mishaps and try to recover as well as he can ahead of the Pyrenees.

Stage 12 Winner - Tom Pidcock

A day after taking the yellow jersey, Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) remained atop the General Classification of the 2022 Tour de France after finishing sixth on Stage 12 atop the legendary climb of Alpe d’Huez. The Dane had little trouble following the attacks of Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), the two-time defending Tour champion who lost the yellow jersey as the Tour’s overall leader on Stage 11. The Slovenian made three hard accelerations on the upper half of the climb, all of which were easily covered by Vingegaard.

Thanks to his efforts, Pogačar moved up to second overall at 2:22, overtaking France’s Romain Bardet (Team DSM) on the final climb to gain a spot on GC. Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) jumped over the Frenchman into third at 2:26. Bardet recovered enough to stay within sight of the podium; he now sits fourth overall at 2:35.

The stage went to Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers), the third-youngest rider in this year’s Tour. Winner of the mountain bike race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo last summer, the Briton used his superior descending skills to bridge up to the breakaway earlier in the stage, putting himself in contention for the victory. South Africa’s Louis Meintjes (Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux) finished second, and Great Britain’s Chris Froome (Israel-PremierTech), himself a 4-time winner of the Tour, finished third.

We learned two things on Stage 12: Pogačar has recovered from his jour sans on Stage 11 and has no intention of going down without a fight; and Vingegaard and his Jumbo-Visma team are up to the challenge of defending the yellow jersey. Pogačar pulled no punches when attacking on Alpe d’Huez, but Vingegaard immediately responded, riding tempo behind the Slovenian, almost daring him to blow himself up in a fruitless effort to dislodge the yellow jersey.

Pogačar’s final attack came as the riders approached the finish line, a questionable choice considering there were no time bonuses to be gained. Thomas even shook his head as he crossed the line, perhaps also wondering why Pogačar made such an effort to gain nothing on his rivals. Many have suggested that Pogačar’s relentless attacks during the Tour’s first week left him exposed on Stage 11. If true, his sprint at the end of Stage 12 perhaps indicates that he still has a few lessons to learn. Regardless, we’re in for a treat as the Tour continues. Vingegaard’s lead is large, but Pogačar is the most dangerous rider in the peloton. The Tour is far from over.

Stage 11 Winner - Jonas Vingegaard

Vingegaard’s team set the race on its ear midway through the 151.7km stage, when Primož Roglič accelerated out of the group of contenders and blew up the pack on the long, double ascent of the Col du Telegraphe and Col du Galibier. Pogačar followed along with some of the other top riders, but was isolated from his team, which has been reduced by COVID positives. The two favorites traded attacks but neither could get clear of the other, and small groups eventually reformed on the Galibier and on the descent to the final climb.

On the seldom-used Granon, which hasn’t been a Tour climb in 36 years, Vingegaard’s team strength of five against two for Pogačar’s UAE-Team Emirates squad was quickly reduced, but it didn’t seem to bother the Danish rider. After attacks by Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) and Romain Bardet (DSM), Vingegaard countered and quickly gained a significant gap on Pogačar (who didn’t really try to follow), then pressed his advantage to overtake all other riders on the road and take a convincing stage win.

Who's Really Winning The Tour?

Jumbo brought their full team strength today and was rewarded with the stage win and race lead for Vingegaard. And what a lead: after entering the day :39 down to Pogačar, he’s now 2:16 clear of Bardet in second, and 2:22 ahead of Pogačar. Jumbo has the strongest team in the race and is now well-positioned to defend Vingegaard’s lead.

For Pogačar’s part, the two-time defending Tour champion struggled on the final climb. Under attack and without teammates, he was visibly uncomfortable, rocking back and forth on the bike with his jersey fully unzipped. Whether it was the effort of responding to Jumbo’s aggression, the heat, the lack of teammates due to COVID, or his own as-yet unseen battle with the virus, Pogačar was in distress in a way that he has never been at the Tour or almost any other race. The next few days will tell us a lot about whether today was just a crack on a wickedly hard day, the start of a bigger fade, or rooted in some other cause.

Stage 10 Winner - Magnus Cort

A medium mountain stage that took a circuitous route past, but not over, some of the most feared climbs in the Alps, Stage 10 was always ripe for a breakaway. It took an hour for the move to get established, with repeated attacks, catches, and counterattacks. A first-hour average speed of 48.4 kilometers per hour decimated the field and briefly left yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar without many of his teammates around him.

The eventually successful breakaway had 25 riders from a whopping 18 of the 22 teams in the race. With such broad representation, the chase lacked enthusiasm and the gap grew to seven minutes, then nine after a brief on-road stop due to climate protesters blocking the race route. With Bora-Hansgrohe’s Lennard Kämna in the move, that put Pogačar’s yellow jersey up for grabs. On the final climb, the break splintered under the pressure of repeated attacks and counters. It briefly re-formed on the finishing ramp of the Megeve Altiport runway, where Cort’s bike throw got him the stage win by just centimeters, from BikeExchange-Jayco’s Nick Schultz.

Yellow jersey Pogačar had no real personal difficulty defending his race lead on the long but relatively gentle climb to the Megeve Altiport. But his grip on the top spot in the standings is looking a bit more tenuous. A second teammate, George Bennett, was forced out of the race with a positive COVID diagnosis, and a third, Rafal Majka, is reportedly positive but allowed to stay in the race for now because he has a low viral load. But UAE is already down to six riders, and if Majka—who has been Pogačar’s best teammate in the mountains—gets worse and has to drop out or even simply can't do his usual workload, that will put major pressure on the remaining riders in the team.

At the same time, challengers like Jumbo-Visma and Ineos Grenadiers are still at full strength. And Jumbo did a savvy move in the final kilometers to lift the pace just enough to ensure Pogačar kept yellow over Kämna. That forces UAE to continue defending the race lead. What’s more, Jumbo and Ineos each have two riders high on the overall standings, which presents a possible strategy of sending someone like Primož Roglič up the road to force Pogačar’s team to chase. If that effort isolates Pogačar, he is vulnerable to attacks that he will have to respond to personally. While the two-time defending champion has looked sharp and aggressive in the race’s first 10 days, it’s worth noting that his 39-second lead over his nearest real challenger, Jumbo’s Jonas Vingegaard, is far less than at this point in last year’s Tour, when he had a five-minute advantage.

Stage 9 Winner - Bob Jungels

Who Is Winning The Tour?

Four years ago, Jungels was a rising star in the sport. A talented time trialist, the 25-year-old had shown his abilities in everything from cobbled classics to the Ardennes, capped by his 2018 win of Liege-Bastogne-Liege, one of the most prestigious one-day races in the sport. But his career was instead sidetracked in a slow fade due to what was diagnosed in 2021 as iliac arterial endofibrosis, a narrowing of pelvic arteries that causes pain and power loss during hard exercise. Surgery forced him to miss last year’s Tour and the Olympics, but appears to have fixed the problem.

His stage win here—along with that LBL win the highlight of his career—is his first victory since 2019 outside Luxembourg’s national championships. It also salvages some of what has so far been a rough Tour for his Ag2r team, which has seen yellow jersey contender Ben O’Connor’s GC hopes go up in smoke the past few days with his own health issues, plus the COVID-forced withdrawal of Geoffrey Bouchard yesterday morning.

Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault, nicknamed “the Badger” for his tenacious, gritty racing style, has a motto for yellow jersey contenders: no gifts. It’s one that Pogačar appears to take to heart. On a day where the current race leader could have simply rolled across the line with his rivals, he was instead aggressive, punching out in the final few hundred meters even though no stage win or time bonuses were on the line.

Whether surprised or just exhausted after a hard week of racing, most of the rest of the diminished group of contenders didn’t immediately respond, save one rider: Jumbo-Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard, who is rapidly emerging as the lone candidate with any credible shot of denying Pogačar a third straight Tour victory. Vingegaard fought hard to claw back to Pogačar’s wheel at the finish line. The rest of the group conceded another three seconds to Pogačar’s steadily growing lead. One rider—Ineos Grenadiers’ Dani Martinez—fell out of contention entirely after being dropped on the final climb. He gave up 16 minutes and dropped 20 places on the overall classification. Another hopeful, Cofidis’ Guillaume Martin, was ruled out at the start with COVID-19, the third rider to be sidelined by the virus once the race started. Monday is a rest day in Morzine, where the race will test every rider. More forced withdrawals are likely.

Stage 8 Winner - Wout van Aert

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) remained the overall leader of the 2022 Tour de France after finishing third on Stage 8 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Thanks to the 4-second time bonus he earned with his third-place finish, Pogačar extended his lead on the Tour’s General Classification to 39 seconds over Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and 1:14 over Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers). Belgium’s Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) outsprinted Australia’s Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) to win the stage, his second victory in this year’s Tour.

At one point it looked as if Pogačar was about to take his third victory in a row, as the Slovenian covered every surge on the climb to the finish line, his team firmly in control of the race. In effect, his team’s efforts handed the race to van Aert by setting such a high pace that no one could accelerate away before the inevitable small group sprint. With one stage left before the Rest Day, Pogačar is firmly in control of the race, and with a longer, Category 1 climb to the finish line at the end of Stage 9, the 23-year-old could extend his lead some more.

Van Aert was the day’s biggest winner, as the Belgian essentially put the green jersey away with his second stage win. He now leads the Netherlands’ Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) by 75 points on the Tour’s Points Classification, and few chances for the sprinters remaining in this year’s Tour, should have little trouble defending the jersey all the way to Paris. The Belgian’s large lead also means that he can now focus his energy on supporting Vingegaard’s efforts to try and upset Pogačar at the top of the Tour’s General Classification, a tall order that will take a coordinated team effort to pull off.

Stage 7 Winner - Tadej Pogacar

The Tour’s first true summit finish always leads to a clarification on who’s got the legs and who doesn’t, and the steep gravel ramps of the Super Planche des Belles Filles held true to that rule. When Pogačar’s last teammate, Rafal Majka, swung off the front with just a kilometer to go, the opportunity was ripe for an attack on an isolated yellow jersey. Instead, it was Pogačar himself who jumped, quickly going clear with a handful of challengers including the Jumbo duo of Vingegaard and Primož Roglič and Ineos Grenadiers’ Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates.

As other riders—DSM’s Romain Bardet, David Gaudu of Groupama-FDJ, and Movistar’s Enric Mas—slipped off the front, it was Vingegaard who made the attack in the last 200 meters that finally overhauled lone breakaway survivor Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe). Vingegaard briefly got a gap on Pogačar, but the two-time Tour winner dug deep and put in his own massive acceleration to come past Vingegaard just before the finish line. Roglič led the others across the line, 12 seconds behind.

Just as in 2021, it’s looking like a two-rider race for the overall, and it’s the same pair: Pogačar and Vingegaard. Roglič looked surprisingly strong for a guy who separated his shoulder two days ago, but Vingegaard has been the only rider in the peloton capable of even briefly challenging Pogačar the last year or so.

Pogačar, for his part, seems entirely capable of withstanding that challenge. While his team performed decently today, what’s been clear the first week of the Tour is that Pogačar is not only capable, but confident, riding on his own. His calculated aggression at the finish today speaks to a deep reserve of mental strength; briefly gapped, he could have told himself a few seconds weren't worth the effort. But in hauling Vingegaard back and going past him for the win, he sent an unmistakable message: there are no cracks here. Vingegaard is the only rider within a minute of Pogačar on overall time, and with Roglič well back in 13th place, almost three minutes down, if Jumbo wants to win the Tour it’s going to require Roglič to take a secondary role in service of the team that he normally leads.

Stage 6 Winner - Tadej Pogacar

Pogačar was always going to be the most-marked rider at the Tour, but he seemed entirely untroubled by that focus as he struck out for a stage win and the overall lead. A day-long breakaway by yellow jersey Wout van Aert was caught with 11km to go, but having the race leader out front meant the pace was infernally high: Pogačar’s average speed for the four-and-a-half hour stage was an astonishing 49.4kph: more than 5kph higher than the fastest expected time.

The fatigue from the pace showed in the final kilometers: a touch of wheels on a straight section of road just inside 10km to go brought down a handful of riders and caused a split in the pack that delayed Vlasov. Then, the two final climbs whittled the lead group to under 40 riders, then 30, and finally just 14. Surprisingly, it was Jumbo-Visma’s Primož Roglič—suffering a separated shoulder from a crash yesterday—who started the sprint, but Pogačar quickly countered and no one could match his speed. He’ll enter Friday’s seventh stage as overall leader by four seconds over EF Education First-Easypost's Neilson Powless, and a likely repeat stage winner.

Stage 5 Winner - Simon Clarke

Clarke missed the day’s breakaway but bridged across and held tough over 11 sectors of rough cobbled roads to take a photo-finish sprint victory over Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarché-Wanty). The 35-year-old Australian has been a pro since 2006, with 11 seasons on the WorldTour. And he’s twice won stages of the Vuelta Espańa. But his improbable win here—he’s a climber, not a cobbled Classics specialist—is the jewel in his long career.

Van Aert managed to stay in yellow despite any number of challenges. An early crash left him looking uncharacteristically hesitant on the first sections of cobbles, well back in the pack. But when disaster befell his Jumbo-Visma team in the form of mechanicals and crashes, van Aert sprung into action, putting his formidable TT skills to work pacing teammate Jonas Vingegaard. As a result of his efforts, he managed to stay in yellow, but his lead shrank to 13 seconds.

Who’s Really Winning The Tour?

Two-time defending champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE-Team Emirates) looked as unruffled and at ease as one can be while bouncing over cobbled roads at 50 kilometers an hour. Pogačar was attentive and at the front all day, and usually had at least one or two teammates nearby. He had no crashes and no mechanicals of note. When Trek-Segafredo’s Jasper Stuyven struck out in late pursuit of the breakaway, it was Pogačar—and only Pogačar—who managed to match the pace. The pair never made the catch, but finished 14 seconds clear of the furious, van Aert-led chase. Although Pogačar drops one spot on GC to fourth, he put time into every one of his competitors. The Ineos Grenadiers trio of Geraint Thomas, Dani Martinez, and Adam Yates stemmed most of the damage, as did Bora’s Aleksandr Vlasov. All came home in the van Aert/Vingegaard group close behind Pogačar.

By contrast, Jumbo had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day saved only by van Aert’s heroic pulls. Co-leader Vingegaard had a panicked series of bike changes after a flat and looked to lose serious time until van Aert steadied the chase. Ultimately, he lost just 14 seconds and sits seventh overall, 21 seconds behind Pogaçar. Far less fortunate was teammate Primož Roglič, caught in a senseless crash on the pavement caused by an errant haybale in a roundabout. Roglič quickly dropped off the pace and, despite help from teammates, conceded over two minutes to Pogačar. He’s now way back in 44th overall. Ag2r’s Ben O’Connor had an even worse day, shipping almost three and a half minutes to Pogačar, while Bahrain-Victorious’ Jack Haig dropped out.

Stage 4 Winner - Wout van Aert

It had been a bittersweet overall lead until now for van Aert, who took the yellow jersey on time bonuses, but had finished second on three straight stages. The Belgian superstar left nothing to chance on Stage 4. After a relatively quiet stage, his Jumbo-Visma team laid down a blistering pace leading into the day’s final climb, the short and not-particularly steep Côte du Cap Blanc-Nez, at 10.8km to go. Van Aert's average speed over the final 20km was a time-trial like 52.2kph.

The pack seemed unprepared for such a strong, team-wide move, and a small group briefly went clear with van Aert, teammate Jonas Vingegaard, and Ineos Grenadiers’s Adam Yates. The bulk of the pack came back together shortly over the summit, but van Aert took advantage of the chaos to keep the tempo high, and the expert time-trialist quickly got a gap of almost 30 seconds on a demoralized, disorganized chase. By steadily accruing time bonuses, van Aert has stretched his lead out to 25 seconds over second place. And with the next two stages—Wednesday’s cobbled affair and Thursday’s punchy uphill finish in Longwy—suiting his talents, he could add to both his lead and career stage win totals.

Jumbo’s attack showed the team’s aggression and discipline, as the move was almost perfectly executed and caught not just van Aert's rival sprinters, but many GC hopefuls, by surprise. Although the race came back together before the finish, what was maybe most notable was that Vingegaard was part of the small first group over the climb, while teammate and co-leader Primož Roglič wasn’t.

Maybe Roglič (correctly) bet the race would come back together and it wasn’t a wise use of strength. But after he seemed slightly less fit on climbs than Vingegaard at June’s Criterium du Dauphiné, the fact that he wasn’t present at a crucial moment will do little to settle the debate about which rider is the team’s best shot at yellow. Elsewhere, Ineos was clearly the most watchful of the GC teams, with Yates, Geraint Thomas, and Dani Martinez attentive at the front. There’s a lot of race left in the Tour but we may look back on today’s events as a predictor of what was to come.

Stage 3 Winner - Dylan Groenewegen

Belgium’s Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) remained the new overall leader of the 2022 Tour de France after finishing second on Stage 3 in Sønderborg. The 27-year-old actually extended his lead by earning a 6-second time bonus on the finish line. The Netherland’s Dylan Groenewegen (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) won the stage, his first Tour stage win since 2019.

The Tour now takes a day off to travel back to France, with van Aert leading the Tour’s General Classification by 7 seconds over Belgium’s Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) and 14 seconds over Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates). The next three stages suit the Belgian’s talents, so there’s a good chance that he’ll hold the Tour’s yellow jersey for a few more days.

Who’s really winning the Tour?

A relatively peaceful stage was interrupted by a large crash with about 10km to-go, emphasizing how important it is to stay as close to the front as possible at the end of these early stages.

Luckily, most of the Tour’s GC contenders managed to avoid losing time, with the exception of Colombia’s Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost), who was held up by a crash for the second day in row and this time was unable to rejoin the leaders. The 35-year-old lost 39 seconds by the finish, a tough blow to his chances of scoring a high finish in Paris.

Stage 2 Winner - Fabio Jakobsen

Belgium’s Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) is the new overall leader of the 2022 Tour de France. The 27-year-old finished on Stage 2 in Nyborg and earned a 6-second time bonus for his efforts, enough to take the yellow jersey from his compatriot Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), who entered the day in yellow after winning Stage 1. Van Aert will start Sunday’s Stage 3 with a 1-second lead over Lampaert, and an 8-second lead over Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates).

But all was not lost for Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl as Dutch sprinter Fabio Jakobsen won the stage. Riding his first Tour de France, the 25-year-old rewarded the faith his team displayed by bringing him to the Tour over Great Britain’s Mark Cavendish, who won four stages last year and remains one win away from becoming the winningest rider in Tour history. (He currently shares the honor with Belgian legend Eddy Merckx.)

A lot of bullets were dodged on Stage 2 as the strong winds that were expected to blow apart the race had little impact, most likely because the Great Belt Bridge was so wide that the peloton could spread itself across the road, offering shelter to everyone who needed it.

There were crashes, though. EF Education-EasyPost’s Rigoberto Urán went down just before the peloton turned onto the Great Belt Bridge, but thanks to a little help from his teammates, the Colombian was able to rejoin the peloton. Lampaert was brought down by a crash as well, but the peloton seemed to slow a bit, perhaps out of deference to the Belgian’s yellow crash.

A larger crash cut-off about two thirds of the peloton as it raced toward the finish line, but it happened inside the final 3km, which meant no one lost time on the Tour’s General Classification. That’s why Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who finished the stage almost three minutes after Jakobsen, still sits third overall.

So in the end, while the yellow jersey changed hands, the race to win the Tour was unaffected. And considering how crazy the opening stages of the Tour de France can be, that’s a win for everyone.

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Parcours en uitslagen Tour de France 2022 | Philipsen wint slotrit, Vingegaard pakt de eindzege

De Tour de France is de belangrijkste en grootste wielerronde van het jaar en dus gaan we er in juli weer eens goed voor zitten. Na twee eindzeges op rij van Tadej Pogacar ligt een hattrick op de loer, maar Jumbo-Visma is vastbesloten om het de jonge Sloveen deze editie moeilijker te maken. In dit overzicht vindt u informatie over de etappes die verreden zijn en blikken we vooruit op de etappes die nog komen gaan!

Laatste winnaars Tour de France

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Tour de France 2022: Parcours, beklimmingen, favorieten, tijden en tv

Etappe 1 - vrijdag 1 juli 2022: kopenhagen - kopenhagen (13,2 km, tijdrit).

De Tour de France werd afgetrapt met een korte tijdrit over 13,2 kilometer. Veel toppers besloten vroeg te starten, omdat er later op de dag meer kans was op regen. Die verwachting kwam niet helemaal uit, waarna er een spannende strijd ontstond om de ritzege. Mathieu van der Poel zette als één van de eerste renners een snelle tijd neer, maar toen was het nog wachten op drie favorieten die binnen twee minuten van elkaar startten.

Filippo Ganna dook als eerste onder de tijd van de Nederlander, maar Wout van Aert klokte amper een minuut later de nieuwe snelste tijd. Aan die tijd kwam Tadej Pogacar net niet, waardoor het er even op leek dat Van Aert de eerste gele trui ging pakken. Niets bleek minder waar, want het was landgenoot Yves Lampaert die alles en iedereen verraste en meer dan vier seconden onder de tijd van Van Aert dook.

Winnaar Yves Lampaert (Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl)

Klassementen Leiderstrui: Yves Lampaert Puntentrui: Yves Lampaert Jongerentrui: Tadej Pogacar

België boven in Tour de France: Lampaert knalt naar zege in openingstijdrit, Van Aert tweede

Etappe 2 - zaterdag 2 juli 2022: roskilde - nyborg (202,2 km).

De tweede etappe was meteen een lange en trok van Roskilde naar Nyborg. De eerste gecategoriseerde beklimmingen lagen klaar, al mochten deze allemaal geen naam hebben. Magnus Cort Nielsen pakte de bergpunten daarmee de eerste bergtrui van deze Tour.

Daarna konden we ons vergapen aan de mooie Deense omgeving, alvorens we in de finale over de Pont du Grand Belt trokken. Deze enorme brug van 18 kilometer werd gevreesd, want staat hier wind uit de juiste richting? Nee, die stond helaas vol tegen. Het peloton kwam voltallig over de hindernis, alvorens er na een chaotische finale (met val) werd gesprint voor de zege. Fabio Jakobsen deed dat het beste.

Beklimmingen: 62,0 km: CÔTE D'ASNÆS INDELUKKE (1,1 km aan 5,4%) 72,5 km: CÔTE D'HØVE STRÆDE (800 meter aan 6,0%) 84,0 km: CÔTE DE KÅRUP STRANDBAKKE (1,3 km aan 5,8%)

Winnaar Fabio Jakobsen (Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl)

Klassementen Leiderstrui: Wout van Aert Puntentrui: Wout van Aert Bergtrui: Magnus Cort Jongerentrui: Tadej Pogacar

Dromen zijn geen bedrog; Fabio Jakobsen knalt naar ritzege in Tour de France, Van Aert pakt geel

Etappe 3 - zondag 3 juli 2022: vejle - sønderborg (182,0 km).

De derde en laatste etappe in de Denemarken had op papier eenzelfde profiel als de tweede, maar met als belangrijk verschil dat de wind hier in principe geen rol ging spelen. We reden meer beschut en dus leek een massasprint in de straten Sønderborg onvermijdelijk. Zo verwacht, zo geschiedde; het was Dylan Groenewegen die na een spannende finish zijn wiel net iets eerder dan Wout van Aert en Jasper Philipsen over de streep had gedrukt.

Beklimmingen: 27,3 km: CÔTE DE KOLDINGVEJ (1,1 km aan 3,4%) 82,8 km: CÔTE DE HEJLSMINDE STRAND (800 meter aan 5,5%) 123,3 km: CÔTE DE GENNER STRAND (1,7 km aan 3,4%)

Winnaar Dylan Groenewegen (Team BikeExchange-Jayco)

Groenewegen snelt naar etappezege in derde etappe Tour, Van Aert opnieuw tweede

Etappe 4 - dinsdag 5 juli 2022: dunkerque - calais (171,5 km).

Na een rustdag (lees: reisdag) vervolgden de renners op dinsdag 5 juli hun weg op Franse bodem. We koersten vanuit Duinkerke, ook wel bekend van de Vierdaagse van Duinkerke. Het was vierde categoriedag, met maar liefst zes heuveltjes van de laagste klimcategorie. Deze klimmetjes konden een serieuze rol gaan spelen, met de top van de laatste op 11,5 kilometer van de streep.

Vijf van de van de zes beklimmingen van vierde categorie werden als eerste door Magnus Cort getrotseerd. De Deen verstevigde zodoende de leiding in het bergklassement. Nadat Cort de buit binnen had, bleef zijn vluchtgenoot Anthony Perez over. De coureur van Cofidis werd vervolgens op de laatste klim werd ingelopen door een Jumbo-Visma-trein, die het peloton volledig kapotreden. Van Aert kwam solo boven, waarna hij een straffe solo volhield tot de finish. Na drie tweede plekken bemachtigde hij zo eindelijk een felbegeerde ritzege in de gele trui.

Beklimmingen: 30,7 km: CÔTE DE CASSEL (1,7 km aan 4,2%) 71,8 km: CÔTE DE REMILLY-WIRQUIN (1,1 km aan 6,8%) 97,2 km: CÔTE DE NIELLES-LÈS-BLÉQUIN (1,1 km aan 7,7%) 102,7 km: CÔTE DE HARLETTES (1,3 km aan 6,0%) 127,5 km: CÔTE DU VENTUS (1,1 km aan 4,8%) 160,7 km: CÔTE DU CAP BLANC-NEZ (900 meter aan 7,8%)

Winnaar Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)

Wout van Aert rekent fenomenaal af met tweede plekken en wint vierde etappe in Tour de France

Etappe 5 - woensdag 6 juli 2022: lille - wallers-arenberg (157 km).

De kasseien hebben voor chaos gezorgd in de vijfde etappe van de Tour de France. Na een lange dag, waarin moeilijk bij te houden was wie waar precies reed, kon Simon Clarke zijn handen in de lucht steken. De Australiër won vanuit de kopgroep en versloeg Taco van der Hoorn in een zenuwslopende sprint. De grote verliezer van de dag was Primoz Roglic. De Sloveen kwam ten val en verloor uiteindelijk twee minuten op zijn rivaal Tadej Pogacar.

Kasseistroken: 79,7 km: FRESSAIN À VILLERS-AU-TERTRE (1.400 meter) 100,6 km: D'ESWARS À PAILLENCOURT (1.600 meter) 106,5 km: WASNES-AU-BAC À MARCQ-EN-OSTREVENT (1.400 meter) 110,9 km: ÉMERCHICOURT À MONCHECOURT (1.600 meter) 114,1 km: AUBERCHICOURT À ÉMERCHICOURT (1.300 meter 119,6 km: ABSCON (1.500 meter) 126,7 km: ERRE À WANDIGNIES-HAMAGE (2.800 meter) 133,4 km: WARLAING À BRILLON (2.400 meter) 136,9 km: TILLOY-LEZ-MARCHIENNES À SARS-ET-ROSIÈRES (2.400 meter) 143,4 km: BOUSIGNIES À MILLONFOSSE (1.400 meter) 150,3 km: HASNON À WALLERS (1.600 meter)

Winnaar Simon Clarke (Israel - Premier Tech)

Clarke houdt Van der Hoorn af in millimetersprint Tour; Van Aert beperkt schade Jumbo-Visma na drama-dag

Etappe 6 - donderdag 7 juli 2022: binche - longwy (219,9 km).

Na de kasseienetappe lag er een dag later meteen de langste etappe van deze Tour de France op de rol. We pakten een stukje Belgische Ardennen mee en bedwongen onderweg drie gecategoriseerde beklimmingen. De aankomst lag heuvelop in Longwy, met 1,6 kilometer aan 5,8 procent.

De koers ontplofte alvast ver voor de finale. Vanaf het begin regende het demarrages; veel renners zagen kans op de ritzege, zo ook gele trui Wout van Aert. Meermaals probeerde hij weg te geraken. Nadat het hem na ruim twee uur koers lukte, had hij gezelschap van Jakub Fugslang en Quinn Simmons. Nadat Van Aert in de finale solo overbleef, was hij echter niet opgewassen tegen de verenigde krachten van het peloton. Een groep van zo’n twintig renners spurtte uiteindelijk heuvelop in Longwy voor de ritzege. Tadej Pogacar bleek veruit de sterkste en pakte naast de ritzege ook de gele trui.

Beklimmingen: 87,2 km: CÔTE DES MAZURES (2,0 km aan 7,6%) 205,0 km: CÔTE DE MONTIGNY-SUR-CHIERS (1,6 km aan 4,4%) 214,6 km: CÔTE DE PULVENTEUX (800 meter aan 12,3%)

Winnaar Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

Klassementen Leiderstrui: Tadej Pogacar Puntentrui: Wout van Aert Bollentrui: Magnus Cort Jongerentrui: Tadej Pogacar

Pogacar verpest wervelende dag Van Aert en slaat dubbelslag na geweldige sprint in Longwy

Etappe 7 - vrijdag 8 juli 2022: tomblaine - la super planche des belles filles (176,3 km).

La Planche des Belles Filles is doorgaans een garantie voor spektakel en dat was dit keer niet anders. Richting deze steile slotklim leek de kopgroep van de dag te vechten voor de ritoverwinning. Lennard Kämna is zo'n specialist die zijn dagen weet uit te kiezen en de Duitser van BORA-hansgrohe leek op weg te gaan richting zijn tweede zege ooit in de Tour de France.

In de laatste kilometer kwam de groep met favorieten echter zo hard opzetten, dat Kämna werd veroordeeld tot een vierde plaats. Dat was achter een podium met de grote favorieten voor deze Tour de France: Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard en Tadej Pogacar. Het was de Sloveen van UAE Team Emirates die in de slotmeters Vingegaard nog voorbij wist te gaan en daarmee zijn tweede dagzege op een rij boekte.

Beklimmingen: 107,7 km: COL DE GROSSE PIERRE (3,1 km aan 6,4%) 136,1 km: COL DES CROIX (3,2 km aan 6,3%) 176,3 km: LA SUPER PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES (7,0 km aan 8,7%)

Pogacar klopt Vingegaard in de slotmeters na nagelbijtende finale op La Planche des Belles Filles

Etappe 8 - zaterdag 9 juli 2022: dole - lausanne (186,3 km).

Voor de derde dag op rij aankomst omhoog, met dit keer na een langere loper aan 4,6 procent gemiddeld. Een onregelmatig ding, zo bleek. Ideaal voor de punchers, met de klassementsrenners op het vinkentouw. Wout van Aert denderde - na een knappe dag in de vlucht van Fred Wright en Mattia Cattaneo - naar ritwinst. Michael Matthews werd net als op dag zes tweede. Tadej Pogacar stoomde naar plek drie en pakte nog maar eens vier bonificatieseconden.

Beklimmingen: 75,6 km: CÔTE DU MARÉCHET (2,0 km aan 5,7%) 101,3 km: CÔTE DES ROUSSES (6,7 km aan 5,0%) 136,9 km: CÔTE DE PÉTRA FÉLIX (2,4 km aan 1,5%) 186,3 km: CÔTE DU STADE OLYMPIQUE (4,8 km aan 4,6%)

Krachtige Van Aert knalt naar nieuwe Tourritzege, Matthews en Pogacar geklopt

Etappe 9 - zondag 10 juli 2022: aigle - châtel les portes du soleil (192,9 km).

We sloten de eerste week van de Tour de France af met een bergetappe, al bedwongen we nog geen enorme cols. Een groep van 21 renners trok ten aanval, onder wie sterke mannen als Wout van Aert en Rigoberto Urán. Wie ook deel uitmaakte van dat gezelschap, was Bob Jungels. Nadat de kopgroep al flink uitgedund was, besloot de Luxemburger de nog overgebleven renners vaarwel te zeggen.

De renner van AG2R Citroën Team schudde vervolgens een solo van zestig (!) kilometer uit zijn mouw en wist daarbij uit handen te blijven van Thibaut Pinot, die de achtervolging had ingezet. Ondertussen verloren Aleksandr Vlasov en Daniel Félipe Martínez veel tijd wat het algemeen klassement betreft.

Beklimmingen: 37,1 km: CÔTE DE BELLEVUE (4,3 km aan 4,0%) 108,5 km: COL DES MOSSES (13,3 km aan 4,1%) 131,8 km: COL DE LA CROIX (8,1 km aan 7,6%) 183,1 km: PAS DE MORGINS (15,4 km aan 6,1%)

Winnaar: Bob Jungels (AG2R Citroën Team)

Klassementen Leiderstrui: Tadej Pogacar Puntentrui: Wout van Aert Bollentrui: Simon Geschke Jongerentrui: Tadej Pogacar

Jungels rondt geweldige solo van 60 kilometer af in bergrit Tour; Martínez en Vlasov verliezen tijd

Etappe 10 - dinsdag 12 juli 2022: morzine - megève (148,1 km).

Etappe 10 leek een speeltuin voor de vluchters. De beklimmingen onderweg waren nergens heel steil, de laatste klim was een onregelmatige, met meer vlakkere stukken dan steilere stroken. De vluchters roken hun kans en dat leverde een furieuze openingsfase op. Zestig kilometer lang werd er gedemarreerd over de golvende wegen.

Uiteindelijk reed een omvangrijke kopgroep weg, met interessante namens als het INEOS-duo Dylan van Baarle en Fililippo Ganna. Zij waren echter niet het enige duo, want EF Education-EasyPost had met Alberto Bettiol en Magnus Cort ook twee man mee. Bettiol opende de finale, maar het was Cort die de etappe won. In een sprint van stervende zwanen troefde hij de Australiër Nick Schultz nipt af.

Beklimmingen: 24,1 km: CÔTE DE CHEVENOZ (2,2 km aan 2,9%) 69,2 km: COL DE JAMBAZ (6,7 km aan 3,8%) 97,3 km: CÔTE DE CHÂTILLON-SUR-CLUSES (4,5 km aan 3,9%) 145,9 km: MONTÉE DE L'ALTIPORT DE MEGÈVE (19,2 km aan 4,1%)

Winnaar Magnus Cort (EF Education EasyPost)

Klassementen Leiderstrui: Tadej Pogacar Puntentrui: Wout van Aert Bergtrui: Simon Geschke Jongerentrui: Tadej Pogacar

Cort bekroont droom-Tour met ritzege na millimetersprint, Pogacar behoudt geel nipt

Etappe 11 - woensdag 13 juli 2022: albertville - col de granon (151,7 km).

De elfde etappe beloofde op voorhand vuurwerk en dat werd volledig waargemaakt. Het werd een enorm interessante etappe tussen de favorieten voor het algemeen klassement, waar vooral Jumbo-Visma de wedstrijd hard maakte. Het lukte Jonas Vingegaard en Primoz Roglic in eerste instantie niet om Tadej Pogacar aan het wankelen te brengen en op de slotklim nam UAE Team Emirates met Rafał Majka als sterke motor het heft in handen.

Pogacar moest echter verrassend passen toen Vingegaard in de laatste vijf kilometer van de Col du Granon op de pedalen ging staan en de Sloveen verloor uiteindelijk bijna drie minuten. Vingegaard denderde in de slotfase over alles en iedereen heen en pakte een imposante dubbeslag.

Beklimmingen: 49,9 km: LACETS DE MONTVERNIER (3,4 km aan 8,2%) 83,8 km: COL DU TÉLÉGRAPHE 11,9 km aan 7,1%) 106,7 km: COL DU GALIBIER (17,7 km aan 6,9%) 151,7 km: COL DU GRANON (11,3 km aan 9,2%)

Winnaar Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)

Klassementen Leiderstrui: Jonas Vingegaard Puntentrui: Wout van Aert Bergtrui: Simon Geschke Jongerentrui: Tadej Pogacar

Jonas Vingegaard zet Tour op z'n kop en slaat Pogacar op de kin in elfde etappe Tour de France

Etappe 12 - donderdag 14 juli 2022: briançon - l'alpe d'huez (165,1 km).

Een dag na de eerste serieuze Alpen-etappe, volgde op dag twaalf (14 juli, de Franse feestdag!) meteen de tweede. Tom Pidcock zorgde al vroeg voor vuurwerk door in de afdaling van de Col du Galibier het peloton een hak te zetten. Een voor een daalde, ahum, haalde hij de gedemarreerde renners in.

Eenmaal voorin bleek hij de sterkste, en zette hij de etappe naar zijn hand. Ver achter etappewinnaar Pidcock vochten Jonas Vingegaard en Tadej Pogacar een interessant duel uit, maar de twee kwamen niet van elkaar af. De gele trui bleef om de schouders van Vingegaard, Pidcock won de etappe (en steeg naar plek acht in het klassement).

Beklimmingen: 33,2 km: COL DU GALIBIER (23,0 km aan 5,1%) 110,6 km: COL DE LA CROIX DE FER (29,0 km aan 5,2%) 165,1 km: ALPE D'HUEZ (13,8 km aan 8,1%)

Winnaar Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers)

Magistrale Pidcock wint op Alpe d'Huez, opgeleefde Pogacar rijdt Vingegaard niet los

Etappe 13 - vrijdag 15 juli 2022: bourg d'oisans - saint-etienne (192,6 km).

Na twee bizar zware Alpen-etappes kunnen de klassementsrenners even uitblazen in etappe 13. Dit lijkt een ideale rit voor de aanvallers, al zullen de sprinters met inhoud hier ook wel willen sprinten voor de zege. De aankomst richting Saint-Étienne is lastig, maar niet onoverkombaar.

Beklimmingen: 30,4 km: CÔTE DE BRIÉ (2,4 km aan 6,9%) 79,2 km: COL DE PARMÉNIE (5,1 km aan 6,6%) 148,6 km: CÔTE DE SAINT-ROMAIN-EN-GAL (6,6 km aan 4,5%)

Winnaar Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo)

Pedersen maakt Deens Tourfeest nog groter met prachtige etappezege in dertiende etappe

Etappe 14 - zaterdag 16 juli 2022: saint-etienne - mende (192,5 km).

De veertiende etappe in de Tour was een uitgelezen kans voor de vluchters. Heel de dag ging het op en af met in de finale de bekende korte maar loeisteile klim naar Mende. Ondanks de hitte was de zin om in de ontsnapping te zitten groot. Uiteindelijk reden 23 renners weg, met onder andere Bauke Mollema. Michael Matthews was ook present en opende de finale op ruim vijftig kilometer van de finish met een aanval. Hij kreeg gezelschap van Luis Leon Sanchez, Felix Grossschartner en Andreas Kron, die door een lekke band wegviel.

Op de steile klim naar Mende was Matthews verrassend de sterkste van de drie. Alberto Bettiol stoomde echter van achteruit op en reed zelfs even weg van Matthews, die richting de top orde op zaken stelde en de Italiaan bijhaalde en hem vervolgens ter plekke liet. Matthews won zodoende sinds 2017 weer een Touretappe, waarmee hij zijn totaal op vier ritzeges bracht. In het klassement veranderde er weinig. Tadej Pogacar probeerde Jonas Vingegaard te lossen, maar de Deen hield ogenschijnlijk gemakkelijk stand.

Beklimmingen: 14,2 km: CÔTE DE SAINT-JUST-MALMONT (7,7 km aan 3,9%) 39,1 km: CÔTE DE CHÂTAIGNIER (2,6 km aan 7,3%) 135,3 km: CÔTE DE GRANDRIEU (6,3 km aan 4,1%) 162,1 km: CÔTE DE LA FAGE (4,2 km aan 6,0%) 191,0 km: CÔTE DE LA CROIX NEUVE MONTÉE JALABERT (3,0 km aan 10,2%)

Winnaar Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange-Jayco)

Grandioze Matthews stoomt naar zege in Mende na lange aanval; Vingegaard slaat aanval Pogacar af

Etappe 15 - zondag 17 juli 2022: rodez - carcassonne (202,5 km).

De derde zondag in de Tour, zonder echte bergetappe? Opvallend, omdat deze lange rit van dik 200 kilometer zomaar eens kon gaan uitdraaien op een massasprint. Nou, die kwam er! Een kopgroep met Wout van Aert, Nils Politt en Mikkel Honoré werd teruggepakt, terwijl ook de volgende vluchtpogingen tevergeefs bleken. Zodoende werd er dus gesprint in de straten van Carcassonne, waar Jasper Philipsen eindelijk raak wist te schieten door Van Aert en Mads Pedersen te kloppen!

Beklimmingen: 68,9 km: CÔTE D'AMBIALET (4,4 km aan 4,6%) 154,6 km: CÔTE DES CAMMAZES (5,1 km aan 4,1%)

Winnaar Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Philipsen klopt Pedersen en Van Aert, Vingegaard houdt geel op rampdag Jumbo-Visma

Etappe 16 - dinsdag 19 juli 2022: carcassonne - foix (178,5 km).

De dag na de rustdag is het altijd kijken welke renners de koersloze dag goed verteerd hebben, en dat bleken er heel wat te zijn! Om en bij de dertig renners trokken meteen ten aanval, met daarbij onder andere Wout van Aert, Brandon McNulty, Dylan Teuns en Michael Woods. Het was echter Hugo Houle die na een knappe solo de handen in de lucht mocht gooien, en zo zijn eerste profoverwinning boekte. In de strijd om de gele trui werd Jonas Vingegaard enkele keren aangevallen door Tadej Pogacar, maar de Deen gaf geen krimp. Met nog twee bergetappes en één tijdrit op het menu, ziet het er nog steeds heel erg goed uit voor de gele droom van Jumbo-Visma.

Beklimmingen: 13,7 km: CÔTE DE SAINT-HILAIRE (1,5 km aan 6,6%) 36,6 km: COL DE L'ESPINAS (5,3 km aan 5,0%) 125,1 km: PORT DE LERS (11,4 km aan 7,0%) 151,3 km: MUR DE PÉGUÈRE (9,3 km aan 7,9%)

Winnaar Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech)

Houle wint verrassend Pyreneeënrit in Tour, aanvallen Pogacar kraken Vingegaard niet

Etappe 17 - woensdag 20 juli 2022: saint-gaudens - peyragudes (129,7 km).

De strijd om het klassement kreeg een vervolg in de Pyreneeën, met aankomst bovenop de steile Peyragudes. Een makkelijke start, maar met vier cols in de laatste zestig kilometer beloofde het een spektakel te worden. Dat spektakel bleef enigszins uit, wat voornamelijk kwam door het sterke optreden van UAE Team Emirates. Met Mikkel Bjerg en Brandon McNulty legde de ploeg een verschroeiend tempo op, die uiteindelijk alleen hun kopman Tadej Pogacar en zijn grootste concurrent Jonas Vingegaard konden volgen.

Daardoor mochten de twee favorieten voor de eindzege sprinten om de zege en op het explosieve en steile laatste gedeelte was het niet verrassend dat 'Pogi' aan het langste eind trok. Al is dat de vraag na de zeventiende etappe, want uiteindelijk kwam de Sloveen slechts vier seconden dichterbij in de strijd om het geel.

Beklimmingen: 65,7 km: COL D'ASPIN (12,0 km aan 6,5%) 81,6 km: HOURQUETTE D'ANCIZAN (8,2 km aan 5,1%) 109,5 km: COL DE VAL LOURON-AZET (10,7 km aan 6,8%) 129,7 km: PEYRAGUDES (8,0 km aan 7,8%)

Winnaar Tadej Pogacar

Pogacar wint zeventiende Touretappe, maar Vingegaard is morele winnaar na UAE-aanval

Etappe 18 - donderdag 21 juli 2022: lourdes - hautacam (143,2 km).

Tadej Pogacar heeft gestreden voor wat hij waard was in deze laatste bergetappe van de Tour de France, maar Jonas Vingegaard bleek de betere van de twee te zijn deze Tour. Met kundig vakmanschap reageerde hij op de vele demarrages (echt heel veel) van de Sloveen op de Col de Spandelles, alvorens zelf op de Hautacam nog een minuut van hem weg te rijden. Vingegaard is na dit spektakel bijna zeker van de eindzege, maar een ongeluk zit in een klein hoekje.

Beklimmingen: 76,7 km: COL D'AUBISQUE (16,4 km aan 7,1%) 110,0 km: COL DE SPANDELLES (10,3 km aan 8,3%) 143,2 km: HAUTACAM (13,6 km aan 7,8%)

Klassementen Leiderstrui: Jonas Vingegaard Puntentrui: Wout van Aert Bergtrui: Jonas Vingegaard Jongerentrui: Tadej Pogacar

Jumbo-Visma-show op Hautacam! Vingegaard wint; Pogacar valt aan, crasht en zwaait witte vlag

Etappe 19 - vrijdag 22 juli 2022: castelnau-magnoac - cahors (188,3 km).

Zoals wel vaker in een grote ronde, zat er diep in de derde week nog één zo'n vlakke rit die alle kanten op kon. In principe was de etappe geschikt voor de sprinters, maar door het zware koersverloop was het maar de vraag of de sprintersploegen het konden controleren. Een kopgroep met sterke hardrijders als Taco van der Hoorn, Tadej Mohoric reed vroeg weg. Vanwege de wind – die gunstig was voor waaiers – reed het peloton snel en kregen de vluchters weinig ruimte. Uiteindelijk werd Quinn Simmons van hen als laatste ingelopen op een klimmetje op dertig kilometer van de finish.

Op het klimmetje volgden nieuwe aanvallen, waaronder een verrassende van Tadej Pogacar. De Sloveen werd echter snel teruggepakt door Wout van Aert. Daarna ontstond een nieuwe ontsnapping met Alexis Gougeard, Fred Wright en Jasper Stuyven. De drie vochten voor wat ze waard waren en Wright en Stuyven hadden bij het ingaan van de slotkilometer nog een kleine kloof op het aanstormende peloton. Door het gebrek aan controle maakte Christophe Laporte de sprong naar de twee, waarna hij hen passeerde en naar de ritzege denderde. De Fransman zette de zegeteller zodoende op vijf voor Jumbo-Visma.

Beklimmingen: 135,7 km: CÔTE DE LA CITÉ MÉDIÉVALE DE LAUZERTE (2,0 km aan 6,2%) 152,6 km: CÔTE DE SAINT-DAUNÈS (1,6 km aan 6,3%)

Winnaar Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma)

Loeisterke Laporte maakt Jumbo-Visma-feest compleet met late uitval in negentiende Touretappe

Etappe 20 - zaterdag 23 juli 2022: lacapelle-marival - rocamadour (40,7 km).

Wout van Aert heeft zijn kunststukje van vorig jaar losjes overgedaan, door de tijdrit op de voorlaatste dag van de Tour de France te winnen. Ondanks dat de tijdrit voor het eindpodium geen spanning meer had, werd het toch een nagelbijter. Jonas Vingegaard leek lange tijd de bovenhand te nemen, maar in het slot bleek de Belg toch iets sterker dan de gele trui, die juichend over de finish kwam. Jumbo-Visma pakt zo al zijn zesde (!) ritzege in deze Tour.

Beklimmingen: 36,0 km: Côte de Magès (1,6 km aan 4,7%) 40,7 km: Côte de l'Hospitalet (1,8 km aan 6,2%)

Winnaar: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)

Klassementen: Leiderstrui: Jonas Vingegaard Puntentrui: Wout van Aert Bergtrui: Jonas Vingegaard Jongerentrui: Tadej Pogacar

Etappe 21 - zondag 24 juli 2022: Parijs La Défense - Parijs (115,6 km)

Jasper Philipsen heeft de slotrit van deze denderende Tour de France gewonnen. Waar hij vorig jaar na de aankomst nog tranen van verdriet moest laten, kon hij nu met zijn vreugde geen blijf. Jonas Vingegaard stelde zijn eindzege (en de bergtrui) veilig, Wout van Aert en Tadej Pogacar nemen respectievelijk de groene en de witte trui mee naar huis.

Beklimmingen: 43,3 km: CÔTE DU PAVÉ DES GARDES (1,3 km aan 6,5%)

Winnaar: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Klassementen Tour de France 2022 

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Tour de France Parcours, etappes & uitslagen 2022

Wout van Aert takes stunning solo win in yellow jersey on Tour de France stage 4

Jumbo-Visma rider gets his win after three second places

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) broke his sequence of near misses on the Tour de France in emphatic fashion when he soloed to victory on stage 4 in Calais after a searing acceleration on the Côte du Cap Blanc-Nez.

When Jumbo-Visma massed on the front of the peloton with 10km remaining, they seemed intent on replicating their startling collective show of force on the opening day of Paris-Nice, but this time it was Van Aert's remarkable individual strength that carried the day.

After Tiesj Benoot had swung off, Van Aert followed through with a rasping acceleration that liberally sprinkled the peloton across the hillside. Only his teammate Jonas Vingegaard and a very alert Adam Yates (Ineos) could initially follow, but they, too, had to relent before the summit.

The yellow jersey very briefly considered waiting for reinforcements, but he didn't hesitate long and quickly stretched his lead out towards 25 seconds over the other side. From there, it was a procession of the striking kind conjured up by Julian Alaphilippe on the road to Epernay three years ago.

While Van Aert cruised serenely towards Calais, the general classification men initially caught out on the final climb, including Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), were scrambling to take their places in a reduced chasing group.

"I was too far behind to follow so I tried to go as fast as possible to the top to see what was the situation," Pogačar said. "It was OK, Van Aert dropped even his teammates, and when I saw that, I was more calm and I didn't stress."

The chasers would close the gap to eight seconds by the finish, though only because Van Aert took time to freewheel across the line and savour his victory, which came after three successive second-place finishes.

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) beat Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) in the sprint for second place, though he celebrated vigorously in the mistaken belief that he had won. It was, on reflection, an easy mistake to make. Van Aert, after all, looked to be in a race of his own.

"I think it was quite obvious we were trying something with the team," said Van Aert, who missed the Belgian Championships with a knee injury a week before the Tour got underway.

"Then Nathan [Van Hooydonck] opened up on the climb and Tiesj took over. I felt in the wheel already it was really hard, and then on the radio we heard there was some damage."

That was something of an understatement. Even Van Aert's team leader Primož Roglič was unable to keep pace with the initial part of the onslaught, while riders of the calibre of Pogačar, Daniel Martínez and Geraint Thomas (Ineos) were grappling to get back on terms.

"The goal was to go full to the top and see what happened, but then I came over the top alone and I was a bit in doubt if I should wait for Jonas and I think Yates, the two guys behind me," Van Aert said. "But by going full, I also put Jonas and the others in a good position where they didn't have to ride. So I decided to go alone and then it was 10k of all-out suffering."

In overall standings, Van Aert extended his lead over Yves Lampert (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) to 25 seconds, while Pogačar remains third at 32 seconds. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who has designs on contesting yellow against his eternal rival on the cobbles on Wednesday, now has 38 seconds to recoup.

How it unfolded

This was the first Tour de France stage on French roads in 2022, but thoughts remained firmly in Denmark at the start in Dunkirk, where a minute of applause was observed to remember the victims of a mass shooting in Copenhagen on Sunday afternoon. The Danish riders lined out at the head of the peloton for the commemoration, and one of their number was soon off the front of the race.

Magnus Cort (EF Education First-EasyPost) is wearing the king of the mountains jersey thanks to his successful raids on the first road stages in Denmark, and he was on the offensive again here, slipping away in the opening kilometres in the company of Anthony Perez (Cofidis). The duo quickly established a firm advantage, and their buffer would build steadily for the first two hours of racing, reaching a maximum of 7:30 with 90km to go.

By then, Cort had further tightened his grip on the polka dot jersey by leading over the cobbled Côte de Cassel and the Côte de Remilly-Wirquin. Back in the peloton, meanwhile, the early détente was broken after the Cassel, when the race briefly split thanks to the probing of QuickStep-AlphaVinyl and TotalEnergies. Although the crosswind was not strong enough to form lasting echelons, it was a gentle reminder that cobblestones are far from the only running hazard in this corner of the world.

The escapees still had 3:30 in hand by the time they hit the category 4 Côte de Nielles-lès-Bléquin and Côte de Harlettes with 70km to go, where Cort, inevitably, led over the top. Cort, as per the tacit accord, also led the escapees over the day's penultimate climb of the Côte du Ventus with 47km to go, before allowing Perez to attack alone shortly afterwards. This stage was taking place in the background of sponsor Cofidis and he, too, needed something to show for his day off the front.

The peloton, however, had closed to within 1:20 of Perez thanks largely to Alpecin-Deceuninck and Trek-Segafedo, and his lone effort was doomed from the outset. He lasted almost to the base of the day's final climb, where Ineos sensed the imminent danger and positioned their GC men at the front just before Jumbo-Visma took over.

"They did the same thing at Paris-Nice and we had the suspicion they might do the same thing here. I sprinted full gas bottom to the top, but I just ran out of legs over the top," said Yates, who spoke for many of the overall contenders when asked to cast his mind forward to Wednesday's trek across the cobbles. "No," he smiled. "I'm not looking forward to it."

Pogačar struck a similar note. "Tomorrow I need to survive," he said. "It will be a big war."

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By shuguley , February 15, 2014 in Regent Seven Seas Cruises

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.

Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?

My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

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If you are considering this on the 2015 June Baltic cruise on Voyager; my suggestion is don't. There is so much to do in St. Petersburg and although a train is one of my favorite ways to travel the time would be far better spent in St. P.

Thanks for the advice. Yes, this would be on the Voyager during the 2015 season but not yet sure exactly which cruise.

We did the Moscow excursion "on a different luxury line", but from your brief description it sounds very much like the same trip, so I will operate on that assumption. It is a VERY long day! We left the ship at 5:30 AM and returned at 12:30 AM. The highspeed train trip is comfortable, and while they call it "Business Class" it does not compare well to the equivalent class on say Rail Europe. When we did it in 2011, we did have highspeed both ways, and the trip back seemed much longer as the adrenaline and excitement had worn off!:D

Moscow itself is not that terribly different from any other big city in the world, but this Cold War kid never thought he would ever stand in Red Square, never mind walk the grounds of The Kremlin, or tour The Kremlin Palace, or see (but not visit) Lenin's Tomb, or visit The Armoury. But he did, and he loved every minute of it! Yes, it is a long day, and you barely scratch a scratch on the surface, but it is worth it. There is a tremendous amount to see in St. Petersburg, but every Baltic cruise goes to St. Petersburg, so you can go back if you choose to. Not every cruiseline offers you the chance to see Moscow.

I have not personally done this tour, but our last time in St Petersburg, the private guide that we hired for a day was leading the regent tour to Moscow on the high speed train the next day. He said it was way better than the previous alternative, which was flying to Moscow and back. He said that you actually got to Moscow faster because you didn't have to deal with airline checkin etc. it did seem like a very long day to me, and there is so much to see and do in st. Petersburg that I didn't consider doing it.

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We toured to Moscow from St. Petersburg via the hi-speed SAPSAN train last September, from a Baltic cruise on the Oceania Marina. You need to have a two-night, three day port call in St. Petersburg to take this tour because the tour typically leaves the ship around 5:00 - 5:30 AM and doesn't return until after midnight the next day. We didn't take the ship's tour; we made private arrangements with TravelAllRussia for three days of touring, the first and third days in St. Petersburg and the second day the tour to Moscow by train. Our cost for the private tour for three days was about the same as what the ship charged for the excursion to Moscow alone. There are a number of private tour agencies that operate in St. Petersburg and offer the Moscow train tours; we would strongly recommend them over the ship's tours.

All three days had private guides with car and driver. The second day, the driver picked us up at the ship and took us to the train, but we were alone on the train, and met in Moscow by the guide on the station platform. After our tour and dinner, we were brought back to the train and after the return train trip met by the driver and taken back to the ship. Because you are alone on the train you must have your own Russian visas.

If this is your first visit to St. Petersburg, I would agree there is much more to see there. We found Moscow somewhat a disappointment, particularly Red Square. The Kremlin and the cathedral in Red Square were also worth seeing. But the best thing we saw was the Moscow subway! I worked for the Washington Metro system back in the 1980s as it grew from 40 to 80 miles and although I was in the computer area, I learned a lot about the challenges of running a subway system. We used the Moscow system to get across the city from where we had dinner to the train station, and I was amazed at the cleanliness', speed of operation, the short headways maintained, and the courtesy of everyone involved. A very impressive experience!

We had been to St. Petersburg before, and so had the time to take a day and go to Moscow. Also, I really like trains, and the SAPSAN is a German train set running on Russian rails. Seats are like first class domestic air, spacious but not too plush or comfortable, but with enough room. Not too much recline, and almost 8 hours on the train in two shots is a lot for an old man. They come through and sell drinks, candy, etc. but the sellers don't speak English and no one around us helped, so we had just poor coffee once coming, and brought stuff with us for the trip back. Not too much to see from the train either, particularly on the return when it is night the whole way.

If you decide to go, take a private tour and avoid the overly expensive ship's tour. I'm glad we did it, but wouldn't bother to repeat the tour; we've seen Moscow.

Thanks so much to all of you for the thorough and thought insight. Yhe information you have provided is most helpful.

countflorida: Your detailed post is very helpful. We are not quite ready for a Baltic cruise but should do so within a year. Time enough to do our pre travel research, bookings and visa gathering.:) Thank you!

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Sure would appreciate someone who has taken "Best of Moscow by high speed train" from St. Petersburg could please share their impressions of this shore excursion. From the description this sounds like a very long day.   Wondering how the 4 hour train trip was in terms of accommodations, etc. Also what time did you leave the ship and what time at night did you return? Were both legs of the trip on the high speed rail (I read that slower trains also travel the same tracks)?   My wife and I are considering this excursion. We thought that if we are making all the effort to go to Russia then how could we pass up going to Moscow, walking in Red Square, seeing St. Basil, etc.

I did this on Seabourn. IMO DONT. Take Aeroflop (er Aeroflot). The train has non folding seats where you are literally knee to knee with your fellow passenger (facing each other). Further they don't believe in air conditioning. It's also the worlds slowed bullet train. I think I would have found more enjoyment wandering around the St. Petersburg and Moscow airports.

Countflorida,

This is a little off topic,, however we had planned a river cruise in Russia but decided we would rather stay on land and have booked about two weeks with Travel-All-Russia using the private guide and driver. I'm curious as to how you found them as a tour company.

The guides they provided were fine. We had a different guide each of the days in St. Petersburg, but both were flexible, pleasant, knowledgeable and spoke English very well, as did the guide in Moscow, incidentally. She was a bit aloof, distant, not too friendly, but otherwise fine. In fact, she was the one who suggested taking the Metro, which unexpectedly became one of the highlights of the Moscow excursion. If I have a complaint with AllTravelRussia, it is with their plan and its execution (more later).

I had requested emphasis on World War II (in Russia, the Great Patriotic War) sites and info. In scheduling us, they weren't careful about dates and a couple of the sites we wanted to see were scheduled on the third day, after we'd been to Moscow. But both sites were closed that day of the week, and that info was readily available, right on web sites describing them. Also, the included meals (lunches in St. Pete, dinner in Moscow) were not what we asked for: light meals with some choices, so we could avoid things we didn't like and choose things we did like. My request was ignored; we were given full Russian meals with a fixed menu, no choice. On the first day, a fish dish was the entre, but I am allergic to fish. Fortunately, I had the e-mail I'd sent with me and showed it to the guide, and she was able to change my entre to chicken, which was very good actually. But we didn't want a 3-4 course lunches or dinner (in Moscow). We had the guide drop the lunch the third day, although we never got any credit or refund. But, particularly in contrast to the ship's tours, the prices were so reasonable we didn't worry too much about it.

The people who were on the ship's tour to Moscow saw us boarding the same train for which they were forced to queue up and wait on the way back, and asked us what we had done. I was candid and open so they were not happy when I explained what we had arranged and particularly what it had cost. Also, when we returned to the ship, we found they had laid on a late supper for those who had gone to Moscow, so up we went and had something. Well, it turns out the late supper was supposed to be just for those on the ship's tour, but we and others on 'independent' tours, there were a dozen or more of us, crashed the party, actually got there first, and they didn't realize it until the larger group arrived and there weren't enough tables/places set. By that time, the 'independents' had all gotten served and were eating; what could they do?

A couple from the larger group sat down with us and asked us about our tour, and they were the ones I told about our arrangement and its cost. They turned to others who’d been with them and announced the details, loudly enough so the whole room heard, which started a lot of bitching and complaining. I gathered they weren't very happy with the ship's tour to begin with, and this was the straw that broke the camel's back. We finished up and beat it out of there, but overheard later that one of the excursion staff came to check on something and ran into a real mess. I caught a cold on the trip, which forced me to bed the second day following in Tallinn, so by the time we reappeared we heard about the contretemps' but apparently no one recalled who started it, thankfully.

Because of what happened to us, I would probably not use AllTravelRussia if I were to go again, or if I did, I would be sure to get confirmation of every detail of the tour. They do have good reviews generally, and we were certainly helped by their visa department and liked the guides and drivers. Their weakness, I say now with full 20:20 hindsight, is that once the sales person who plans the tour, sells it to you and collects your money, he (or she) transfers the plan to their Russia office for implementation; there is no follow-up to make sure it gets done right. And that is where our problems arose; we paid for a custom tour but got a standard package with a few destinations switched, and no one checked them out, even to see when they were open the day we were scheduled to go. If you check every detail that’s important to you, it should be OK, but that’s a hell of a way to have to do business, in my opinion.

Thank you for the 20/20 hindsight observation on your Russian tour operator, and better priced than the ship's excursion cost.

Thanks very much for the feedback.

We had the same experience as you so far as price. We originally booked a Viking Cruise but, hearing some things about the river cruises that made us unhappy, looked into other options. T-A-R cost the same or less than a cruise and had us in hotels for 11 days. We opted for the private tour. They have three tour levels, based on hotels. We originally opted for the four star as it did not cost much more than the three star hotels. Finally we decided to throw it all in and upgraded to five star. In Moscow we will be at the newly opened Kempinsky which is two blocks from Red Square. In St. Petersburg it is the Grand Hotel Europe, one of the most vaunted luxury hotels in Russia. Location is important for us as the tours use up only part of the day so being in the center of everything for our independent touring is important. As with many other cities, the less you pay, the farther out of the center of town you are.

We have been working with our salesman in D.C. and he seems to get back to us with the changes we want. He recently returned from Russia so is up on everything. When I asked they said they paid the full TA commission if I wanted so I got my usual TA on board so he is watching our back and giving us that extra level of comfort. He also set up our air, which I know pays him little or nothing, and got us business class for much less than T-A-R wanted for economy, though it took working for a while with a consolidator. He's happy to get his 10 percent on this trip without having booked it. He also took care of the trip insurance. We've been doing a lot of research on the CC sister site Trip Advisor and will write a report there. We will, I guess, become a source of info for CC members after having spent 5 days in Moscow and 6 in SP.

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Anybody considering a day trip to Moscow from St. Petersburg on the Sapsan may want to look at our travelogue filled with pictures.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1927687

Very informative. Thanks dor sharing. Jeff

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Wel kleurden Steven Kruijswijk en Tom Dumoulin de rit tijdens het laatste bezoek in 2018. De eerste zag een solo van 70 kilometer sneuvelen op 3,5 kilometer van de finish, terwijl Dumoulin in de sprint voor ritwinst alleen Geraint Thomas voor moest laten.

In 2017 was de Tour voor het laatst in startplaats Briançon. De race ging naar de Izoard en daar sloeg Warren Barguil met een succesvolle solo op de slotklim toe.

Dit keer ligt er een finish in Alpe d’Huez in het verschiet. Vanuit Bourg d’Oisans is de slotklim met de 21 haarspeldbochten 13,8 kilometer lang. Het gemiddelde stijgingspercentage is 8,1%, terwijl het zwaarste stuk rond kilometer 10 verschijnt. Daar stijgt de weg met 11,5%.

Dat is pittig, maar het zal nog veel zwaarder aanvoelen, omdat de renners in de aanloop al twee enorme bergen voor de wielen hebben. Al 10 kilometer na de start rijden ze de Galibier op en dat is een gevaarte van 23 kilometer met een gemiddeld stijgingspercentage van 5,1%.

De afdaling wordt onderbroken door de Col du Télégraphe, wat van deze kant meer een vals plat is van 4,5 kilometer, en daarna vliegen de piloten weer verder naar het dal.

Na ruim 80 kilometer zijn ze in Saint-Jean-de- Maurienne en daar begint de Col de la Croix de Fer. Dat is een klim van 29 kilometer à 5,2%, al zegt dat gemiddelde stijgingspercentage eigenlijk helemaal niks. In de eerste helft stijgt de Croix de Fer regelmatig met dubbele cijfers, terwijl er ook stukken afdaling in zitten. In de laatste 6 kilometer wordt het wat gelijkmatiger en dan loopt de weg met 7,6% gemiddeld omhoog.

Een lange afdaling brengt de renners in Allemond en 10 kilometer op het vlakke later is het tijd voor de klim naar Alpe d’Huez.

De eerste drie renners aan de finish krijgen 10, 6 en 4 bonificatieseconden.

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