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Sunday, July 24, 2022
On Sunday, Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, representing Team Jumbo–Visma, from the Netherlands won the 109th edition of the 21-stage cycling race, the Tour de France.
Vingegaard claimed the yellow jersey after winning stage 11 (at the Col du Granon), and kept it for the rest of the Tour. He also won the mountain classification with 72 points. The race was won by a margin of 2 minutes 43 seconds over Tadej Poga?ar of Slovenia, who as well as second place won the young rider title, aged 23. Geraint Thomas of the United Kingdom came third with a time of +7:22. The points championship was won by Wout van Aert of Belgium with 480 points. The team championship was won by British team Ineos Grenadiers. Jasper Philipsen of Belgium earned the final stage victory and was this year’s most successful sprinter.
This was the second time 25-year-old Vingegaard had raced in the Tour de France, and his third Tour overall. Last year, Vingegaard came in second to Poga?ar, the 2020 champion aged 23, and this year completed his third Tour. “The battle between me and Jonas for the yellow jersey has been very special. I think we have some very interesting next two or three years ahead of us. Jonas has stepped up his game this year,” said Poga?ar, predicting a rivalry to continue. After Vingegaard captured the lead on stage 11, Poga?ar attempted many attacks on subsequent stages, but with the help of his teammates, including Van Aert, Vingegaard was able to fend off Poga?ar.
“It’s just incredible. I have finally won the Tour. Nothing can go wrong anymore. […] It is the biggest cycling race of the year, the biggest one you can win and now I have done it. Nobody can take this away from me,” said the Dane. “I always had the feeling that at least I could fight for the win. But I think in the end when I really started believing was after Hautacam [stage 18]. I always believed in it but I was thinking something really has to go wrong after Hautacam.”
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| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Jumbo–Visma | 79h 33m 20s |
| 2 | Tadej Poga?ar | UAE Team Emirates | + 2′ 43″ |
| 3 | Geraint Thomas | Ineos Grenadiers | + 7′ 22″ |
| 4 | David Gaudu | Groupama–FDJ | + 13′ 39″ |
| 5 | Aleksandr Vlasov | Bora–Hansgrohe | + 15′ 46″ |
| 6 | Nairo Quintana | Arkéa–Samsic | + 16′ 33″ |
| 7 | Romain Bardet | Team DSM | + 18′ 11″ |
| 8 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 18′ 44″ |
| 9 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 22′ 56″ |
| 10 | Adam Yates | Ineos Grenadiers | + 24′ 52″ |