July 24, 2022, 18:44 PM
July 24, 2022, 18:44 PM
the dane Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo) won the Tour de France for the first timethis Sunday on the Champs Elysées in Paris, where the end of the 109th edition of the legendary race took place.
Belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin) won the sprint in the 21st and last stage.
At 25 years old, Vingegaard scored for the first time his name in the winners of the Tour, a year after his second place behind Tadej Pogacar.
This time the Dane defeated the Slovenian, that he had won the last two editions, and that he was about 3 and a half minutes away at the end of the 3,350 kilometers of travel.
The Welshman Geraint Thomas, winner in 2018 and second a year later, reached the podium for the third time, with 36 years. Colombian Nairo Quintana finished sixth overall.
In the 115.6 kilometers of the last stage, transformed as is tradition into a parade to the final circuit, the Jumbo team celebrated its almost total victory.
Vingegaard took the yellow jerseys and from moles to the best climber. Van Aert, the green of the points classification. The white, the best young, went to Pogacar.
The Dutch formation six stages were also notedthree of them for Van Aert, although the points classification was won by the Ineos team.
“We will remember these three weeks, the way we ran“, the Belgian congratulated himself before the start.
On the Champs ElyséesVan Aert, chosen as the most combative runner in the three weeks, refrained from fighting for a sprint that he already won last year.
Philipsen, already winner of the 15th stage in Carcassonne, beat Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen and the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff.