Tour de France 2022 starts 1st July./Tour de France Femmes
Yes ..it’s a Friday start ...
The world’s favourite road cycling race, the Tour de France, is scheduled to return for its 109th edition in July with Copenhagen, Denmark confirmed as the starting stage. As always, there will be 21 stages in total with just three rest days in between them, a gruelling test of endurance, stamina and determination. Last year’s race was won by Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar who managed to retain his title having also won in 2020. Pogacar and his team, UAE Team Emirates will be confident he can make an impact again and the bookies certainly agree. According to oddschecker, whose free bets page includes several offers that can be used for Le Tour, Pogacar is this year’s favourite, ahead of Jonas Vingegard and Richard Carapaz. These four will be joined on the starting line by over 100 others and they will all be dreaming of leading their team to victory ...
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Vingegaard,a cyclist not on many peoples radar,wins a terrific final mountain stage. Not only leads the race but has sewn up the mountains jersey too. With Van Aert winning the points jersey jumbo Visma have proved you can go after the GC and points jersey.Team Sky were not good at that! Stage 19
@TheSirfurryanimalWales surprised Jonas wasn't a higher favourite as he did push Pogacar last year. Van Aert has been unreal this year what an incredible rider, if he'd have won the stage yesterday which I think he could have if not under team orders to secure the yellow for the leader he'd have won KOM and green! Has that ever happened? Shame though there wasn't any real competition against him on the sprints. I do wonder if Cav had been there with the Wolf Pack all around him like last year of that would have been a better competition.
Remarkable time trial. Another triumph for Jumbo Visma with Van Aert winning and Vingegaard in second. So subject to no accidents on Sunday the top three are
Stage 17 another amazing one as Pogacar outsprinted Vingegaard on the mountain top as they both dropped Mcnulty inside the final kilometre. G hanging in there and keeping team Ineos Grenadiers in the lead in the team competition. Another mountain stage tomorrow....
What an absolutely brilliant stage 7.. Kamna from the breakaway caught inside 100 metres with Pogacar winning a two man sprint at the top of the climb. Sport at it’s best. Pogacar remains in yellow.
Wout van Aert won stage 4 quite easily in the end. Magnus Cort still in polka dots. [media=https://youtu.be/wQqEs6W8EN4] No climbs today but plenty of cobbles.
@TheSirfurryanimalWales I was annoyed he wasn't selected but given stage 2 Jakobsen wins you can see why maybe. Jakobsen does have a better record overall in the season.
@TheSirfurryanimalWales chaotic stage. Thought it was going to be boring transition stage then you've got brokem collar bones, 60kph peloton, all the sprinters off the back, bizarre tactics, yellow Jersey on the deck etc etc
