Yes. The barriers at the side looked quite low compared to a man on a bike. You often see riders fly up in the air in a crash.
I’m still struggling to get my head round an 18km bridge.
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STAGE TWO RESULTS: ROSKILDE TO NYBORG (199KM)
- Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, in 4-34-34
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
- Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
- Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
- Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
- Peter Sagan (Slo) TotalEnergies
- Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B & B Hotels-KTM
- Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco
- Luca Mozzato (Ita) B & Hotels-KTM
- Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkea-Samsic all same time
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE TWO
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, in 04-49-50
- Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 1s
- Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, at 8s
- Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers, at 11s
- Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, at 12s
- Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck, at 14s
- Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at 16s
- Primož Roglič (Svn) Jumbo-Visma, at 17s
- Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo, at 18s
- Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious, at 21s
GREEN JERSEY AFTER STAGE TWO
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 60pts
- Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, 59pts
- Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, 30pts
- Peter Sagan (Slo) TotalEnergies, 25pts
- Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl 22pts
MOUNTAINS JERSEY AFTER STAGE TWO
- Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, 3pts
YOUNG RIDER JERSEY AFTER STAGE TWO
- Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 04-49-58
- Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 17s
- Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal, at 26s
- Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates, at 36s
- Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM, at 40s
TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE TWO
- Jumbo Visma, in 14-30-09
- Ineos Grenadiers, at 21s
- Trek-Segafredo, at 37s
- Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 42s
- Bahrain-Victorious, at 52s
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An unfortunate crash on the bridge, to include the yellow jersey Lampaert, may have caused his loss of GC leadership over his countryman, Wout Van Aert who’s 2nd place gained him 6 bonus seconds, but the yellow jersey stays with Jumbo Visma.
Van Aert also holds the green jersey - which in tomorrow’s stage three will be worn on loan to 2nd points place Fabio Jakobsen.
After winning 3 KOM points today, Magnus Cort Nielsen will be sporting the polkadot jersey tomorrow, the only one so far with any mountain points 
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Too many messy crashes today for my liking, hope things settle down safer tomorrow…
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Sunday 3rd July 2022
Stage 3 Vejle - Sønderborg (182km)
Today’s Stage Three is 20km less than yesterday and again has a trio of category 4 climbs plus is generally more gradient lumpier terrain along the way, however nothing to trouble the outcome of a full stampede sprint finish. With a rest day tomorrow there could be many have a go attacks and some full vigour action today.
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Given EF’s new kit that could be a horrendous colour combination
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STAGE THREE RESULTS: VEJLE TO SØNDERBORG (182KM)
- Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco, in 4-11-33
- Wout van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
- Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck
- Peter Sagan (Slo) TotalEnergies
- Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
- Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma
- Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM
- Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
- Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
- Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe, all at same time
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE THREE
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, in 9-01-17
- Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 7s
- Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, at 14s
- Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, at 18s
- Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck, at 20s
- Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at 22s
- Primož Roglič (Svn) Jumbo-Visma, at 23s
- Adam Yates (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 30s
- Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ, at 30s
- Tom Pidcock (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 31s
GREEN JERSEY AFTER STAGE THREE
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 107pts
- Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, 90pts
- Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco, 60pts
- Peter Sagan (Slo) TotalEnergies, 54pts
- Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, 42pts
MOUNTAINS JERSEY AFTER STAGE THREE
- Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, 6pts
YOUNG RIDER JERSEY AFTER STAGE THREE
- Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 04-49-58
- Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 17s
- Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal, at 26s
- Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates, at 36s
- Nils Eekhoff (Ned) Team DSM, at 40s
TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE THREE
- Jumbo Visma, in 27-04-48
- Ineos Grenadiers, at 21s
- Trek-Segafredo, at 37s
- Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 42s
- Bora-Hansgrohe, at 57s
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Three great days in Denmark. I really enjoy these foreign Grand Departs.
You seem to get a lot more enthusiasm from the crowds and it really gets the race off to a great start.
Separate point: Is it time to replace the White Jersey competition? How about a jersey for the over 35s?
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Would that be the maillot gris, sponsored by Viagra? I’ll get me coat.
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And testosterone is allowed as a supplement?
Sponsored by model train companies too.
Maillot Triangles Bleus, n’est pas?
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It was a shame about the crash at 10.4km before the finish of Stage 3, about a dozen or so actually crashed in the pile up which held up half the peloton to the tune of 40 + seconds to include quite a few potential GC men. This is only shown in a couple of changes in top ten GC positions but that 40 seconds of crash delay time for some will be very hard to get back, especially as the main protagonists of Van Aert, Pogačar, and Roglič very luckily got home in the sprit finish without this delay.
Tuesday 5th July 2022
Stage 4 Dunkerque - Calais (171.5km)
The tour arrives in France.
Today’s course is persistantly hilly with a sextet of 4th category hills along the course.
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Happy Birthday Philippe Gilbert!
Born 5th July 1982 in Verviers, Belgium
The eldest competitor of the tour just became older; 40 years Today! 
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STAGE FOUR RESULTS: DUNKIRK TO CALAIS (171.5KM)
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, in 4-01-36
- Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, at 8s
- Christopher Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma, at same time
- Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
- Peter Sagan (Svk) TotalEnergies
- Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM
- Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe
- Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
- Michael Matthews (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
- Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FOUR
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, in 13-02-43
- Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 25s
- Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, at 32s
- Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, at 36s
- Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck, at 38s
- Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at 40s
- Primož Roglič (Svn) Jumbo-Visma, at 41s
- Adam Yates (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 48s
- Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ, at 48s
- Tom Pidcock (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 49s
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Wout Van Aert certainly caught everyone napping on the final 4th category climb, a very unusual thing for the yellow jersey to break away and win on the closing miles that should have been up for the sprinters, and poor Jasper Philipsen who for a few seconds thought he’d won - not realising the yellow jersey was 8 seconds up the road and already finished.
Van Aert really did want that win after finishing the first three stages in 2nd place, but is he over doing the effort too soon? …the remainder of this week is all hilly courses and two mountain stages…
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Plus: it’s good news no one has abandoned yet, 176 starters still present and correct.
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Wednesday 6th July 2022
Stage 5 Lille - Wallers-Arenberg (157km)
Today’s stage would seem short at 157km, but it includes over 19km of bone-jarring energy sapping nerve jangling cobbles; split into 11 sections along the second half of the course. It’s what all those funny number flags are in the profile picture above ^
We have to pray it doesn’t rain, or there will be blood, broken bones, pain etc…
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…a fantastic finish! I am enjoying the tour so far this year and it is great that all the teams are intact. We will see if everyone is still in the race following tomorrow’s race on the multiple sections of cobblestones. Looking forward to it…
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It appears it is the complete opposite that the riders need to cope with - the dryness and dust!
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The praying must of worked then! 
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STAGE FIVE RESULTS: LILLE TO WALLERS-ARENBERG (157KM)
- Simon Clarke (Aus) Israel-PremierTech, in 03-13-35
- Taco van der Hoorn (Ned) Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies, at 2s
- Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost, at 4s
- Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, at 30s
- Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo, at 51s
- Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, at 51s
- Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpeci-Deceuninck, at 1-04
- Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick_Step Alpha Vinyl
- Luca Mozzato (Ita) B & B Hotels-KTM, both same time
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GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FIVE
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, in 16-17-22
- Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost, at 13s
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) TotalEnergies, at 14s
- Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, at 19s
- Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, at 25s
- Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo, at 36s
- Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at 40s
- Adam Yates (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 48s
- Tom Pidcock (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 49s
- Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 50s
GREEN JERSEY AFTER STAGE FIVE
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 178pts
- Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, 126pts
- Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, 86pts
- Peter Sagan (Slo) TotalEnergies, 86pts
- Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 76pts
MOUNTAINS JERSEY AFTER STAGE FIVE
- Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, 11pts
- Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 1pt
YOUNG RIDER JERSEY AFTER STAGE FIVE
- Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 16-17-41
- Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 30s
- Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, at 1-22
- Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal, at 2-28
- Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM, at 2-40
TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE FIVE
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Jumbo-Visma, at 0.1
- Trek-Segafredo, at 0.3
- EF Education-Easy Post, at 0.6
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A frantic day of worry for Jumbo-Visma but Wout Van Aert cobbled together enough damage limitation to hang on to the yellow jersey, Neilson Powless gains 2nd GC place.
Ineos Grenadiers gain the Team classification lead (the wearing of bright yellow helmets is the badge of honour for this).
The jersey wearers remain unchanged.
Two abandonments:
Michael Gogl 
Alpecin-Deceuninck
Jack Haig 
Bahrain - Victorious
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Thursday 7th July 2022
Stage 6 Binche - Longwy (219.9km)
The longest stage of the 2022 Tour de France actually starts in Belgium and spends 69km in the country before crossing back into France. It’s very hilly and there will be tired legs after yesterday’s cobbles, it’s probably the GC men will favour a non GC threat breakaway to go on ahead so the peloton can recuperate and keep their powder dry for tomorrow’s mountain stage with summit finish.
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An amazing day’s racing. Barely controlled chaos.
Good result. I suspect Powless may be asking his teammate, Bettiol, why he was so keep to help Pogacar chase him down. Odd.
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