Tour de France 2022

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Surely that accolade should go to Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) :grin: :ok_hand:

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Stuyven didn’t have a teammate up the road so made more sense to me.

Bettiol has apologised to Powless this morning

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STAGE SIX RESULTS: BINCHE TO LONGWY (220KM)

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 4-27-13
  2. Michael Matthews (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
  3. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
  4. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
  5. Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkéa Samsic
  6. Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious
  7. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma
  8. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
  9. Primož Roglič (Svn) Jumbo-Visma
  10. Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM, all at same time

:yellow_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 20-44-44
  2. Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost, at 4s
  3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at 31s
  4. Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 39s
  5. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 40s
  6. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 46s
  7. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 52s
  8. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-00
  9. Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM, at 1-01
  10. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 1-02

:green_square: GREEN JERSEY AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 198pts
  2. Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, 137pts
  3. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 89pts
  4. Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, 86pts
  5. Peter Sagan (Slo) TotalEnergies, 86pts

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS JERSEY AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, 11pts
  2. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) TotalEnergies, 2pts
  3. Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 2pts
  4. Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo, 1pt
  5. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 1pt

:white_large_square: YOUNG RIDER JERSEY AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 20-44-44
  2. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 40s
  3. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, at 1-58
  4. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates, at 2-59
  5. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Team DSM, at 4-24

:yellow_circle: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SIX

  1. Ineos Grenadiers, in 62-15-57
  2. Jumbo-Visma, at 1-01
  3. Bora-Hansgrohe, at 2-21
  4. EF Education-EasyPost, at 2-59
  5. Trek-Segafredo, at 3-05

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A convincing win for Pogačar and also gaining the yellow jersey, he also holds the white young riders jersey - which on tomorrow’s Stage 7 will be worn on loan to 2nd place Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers.

Wout Van Aert finished 103rd position at 7:28 down, losing the yellow jersey he will on Stage 7 undergo a complete colour change with the Green Jersey plus winning the combative award, due to his amazing breakaway, wear the red bib numbers too.

Van Aert’s breakaway partner, 21 year old Quinn Simmons (USA) Trek-Segafredo finished at 11:28 down, a brave attempt ending in disappointment for the youngest rider in the tour, …it’s strange that with his beard he looks older than Philippe Gilbert :laughing:

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Friday 8th July 2022

Stage 7 Tomblaine - La Super Planche des Belles Filles (176.3km)

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Stage seven begins with some smaller hills, before reaching the jewel in its crown: the 7km La Super Planche des Belles Filles.
The ascent averages 8.7%, but it’s littered with steeper sections, the final kilometre in particular is a dirt road, which ramps up to 25% close to the line.

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I enjoyed the stage 7 race but with today’s finish the race may have to be renamed to the ‘Tour de Tadej in France.’ He does look unstoppable and can win on demand.

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STAGE 7 RESULTS: TOMBLAINE - LA SUPER PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES (176.3KM)

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 3-58-40
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at same time
  3. Primož Roglič (Svn) Jumbo-Visma, at 12s
  4. Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, at 14s
  5. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at same time
  6. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 19s
  7. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, at 21s
  8. Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM, at same time
  9. Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 29s
  10. Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma, at 41s

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:yellow_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SEVEN

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 24-43-14
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at 35s
  3. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-10
  4. Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-18
  5. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 1-31
  6. Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM, at 1-32
  7. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-35
  8. Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-EasyPost, at 1-37
  9. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, at 1-43
  10. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-55

:green_square: GREEN JERSEY AFTER STAGE SEVEN

  1. Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 203pts
  2. Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, 140pts
  3. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, 108pts
  4. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 89pts
  5. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma, 87pts

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS JERSEY AFTER STAGE SEVEN

1. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, 11pts
2. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, 10pts
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 8pts
4. Primož Roglič (Svn) Jumbo-Visma, 6pts
5. Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, 5pts

:white_large_square: YOUNG RIDER JERSEY AFTER STAGE SEVEN

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 24-43-14
  2. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-35
  3. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates, at 6-28

:yellow_circle: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE SEVEN

  1. Ineos Grenadiers, in 74-13-25
  2. Jumbo-Visma, at 26s
  3. EF Education-EasyPost, at 5-55

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A consecutive win for Tadej, and on his way to owning three jerseys, Magnus Cort holds on to his polkadot by just one slim point.

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A Trek supporter writes:
It was disheartening to see Giulio Ciccone and Mads Pedersen drop away from the 2 minute breakaway on the Col de Grosse Pierre, however i think this may of been tactical; a couple of the breakaways guys were a GC threat so the peloton were very unlikely to let them gain enough lead as to not get caught, if this is true then it was a sensible decision to not waste the energy. Ciccone is biding his time to find the right stage to win.
Meanwhile team Trek are one man down after Alex Kirsch abandoned during Stage 6.

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Saturday 9th July 2022

Stage 8 Dole - Lausanne (186.3km)

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I think this will be a Bauke Mollema attack day today :shushing_face:

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Yes, it looks sort of inevitable in terms of the GC.

Love watching Wout Van Aert at the moment though! A terrific and entertaining rider!

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There are lots of reasons why it is not decided yet. Corona plays a significant role and Van Aerts team is much better than Pogi’s. I would be sad to see Pogi win every time.

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I did enjoy the Chris Froome era but when you get one rider that’s so dominant it can be a little… predictable.

Wout Van Aert looks very strong for the Green Jersey this year. With no Cav, I found myself cheering him on. I picked up a few photos of him last year in the Tour of Britain.

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Well a fantastic finish on today’s stage with Wout Van Aert wining the sprint finish! A grueling climb then a fabulous sprint to the finish…

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STAGE EIGHT RESULTS: DOLE TO LAUSANNE (186KM)

  1. Wout van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, in 04-13-06
  2. Michael Matthews (Aus) BikeExchange–Jayco, all same time
  3. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
  4. Andreas Kron (Den) Lotto-Soudal
  5. Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education Easy-Post
  6. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Bora-Hansgrohe
  7. Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Cofidis
  8. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma
  9. Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team
  10. Tom Pidcock (Gbr) Ineos Grenadiers

(no changes to jersey wearers or GC)

Incredible to see Wout Van Aert win again, and he now has 115 green jersey points more than his nearest rival, and looks likely to take it all the way to Paris.
Impressive performance of young Brits; Tom Pidcock again, and Fred Wright the final breakaway rider to get caught on the final climb and imo deserved the combatively award, however that honour went to Mattia Cattaneo who will be wearing the red bib numbers tomorrow.

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Meanwhile the casualty list is growing 168/176

DNS - Geoffrey Bouchard :fr: AG2R Citroën Team
DNS - Vegard Stake Laengen :norway: UAE Team Emirates
DNF - Gianni Astana Moscon :it: Qazaqstan Team
DNF - Kevin Vermaerke :us: Team DSM

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Sunday 10th July 2022

Stage 9 Aigle - Châtel les portes du Soleil (192.9km)

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Another shake-up for the top ten GC looks inevitable, and is a must watch live on the television category stage.

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Currently enjoying the race and the BIG scenery. :sunglasses:

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STAGE 9 RESULTS: AIGLE TO CHÂTEL PORTES DU SOLEIL (192.9KM)

  1. Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën Team, in 4-46-39
  2. Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, at 22s
  3. Carlos Verona (Esp) Movistar, at 26s
  4. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 40s
  5. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, at 49s
  6. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at same time
  7. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 5s
  8. Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
  9. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar
  10. Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkéa Samsic, all at same time

:yellow_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE NINE

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, in 33-43-44
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma, at 39s
  3. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-17
  4. Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-25
  5. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 1-38
  6. Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM, at 1-39
  7. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-46
  8. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar, at 1-50
  9. Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education Easy-Post, at 1-55
  10. Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkéa Samsic, at 2-13

:green_square: GREEN JERSEY AFTER STAGE NINE

  1. Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, 284pts
  2. Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, 149pts
  3. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, 139pts
  4. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 102pts
  5. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma, 97pts

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS JERSEY AFTER STAGE NINE

  1. Simon Geschke (Deu) Cofidis, 19pts
  2. Bob Jungels (Lux) AG2R Citroën, 18pts
  3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, 14pts
  4. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) EF Education-EasyPost, 11pts
  5. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, 10pts

:white_large_square: YOUNG RIDER JERSEY AFTER STAGE NINE

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Svn) UAE Team Emirates, in 28-56-16
  2. Tom Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers, at 1-46
  3. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Team Emirates, at 7-25

:yellow_circle: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE NINE

  1. Ineos Grenadiers, in 14-22-03
  2. Jumbo-Visma, at 38s
  3. Groupama-FDJ, at same time
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Amazing ride from Jungels. Going solo with 60km to go is great when it works.

Good to see Fred Wright in the break on the day before as well.

The GC may be a bit of a process but there are some interesting side stories.

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Yes, someone new in the polkadot jersey :red_circle: :red_circle: :red_circle:

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It’s not only good to see someone winning it other than Tadej who very nearly bagged it for a third jersey to wear, but the mountains classification is turning out competitive.

Still a long way to go, anything can happen and it usually does.

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Tuesday 12th July 2022

Stage 10 Morzine - Megève (148.1km)

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A short and very hilly stage today, there will be those who will want to attack and drive this fast, and others who want to save it for tomorrow’s and Wednesday’s proper mountain stages. Will be interesting to see what happens…

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Today’s final climb to the summit finish.

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Some bad news for down-under fans:
two Aussies and one Kiwi have abandoned before the start of today’s Stage 10

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George Bennett :new_zealand: UAE Team Emirates (tested + for Covid-19)
Ben O’Connor :australia: AG2R Citroën Team
Luke Durbridge :australia: Team BikeExchange - Jayco (tested + for Covid-19)
Alexis Vuillermoz :fr: Total Energies
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At the start Stage 10 the field is down to 161 (from 176)

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I’m not surprised Bens dropped out he hasn’t been able to recover.

As usual thanks for keeping us updated. :+1:

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