Author: Harold Dalton

Report Thirty-three years since the yellow jersey was last awarded to the women’s peloton at the Tour de France, today saw teams battle it out to take the coveted honor of claiming the first leader’s jersey at this year’s race – with Team DSM and Lorena Wiebes duly delivering on their favorite status. Approaching the laps of the famous Champs Élysées circuit with a plan, the team worked brilliantly throughout the afternoon to keep fast finisher Wiebes safe. Juliette Labous, Liane Lippert and Franziska Koch rode determinedly at the head of the peloton to keep any dangerous attacks in check…

Report Team Jumbo-Visma did not hold back in the Tour’s final time trial. Green jersey wearer Wout van Aert was the fastest over forty kilometres, with his team mate and yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard in second place. This was Jumbo-Visma’s third consecutive stage victory, and its sixth of this year’s Tour. Vingegaard made the fight for the stage win exciting, but in the closing meters, the Dane deliberately left the victory to his Belgian teammate. “This is unbelievable”, a visibly emotional Van Aert said after his eighth win of the season. “These three weeks are beyond comprehension. We are riding…

Report Christophe Laporte has taken a surprising win in the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France. In the streets of Cahors, the 29-year-old Frenchman excelled by riding away just before the finish line. Laporte finished solo and secured Team Jumbo-Visma’s fifth stage victory of the 2022 Tour de France. The uphill finish in Cahors seemed right up Wout van Aert’s alley, but the green jersey wearer sacrificed his chances for Laporte. The Frenchman saw his chance and jumped to the three escapees in the final kilometre. After another acceleration, Laporte rode solo to his second victory of the season.…

Report With Wout van Aert and Tiesj Benoot in the front group, Team Jumbo-Visma prepared for the stage’s challenging finale. On the penultimate climb, the Col de Spandelles, Vingegaard didn’t budge. After Pogacar crashed in the descent, Vingegaard showed sportsmanship and waited for the two-time winner. Van Aert was the strongest in the front group. After he had taken over the lead from the equally strong Sepp Kuss, the Fleming personally ensured that Pogacar could no longer keep up with the pace. Vingegaard took full advantage of the green jersey wearer’s execution and finished the job professionally. “This is unbelievable.…

Report Tadej Pogačar won his third stage in this Tour de France in a thrilling finale, crossing the finish line first on Peyragudes. The stage saw the riders face the Pyrenees again with a shark-toothed profile from Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes over 129km. Despite UAE Team Emirates showing up at the start with only four men after Marc Soler’s forced retirement yesterday and Rafal Majka today following a muscle injury, the UAE squad lit up the stage. Mikkel Bjerg took up the work for the second half of the stage at the head of the group keeping a very high pace…

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