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Tour de France title as the Dane retained his overall lead after avoiding a freak crash in the final time trial on Saturday. The 25-year-old Jumbo-Visma rider finished second in the 20th stage, a 40.7-km solo effort from Lacapelle-Marival won by his Belgian team mate Wout van Aert, who clocked a best time of 47 minutes 59 seconds.
Jonas Vingegaard is poised to claim his maiden Tour de France title as the Dane retained his overall lead after avoiding a freak crash in the final time trial on Saturday.
Jonas Vingegaard survived a near fall on Saturday's individual time-trial to virtually wrap up the 2022 Tour de France title and now only needs to cross the Champs-Elysees finish line in Paris on Sunday to guarantee the champion's yellow jersey.
Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark will ride into Paris on Sunday as a first-time Tour de France champion after placing second in Saturday’s time trial.
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) won Stage 20 of the Tour de France as team-mate Jonas Vingegaard finished second — the Dane will win a maiden Tour title barring accident or incident on Stage 21. Wout van Aert produced a blistering performance in the Stage 20 time trial, stopping the clock at 47'59" over the 40.7km course.
Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) holds such a commanding lead in the general classification that he can afford a crash on the Stage 20 time trial and still win the overall race, according to Eurosport expert Dan Lloyd. The Dane holds a 3’26” lead over second-placed Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) ahead of the 40.7km time trial from Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadour. Ad/> Pogacar has been in a not entirely dissimilar position before.
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) has spoken about his part-time work in a fish auction and a fish factory to earn some extra cash during his pursuit of a cycling career. The 25-year-old is closing in on his first Tour de France title after moving 3'26" ahead of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) heading into the final competitive stage on Saturday, and explained how he ended up working with fellow cyclist Michael Valgren at the plant after leaving school. Ad/> Speaking to Eurosport France's Benoit Vittek ahead of the Tour: “First of all, I finished school in 2016.
Jumbo-Visma had the freedom to unleash Christophe Laporte to win on Stage 19 as they have now entered a relatively pressure-free phase of the Tour de France. The Dutch team have taken an unorthodox approach as a general classification team at the Tour, with riders – Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte, for example – afforded the freedom to pursue individual success concurrent to Jonas Vingegaard’s yellow jersey aspirations. Ad/> Van Aert picked up two wins, on Stages 4 and 8, after opening the Tour with three second-placed finishes.