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Jonas Vingegaard insists he will not take any risks and that his "best should be enough" on Saturday's key time-trial as he stands on the verge of being crowned Tour de France champion.
Christophe Laporte gave local fans a moment to cherish by winning stage 19 of the Tour de France over the largely flat 183.3-kilometre route from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors on Friday.
Geraint Thomas is better now than when he won the Tour de France in 2018, according to INEOS Grenadiers racing director Rod Ellingworth, despite the Welshman sitting a distant third in the general classification this year. With two stages remaining in the 2022 Tour, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) holds the yellow jersey and a 3’26” lead over defending champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates).
The penultimate stage of the 2022 Tour de France is a 40.7 kilometre time trial from Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour. With one day to go until the riders cruise down the Champs-Élysées, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is primed to hold on to the yellow jersey.
Jumbo-Visma’s brilliant Tour de France continued unabated on Friday on Stage 19 when Christophe Laporte made an optimistic surge to victory on the ramped finale in Cahors. However, the racing instinct and audacity of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) was as notable as the Dutch outfit’s continued domination — which Dan Lloyd said bordered «greedy» — of the blue ribband event.
Christophe Laporte has come a long way since being Nacer Bouhanni’s deputy at Cofidis. If the Frenchman saw off that particular battle at his former team, the closest he ever came to winning a stage on the Tour was finishing in the wheels of compatriot Arnaud Demare at Pau in Stage 18 in 2018.
Simon Geschke (Cofidis) broke down in tears at the end of Stage 18 after he was superseded in the mountains classification. Geschke started the day in the polka dot jersey – holding a 12-point lead over Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) – but having failed to make the break and then trying and failing multiple times to bridge over, he was unable to contest points on the Aubisque, Spandelles, or Hautacam climbs.
CAHORS, France — Christophe Laporte ended the host’s drought of stage winners when he surged out of the peloton in the finale of the 19th stage and claimed his maiden win on the Tour de France on Friday.