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Tour de France 2022 – Yves Lampaert stuns big names to win Stage 1 time trial in rainy Copenhagen

The Tour de France has a habit of throwing up surprises on the opening day and that tradition continued on Friday as the most northerly Grand Depart in the race's history took place on the sodden streets of Copenhagen. At the end of a week dominated by headlines surrounding the controversial non-selection of Mark Cavendish, the Belgian Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team made the news for all the right reasons with an emphatic victory for Yves Lampaert in the Tour’s opening stage, a 13.2km individual time trial around the Danish capital.

Mark Cavendish wins British National Cycling Championships road race title in Castle Douglas

The Manx Missile flew to glory in Castle Douglas on Sunday.

Tour de France 2022 – Yellow jersey guide and predictions: Three but not so easy for Tadej Pogacar?

The wait is almost over. The riders are taking in the sights of Copenhagen; all Covid tests have been taken and eleventh-hour substitutes drafted in; Quick-Step have finished toying with fans over their lamentable will-they-won’t-they selection of Mark Cavendish (they won’t); at least seven teams have released new or limited edition Tour kits; even EF Education-EasyPost have awoken from their dreams of dragons and deigned to make their cutesy eight-man squad selection known a few seconds before the deadline… Some 3,328km of rampant riding over the roads of Denmark, France, Belgium and Switzerland now lie in store, along with 20km of cobbles, 18km of exposed sea bridge, over 53km of time trialling, 61 categorised climbs and no fewer than six mountaintop finishes.

Alberto Contador: Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates have chance at Tour de France, don't count out Mark Cavendish in future

Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador believes Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates represent the best hopes for Great Britain at this year’s edition, but warned against ruling out Mark Cavendish in future editions. Thomas and Yates are part of a three-prong attack for Ineos Grenadiers alongside Dani Martinez and the team are going to go into the race without naming an outright leader, preferring to wait to see how the race unfolds.

Tour de France 2022 – Green jersey and polka dot jersey guide: Wout van Aert & Ruben Guerreiro favourites?

Last year Mark Cavendish won a second green jersey a decade after his first with four sprint victories that saw him draw level with Eddy Merckx’s long-standing Tour de France record of 34 stage wins. But the Manxman’s snub by his Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team means we will have to wait at least another year to see Cavendish attempt to become the outright record stage record holder – and probably in the colours of a different team.

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Tour de France 2022 – Yves Lampaert stuns big names to win Stage 1 time trial in rainy Copenhagen

Mark Cavendish wins British National Cycling Championships road race title in Castle Douglas

Tour de France 2022 – Yellow jersey guide and predictions: Three but not so easy for Tadej Pogacar?

Alberto Contador: Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates have chance at Tour de France, don't count out Mark Cavendish in future

Tour de France 2022 – Green jersey and polka dot jersey guide: Wout van Aert & Ruben Guerreiro favourites?

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