Tour de France 2022: stage one opens race with Copenhagen time trial – live!
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Lampaert takes shock win in first stage of Tour de France
COPENHAGEN : Yves Lampaert of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl sprang a surprise to win stage one of the Tour de France on Friday, a 13.2 km individual time trial in Copenhagen, finishing five seconds ahead of pre-stage favourite and fellow Belgian Wout van Aert.
Tour de France: Five Riders To Watch Out For
The 2022 Tour de France embarks Friday with a challenging 3,350km course along the fjords and bridges of Denmark before arriving at French peaks and plains with stop-offs in Belgium and Switzerland on the route.
2022 Tour de France: Cyclists to watch
Ten riders to watch at the Tour de France, live on NBC Sports and Peacock from July 1-24 (broadcast/streaming schedule here) …
Tour de France 2022: Tadej Pogacar bids to join select group
Tadej Pogacar will be the man to beat as he targets his third consecutive Tour de France title when the race sets off on Friday, with the 23-year-old Slovenian looking to become one of the sport's all-time great riders.
‘Never experienced an atmosphere quite like this’ – Chris Froome relishes opportunity for stage wins at Tour de France
Chris Froome is relishing the atmosphere of the Tour de France as he looks to compete for stage wins. The British cyclist has been in good form, as are the rest of the Israel – Premier Tech team, and the hope is that form carries on at the Grand Tour.
Danish Police Raid Tour De France Team Bahrain Hotel
Danish police raided the hotel of Team Bahrain early Thursday on the eve of the start of the Tour de France in Denmark. The team announced the raid itself just a few days after similar raids at homes in France and a year after their hotel was raided during the 2021 Tour. "Officers have searched all team vehicles, staff and riders' rooms," said Bahrain. The police reportedly found nothing suspect in their two hour search.
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.