Jumbo-Visma have 'torn up rulebook' but it would be ‘different story’ without Wout Van Aert at Tour de France

Adam Blythe says that Jumbo-Visma have torn up the rulebook with a performance of pure dominance at the Tour de France, and reserved special praise for their Belgian talisman Wout van Aert. The Dutch team could finish the Tour de France with the yellow, green and polka dot jerseys, and – depending on the victor on Stage 21 — seven stage wins in an almost unprecedented show of excellence at the French Grand Tour. Ad/> Jumbo-Visma secured a one-two on the Stage 20 time trial after Vingegaard survived a scare late on to finish second behind the irrepressible Van Aert.

Tour de France‘Just shows how close we are!' – Vingegaard on ‘brother’ Van Aert’s tears3 HOURS AGO The maillot jaune ran Van Aert close but eventually finished 19 seconds down as his Belgian team-mate picked up a third stage win of the 2022 Tour de France. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) finished third on the day, with Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) fourth. Blythe, Orla Chennaoui, Robbie McEwen and Dan Lloyd discussed the reasons behind — and the consequences of — their superiority at the 109th running of the Tour de France on The Breakaway.

«It's just pure dominance of the whole race,» said Blythe. «Wout van Aert was either in the break or winning the stage. »The way he was able to put himself in a position to always support Jonas made him a key rider.

There's so many good guys in that team, but I think without Wout there, it might have been a different story. He just opened up so many opportunities. «But Jumbo Visma just set the bar even higher than Sky did back in 2012 to 2014.