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.

Ad/> Whoever emerges as the man in yellow in Paris on 24 July will need to master all these terrains and, crucially, stay out of trouble. There will be thrills.

There will – sorry, Geraint and Primoz – be spills. But there will be entertainment aplenty, with twists, turns and more curveballs than an entire season of Lost.

Tour de FranceContador rates Tour chances for Thomas, Yates, not ruling out Cav return2 HOURS AGO In this, the last of our Tour de France previews, we look at the riders vying for the ultimate prize: the fabled maillot jaune. We’ve looked at all 22 teams and their star riders, we’ve assessed all 21 of the stages, we’ve speculated over who will be in green, polka dots and white.

But now it’s time for the big one: rating the contenders for the yellow jersey. Tour de France 2022 route: Every stage assessed for bruising 109th edition Tour de France team guide: Star riders, memorable moments, which French food are they? Tour de France 2022: Green and