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Month: July 2022
The Moment The Tour de France Was Won
The Col du Granon marked the decisive moment in the race when Jonas Vingegaard attacked and Tadej Pogačar cracked. Jumbo-Visma used their collective force to dismantle the UAE team and pressure Pogačar into covering attacks and on the final climb Vingegaard was able to ride away, take time and race lead. This was the moment the race was won.
Tour de France Stage 21 Preview
The Champs-Elysées await, the prestige sprint finish that has encouraged several sprinters to stay in the race. It’s a day of triumph and melancholy, joy for the winner but a wistful air as the race comes to an end, but now there’s no time for the post-Tour blues as the Tour de France Femmes starts this afternoon and we’ve got an extra week of racing to savour.
Tour de France Stage 20 Preview
A time trial to settle the top-10 overall. Only a feverish imagination could see the podium changing but places among the top-10 can be won and lost. Plus there’s the battle for the stage, a chance for the specialists who have been hauling themselves over the Alps and Pyrenees.
Tour de France Stage 19 Preview
A lazy route, the kind that could be enjoyed at 15km/h as much as at 50km/h. A sprint stage to reward the riders who’ve hauled themselves over the mountains, or the last chance for everyone else to get a prestigious stage win?
Tour de France Stage 18 Preview
The last day in the Pyrenees and the last mountain stage. Can Jonas Vingegaard get a stage win in the yellow jersey, can Simon Geschke take points to keep the Dane at bay in the mountains competition?
Tour de France Stage 17 Preview
A sprint of a mountain stage but with four sharp climbs before the steep finish on the Peyragudes airstrip.
Water, Water, Every Where
With the Tour de France racing through a heatwave, water’s more important than ever. It’s used both for drinking, cooling… and to help stop the road melting in some places.
Tour de France Stage 16 Preview
It’s into the Pyrenees with two short but hard climbs, especially the second one and then a tactical descent into Foix.
Rest Day Review
If you want to annoy a rider, ask them how the transition stage went. Once upon a time as the race rode between the Alps and Pyrenees a breakaway could slip away and everyone else was left to complete the course stress-free. Not any more.