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The Tour de France 2022 Explained

The Tour de France 2022 is set to begin on the 26th of June. The largest annual sporting event in the world, the 109th edition of the Tour will see 23 teams ride it out each day until a winner is crowned on the 18th of July. The cycling enthusiasts at our bike shop in NZ can’t wait to see the action unfold. Get all the information you need about the top contenders and the route below.

HOW THE TOUR DE FRANCE WORKS

For a quick recap, the Tour de France is a 21-stage race, with various stages occurring on different types of terrain. There are also time trials in the race where cyclists race against the clock. The overall winner of the Tour is the competitor who has completed all stages in the least amount of time, which is referred to as the general classification. Winners are also crowned for every single stage of the competition. The general classification leader wears a yellow jersey, which changes hands as the leaders change throughout the Tour. The cyclists work in teams. Each team has a leader who hopes to take out the title. The teammates support the leader so they can lead the group to victory.

THE TOUR DE FRANCE ROUTE

The tour comprises 21 stages, along with 2 rest days. Let’s take a look at what to expect from the course this year.

Individual time-trial:

Stage 1: Copenhague –   Copenhague   | 13.2 km This year, the individual time trail starts in  Copenhague. Arguably one of the bussiest cycling routes in the world. The riders will head down the time trial start ramp and into the city on a circuit which will take them past the Tivoli Gardens and the Little Mermaid. There are some technical sections which will challenge the riders and set the leaderboard for the next stage which starts in Roskilde.

There will be 21 stages: 6 flat stages 7 hilly stages 6 mountain stages with 5 summit finishes (La super Planche des Belles Filles, Col du Granon, Alpe d’Huez, Peyragudes, Hautacam) 2 individual time trial stages 2 rest days 1 transfer day

There are 9 new stages this year that will be featuring for the first time:

Copenhagen (start and finish of stage 1) Roskilde (start of stage 2) Nyborg (finish of stage 2) Vejle (start of stage 3) Sønderborg (finish of stage 3) Aigle (start of stage 9) Castelnau-Magnoac (start of stage 19) Lacapelle-Marival (start of stage 20) Rocamadour (finish of stage 20)

Flat Stages:

Stage 2: ROSKILDE - NYBORG | 202.5km Stage 3: VEJLE - SØNDERBORG | 182km Stage 13: LE BOURG D'OISANS  - SAINT-ÉTIENNE  | 193km Stage 15: RODEZ - CARCASSONNE | 188.5km Stage 19: CASTELNAU-MAGNOAC - CAHORS | 161km Stage 21: PARIS LA DÉFENSE ARENA - PARIS CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES | 116km

Hilly Stages:

Mountain stages:.

Stage 7: TOMBLAINE - LA SUPER PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES | 176.5km Stage 9: AIGLE - CHÂTEL LES PORTES DU SOLEIL | 193km Stage 11: ALBERTVILLE - COL DU GRANON SERRE CHEVALIER | 152km Stage 12: BRIANÇON - ALPE D'HUEZ | 165.5km Stage 17: SAINT-GAUDENS - PEYRAGUDES | 130km Stage 18: LOURDES - HAUTACAM | 143.5km Get ready to see some stunning mountain landscapes on the route this year. With 6 mountain stages and 5 summit finishes, which are on La super Planche des Belles Filles, Col du Granon, Alpe d’Huez, Peyragudes and Hautacam.

The Big Finish:

Stage 21: PARIS LA DÉFENSE ARENA > PARIS CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES | 116km

The Champs-Elysées is the traditional finishing point for the final stage. This year is additionally exciting with the brand new addition of a Women's edition which kicks off just prior to the sprinting finale. The Women's Tour de France will be held on the final circuit near the heart or Paris.

HOW TO WATCH

The right to broadcast the Tour de France event in New Zealand goes to Sky Sports. There are also multiple live streaming options available online.

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New zealand cyclist to make his debut in tour de france.

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New Zealand cyclist Corbin Strong will make his grand tour debut after being named in the Israel-Premier Tech line-up for this weekend's Tour de France.

23 year old Strong has been with the team since 2021.

His sprinting prowess means he'll be expected to contend for stage victories.

He is a former world champion on the track.

Fellow New Zealander Dion Smith has been named in the Intermarche-Circus-Wanty team for the tour.

He has ridden the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana twice before.

George Bennett and Finn Fisher-Black have both missed making the UAE Team Emirates squad.

22 teams will be involved the 110th running of the Tour de France.

The 21 stage tour starts in Bilbao in Spain and finishes in Paris on July 23.

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Tour de France 2022: Preview, schedule and riders to watch

As Tadej Pogacar goes for a hat-trick of victories, here's everything you need to know about this year's edition of Le Tour, which starts on 1 July in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The second Grand Tour of the 2022 men's road cycling season, the 109th Tour de France , begins on Friday 1 July in Copenhagen, Denmark, and will end as usual in Paris on Sunday 24 July.

Tokyo 2020 medallists Tadej Pogacar , Primoz Roglic and Wout van Aert headline the race that will cover a total of over 3,300km across 21 stages. There are five summit finishes, two time trials and six flat stages.

Slovenia's Pogacar is looking to claim the winner's yellow jersey for the third consecutive year, matching a feat most recently achieved by four-time champion Chris Froome (2015, 2016, 2017).

Following a postponement from last year due to a schedule clash with the Euro 2020 football tournament, Denmark will become the 10th country to host the Grand Depart. The 2022 route will also go into Belgium (Stage 6) and Switzerland (Stages 8 and 9), making it the first time since 2017 that four different countries feature in the same edition.

Some 176 riders will take part, eight for each of the 22 teams. That's one fewer team than in the 2021 edition.

The last day of the men's Grand Boucle will coincide with the start of the historic eight-stage inaugural Tour de France Femmes , which replaces the La Course one-day women's race.

Below you can find everything you need to know about one of the world's most gruelling endurance events this year.

Tour de France 2022 General Classification men to watch

Tadej Pogacar: The Olympic road race bronze medallist comes into the 2022 Grand Boucle as the overwhelming favourite. The Slovenian has won every stage race he has taken part in this season (UAE Tour, Tirreno-Adriatico, Tour of Slovenia) and is going for a hat-trick of victories on the Tour at just 23 years of age.

Primoz Roglic: The Tokyo 2020 time trial gold medallist came agonisingly close to the GC win in 2020, while he had to abandon the race last year following a crash. The former ski jumper seems to have recovered from a knee injury that affected the first part of his season and is fresh from an overall win at the Criterium du Dauphine.

Daniel Martinez: With 2019 winner Egan Bernal still recovering from a horrific training accident, his fellow Colombian is ready to be the leader of Ineos Grenadiers after taking the Tour of the Basque Country this spring. The British team has won seven of the Tour's last 10 editions and Martinez could share the leadership with 2018 champion Geraint Thomas , who recently won the Tour de Suisse.

Jonas Vingegaard : The 25-year-old Dane finished as a surprise runner-up in 2021, and this season with two second places at the Tirreno-Adriatico and Dauphine has shown he's ready to step up if his Jumbo-Visma teammate Roglic is not fully fit.

Aleksandr Vlasov: Following Jai Hindley 's success at the Giro d'Italia, Bora-Hansgrohe's hopes of winning their second Grand Tour this year lie on the shoulders of the Russian rider riding under a neutral flag. Vlasov took impressive overall victories at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and Tour de Romandie, but he was forced to abandon the Tour of Suisse for Covid when he was leader.

Other key riders at Tour de France 2022

Green jersey.

Last year's points competition winner Mark Cavendish hasn't been selected by his team Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl (he's been named as a first-reserve rider) and that means that the 37-year-old Manxman will have to wait before being able to surpass the legendary Eddy Merckx for number of stage wins (both are tied on 34).

The Belgian team will be led by Dutchman Fabio Jakobsen , who is hoping to take advantage of the sprint opportunities. Australian Caleb Ewan of Lotto-Soudal and Netherlands' Dylan Groenewegen of the Team Bike Exchange-Jayco also fancy their chances.

The course includes several hilly stages and that might favour puncheurs such as record seven-time green jersey winner Peter Sagan , who recently was back to winning ways at the Tour de Suisse before withdrawing due to a positive Covid test. The three-time world champion made a quick recovery to take his eighth Slovakian national title.

Other contenders for the green jersey will be multi-talented riders Mathieu van der Poel , who wore the leader's pink jersey at the Giro for the first three stages, and Wout van Aert , who took the points classification at both the Criterium du Dauphine and Paris-Nice this season.

Polka dot jersey

Pogacar secured the king of the mountains classification at the last two editions, and in the history of the Tour only four riders have won it more than twice (the record belongs to Richard Virenque with seven).

The Slovenian talisman will probably be challenged by some of the other GC contenders (Roglic, Vlasov, Vingegaard), as well as by Frenchmen Thibaut Pinot , who recently took the queen stage of the Tour de Suisse, and 2019 polka dot winner Romain Bardet , who was forced to leave the last Giro after suffering from stomach issues.

Tour 2022 route and important stages

The 2022 Tour de France begins with a technical 13km time trial along the streets of Copenhagen that will suit the discipline's specialists such as double reigning world champion Filippo Ganna , Stefan Bissegger of Switzerland (EF Education-EasyPost) and two-time world medallist Van Aert.

After two further stages in Denmark, the race will resume in France on Tuesday 5 July and a day later on Stage 5 cobbles will make their return for the first time since 2018. Week one is highlighted by the summit finish on the Super Planche des Belles Filles, with the following two stages foraying into Switzerland, including a finish at the Olympic Stadium in Lausanne .

During the second week the peloton heads deeper into the Alps with two straight gruelling mountain stages. On stage 11 the riders will climb the Col du Telegraphe and Col du Galibier (the highest point of the race at 2,642m) before finishing on the top of the Col du Granon; stage 12 on Bastille Day will be equally testing and will feature a summit finish on the Alpe d'Huez for the first time in five years.

The Tour will then move across the Massif Central towards the Pyrenees with the final rest day in Carcassonne. Two more back-to-back summit finishes on stage 17 (Peyragudes) and 18 (Hautacam) will offer the final chance to specialist climbers to gain ground in the GC before a 40km time trial on stage 20.

The final stage ending in Paris will see sprinters lock horns for one last time on this edition along the Champs-Elysees.

Day-by-day route of 2022 Tour de France

Fri 1 July: Stage 1 – Copenhagen-Copenhagen (time trial, 13.2 km)

Sat 2 July: Stage 2 – Roskilde-Nyborg (202.5 km)

Sun 3 July: Stage 3 – Vejle-Sonderborg (182 km)

Mon 4 July: Transfer Day

Tue 5 July: Stage 4 – Dunkerque-Calais (171.5 km)

Wed 6 July: Stage 5 – Lille Metropole-Arenburg Porte du Hainaut (157 km)

Thu 7 July: Stage 6 – Binche-Longwhy (220km)

Fri 8 July: Stage 7 – Tomblaine-La Super Planche de Belle Filles (176.5 km)

Sat 9 July: Stage 8 – Dole-Lausanne (186.5km)

Sunday 10 July: Stage 9 – Aigle-Chatel les Portes du Soleil (193km)

Monday 11 July: Rest Day

Tuesday 12 July: Stage 10 – Morzine Les Portes du Soleil-Megeve (148.5km)

Wednesday 13 July: Stage 11 – Albertville-Col du Granon Serre Chevalier (152km)

Thursday 14 July: Stage 12 – Briancon-Alpe d’Huez (165.5km)

Friday 15 July: Stage 13 – Le Bourg d’Oisans-Saint Etienne (193km)

Saturday 16 July: Stage 14 – Saint Etienne-Mende (192.5km)

Sunday 17 July: Stage 15 – Rodez-Carcassonne (202.5km)

Monday 18 July: Rest Day

Tuesday 19 July: Stage 16 – Carcassonne-Foix (178,5km)

Wednesday 20 July: Stage 17 – Saint-Gaudens-Peyragudes (130km)

Thursday 21 July: Stage 18 – Lourdes-Hautacam (143.5km)

Friday 22 July: Stage 19 – Castelnau-Magnoac – Cahors (188.5km)

Saturday 23 July: Stage 20 – Lacapelle-Marival - Rocamadour (time trial, 40.7km)

Sunday 24 July: Stage 21 – Paris La Defence Arena – Paris Champs Elysees (116km)

How to watch the 2022 Tour de France

The race will be shown live in 190 countries and here is a list of the official broadcast partners across different territories.

Belgium – RTBF

Czech Republic – Ceska Televise

Europe – Eurosport

France – France TV Sport and Eurosport France

Germany – ARD

Italy – RAI Sport

Ireland – TG4

Luxembourg – RTL

The Netherlands – NOS

Norway – TV2

Portugal – RTP

Slovakia – RTVS

Slovenia – RTV SLOVENIJA

Spain – RTVE

Switzerland – SRG SSR

The United Kingdom – ITV

Wales – S4C

Canada – Flobikes

Colombia – Caracol TV

Latin America and Caribbean – ESPN

South America – TV5 Monde

The United States of America – NBC Sports and TV5 Monde

Asia Pacific

Australia – SBS

China – CCTV and Zhibo TV

Japan – J Sports

New Zealand – Sky Sports

Southeast Asia – Eurosport and GCN

Middle East and Africa

The Middle East and North Africa – BeIN Sports and TV5 Monde

Sub-Saharan Africa – Supersport and TV5 Monde

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Ally Wollaston’s friends – the ones who don’t know too much about cycling – have always asked her the same thing before she heads overseas on another trip.

“Are you doing the Tour de France this year?” they’d say.

Her answer was always the same.

“Well, no. The Tour de France is just for the men,” she’d replied.

Not anymore.

Wollaston and her Kiwi compatriot Henrietta Christie will line up in the Tour de France Femmes on Monday, an eight-day race that finally gives women’s cycling the grand stage it so desperately deserves.

The event starts in Paris as the men’s Tour de France finishes, with both races sprinting over the iconic Champs-Élysées circuit on the same day.

In total, the women will ride over 1000km, before ultimately arriving at the summit of the unforgiving La Super Planche des Belles Filles climb. The race has worldwide television coverage – often a luxury for women’s cycling – and over $400,000 (NZ) of prizemoney up for grabs.

“I feel like I’m a little kid talking about her crush or something, it’s ridiculous,” laughs Wollaston, as she sizes up the significance of the Tour. 

If she can’t quite believe it, then neither can Christie.

“You’ve got to pinch yourself every now and again that we finally have a women’s Tour de France,” says Christie, who hails from Christchurch. 

There have been various iterations of a women’s event before. Between 1984-1989, an 18-day race was held at the same time as the men along a similar, but shortened, route. Then there was La Course by Le Tour de France, which was a one-or-two stage event from 2014-2021.

This time is different.

“Everyone knows the Tour de France, even if you’re not into cycling, and to have the women’s version of that and to be televised, it’s helping close that gap which is really cool,” Christie says.

Wollaston agrees. “You can see from all the live streams of the racing now that these women in Europe are just amazing. The way that they’re racing, the aggressiveness of it, the shape that all these women are in is just unbelievable. I think the Tour de France Femmes just raises awareness of women’s sport in general,” she says.

The two Kiwis grew up with the Tour de France. Wollaston would watch the highlights with her dad the next morning, while Christie used to view it religiously with her parents, even before she started cycling.

And now they’ll be transported from their lounges in New Zealand to the famous roads of France. Wollaston is riding the first three stages for her AG Insurance–NXTG team, before leaving early so she can compete on the track for her country at the Commonwealth Games. She’s a former world junior 2000m individual pursuit champion.

“I am expecting it to be a little bit overwhelming. I’ve only ever done one Women’s WorldTour race – Ride London – and even that was such a big step for me. I don’t know if I’m ready for the Tour de France, but I’m doing it anyway,” she laughs.

The 21-year-old is downplaying her ability, especially after a rollicking second season with her Dutch development team. She collected podium positions at the Tour de Bretagne in May, before outsprinting a pair of WorldTour riders to claim an incredible victory at GP Morbihan later that month.

“The results really came through thick and fast, and I think they were really surprising. I knew I was capable of doing well over here, but I just didn’t know it would be so soon,” she says.

Wollaston, a part-time law student, initially struggled to get used to navigating the bunch when she first arrived in Europe, transitioning from riding with 30 riders in New Zealand, to over 100 on foreign overseas roads.

Her first season was all about getting comfortable in the washing machine-like chaos of the peloton. When she arrived at Bretagne earlier this year, she told herself that whatever happened, she just wanted to get involved in one bunch sprint.

On the opening day she did, and she came third.

“I think that first result for me was a really big wakeup call to actually just try and get in amongst the racing, and to stop being a passenger and back myself a little bit more,” she says.

The first two stages, and potentially the third, of the Tour de France Femmes are likely to provide her with a similar opportunity to drive to the front. They should finish in a sprint, allowing Wollaston to do what she does best.

While Wollaston is targeting the flat roads, Christie is waiting for the vertical ones. The skillful climber is racing the entirety of the tour for American team Human Powered Health.

At just 20, she didn’t expect to be selected and thought for sure they’d be taking some of the older girls.

“The team said they’re backing me and they think I can climb well, so I’m quite excited to see how I can go,” she says.

Christie’s been preparing in Andorra, soaking up the sun and the altitude after a bumpy season.

“My health has been up and down recently with Covid and a stomach bug…so I think it’ll be good going into the Tour with good health and good legs after a hard block of training. I’m just going to push as hard as I can and see what I’m capable of doing,” she says.

Christie is planning to help her team-mates as much as possible during the eight days, and is also likely to get a look at riding for her own ambitions, depending on the terrain each stage.

“I think because it’s something new, everyone is really determined for this Tour. Everyone is going into it with their best-possible fitness, so I expect it to be really hard, honest racing,” she says.

Like Wollaston, Christie will also end up in Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games, competing in the road race.

For now though, Paris is the focus. And before they both get to the start-line, Wollaston can finally send a message to those friends in New Zealand again.

Yes, I’m riding the Tour de France. It’s for women now too.

Henry Rounce

Henry Rounce is a freelance sports journalist/producer based in London, who's covered New Zealand cycling extensively for the last five years. More by Henry Rounce

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Tour de France 2022: Riders

UAE-Team Emirates 1 Tadej Pogacar 2 George Bennett 3 Mikkel Bjerg 4 Vegard Stake Laengen 5 Rafał Majka 6 Brandon McNulty 7 Marc Soler 8 Marc Hirschi Jumbo-Visma 11 Primoz Roglic 12 Tiesj Benoot 13 Steven Kruijswijk 14 Sepp Kuss 15 Christophe Laporte 16 Wout van Aert 17 Nathan Van Hooydonck 18 Jonas Vingegaard INEOS Grenadiers 21 Geraint Thomas 22 Daniel Felipe Martínez 23 Jonathan Castroviejo 24 Filippo Ganna 25 Tom Pidcock 26 Luke Rowe 27 Dylan van Baarle 28 Adam Yates AG2R Citroën 31 Ben O’Connor 32 Geoffrey Bouchard 33 Mikaël Cherel 34 Benoît Cosnefroy 35 Stan Dewulf 36 Bob Jungels 37 Oliver Naesen 38 Aurélien Paret-Peintre BORA – hansgrohe 41 Aleksandr Vlasov 42 Felix Großschartner 43 Marco Haller 44 Lennard Kämna 45 Patrick Konrad 46 Nils Politt 47 Maximilian Schachmann 48 Danny van Poppel QuickStep – Alpha Vinyl 51 Fabio Jakobsen 52 Kasper Asgreen 53 Andrea Bagioli 54 Mattia Cattaneo 55 Mikkel Honoré 56 Yves Lampaert 57 Michael Mørkøv 58 Florian Sénéchal Movistar 61 Enric Mas 62 Imanol Erviti 63 Gorka Izagirre 64 Matteo Jorgenson 65 Gregor Mühlberger 66 Nelson Oliveira 67 Albert Torres 68 Carlos Verona Cofidis 71 Guillaume Martin 72 Pierre-Luc Périchon 73 Simon Geschke 74 Ion Izagirre 75 Victor Lafay 76 Anthony Perez 77 Benjamin Thomas 78 Max Walscheid Bahrain – Victorious 81 Jack Haig 82 Damiano Caruso 83 Kamil Gradek 84 Matej Mohoric 85 Luis León Sánchez 86 Dylan Teuns 87 Jan Tratnik 88 Fred Wright Groupama – FDJ 91 David Gaudu 92 Antoine Duchesne 93 Kevin Geniets 94 Stefan Küng 95 Olivier Le Gac 96 Valentin Madouas 97 Thibaut Pinot 98 Michael Storer Alpecin – Deceuninck 101 Mathieu van der Poel 102 Silvan Dillier 103 Michael Gogl 104 Alexander Krieger 105 Jasper Philipsen 106 Edward Planckaert 107 Kristian Sbaragli 108 Guillaume van Keirsbulck Team DSM 111 Romain Bardet 112 Alberto Dainese 113 John Degenkolb 114 Nils Eekhoff 115 Chris Hamilton 116 Andres Leknessund 117 Martijn Tusveld 118 Kevin Vermaerke Intermarché – Wanty-Gobert 121 Alexander Kristoff 122 Sven Erik Bystrøm 123 Kobe Goossens 124 Louis Meintjes 125 Andrea Pasqualon 126 Adrien Petit 127 Taco van der Hoorn 128 Georg Zimmermann Astana Qazaqstan Team 131 Alexey Lutsenko 132 Aleksandr Riabuschenko 133 Joe Dombrowski 134 Fabio Felline 135 Dmitriy Gruzdev 136 Gianni Moscon 137 Simon Velasco 138 Andrey Zeits EF Education – Easy Post 141 Rigoberto Uran 142 Ruben Guerreiro 143 Alberto Bettiol 144 Stefan Bissegger 145 Owain Doull 146 Magnus Cort 147 Neilson Powless 148 Jonas Rutsch Arkéa Samsic 151 Nairo Quintana 152 Warren Barguil 153 Maxime Bouet 154 Amaury Capiot 155 Hugo Hofstetter 156 Matis Louvel 157 Lukasz Owsian 158 Connor Swift Lotto Soudal 161 Caleb Ewan 162 Frederik Frison 163 Philippe Gilbert 164 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg 165 Andreas Kron 166 Brent Van Moer 167 Florian Vermeersch 168 Tim Wellens Trek – Segafredo 171 Mads Pedersen 172 Giulio Ciccone 173 Tony Gallopin 174 Alex Kirsch 175 Bauke Mollema 176 Quinn Simmons 177 Toms Skujins 178 Jasper Stuyven TotalEnergies 181 Peter Sagan 182 Edvald Boasson Hagen 183 Maciej Bodnar 184 Mathieu Burgaudeau 185 Pierre Latour 186 Daniel Oss 187 Anthony Turgis 188 Alexis Vuillermoz Israel – Premier Tech 191 Chris Froome 192 Guillaume Boivin 193 Simon Clarke 194 Jakob Fuglsang 195 Guy Niv 196 Hugo Houle 197 Krists Neilands 198 Michael Woods Team BikeExchange – Jayco 201 Michael Matthews 202 Jack Bauer 203 Luke Durbridge 204 Dylan Groenewegen 205 Amund Grøndahl Jansen 206 Christopher Juul-Jensen 207 Luka Mezgec 208 Nick Schultz B&B Hotels – KTM 211 Franck Bonnamour 212 Cyril Barthe 213 Alexis Gougeard 214 Jérémy Lecroq 215 Cyril Lemoine 216 Luca Mozzato 217 Pierre Rolland 218 Sebastian Schönberger Tour de France Withdrawals Tour de France Favourites

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Tour de France 2022 : Riders to Follow

Now that the start-list has been hopefully finalized without any Covid disruption, we shall have a look at the major riders who will be on show for the next 3 and a half weeks.

A further insight can be found at the Route To The Tour De France : Parcours

A daily preview will also be available on the eve of each stage:

As such the 2022 Tour will consist of:

• 1 cobblestone ( pavés stages)
• 2 Time trials
• 5 flat stages with a bunch sprint not promised in any of them
• 6 hilly stages
• 7 mountain stages!

Stage winners:

This is not going to be a sprinters tour. Most team should be congratulated for leaving their main sprint team home and even a big applause should be given to those who left out their main sprinters.

One of the main attractions of the first week will be the stage 5 pavés stage in Arenberg. There is whole host of riders would could pretend to victory however many will be on duty to protect their leaders. Free of any duty and looking to aim for stage victory will be Inter-Marché Wanty Gobert’s Petit, Kristoff, Vander Hoorn and Zimmermann. Trek Segafredo is another team with the weapon to hurt here with Mads Pedersen, Stuyven and expert gravel rider Quinn Simmons.

Quick Step’s Yves Lampaert and Kasper Asgreen will be free to try their own things. We can expect Mathieu Van Der Poel to force things up here with the help of his teammates Micheal Gogl. Hugo Hofstetter and Anthony Turgis of Arkea Samsic and Total Direct Energies represents France’s best hope. Finally it would be unwise to ignore expert paves riders like Gianni Moscon of Astana , John Degenkolb of Dsm and of course Inoes’s recent Paris Roubaix winner , Dylan Van Baarle.

The two time trials represents nearly 55 km of solo rides and is no joke, while Danish riders, Mads Pedersen, Kasper Asgreen and Magnus Cort Nielsen will be dreaming of wearing Yellow at home, The two rather flattime trial will be a real play ground for Filippo Ganna. His biggest threat remains the formidable Wout Van Aert. Swiss duo of Stephan Küng and Bisseger will also relish their chances. Finally Roglic and Pogacar will probably be the last riders to take down both circuit and could use that as an advantage to make the best time.

The total of 5 flat stages is an eye-wash. The likelihood of échelons in the first 2 stages combined with a categorised climb 10km from the stage 4 finishing threatened certainty of a bunch sprint finish. The other 2 flat stages (19th and 21st stage) seems quieter and more straightforward affairs but the presence of actual pure sprinters by that time is very unlikely.

It has been made no secret that Mads Pedersen is aiming for his first Tour De France Stage victory in Denmark. As much as his team will make the race hard to eliminate pure sprinters, it will be impossible to get rid of Wout Van Aert. Along with the two time trials, Wout Van Aert could win all the flat stages!

Hoping for bunch finishes will be Quick Step’s Fabio Jakobsen. Alpecin Fenix, Team Bike Exchange and Intermarché Wanty Goubert (IWG)will not mind things going either way. Alpecin Felix can blindly trust Jasper Philipsen or Mathieu Van Der Poel to bring them a stage victory. The same could be said for (IWG) with Kristoff and half the other team.

Team Bike exchange could also pretend to the same except that their two main men : Dylan Groenewegen and Micheal Matthews are far from their best form. The former is possibly the first rider of the peloton dropped when the gradient elevates while the second, although remains one of the most versatile riders seems to have lost his top sprint legs to win a stage.

MVDP vs WVA .We hope to see a lot of this in the first week of the tour.

Hilly stages represent a mixture of stages with medium mountains categorised 2 maximum or punchy finishes. There are some experts when it comes to punchy finishes in this peloton. Apart from the Overall favourites ( Pogacar, Roglic, Martinez , Vlasov…), Van der Poel, Dylan Teuns, Baglioli, Cosnefroy, Bettiol, Barguil, and Vuillermoz are among the best puncheurs in the world.

As for medium mountain stages, the fight will be between Baroudeurs. It is difficult to predict them but those with the most experience are Cattaneo, Verona, Mohoric, Mollema, Latour, Raphael Guerreiro and the whole of remains of the Lotto Soudal Team.

Finally in the same mould as wout van aert but with much much more freedom will be magnus cort nielsen. the danish had an exceptional performance in last year vuelta. winning 3 stages and finishing 2nd of the last time trial and even 3rd of bunch sprint. after an early season injury, the moustache showed some of this frightening form towards the end of the giro and should be the true danish hero of this tour., fight for the maillot à pois:, the kom jersey is a legendary jersey which has lost a bit of its vibe due to the fact that the last winners also happened to be the maillot jaune. romain bardet and thibault pinot who are both coming to the tour without the weight of expectation could change this trend. we can also expect a lot of ‘attaque de pierre rolland’ as well as other riders like vuillermoz and even nairo quintana., it will be very interesting to follow trek segafredo’s young quinn simmons. we have not seen a lot of the american muscle in europe yet. in a season mares by illness , he managed to win the kom rather comfortably in one week races tirreno -adriatico and tour de suisse., the maillot vert., the green jersey seems promised to wout van aert. however, his presence in a team with two of the races contenders might hold him back in some stages. this is where the likes of peter sagan and michael matthews will bounce. given how dylan groenewegen get over climbs, it will not take long for matthews to be his team’s main man..

Le Maillot Jaune:

Tadej pogacar has been the strongest rider on the planet for the past two years and it is not expected to change overnight. primoz roglic does however remains a very serious contender. and we should not be mistaken by the fact that he has not been able to win the last tour de france due to mixture if circumstances., the last time the slovenians battle it out was in 2020 and at no point until the final timetrial , roglic seemed on the back foot.a lot is expected from jonas vingegaard, he will more of an asset to roglic for now rather than a double spear weapon by team jumbo visma., ben o’connor remains the best business of the last year. he has developed from a stage hunter through a top 10 contenders to a genuine podium contender., had it not been for a positive covid test jn switzerland, vlasov could be have talked on the same level as roglic. the former astana man also pocess a devastating sprint. ineos is coming with a rather confusing team, their best best rider seem to be the one with the poorest form., indeed more was expected from dani martinez in the tour de suisse while he was surprisingly dropped in the early climbs. geraint thomas and adam yates will try to hold the britain flag as much as possible, but it is hard to see them upsetting the above named riders., team bahrain’s duo of damiano caruso and jack haig will try to fight for a podium place., david gaudu, enric mas and jacob fuglsang are expected to complete the top 10. a big surprise could come in the form of young american, neilson powless who had a fantastic tour de suisse..

Overall predictions with a total of 10 stars to be distributed.

★★★★★ Primoz Roglic

L’union fait la force! He remains a wonderful rider that will have learn from his mistake. Expect him to turn his frustration of that past two years into rage. At his side, he will have one of the best assembled team we have ever seen!

★★★★☆ Tadej Pogacar: he will be the logical favorite in the odds again. While any concerns over his team support was quickly swiped away last year, this time Team Jumbo Visma and even Ineos – Grenadiers will teat Pogacar’s Team UAE to its rupture point.

★☆☆☆☆ Jonas Vingegaard: was it anything to happen to the Slovenians, the danish is by a far the next best thing. We can guarantee that he will entertain us with with interviews!

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Tour de France 2022 Race Recap

The 2022 tour de france was one of the most exciting editions in years. rife with attacks, triumphs, and heart break, we couldn’t help but be glued to the coverage leading into the champs-élysées. catch up on all the action below..

It was a historic moment for the Tour de France, as it was the first time the race kicked off in Denmark. Pouring rain and grey conditions discouraged neither riders nor fans, as thousands lined the streets to watch the prologue. Mathieu van der Poel set the tone early on with a strong fifth place finish aboard his Speedmax , averaging a blisteringly fast 51 kmh time trial.

Van der Poel’s fifth place finish would be followed up the following day with a fifth-place finish by Alpecin-Deceuninck's Jasper Philipsen, showcasing the hunger and drive Alpecin-Deceuninck wielded throughout the Tour. Stages 3 and 4 saw a steady progression of the young Belgian’s finishes, finishing 3rd and 2nd on the day’s stages as the road race continued.

With just a smattering of shorter climbs in the Tour’s first week, Team Movistar, Alpecin-Deceuninck, and Arkea Samsic raced comfortably atop their Aeroads to maximize their potential in the sprint finishes. Leading into the race’s first summit finish, a Canyon-sponsored team finished within the top 10 of every stage, highlighting the consistency of our riders.

Stage 7 of the Tour was the first stage that separated the general classification contenders from the sprinters. Finishing atop the heinously steep Planche de Belles Filles, it was Team Movistar’s Enric Mas who fared the best, crossing the line in 7th place, urging himself and his Ultimate accross the line just 27 seconds behind winner Tadej Pogacar.

Movistar showcased their climbing prowess over the subsequent stages, notably placing two riders in the top 10 on stage 9, where Carlos Verona finished on the podium in 3rd, and Enric Mas following soon after in 9th place.

Other noteworthy events in the 2nd week of the Tour were the stellar performance from Movistar’s Matteo Jorgenson, where the American of just 23 years of age finished 4th in stage 10.

The 2nd week of racing in the Alps also set the stage for some of the most exciting moments of the entire Tour. With some of the longest and most brutal climbs in the Tour on tap leading into stage 12, the Tour’s ‘Queen Stage,’ the battle for yellow was just about to begin.

Without a doubt one of the most exciting stages of the whole race was the stage 11 breakaway effort by Arkea Samsic’s Warren Barguil, winner of the Polka-Dot jersey in 2017, who was caught on the final climb of the day, the Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, the same mountain that foiled Bernard Hinault’s yellow jersey ambitions way back in 1986, handing it over to teammate Greg LeMond.

Arkea Samsic however held no punches; having sat with the yellow jersey group all day, Nairo Quintana would attack his chase group and sailed clear past the haggard Barguil, ultimately finishing 2nd on the stage, behind Jonas Vingegaard who dealt a lethal blow to Tadej Pogacar’s grip on the Maillot Jaune.

Stage 12 was by far the most foreboding on paper, as the road would pitch up and down the Col du Galibier, with a finish on the mythical Alpe D’Huez. Tom Pidcock claimed victory on the stage, with Movistar’s Enric Mas climbing valiantly to 8th place on the stage.

When the dust settled, the 2nd week of the Tour de France saw a changing of the yellow jersey holder, familiar names like Froome and Meintjes back at the front of the peloton, and Movistar and Arkea Samsic sitting in the top 10 in the general classification, with Enric Mas in 9th place overall and Nairo Quintana sitting in 6th place.

After a much-needed rest day, the Tour continued into its 3rd and final week, with a few flat stages before the final showdown in the Pyrenees. Movistar’s Matteo Jorgenson scored an impressive 5th place finish on stage 13, but the real cause for celebration came on stage 15.

Seemingly always the bridesmaid and never the bride, the young Jasper Philipsen from Alpecin-Deceuninck stormed to victory in the scorched south of France to claim his first Tour de France stage win, and the first stage victory for Canyon in the 2022 Tour. A momentous moment for the young sprinter, it was especially bittersweet considering the recent abandonment of the race by Mathieu van der Poel.

Stage 16 was the last stage for the breakaway artists and sprinters, where the American Matteo Jorgenson again finished in an impressive 4th place. With just a few days left of racing, the race for yellow was far from over as two grueling stages in the Pyrenees lay ahead of the riders, before a flat stage and individual time trial leading into Paris.

Stages 17 and 18 of the 2022 Tour de France would provide the final opportunities for teams to attack the yellow jersey, with two arduous stages featuring summit finishes in the Pyrenees. Stage 17 was not short on action. With four categorized climbs, Simon Geshke fought with his all to retain the Polka Dot jersey, while Vingegaard fought off attacks from Team DSM’s Romain Bardet, Team FDJ’s Thibaut Pinot, and a flurry of attacks from UAE Emirate’s Tadej Pogacar. Despite the efforts of the field, Vingegaard held on for 2nd place, with just one mountain stage left in the Tour.

Stage 18 featured three categorized climbs, the final three of the Tour, ending on the legendary Hautacam. The final test of form before running into Paris, Vingegaard’s victory in the stage all but confirmed his Maillot Jaune victory. Yet the real story coming out of that stage wasn’t just the climbing prowess of Vingegaard, but the showing of genuine respect and sportsmanship between Pogacar and Vingegaard following Pogacar’s wreck. This year’s Tour wasn’t shy on action yet offers compelling reminders about the respect that these riders have for one another.

Stage 19 of the Tour de France ticked by at a shockingly fast clip despite the nearly 3 weeks of racing in the legs of the riders. The breakaway spent most of the day just barely ahead of the peloton, as they were kept on a tight leash by the field. A flurry of counterattacks within 2km of the finish made for an exciting sprint finish, netting France their first stage victory of the Tour with Christophe Laporte. Alpecin-Deceuninck's Jasper Philipsen crossed the line in 2nd place, his 4th podium finish of this year’s Tour de France. Motivated and in good form, all eyes would be on Philipsen for the sprint finale in Paris.

The yellow jersey was Vingegaard’s to lose as he took to the starting house for the Stage 20 time trial. Vingegaard defended his win going into Paris with a 2nd place finish, putting an additional 6 seconds into his rival, Tadej Pogacar.

As the peloton rolled into Paris, the first few laps around the picturesque downton rolled leisurely, with photo opprutunities abound and celebrations amongst the riders. With approximately 50km to go, the racing unofficially begun, as attacks shot out to around the cacouphonous rattle of wheels on the cobbles of the Champs-Élysées.

Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck was the fastest man of the bunch, sprinting to an emphatic victory in front of the Arc de Triomphe. It was an emotional moment for the young Belgian, the team, and for Canyon. It was the Belgian’s 2nd Tour de France stage win, and the first ever for Canyon in Paris.

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Strong's team hope his track cycling background could be their secret weapon and deliver New Zealand's first ever stage win.

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"The team is going there as an optimistic team and going to take our opportunities going for stage wins. Last year we won two stages.

"If I'm feeling good we should get plenty of opportunities."

Strong's sprinting prowess could be a boost for his team against his opponents' weary tired legs in the final metres of a stage.

Just a few weeks ago he held the green sprinters jersey for two stages in the Route d'Occitanie race in southern France, in the end pipped by rival Marijn van den Berg.

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"Twelve months ago I managed to get the balance right with getting fit and being able to ride over long distances but also keeping in touch with what I'm good at which is short, sharp stuff. Sprinting at the end of a day."

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