Christophe Laporte won on Friday (07/22/22) on the third to last stage of this year’s Tour de France secured. The Jumbo Visma pro won after a short, spirited start after 188.3 km from Castelnau-Magnoac after Cahors.
Jonas Vingegaard from Denmark starts the last two sections undisputedly wearing the yellow jersey of the leader. The 25-year-old Dane is more than three minutes ahead of defending champion Tadej on his way to his first overall victory in the Tour of France Pogacar, Geraint Thomas is third, 8:00 minutes behind. The tour ends next Sunday (07/24/22) in Paris.
Politt active again
Shortly after the start, a group of five drivers with Nils Politt (Bora-hansgrohe) broke away from the peloton, but they never had a lead of more than two minutes on the peloton could drive out.
The teams of sprinters speculating on the day’s victory controlled the race, so the three remaining breakaways were caught a few hundred meters before the finish line. Laporte started just before the finish and sprinted across the finish line alone in front of the peloton, ahead of Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen and Italy’s Alberto Dainese.
20th stage: individual time trial
On Saturday, a 40.7 kilometer individual time trial awaits the remaining professional cyclists. The route leads from Lacapelle Marival after Rocamadour. She is wavy with lots of curves. There are also two really tough climbs waiting for you on the last ten kilometers.