Jonas Vingegaard

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The 25-year-old has won the Yellow Jersey, helping the Dutch team to collect six stage wins in total at this year's race.

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Jonas Vingegaard has sealed the yellow jersey but Wout van Aert will eye victory in the final dash on the streets of Paris.

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Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) gave Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) a fright on the final stage at the Tour de France with an attack from the gun.

As Pogacar clambered out of a shallow ditch, Vingegaard disappeared down the road. But the drama was far from over. Tour de France

Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard wins cycling's most prestigious event in only his second attempt and three years after turning professional.

Van Aert won three stages while also assisting his teammate during the rugged Hautacam climb, breaking away and controlling the pace. “It’s going to be an interesting couple of years ahead for us.” Among the closest challengers to Vingegaard was Pogacar, who was seeking a third consecutive victory. He also was employed at a fish auction, often waking well before sunrise and laboring in frigid temperatures. The festivities also featured women back in the world’s most viewed in-person sports spectacle. Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen captured the final stage for his second stage win by several bike lengths, becoming the only sprinter with multiple stage victories at this year’s race.

Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France, a long-awaited victory for Jumbo-Visma and a career-defining triumph for the Denmark cyclist.

Vingegaard was paced on climbs by Wout van Aert, the top sprinter this year, and American Sepp Kuss. In post-stage interviews, he first dedicated his riding to his girlfriend and daughter — “my two girls” — then thanked the team. Pogacar caught back up with help, and his grip on the Tour at the time wasn’t threatened, but it was a sign of what Vingegaard was capable of. This year, the Dane returned for his second Tour as a co-leader with Roglic. Again, Roglic crashed early and abandoned before stage 15. He was in fifth place at the time. But if you ask the man himself, he will say that he began believing a day like this was possible during his Tour debut last year. Vingegaard is familiar with that picturesque setting in Paris. Last year, he stood on the runner-up step of that podium, a distant five minutes, 20 seconds behind Pogacar, who then at 22 years old looked like he had no peers.

Jasper Philipsen chalked up his second win at the 2022 Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees as Jonas Vingegaard wrapped up the overall victory.

“What a Tour is has been for the new superstar of cycling – and what a couple of years we have in store as Vingegaard and Pogacar go head to head. Asked to pick out a particular memory from the race, Van Aert said: “Our team spirit, how we enjoyed every day, every minute. Somewhat fittingly, it was Primoz Roglic, the man whom Pogacar denied the overall win in 2020, who was the architect of his countryman’s downfall. Once the pair resumed hostilities on the final climb, the white jersey’s elastic finally snapped courtesy of a huge pull from the indefatigable Van Aert. Dylan Groenewegen was forced to launch early and I could stay in his wheel and do the sprint I wanted – I’m super happy and proud to win on this beautiful Champs-Elysees by the Arc de Triomphe.” It was not the first time Pogacar tried to liven up the final stage, the white jersey having enjoyed a cheeky little dig off the front followinga tongue-in-cheek attack by Van Aert at kilometre zero.

Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark has won his first Tour de France title after coming out on top of a thrilling three-week duel with defending champion Tadej ...

Vingegaard, who was runner-up to Pogacar last year, built his success in the mountains. Vingegaard also had the upper hand in the race against the clock, gaining more time on Pogacar in Saturday’s individual time trial to effectively secure the title. He first took the yellow jersey from Pogacar in the Alps with a memorable ride up the Col du Granon, and followed up this week with an impressive display of strength in the last Pyrenean stage to the resort of Hautacam.

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France on Sunday, ending the reign of two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar who was second.

But the stars aligned against Pogacar when he lost teammates to Covid and injury. After a relentless struggle over peaks and plains in a crushing heatwave, Vingegaard assured his win on Saturday's time-trial having taken the lead in the Alps and extended it in the Pyrenees. Vingegaard and his Jumbo-Visma teammates all crossed the line together in a line and cheering wildly.

Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark has won his first Tour de France title after coming out on top in a thrilling three-week duel with defending champion Tadej ...

In his first Tour last year, he showed proper leadership skills after Roglic crashed out of the race, and followed up with a cold-blooded ride to victory this summer. Pogacar cracked about four kilometers (2 1/2 miles) from the finish in the final ascent, with his hopes of winning a third consecutive title all but over. Vingegaard delivered his decisive blow in the Pyrenees, posting a second stage win at the Hautacam ski resort. With the help of teammates including the versatile Wout Van Aert, Vingegaard responded to the relentless attacks launched by Pogacar day in, day out. Vingegaard competed last year as a replacement for Tom Dumoulin in the Jumbo-Visma squad. Having claimed the famed tunic during a stage featuring three monster Alpine climbs, Vingegaard kept it until the end.

Vingegaard, who was runner-up to Pogacar last year, built his success in the mountains. HThe 25-year-old Vingegaard became the first Danish rider to win ...

Vingegaard, who was runner-up to Pogacar last year, built his success in the mountains. The 25-year-old Vingegaard became the first Danish rider to win cycling’s biggest race since Bjarne Riis in 1996. Pogacar finished runner-up overall and Geraint Thomas, the 2018 Tour winner, completed the podium.

Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark has won his first Tour de France title after coming out on top in a thrilling three-week duel with defending champion Tadej ...

In his first Tour last year, he showed proper leadership skills after Roglic crashed out of the race, and followed up with a cold-blooded ride to victory this summer. Pogacar cracked about four kilometers (2 1/2 miles) from the finish in the final ascent, with his hopes of winning a third consecutive title all but over. Vingegaard delivered his decisive blow in the Pyrenees, posting a second stage win at the Hautacam ski resort. With the help of teammates including the versatile Wout Van Aert, Vingegaard responded to the relentless attacks launched by Pogacar day in, day out. Vingegaard competed last year as a replacement for Tom Dumoulin in the Jumbo-Visma squad. Having claimed the famed tunic during a stage featuring three monster Alpine climbs, Vingegaard kept it until the end.

Jonas Vingegaard won his first Tour de France title after coming out on top in a thrilling three-week duel with defending champion Tadej Pogacar on Sunday.

In his first Tour last year, he showed proper leadership skills after Roglic crashed out of the race, and followed up with a cold-blooded ride to victory this summer. Pogacar cracked about four kilometers (2 1/2 miles) from the finish in the final ascent, with his hopes of winning a third consecutive title all but over. Vingegaard delivered his decisive blow in the Pyrenees, posting a second stage win at the Hautacam ski resort. With the help of teammates including the versatile Wout Van Aert, Vingegaard responded to the relentless attacks launched by Pogacar day in, day out. Vingegaard competed last year as a replacement for Tom Dumoulin in the Jumbo-Visma squad. Having claimed the famed tunic during a stage featuring three monster Alpine climbs, Vingegaard kept it until the end.

Vingegaard, winner of stages 11 and 18, is the second Dane to wear the yellow jersey, cycling's most coveted prize.

The race, also known as Le Tour or La Grande Boucle, includes 21 stages and covers 3,328 kilometers in 2022. Vingegaard, winner of stages 11 and 18, is also the second Dane to wear the yellow jersey, cycling's most coveted prize. Disaster struck at the 15th stage when Vingegaard was involved in a crash, with Pogacar adding another win two stages later, but the Dane responded emphatically with his second victory at Stage 18 to extend his lead to almost three and a half minutes.

Jonas Vingegaard of the Jumbo-Visma team wrapped up victory in the Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

I’m still enjoying the racing, I’m still enjoying this race, the biggest race in the world. As for the Tour itself, it sits uneasily in contemporary French culture. I was confident if I kept working hard I could be in the mix. In terms of winning the race, he was never in contention, but his experience, allied to his ability to keep his head when all around were sometimes losing theirs, rewarded him with third place, albeit more than eight minutes behind the winner. I’m just happy to be in the mix.” We have to pass controls every moment of the year, not only at the Tour de France, also at our homes. From there, Vingegaard was in control and could even survive the loss of two team mates, Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruiswijk , and accept Van Aert’s roving role, without showing any signs of being unnerved. I don’t like it that we keep on having to reply to this. Twelve months ago, it was Pogacar, the Slovenian prodigy leading the big-budget UAE Emirates team, who was expected to win serial yellow jerseys. On Sunday, the Champs Élysées turned steadfastly Danish, with a dash of impetuous Slovenian and a hint of deadpan Welsh. The team is the best within this. With six stage wins and the yellow and green jerseys, some eye-watering climbing speeds and collective domination, it has been a remarkable performance.

Jonas Vingegaard won his first Tour de France title after coming out on top of a thrilling three-week duel with defending champion Tadej Pogacar.

In his first Tour last year, he showed proper leadership skills after Roglic crashed out of the race, and followed up with a cold-blooded ride to victory this summer. Vingegaard delivered his decisive blow in the Pyrenees, posting a second stage win at the Hautacam ski resort. Pogacar cracked about four kilometers (2 1/2 miles) from the finish in the final ascent, with his hopes of winning a third consecutive title all but over. With the help of teammates including the versatile Wout Van Aert, Vingegaard responded to the relentless attacks launched by Pogacar day in, day out. Vingegaard competed last year as a replacement for Tom Dumoulin in the Jumbo-Visma squad. Having claimed the famed tunic during a stage featuring three monster Alpine climbs, Vingegaard kept it until the end.