Tour de France 2022

The 2022 Tour de France begins in Copenhagen today with a time trial around the streets of the Danish capital.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC But the favourite is Ineos’s Italian flyer Filippo Ganna. He is a double time trial world champion and five of his six Giro d’Italia stage wins have come in individual time trials. The stage winner is unlikely to be among the general classification contenders, although both Thomas and Roglic have plenty of time trial pedigree. Plenty of eyes will be on Vingegaard, the 25-year-old Dane carrying home hopes over these first three days. Even so, the climbers who are less comfortable on a time trial bike will be conscious to minimise losses here.

The Tour de France 2022 is a tough sports simulation title. With plenty of modes to try, you are spoilt for choice.

Grab your lycra, bike, and team, and race to become the next big thing. You have the choice of who makes the cut and how you specialise your group. Therefore, you must rely on your team and the NPCs to get you through every course. This is also true of the Race of the Moment. These limited-time events ask you to compete against global players. Instead, each race takes hours to complete and you must abide by the same mechanics. The red is for sprinting, and the blue is for long-distance. By riding well, and completing your goals, you can become a leader and a champion of each “grand race”. In order to do this, you must maintain your energy, use your gels wisely, and rely on team orders to get through. You may choose to surround your leader to keep them sheltered. Consequently, it is a tactical and logistical nightmare to get everything right. Though many of the races follow a similar pattern, they are always unique and this makes it fascinating. The Tour de France is a world-famous race that convinces people that cycling is cool.

And welcome to our live rolling blog from the opening stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France, the 13.

With Saturday and Sunday's stages likely to finish in bunch sprints, it is highly likely that whoever wins today will hold yellow until Tuesday. With Wednesday's stage tackling the treacherous cobbles of northern France where crashes are common and mechanical issue can cost dear, the position of a support vehicle on the tight and narrow roads may make all the difference between a rider staying in contention or totally losing contact – and crucial seconds – with his rivals. It is worth considering that while both riders as individuals will want to win the stage, their teams would also benefit should one of their riders start Saturday's second stage dressed in yellow. The last thing any rider needs on the opening day of a grand tour is the additional stress of having to navigate their way around a city centre circuit on a time trial bike in the rain – cast your mind back to Düsseldorf in 2017 when Alejandro Valverde came a cropper on a left-hand bend.

The biggest cycling race in the world is back today (Friday, July 1). Riders from all over the world will compete in the prestigious multi-stage race, ...

In total, 2.3 million euros will be awarded to riders and their teams. How to watch the Tour de France 2022 in the UK The first stage of the Tour de France begins today (July 1) at 3pm UK time.

This year's edition of the world's most famous cycle race begins with a 13.2km ride through the Danish capital. Join Barry Glendenning for updates.

The fun starts today and the first rider is due down the ramp in Copenhagen at 3pm (BST) The conditions are far from ideal in a time trial, particularly when plenty of these riders are going to be as nervous as kittens. The properties of several riders and their staff were searched in Belgium, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Poland and Slovenia.” Ganna is out at 4.03pm (BST), Van Aert goes at 4.04pm and Pogacar hits the road 4.05pm. TotalEnergies veteran, Edvald Boasson Hagen, a late call-up to this year’s race, is the fourth man out of the traps. Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beeeeeeeeep! With crowds five or six deep lining the streets, Jeremy Lecroq rolls down the ramp of the starting hut and on to the slick rain-soaked streets of the Danish capital.

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The 109th Tour de France, the biggest competition in cycling, will begin on Friday, July 1, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and will last through Sunday, July 24, ...

Stage 19 - Castelnau-Magnoac-Cahors: 7 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 18 - Lourdes-Hautacam: 7 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 17 - Saint-Gaudens-Peyragudes: 7 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 15 - Rodez-Carcassonne: 6:30 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 14 - Saint-Etienne-Mende: 6 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 10 - Morzine-Megeve: 7 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 6 - Binche-Longwy: 6 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 9 - Aigle-Chatel: 6 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 8 - Dole-Lausanne: 6:30 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 5 - Lille-Arenberg: 7 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 4 - Dunkirk-Calais: 7 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock Stage 3 - Vejle-Sonderborg: 6:30 a.m., USA Network ( fuboTV, free trial)/ Peacock

But Geraint Thomas conceded teams are “less stressed,” with the 2018 Tour champion happy that two or more positive tests no longer lead to automatic team ...

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The 2022 Tour de France begins on Friday, July 1 through Sunday, July 24 across the networks of NBC, USA Network, and Peacock. Find live sream info here.

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Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-EasyPost) had a miserable opening day at the Tour de France as he crashed twice in treacherous conditions in Copenhagen.

Tour de Suisse Not once, but twice, he slips out again. “This is turning into a nightmare start, an absolute nightmare start.

Time at finish · 1 Yves Lampaert (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) 15:17 · 2 Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) 15:22 · 3 Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 15:24 · 4 Filippo Ganna ( ...

Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), the newly-crowned Dutch time trial champion, starts his effort. The on-screen graphic claims that Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Easypost) is pushing a 64-tooth (!) chainring. World time trial champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos) rolls down the start ramp to begin his effort. Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) rolls down the start ramp with what looks like a balaclava under his aero helmet. Jérémy Lecroq (B&B Hotels-KTM) will be the first rider down the start ramp, at 16.00 CET, and the 176 starters set out at one-minute intervals thereafter. Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) is the last man to start the time trial. That said, Kasper Asgreen (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) is out on the course and eager to make a big impression. Jack Haig, the second Bahrain Victorious rider in the start order, is out on the course. Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious) begins his time trial to some jeers from the crowd at the start. One wonders if Van der Poel's bike handling could yet win him the day on rain-slicked course like this. The Italian comes home in 15:28, 2.64 seconds up on Van der Poel, for the new best time and an average speed of 51.2kph. Pogacar takes provisional second in 15:24, 2.48 seconds behind Van Aert. The Tour favourite is ever more resoundingly the Tour favourite.

Stage results; General Classification; Green jersey; Mountains classification; Young rider; Team classification. By Cycling Weekly. published in 16 hours.

In 2022, the young rider classification is open to riders born after January 1, 1997. On hilly stages, it's 30, whilst on mountain stages, it's 20. Race organisers ASO classify stages as either flat, hilly or mountainous and this impacts the points awarded, with more on offer for the flat stages to favour the sprinters. These are prizes of €5,000 and carry no extra points for the KoM jersey. Key riders at the Tour de France will be eyeing up a selection of brightly coloured jerseys. On HC climbs, first over the line gets 20 points, 1st Cat climbs it's 10, 3rd it's two, and 4th cat climbs earn just one point. Therefore, after stage one, the winner will pull in the yellow jersey for stage two - but it's quite likely to change hands after that. The 2022 Tour de France route opened with the short, and flat, time trial, and saw Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) storm to victory. 2. Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, at 5s Elsewhere, Jumbo-Visma leads the team classification. 2. Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma, at 5s There weren't any points on offer in the mountains classification, though, meaning no rider will be wearing the green or polka-dot jersey on stage two.

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Two-time defending champion Pogacar pulled on the white jersey as the fastest under-25 rider. His face creased in pain from the relentless effort and stress of the rain slick-road van Aert took the lead ahead of his arch-rival, world champion Filippo Ganna, who suffered a puncture along the way. Quick-Step rider Lampaert suffered less from the rain with his later start than prerace favorites Wout van Aert and Filippo Ganna, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar produced a technical masterclass timing faster than his overall title rivals.

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Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is halfway through his ride as the Slovenian Roglic rolls down the ramp to get his push for yellow under way. Kung's Groupama-FDJ teammate David Gaudu has already come home 37 seconds down on Van der Poel - time the French climber will have to make up in the mountains. First down the ramp, Jeremy Lecroq is first to cross the finish. Bringing a 64-tooth chain ring to the opening time trial is fine if you can handle it but looks a bit silly if you crash out after a few corners... He rides it out but that's a reminder of the potential perils of this wet course. The Ineos Grenadier co-leader will be pleased with that effort - he didn't crash and he didn't concede too much time to Roglic. He's followed shortly after by teammate Dani Martinez, who is 31 seconds down on the top. He caught Covid during the Tour de Suisse and so it remains to be seen how he performs here at the Tour. Thomas seems to be taking things very gingerly - aware, perhaps, that there's no point messing up his chances with an early crash. It's three seconds faster than Ganna but two seconds slower than the man in the hot seat, Van Aert. Crucially, Pogacar's time is eight seconds quicker than Vingegaard and nine seconds quicker than Roglic, his two main GC rivals. Wout van Aert goes through the intermediate check just one second down on Van der Poel and Mollema - so, the knee injury that kept him out of the Belgian national championships ain't so bad then, eh? It's no doubt all part of his ploy to lose time before the mountains so he can put in a push for the polka dot jersey and the odd stage win. Meanwhile, Jonas Vingegaard seems to be taking some risks on this wet course - and he's being cheered with every pedal stroke by the partisan local crowd. That's some trio to go one after the other!

Stage 2 will likely be a day for the sprinters with the day starting in Roskilde and ending in Nyborg, Denmark.

Belgium’s Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who’s just 5 seconds behind Lampaert’s yellow jersey and out for revenge following his upset defeat on Stage 1, is the other top favorite. The Netherlands’ Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) is a top favorite as he rides for a team that’s perfected the art of mastering echelons and winning Tour de France field sprints. Things might get interesting as the race hits the Intermediate Sprint in Kalundborg as the race takes a 180-degree turn and begins heading south along Zealand’s western coast.

Alongside the Tour de France, Alice0 starts a journey through many video games on many bicycles, starting with the official TDF game.

This is the problem: the real Tour De France is long and largely slow. I like to look ahead and watch my shadow. It doesn't feel riding a bike as a cyclist, nor does it feel like watching the Tour De France as a spectator. One of the best stories in last year's Tour was the return of Mark Cavendish. The Manx sprinter had struggled with his physical and mental health for several years, missing the 2019 and 2020 Tours, and he came close to retiring. I like to look down and watch the chainset turn with my feet. For the next three weeks, I'll have the Tour De France playing on my second monitor, mostly acting as 'slow TV'. It passes beautiful landscapes, from quaint villages and gentle summer countryside to rolling rivers and dizzying mountain passes. Much of the real TDF is saving energy for key moments, and in the video game too. He wasn't even due to ride in 2021's race until an injured teammate dropped out and he was drafted as a replacement days before the start. Tour De France 2022, the video game, is strange. Let's start in the obvious place: the official Tour De France video game. It gives you the option to hold X to automatically keep pace with the rider ahead, or even set the race to fast-forward and have AI fully take control until you want back in. The Tour De France, the grandest race in professional cycling, started today.

After kicking off in Copenhagen, this year's Tour de France covers 3328km before coming to an end in Paris on Sunday 24 July.

In another nod to Lemond and Hinault, this replicates the stage on which they crossed the line hand in hand 36 years ago. These might not be on the scale of the mountains to come, but the Mur de Peguere finishes with gradients of 13 and 18 per cent during the final kilometre. The battle for the yellow jersey will be settled with a penultimate day time trial, and a long and challenging one at that. It’s a mini Paris-Roubaix in reverse as the feared cobbles return to the race on stage five. A Tour stage has not finished here since 1986, on the day Greg Lemond famously took yellow from Bernard Hinault. From there the stage heads into Switzerland where a punchy finish awaits. After the first proper rest day (the transfer day from Denmark notwithstanding), more Alpine challenges await, though relatively sedate. In the decade since it made its debut on the Tour, La Planche des Belles Filles has become a favourite and for good reason. The Storebaelsbroen is the 18km-long bridge across the Great Belt linking eastern and western Denmark. The possibility of gusting winds on this exposed bridge is high, so teams will have to be on high alert for splits on the road into Nyborg. It’s one for the stronger sprinters, but wind could again be a factor in determining how this one plays out. The opening time trial around Copenhagen is pretty much pan flat, but there are plenty of tight corners to make it a technical challenge as well as a measure of pure power. Short and extended highlights packages are also available on GCN+. You can see the full breakdown of Eurosport’s coveragehereand the GCN+ coverage here.

Find out what happened in the 13.4km time trial on the roads of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Italy's time trial world champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) sits in fourth. Friday 22 July: Stage 19 – Castelnau-Magnoac – Cahors (188.5km) Sun 3 July: Stage 3 – Vejle-Sonderborg (182 km) Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) is seven seconds behind in third. Sat 2 July: Stage 2 – Roskilde-Nyborg (202.5 km) I'm just a farmer's son from Belgium. I never expected it."