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The 2022 Tour de France was the 109th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Copenhagen, Denmark on 1 July 2022 and ended with the final stage on the Champs-Élysées, Paris on 24 July 2022. Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo–Visma) won the general classification for the first time.
2 July 2022 – Roskilde to Nyborg (Denmark), 202.2 km (125.6 mi) The first road stage of the Tour covered 202.2 kilometres (125.6 mi) from Roskilde to Nyborg, with the stage expected to end in a bunch sprint. The first half of the stage had three fourth-category climbs, with points for first polka-dot jersey.
The race was part of the UCI Women's World Tour. From 2022, Tour de France Femmes – an 8-day stage race in the UCI Women's World Tour – was held following the Tour, replacing La Course. [240] The Tour de France Femmes had its first stage on the Champs-Élysées prior to the final stage of the men's race. [10]
Stage-by-stage updates, results, and highlights from this year’s race.
Tour de France LIVE – Yates brothers, Rodriguez and Bilbao fight for third 16:00 , Lawrence Ostlere 9km to go: Felix Gall leads Vingegaard and Pogacar up towards the finish like a sacrificial lamb.
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
Stage 4 brings the Tour de France into France, but passes over three Alpine passes along the way–so there will be no field sprint at the finish in Valloire. But Stage 5 is another story.
The first edition of Tour de France Femmes in 2022 used the course as the first stage of an 8-day race. [4] Due to Paris hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the 2024 Tour de France finished in Nice instead of in Paris, making it the first time since 1974 that the race hasn't finished on the Champs-Élysées. [12]