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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.
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]
The 2022 Tour de France was the 109th edition of the Tour de France. It started in Copenhagen , Denmark on 1 July [ 1 ] and ended with the final stage at Champs-Élysées , Paris on 24 July. [ 2 ]
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 ...
Overall Speed of the Tour de France. The 2022 edition was the fastest Tour de France in history. Jonas Vingegaard rode 3,349,8 km in 79h 33' 20", thus realising an overall speed of 42.102 km/h (26.161 mph). [17] The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot's average speed was 24.1 km/h. [18]
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]
The anguish of 21 stages, the excitement of screaming fans, and the beautiful scenery of the Tour de France are all captured in these images.
176 riders across 22 eight-member teams took part in the 2022 Tour de France. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Twenty-seven [ a ] nationalities took part, with the largest percentage being French (11% of the peloton). [ 3 ] 135 riders finished the event.