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Belgium's Philipsen marks fourth win at Tour de France with stage 11 victory

Belgian Jasper Philipsen sprinted to his fourth stage win on this year's Tour de France with a powerful last burst on stage 11 from Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins.

Issued on: 12/07/2023 - 17:44 Modified: 12/07/2023 - 18:07

The Alpecin sprinter edged Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen to the line on Wednesday with Phil Bauhaus in third. There was no change in the overall standings between race favourites Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar.

Philipsen has dominated the bunch sprints on the 2023 Tour although two of his three previous triumphs were garnered with some wobbly manoeuvres that had to be validated by the race commissaire.

In the final sprint during his first win at Bayonne he appeared to swerve in front of Wout Van Aert.

He then won out after a series of falls at the Nogaro motorbike circuit.

On the banks of the Garonne at Bordeaux for his third stage win he also appeared to cut off the path for Biniam Girmay, who waved his arms in anger before Philipsen was again cleared.

Philipsen leads the sprint points race by 145 points, with Frenchman Bryan Coquard second on 178.

Race leader Vingegaard and second-placed Pogacar remain separated by just 17 seconds, with Australian rider Jai Hindley in third at 2min 40sec.

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Tour de France starts in Belgium today with "yellow" Wout Van Aert as extra attraction in Binche

The Tour de France comes to Belgium today. The official start will be given in Binche (Hainaut province) at 15 minutes past noon.

Binche, the carnival city that is the home of its renowned "Gilles", is hosting the Tour de France for the second time in 3 years. The 220 km stage will take the riders soon across the border with France, for a ride through the French Ardennes with a finish in Longwy.

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This morning, many cycling fans seized the opportunity to visit the Tour. They have an extra attraction today, with Belgium's Wout Van Aert still in the Yellow Jersey as overall race leader. Van Aert managed to save the Yellow on the cobbles on northern France yesterday. "I didn't expect this during the race (when he was behind after a crash) but I will enjoy the stop in Belgium, of course," Van Aert told reporters.

Wout Van Aert also possesses the Green Points Jersey as the best sprinter after second places in the first three stages. The Green Jersey was/is his main goal in this Tour de France. Antwerp resident Van Aert hopes to take the Green home after the final stage in Paris.

The mayor of Binche Laurent Devin said that he hopes that the Flemish successes in the Tour (with stage wins for Yves Lampaert in the opening time trial and a stage win, the Yellow and Green for Van Aert later on) will also inspire Walloon youngsters to pick up cycling.

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Tour de France in Belgium: a successful image

The figures for the economic impact of the Tour de France's departure in Belgium are not yet known, but in terms of image, it is already a huge success.

According to police estimates, 500,000 people were out along the route during the Grand Départ of the Tour de France on Saturday, under wonderful sunshine. On top of this figure, we can add the number of viewers watching the Tour on their screens all around the world. It is in fact the "third largest sporting event in the world", as the Mayor of Brussels likes to point out.

The final bill is staggering: €11 million, including €5 million in basic fee paid to the parent company of the Tour de France; €4.3 million for entertainment, to which must be added the security costs, the renovation of the roads, the use of STIB services for free, etc. However, the benefits are expected to be at least four times as large. An invaluable promotional campaign for Brussels.

And when we talk about 'image', it's more that just a hollow soundbite. The magnificent aerial views of the Grand Place, monuments, and other treasures of our heritage were witnessed by millions of viewers in 190 countries. Images that also reflect a sporty and festive atmosphere filled with emotion, thanks to the presence of Eddy Merckx on the Grand Place, which further enhances the positive impact.

As Alain Courtois, former Alderman for Sport of the City of Brussels, and the man behind this Grand Départ, put it: "Brussels has proved that it still knows how to organise a great event".

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Eddy Merckx honoured by Belgian royalty in Brussels

The 2019 Tour de France had a great start on a very sunny Saturday in Brussels, Belgium. The Grand Départ in Brussels has been themed around the 50th anniversary of Eddy Merckx's first of five Tour victories in 1969. The words 'ARE YOU R'EDDY?' were chalked everywhere on the Brussels streets.

Organisers warned that traffic would be severe around Brussels during the four days that spanned the Grand Départ event, but that didn't keep the fans from showing up. Half a million people were said to have attended the start of La Grande Boucle on Saturday.

On Thursday, there was the team presentation at a packed Grand Place – the historic central square of Brussels, with its magnificent city hall. Eddy Merckx was celebrated on the podium there, with cycling fans cheering "Eddy, Eddy, Eddy". Organisers claimed that 75,000 people were present somewhere along the presentation route.

Belgian start and reigning Olympic road race champion Greg Van Avermaet ( CCC Team ), in particular, enjoyed his ride through Brussels.

"I'm really happy to be here for the Grand Départ. I don't need extra motivation. There are a lot of family and friends here, and it's great to be able to ride through Brussels without traffic," Van Avermaet said, jokingly referring to the typical Brussels traffic problems.

The day before the actual Grand Départ, Merckx, his wife Claudine, their family, Merckx's former teammates and Tour organiser Christian Prudhomme were all received by King Philippe of Belgium and his wife Queen Mathilde at their castle in Laeken, in the north of Brussels.

There, a quite remarkable group photo was taken on the same stairs where Merckx, Claudine and his teammates had been standing 50 years earlier with the late King Baudouin and his wife Fabiola. King Philippe had clearly been a big fan of Merckx, and had witnessed the 1969 Tour de France as a nine-year-old boy.

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"You're our hero, and you've also been my personal hero. When I was young, back in 1969, we were all sitting around the radio while we were on holiday in the south of France. You were fantastic. You were our hero. You won by 18 minutes, and it's a great childhood memory. King Baudouin, my uncle, was here with you and all your teammates, who are here now, too. It's magnificent," King Philippe said.

On Saturday, the 176 riders signed on at the start podium next to the Royal Palace in Brussels, receiving a warm welcome from the huge amount of fans. The Belgian riders received a particularly big round of applause, as expected, but Peter Sagan ( Bora-Hansgrohe ) was a public favourite.

Former Belgian road race champion Oliver Naesen ( AG2R La Mondiale ) said that he thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere.

"It's fun," Naesen told Cyclingnews at the teams presentation. "You feel it. It's much bigger than the Tour of Flanders.

"I don't know how it's going to be along the route, but I'm sure Geraardsbergen is going to be crazy – the whole region there," he said, referring to the town and its cobbled climb of the Muur, which featured on stage 1 and also features on the route of the Tour of Flanders one-day Classic each spring.

"The fans were really cheering me on when I stepped up the podium. I have to enjoy it. I've done the Tour de France a few times already, and I know how hard it is. It's really important to enjoy it while you can because it's not always going to be as nice as this," Naesen said.

Compatriot Jasper Stuyven ( Trek-Segafredo ) was all smiles, too.

"The applause was impressive; it was fantastic. I think that everyone in Belgium is enjoying it. I have some family and friends here, and there'll also be people in Tervuren. It's nice to know that they are going to be there. It's super nice," Stuyven said.

Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) is one of France's biggest hopes for a top result in the general classification, and knew that the Belgian crowd would be ready for the Grand Départ.

"All along the course there's going to be a lot of people. We all know Belgium is a cycling-crazy country. It's extra nice with the homage for Eddy Merckx," Pinot said.

At noon, the peloton rolled towards the Grand Place in the city centre, led by the open-roofed lead car from where race organiser Christian Prudhomme and Eddy Merckx waved to the crowds. Once again, the "Eddy, Eddy, Eddy" cheers rolled through the crowd on the square. The duo was joined for the official start by King Philippe, Prince Albert of Monaco, the minister-president of the Brussels-Capital region Rudi Vervoort and Brussels mayor Philippe Close, and the national anthems of Belgium and France were sung by a children's choir.

Van Avermaet was joined by former Tour de France winners Geraint Thomas, Vincenzo Nibali and all the national road race champions on the front row of the peloton to shake hands with the honourable guests, and at 12:25pm, the race got under way.

Van Avermaet profited from his front-row position to sneak into the first breakaway of the day and take maximum points on the first climb of the day, the Muur in Geraardsbergen, which earned him the polka-dot jersey at the end of the stage. The famous climb was packed with fans, just as most of the roads were along the 194.5km-long opening stage.

Afterwards, Van Avermaet explained that as soon as the stage course was presented and he discovered that the Muur would decide the first 'king of the mountains' jersey, he dreamed of taking it.

"I figured it would be nice if a Belgian rider could be first to crest the top, and even nicer if it was me," Van Avermaet said after the race. "I had the benefit that I was allowed to shake hands with King Philippe, which allowed me to stand at the front. Otherwise, it would've been much harder.

"I think the jersey looks nice, but I'm not going to defend it. The next goal is to win a stage," he said.

Ahead of the race, Van Avermaet had kept his ambitions quiet, even though he was asked about it multiple times.

"I was constantly asked about the opportunity, but I kept denying that I was interested. I didn't want to talk about it because everybody takes on that news and then a few more riders would be interested, which I didn't want. I had to stay calm," he explained.

On Sunday, the city will likely attract huge crowds again when the stage 2 of the Tour is contested on the streets of Brussels with a team time trial.

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Belgium claims to be the most cycling-obsessed country in the world, which says a lot about Belgium. This year, it is hosting the Grand Départ of the Tour de France, the largest competition in a sport rooted in a form of madness, and in mad people comfortable communing with the weirdest parts of themselves.

In many ways, Belgium embodies the Tour better than its eponymous nation. France likes to wield the Tour with a subdued sense of duty. Belgium, a country lopped onto France’s head like a brain slug, wields it like the sack of firecrackers that it is. Belgium regularly gets Tour stages, but not regularly enough to get used to the novelty. Saturday in Brussels will be the first Belgian start for the Tour de France since 2012, and the city is filled to the cracks with decorative yellow and green and polka dot nods to the race.

Belgians are certainly more passionate about the sport on the whole, up to creating a robust state-sponsored development system that offers stipends to riders who may never sniff a pro contract. Early in the sport’s history, provincial races were so popular and narrowly focused that everyone knew their fastest local butcher, fishmonger, or paper boy. A Belgian cyclist named Eddy Planckaert once rode so fast he claimed he reached a divine state and ejaculated .

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Belgium also produced Eddy Merckx, and no one has ever been better than him. The Cannibal won everything there is to win. Briefly: Five Tour de France titles among a record 11 grand tours, every one of cycling’s five one-day monuments at least twice, and three world championships. That success more than 40 years ago still motivates Belgium to fling its most physically gifted youth at a beastly sport.

All this is to say that there is something special about cycling even if it may seem dull and alien to some. And if you don’t get it , that’s OK. Even Belgium, now, is in the process of figuring out why the hell it was ever attracted to the sport. Mike Carremans is the curator of the VeloMuseum, which covers 150 years of Brussels’ cycling history. It opened in September and was supposed to end last January, but was so popular that an extension was granted through the 2019 Grand Départ in Belgium.

Carremans says that 15 years ago, cycling’s popularity in Belgium had been waning, “It was folklore. It was something you’d do while visiting your grandparents,” but has since gotten hip again, if not quite returning to heyday levels. Velodrome stands have carnival atmospheres, where young folk drink and party while cyclists race round-and-round-and-round into wee morning hours. And lately academics have flocked to the sport to document how it sunk roots into Belgium, and what that says about the country.

Carremans isn’t a traditional researcher. He was a burly, jolly painter before he became a burly, jolly academic for this project. He has a thick black beard beneath a thin Rollie Fingers-mustache beneath a set of glasses that his eyes light up whenever he remembers a piece of lore he’d like to tell you. VeloMuseum was in part an excuse to examine his own passion for cycling. He took on the VeloMuseum project, he says, because “I never got a driver’s license,” and as a tribute to his late father-in-law, who used to pepper him with cycling stories — “I really regretted that he didn’t live to see this project.”

Brussels is in the process of rebuilding itself as a cycling city, a distinction it carried until the 1958 World’s Fair, when, according to Carremans, it destroyed its biking infrastructure for car parking. On the day before the first stage of the 2019 Tour de France, the city will rename a street after Willy De Bruyn , a transgender cyclist who was born Elvira and dominated women’s cycling in the 1930s before coming out as a man and undergoing gender reconstruction surgery in 1937.

Despite achieving cycling stardom, De Bruyn struggled to hold on to jobs after he came out. He would continue to research and publicly discuss intersexuality, however (Carremans claims as part of a traveling circus show), and eventually opened a bar in Brussels that advertised using his image and two facts: “World champion cyclist” and “Became a man.”

Not all the details of De Bruyn’s story are comfortable by modern standards, but they highlight a common trait among the best pro cyclists: They’re fully themselves. Explaining why might be a matter of physiology. To win a race like the Tour de France, you need to be able to live with one’s mind. Otherwise, mental stress leads to adrenal stress, which leads to the body’s severe deterioration at the end of three hellish weeks. The best tend to have some combination of naive, monastic, masochistic, or sociopathic personality traits. Whatever the mix, they’re able to obfuscate or repurpose the immense pressure that comes from outside their bicycles.

It’s fitting then that the Belgian cycling boom took place between the two World Wars, when cycling became a cheaper, more democratic sport at a time when everyone needed hard distractions from everything else. During World War II, pro cyclists were some of the only people who were allowed to travel around and outside of the country for competitions, the Germans believing that people could use something fun to do besides being occupied.

Those cyclists became part of the resistance by dismantling their bike frames, stuffing them with travel documents, letters, photos, and fake IDs, and reassembling them to ride off and distribute the contraband from town to town. Italian cyclist Gino Bartali was one of these couriers , a three-time winner of the Giro d’Italia, and two-time Tour winner, who risked his life under Benito Mussolini’s regime. Bartali’s story was only publicized after his death in 2000.

“When people were telling him, ‘Gino, you’re a hero’, he would reply: ‘No, no - I want to be remembered for my sporting achievements. Real heroes are others, those who have suffered in their soul, in their heart, in their spirit, in their mind, for their loved ones. Those are the real heroes. I’m just a cyclist.’”

My favorite story that Carremans told me is about three Belgian cyclists during World War II who took off ahead of a train full of Jews being transported to Auschwitz. The trains only stopped when they saw a red light, so the cyclists hid until the train approached, brandishing a lantern and a red piece of paper. Once they had fooled the train into slowing down, they popped out from their hiding place, opened a cargo door, and released more than a hundred captives.

Carremans can — and did — talk for hours about cycling. There’s no end to the stories, and it’s in their accumulation that one begins to get any sense how such a strange sport can actually matter to a country, even one roughly the same size Maryland. The answer isn’t divinity — though any individual might feel that way — but unity. Cycling is a tool to conquering an environment, a way to live with oneself and with nature, and so a way to live among humanity.

Over time, across a winding path, cycling became an example in Belgium of how anyone can learn to live alongside their darkness. That is its saving trait as a sport — that even when it’s deathly dull to watch, there’s no way to defeat the sense of awe that anyone is disciplined or crazy enough to take on mountains.

And even if cycling wanes as the primary obsession in a cycling-obsessive country, it will persist as a guiding light. It’s too late to kill cycling: The stories are all too damn good to die.

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Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel (centre) and Greg Van Avermaet of Belgium (right) will surely produce high-octane viewing in the first half of the race.

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AG2R-Citroen (Fr)

Mainstays of the Tour since the 90s, transformed this winter with arrival of iconic car company sponsor, departure of long-time leader Romain Bardet and signing of several pricey foreign imports. Ben O’Connor has provided best value so far and Benoît Cosnefroy is one of France’s up and coming names.

Main man Greg van Avermaet. Belgium’s Olympic champion, a big transfer over the winter, won stages and wore yellow in 2015 and 2016. Yet to deliver for his new team.

Team Benoît Cosnefroy, Dorian Godon, Oliver Naesen, Ben O’Connor, Aurélien Paret-Peintre, Nans Peters, Michael Schär, Greg van Avermaet.

Alpecin-Fenix (Bel)

Second division pacesetters who punch way above their budget thanks to star rider Mathieu van der Poel, whose Tour debut could be high-octane viewing. But they are about more than him: Tim Merlier, Jonas Rickaert and Jasper Philipsen have ridden strongly all year, with Merlier’s Giro d’Italia stage win the highlight.

Main man Van der Poel. Cyclo-cross star who can switch to road racing to devastating effect. Going for a stage win at least, possibly a tilt at the green points jersey.

Team Sylvain Dillier, Tim Merlier, Xandro Meurisse, Jasper Philipsen, Jonas Rickaert, Kristian Sbaragli, Petr Vakoc, Mathieu van der Poel.

Arkéa-Samsic (Fr)

Second division team who bought in home star Warren Barguil, climber Nairo Quintana and sprinter Nacer Bouhanni but haven’t yet seen a great deal for the investment. Britons Dan McLay and Connor Swift – winner of Breton classic the Tro Bro Léon this year – can win in their own right but should have support roles on this Tour.

Main man Barguil. Breton climber who had a stellar 2017 Tour but has yet to truly kick on; fourth in the French championship looks promising.

Team Warren Barguil, Nacer Bouhanni, Anthony Delaplace, Élie Gesbert, Dan McLay, Nairo Quintana, Clément Russo, Connor Swift.

Astana-Premier Tech (Kaz)

Founded to promote Kazakhstan, but have now expanded with Canadian co-sponsor and a multinational line-up. Good bets for at least a stage win somewhere; Alexey Lutsenko is an outside chance for the time trials, while old lag Jakob Fuglsang had a strong run-in to the Tour.

Main man Fuglsang. Danish former mountain biker who can win hilly Classics such as Lombardia and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. He’s tactically astute and a definite candidate for a stage win.

Team Alex Aranburu, Stefan de Bod, Omar Fraile, Jakob Fuglsang, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Hugo Houle, Ion Izagirre, Alexey Lutsenko.

Jakob Fuglsang during the recent Tour of Switzerland.

B&B Hotels-KTM (Fr)

The dream is a stage win for climber Pierre Rolland or sprinter Bryan Coquard, the reality will be figuring in daily doomed escapes. For many WorldTour teams winning a stage equals Tour success, so it’s way harder for the second division squads – but the race does go through Lourdes so miracles do happen.

Main man : Rolland. Eternal attacker whose best days were 10 years ago. Will show in the mountains, but it’s long odds on getting the third Tour stage of his career.

Team Cyril Barthe, Franck Bonnamour, Maxime Chevalier, Bryan Coquard, Cyril Gautier, Cyril Lemoine, Quentin Pacher, Pierre Rolland.

Bahrain Victorious (Bah)

Rocked by manager Rod Ellingworth’s departure to Ineos over the winter, they bounced back with a strong Giro and Dauphiné. Leader Mikel Landa is injured but his underlings can deliver a stage win, or maybe more: Jack Haig, Sonny Colbrelli and Matej Mohoric are all in form, while young Brit Fred Wright is in there for experience.

Main man Colbrelli is the new Italian champion, a strong climber who shines when other sprinters struggle to hang on, so has a chance of the green points jersey.

Team Pello Bilbao, Sonny Colbrelli, Jack Haig, Marco Haller, Matej Mohoric, Wout Poels, Dylan Teuns, Fred Wright.

BikeExchange (Aus)

Australia’s finest look slightly underpowered after Adam Yates’s departure to Ineos. They are out for stages with Simon Yates but also Esteban Chaves, a world class climber on his day, plus they have a former green jersey in Michael Matthews, a good bet if it gets hilly and the pure sprinters are left behind.

Main man Simon Yates. The laconic Lancastrian salvaged third and a mountain stage at this year’s Giro. Strong climbing legs plus good tactical brain and decent sprint makes him the consummate stage hunter.

Team Estaban Chaves, Luke Durbridge, Lucas Hamilton, Amund Grøndahl Jansen, Chris Juul-Jensen, Michael Matthews, Luka Mezgec, Simon Yates.

Bora-Hansgrohe (Ger)

The German team leave out sprinter Pascal Ackermann, but have a formidable line-up led by prolific world champion Peter Sagan, and strong climbers Emanuel Buchmann, Wilco Kelderman and Patrick Konrad. That’s a lot of leaders, but between them they can target stages on all terrains and perhaps get close to the podium.

Main man Sagan. The serial points prize winner is out to make it eight this year. He’s bound to win a stage somewhere, but the green jersey may be more of a challenge.

Team Emanuel Buchmann, Wilco Kelderman, Patrick Konrad, Daniel Oss, Nils Politt, Lukas Pöstlberger, Peter Sagan, Ide Schelling.

Peter Sagan enjoys the moment after the final stage of the Giro d’Italia in Milan in May. The Slovakian will lead the charge for Bora again in France.

Cofidis Solutions Crédits (Fr)

A mix of home grown and imported talent in this long-standing French team backed by a loan company. It’s all about one man: Guillaume Martin can target the top 10 while the rest can make merry in the breakaways. They landed a stage in the Giro and can hope for the same at the Tour.

Main man Martin. Strong climber who has stalled somewhat after writing a book on philosophy and cycling. It’s time he fulfilled his potential.

Team Simon Geschke, Jesús Herrada, Christophe Laporte, Guilluame Martin, Anthony Perez, Pierre-Luc Périchon, Jelle Wallays.

Deceuninck-Quickstep (Bel)

Cycling’s winning machine is targeting a stage and a spell in the yellow jersey for Julian Alaphilippe and a sprint win for Davide Ballerini or comeback man Mark Cavendish, who is now 36 but will work off the back of a sprint-centred squad that can provide the best lead-out in cycling

Main man Alaphilippe. The world champion and very new father is expected to win at least one stage in the opening weekend and ride well in the Laval trial. Luckily he thrives on pressure.

Team Kasper Asgreen, Julian Alaphilippe, Davide Ballerini, Mattia Cattaneo, Mark Cavendish, Tim Declercq, Dries Devenyns, Michael Mørkøv.

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The Germans work a hydra tactic, a different “head” at the front every day, and it functioned brilliantly in 2020 – three stage wins thanks to some perfect tactical riding. They will place riders in the breaks on every hilly day and it should succeed at least once. Brit Mark Donovan gets a first Tour start.

Main man Søren Kragh Andersen. The Dane managed a brace of stage wins last year, but pulling that off again will be a tougher proposition.

Team Tiesj Benoot, Cees Bol, Nils Eekhoff, Søren Kragh Andersen, Joris Niewenhaus, Mark Donovan, Casper Pedersen, Jasha Sütterlin

EF Education-Nippo (US)

Cycling’s marketing dream, clad in lurid pink and making headlines with every radical jersey they wear. There’s real substance here too though, as they have a happy knack of landing prestigious wins with the likes of Stephen Bissegger, Magnus Cort and Rigoberto Urán

Main man Urán. The evergreen Colombian landed a stage and second overall in 2017; he hasn’t hit those heights recently but is coming to the boil at just the right time.

Team Stephen Bissegger, Magnus Cort, Sergio Higuita, Neilson Powless, Rigoberto Urán, Michael Valgren, Ruben Guerreiro, Jonas Rutsch.

Groupama-FDJ (Fr)

A team that is indelibly French, but fields a multinational string of support riders behind its two leaders. With mainstay Thibaut Pinot out with back issues, David Gaudu and sprinter Arnaud Démare will step in, with Stefan Küng targeting the time trial stages.

Main man Gaudu. Breton climber who broke through at last year’s Vuelta with two mountain stage wins, and will have ample opportunity at the Tour.

Team Bruno Armirail, Arnaud Démare, David Gaudu, Jacopo Guarnieri, Ignatas Konovalovas, Stefan Küng, Valentin Madouas, Miles Scotson.

Ineos Grenadiers (GB)

The prolific Grand Tour winners field a lineup of galacticos, with Richie Porte, Tao Geoghegan Hart and Richard Carapaz ready to step in if anything happens to accident prone Geraint Thomas. They have the strongest support riders in Jonathan Castroviejo, Michal Kwiatkowski and Dylan van Baarle, and will be expected to win overall. Given their lineup and budget, anything less equals failure.

Main man Thomas. The Welshman won in 2018 but struggled in 2020. His form on such a mountainous course is hard to read but if he can stay upright anything is possible.

Team Richard Carapaz, Jonathan Castroviejo, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Michal Kwiatkowski, Richie Porte, Luke Rowe, Geraint Thomas, Dylan van Baarle.

Great Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart holds up the trophy after winning last year’s Giro d’Italia in May 2020. The Londoner is expected to ride in support of Geraint Thomas for Ineos.

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert (Bel)

Belgian squad who went up to WorldTour this year and promptly landed a stage at the Giro. They may not have the pure talent in their ranks to repeat that in cycling’s toughest arena, but they will place riders in the escapes every day. It’s all part of the learning curve.

Main man Louis Meintjes. Unpredictable South African who will fly or flop. He can climb well enough to make the top 10, but don’t put the mortgage on him.

Team Jan Bakelants, Jonas Koch, Louis Meintjes, Boy van Poppel, Danny van Poppel, Lorenzo Rota, Loïc Vliegen, Georg Zimmerman.

Israel Start-Up Nation (Isr)

The big investment in Chris Froome may never mature with the four-times Tour winner still struggling after serious injury. Froome’s place at the Tour was in doubt until the last minute, but Dan Martin – a recent stage winner at the Giro – and Michael Woods are good bets to win on any day in the mountains.

Main man Woods. Former ice hockey player and middle distance runner, the Canadian turned to pro cycling late at 29, but took stages in the Vuelta in 2020 and 2018.

Team Guillaume Boivin, Chris Froome, Omar Goldstein, Andre Greipel, Dan Martin, Reto Hollenstein, Michael Woods, Rick Zabel.

Lotto-Soudal (Bel)

The Belgians field the fastest sprinter in cycling at the moment in Caleb Ewan so it’s a simple plan. Former world champion Philippe Gilbert and indefatigable attacker Thomas De Gendt will show on their chosen days, but it’s all about the flat stages and getting Ewan to the final 200m in the perfect position.

Main man Ewan. The Aussie is targeting stage wins in all three Grand Tours this year, and with a fair wind he will land at least a brace in France.

Team Jasper de Buyst, Thomas De Gendt, Caleb Ewan, Philippe Gilbert, Roger Kluge, Brent van Moer, Tosh van der Sande, Harry Sweeny.

Jumbo-Visma (Neth)

The Dutch squad had a strong spring but went quiet until last weekend when Wout van Aert won the Belgian national title. In Robert Gesink, Steven Kruijswijk, Sep Kuss, Van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard they have one of the strongest climbing units, so if they pull together and Roglic is at his best they are capable of shaking Ineos and UAE.

Main man Roglic. The Slovene fell at the final hurdle last year then bounced back to win the Vuelta. A definite podium contender, hasn’t raced since April, but that doesn’t mean he’s off form. Not by any means.

Team Robert Gesink, Steven Kruijswijk, Sep Kuss, Tony Martin, Primoz Roglic, Mike Teunissen, Wout van Aert, Jonas Vingegaard.

Movistar (Sp)

Movistar have an illustrious four-decade pedigree and always field a raft of good climbers, but recently they’ve not delivered at the Tour. The arrival of Miguel Ángel López and Enric Mas can change this; they have an obvious focus for their domestiques, and evergreen Alejandro Valverde could land a surprise stage win at 41 years young.

Main man López. The pint-sized Colombian took last year’s toughest mountain finish, and has won this year over Mont Ventoux, so is a definite podium candidate.

Team Jorge Arcas, Imanol Erviti, Iván García, Miguel Ángel López, Enric Mas, Marc Soler, Alejandro Valverde, Carlos Verona.

Qhubeka-Assos (SA)

Cobbled together as 2020 closed, Qhubeka were the surprises of the Giro d’Italia, netting three stage wins. The Tour is a tougher proposition, and while they will place riders in the daily escapes, they will struggle to translate that into stage wins, because so many other teams will have the same plan.

Main man Belgian Victor Campenaerts landed a fine Giro stage win and can target both time trials, but it’s not clear if he can hold his form into mid July.

Team Carlos Barbero, Sean Bennett, Victor Campenaerts, Simon Clarke, Nic Dlamini, Michael Gogl, Sergio Henao, Max Walscheid.

TotalEnergies (Fr)

French stalwarts with a long and honourable record now looking short of focus; they lost strongman Alexis Vuillermoz to injury just before the Tour started. Edvald Boasson-Hagen is past his best and Pierre Latour not quite the finished article so it will be the traditional plan: get in breaks, target the mountains jersey, and hope for the best.

Main man Latour. The 2018 Tour’s best young rider took a stage recently at the Vuelta Asturias, but will need a perfect day to back that up in the toughest race in the world.

Team Edvald Boasson-Hagen, Jérémy Cabot, Fabien Doubey, Victor de la Parte, Pierre Latour, Cristian Rodriguez, Julien Simon, Antony Turgis.

Trek-Segafredo (US)

There’s a wealth of talent here. Vincenzo Nibali’s record speaks for itself, Bauke Mollema and former world champion Mads Pedersen can win big when required, and Jesper Stuyven is as strong as they come. They will target stage wins; Mollema on a big day in the mountains looks like the best bet.

Main man Mollema. Ungainly Dutch climber who is always at the front when it matters and picks off the odd big win such as a Tour stage in 2017, and Il Lombardia in 2018.

Team Kenny Elissonde, Bauke Mollema, Vincenzo Nibali, Mads Pedersen, Toms Skuijns, Jesper Stuyven, Edward Theuns.

UAE Emirates (UAE)

Last year, UAE didn’t need to give Tadej Pogacar much support; he flew under the radar then struck hard at the close. There’s no hiding now, so they have invested in strongmen such as Rafal Majka and Marc Hirschi; even so, collectively they still don’t look the climbing equals of Ineos or Jumbo, so it may all depend on “Pog” at key times.

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar celebrates his 2020 triumph. The Team UAE Emirates rider faces a stiff challenge to repeat that feat.

Main man Pogacar. Surprise winner last year, and has backed up extremely well this season. The Tour favourite, but can he match Ineos’s strength in depth if he ends up on his own?

Team Mikkel Bjerg, Rui Costa, Davide Formolo, Marc Hirschi, Rafal Majka, Brandon McNulty, Tadej Pogacar, Vegard Stake Langen.

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Tour de France 2022 route map: Stages list, full schedule, and where the race starts and ends today

Covering a total of 3,328 kilometres, the 2022 tour route includes forays into belgium and switzerland and a stage in northern france that features 11 sections of bone-jangling cobbles.

The most northerly grand départ in Tour de France history sees the 176 riders kick off the 109th edition with a flat but technical 13.2km time trial around Copenhagen ahead of two sprinter-friendly stages in Denmark , where potential coastal crosswinds will put the yellow jersey contenders on red alert.

Covering a total of 3,328 kilometres, the 2022 Tour route also includes forays into Belgium and Switzerland, a stage in northern France that features 11 sections of bone-jangling cobbles, six summit finishes, and a 40.7km time trial on the penultimate day – the longest solo TT for a decade.

Stage 5 to Arenberg, with almost 20km of cobblestones, could well be the stand-out moment of the opening week. It comes two days before the race’s first summit showdown at the Superplanche des Belles Filles, the climb where Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic relinquished his yellow jersey in dramatic fashion to compatriot Tadej Pogacar in 2020, just one day from the finish.

Back-to-back finishes on the Col du Granon and Alpe d’Huez for stages 11 and 12 will light up the second week. Unused since 1986, the brutal Granon was the highest finish in the Tour’s history for a quarter of a century until the Col de Galibier hosted a mountaintop finish in 2011. Both sides of the lofty Galibier feature on successive days, most notably ahead of the infamous 21 hairpin bends of Alpe d’Huez – back for the first time since Welshman Geraint Thomas won in yellow in 2018.

How to watch Tour de France 2022 UK cycling fans will be spoiled for choice when it comes to watching this year’s Tour de France, with extensive coverage being shown on ITV4, Eurosport and GCN+. ITV4 will be showing hours of live racing each day as well as a daily highlights show at 7pm (aside from rest days, of course). You can see all the key timings for its live coverage on ITV’s website here . Each and every stage of the Tour will be shown in its entirety on Eurosport and subscription service GCN+. The Breakaway, a daily analysis show, will be shown at the start and end of each stage across both services. Short and extended highlights packages are also available on GCN+ . You can see the full breakdown of Eurosport’s coverage here and the GCN+ coverage here .

High-altitude finishes in the Pyrenees include stage 17 to the steep airstrip at Peyragudes and stage 18 to the ski resort of Hautacam, returning to the menu after an eight-year absence. A flurry of ramped finishes and undulating stages cater for the puncheurs and breakaway specialists alike, and there could be up to six stages that climax with a bunch sprint – including the traditional final day circuit race on the Champs-Élysées.

Tour de France 2022 stage guide

Stage 1 – 1 July – Copenhagen to Copenhagen – 13.2km (ITT)

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. Denmark’s own Kasper Asgreen will be among the favourites to pull on the first yellow jersey of the race.

Stage 2 – 2 July – Roskilde to Nyborg – 202.5km – Flat

A bunch sprint is expected on stage two as the race heads west along the coastal roads, but there there is one major obstacle hiding from view on the race profile. 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.

Stage 3 – 3 July – Vejle to Sonderborg – 182km – Flat

There should be no barrier to a pure sprint on stage three as the peloton heads south, passing through Asgreen’s home town of Kolding. The three categorised climbs on the route will barely register, and none of them come in the final 60km.

Stage 4 – 5 July – Dunkerque to Calais – 171.5km – Hilly

After a day off for teams to make the journey across to France, the Tour continues with a lumpier day, going west to get east as the route cuts inland through the Pas-de-Calais before returning to the coast. It’s one for the stronger sprinters, but wind could again be a factor in determining how this one plays out.

Stage 5 – 6 July – Lille Metropole to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut – 154km – Hilly

It’s a mini Paris-Roubaix in reverse as the feared cobbles return to the race on stage five. Arenberg is famous for its trench of cobbles through the forest, but do not expect to see that as the Tour has opted for a number of unfamiliar sectors, but unusually challenging ones. It will make for a nervous day all around.

Stage 6 – 7 July – Binche to Longwy – 220km – Hilly

The Tour dips a toe into Belgium for a start in Binche, and what follows on the longest stage of this year’s race is one for the puncheurs – with a series of short climbs on the road through the Ardennes and into Longwy, and a rise of 800 metres at 12.3 per cent comes just before the road up to the finish.

Stage 7 -8 July – Tomblaine to La Super Planches des Belles Filles – 176.5km – Mountain

In the decade since it made its debut on the Tour, La Planche des Belles Filles has become a favourite and for good reason. This will be the sixth stage finish on the climb since 2012, and the first since Tadej Pogacar dramatically snatched overall victory from Primoz Roglic in the time trial here in 2020. The race will include the unpaved section at the top of the hill first used in 2019.

Stage 8 – 9 July – Dole to Lausanne – 186.5km – Hilly

There’s a nod to those who have led the way out of the pandemic on stage 8 with a start in Dole, hometown of Louis Pasteur, the French chemist who developed the first vaccines some 150 years ago. From there the stage heads into Switzerland where a punchy finish awaits.

Stage 9 – 10 July – Aigle to Chatel les Portes du Soleil – 193km – Mountain

The first mountain passes of the Tour come in the Swiss Alps over the Col des Mosses, the Col de la Croix and the Pas de Morgins before a relatively flat run back over the border to a finish on the approach to the ski station at Portes du Soleil.

Stage 10 – 12 July – Morzine les Portes du Soleil – Megeve – 148.5km – Hilly

After the first proper rest day (the transfer day from Denmark notwithstanding), more Alpine challenges await, though relatively sedate. The final climb up to Megeve is long at 19km but relatively easy at an average gradient of 4.1 per cent with the steepest section, at 7.1 per cent, in the final kilometre.

Stage 11 – 13 July – Albertville to Col du Granon Serre Chevalier – 152km – Mountain

Three of the Tour’s most famous climbs come on a demanding stage 11, with the Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier and Col du Granon packed into the second half of the day. A Tour stage has not finished here since 1986, on the day Greg Lemond famously took yellow from Bernard Hinault.

Stage 12 – 14 July – Briancon to Alpe d’Huez – 165.5km – Mountain

The hairpins of Alpe d’Huez await on stage 12, but only after the peloton has doubled back and undone its work of the day before – back over the Galibier and down the Telegraphe before the Col de la Croix de Fer and the Alpe d’Huez make it a trio of hors categorie climbs in one brutal day. In another nod to Lemond and Hinault, this replicates the stage on which they crossed the line hand in hand 36 years ago.

Stage 13 – 15 July – Le Bourg d’Oisans to Saint Etienne – 193km – Flat

After a long wait since Denmark it is hard to imagine the sprint teams will not keep a firm handle on the breakaway and ensure a sprint finish in St Etienne as the peloton shifts away from the Alps.

Stage 14 – 16 July – Saint Etienne to Mende – 192.5km – Hilly

The steep climb up to the airport in Mende has provided some spectacular finishes to Tour stages in recent years, none more so than when Steve Cummings broke away to deliver a first-ever Tour stage win for an African team, MTN-Qhubeka, on Mandela Day in 2015.

Stage 15 – 17 July – Rodez to Carcassonne – 202.5km – Flat

Stages into Carcassonne have usually favoured breakaways but last year Mark Cavendish won here to match Eddy Merckx’s record of 34 Tour victories, and the sprinters will be eyeing another bunch finish ahead of the final rest day.

Stage 16 – 19 July – Carcassonne to Foix – 178.5km – Hilly

The Pyrenees will define the final week but this is only an hors d’oeuvre with a trip into the foothills on the road to Foix, a finish town which has again been kind to breakaways. 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.

Stage 17 – 20 July – Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes – 130km – Mountains

There’s room for James Bond references on Stage 17 as the peloton cross the Col d’Aspin, Hourquette d’Anzican and the Col de Val-Louron-Azet on their way to the climb to the airstrip of Peyragudes, made famous in the opening scenes of Tomorrow Never Dies. Romain Bardet was the winner when the peloton last took on this climb, which hits 13 per cent in the finale, in 2017.

Stage 18 – 21 July – Lourdes to Hautacam – 143.5km – Mountain

The last of the mountain tests come on stage 18, with the hors categorie climbs of the Col d’Aubisque and the rise up to Hautacam punctuated by the category one Col de Spandelles. It will be the last chance for the pure climbers to make their mark.

Stage 19 – 22 July – Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors – 188.5km – Flat

A flat stage looks like one for the sprinters though they might want to think back to stage 19 of last year’s race, when an exhausted bunch allowed a breakaway to stay clear with Matej Mohoric claiming victory.

Stage 20 – 23 July – Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour – 40.7km – ITT

The battle for the yellow jersey will be settled with a penultimate day time trial, and a long and challenging one at that. The nearly 41km route is the longest battle against the clock seen in the Tour since 2014, and with two late climbs there could be a twist in the tail.

Stage 21 – 24 July – Paris La Defense Arena – Paris Champs-Elysees – 116km – Flat

Love it or hate it, the largely processional final stage of the Tour lives on (at least for now, if rumours about 2024 are to be believed). Champagne glasses will clink in the suburbs of the capital before the sprinters do battle on the Champs-Elysees and the sun comes down on the 109th Tour de France.

* Additional reporting by Press Association

Grand Départ of the Tour de France in Belgium on 6 and 7 July

This year, the riders in the Tour de France are starting in Brussels. As the setting for the first days of this world-famous bike race, ‘uniquely phenomenal’ Belgium will spend the weekend in the spotlight.

The ‘fan park’ on Place de Brouckère will open on Thursday 4 July at 2pm, and will stay open until Sunday evening. Also on that Thursday, from 3pm to 7.45pm, the team presentations will be held in the Grand-Place, alongside other entertainment on stage.

The first stage of the Tour is on Saturday 6 July, and the starting gun will be fired at 12 noon on Place Royale. The route is 194.5 km and takes in, among other places, Geraardsbergen, Enghien, Charleroi, Villers-la-Ville, Waterloo and Tervuren. The finish will be around 4.45pm in front of the gates of the Castle of Laeken.

The team time trial is taking place in the Belgian capital on Sunday 7 July , starting on the Place des Palais and finishing at the Atomium. The first team will start at 2.30pm, and the last team are scheduled to finish at 4.45pm.

You can find all the info you need about the Tour and the festivities on the website www.brusselsgranddepart.com

Please note: on these days, some roads will be closed, parking restrictions will be put in place, and there will be some hindrance to public transport. We advise you to leave your car at home and take the metro, train or other available options. On Saturday 6 July and Sunday 7 July, STIB-MIVB's metros, trams and buses will all be running free of charge. Go to the website of STIB-MIVB to find out about diversions and interruptions to tram and bus lines.

For all info about mobility in Brussels during the start of the Tour, you can check the Mobility section of the Brussels Grand Départ website .

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Watch: A funny Tour de France ad for the riders just getting back into it

You don't have to be a pro to enjoy watching the race.

The Tour de France is coming up quickly and cyclists around the world are getting excited for the three-week cycling event of the year. Danish channel TV 2 Play (the country’s broadcaster of the event) just put out an ad that features some of the cyclists who didn’t make the cut for this year’s Tour de France, but who are nonetheless feeling the energy of the Tour.

The ad features cyclists getting ready to ride and participating in cycling culture by shaving their legs and wearing the full road cycling getup. One cyclist takes a very dusty cover off his road bike but seems proud and ready to hit the road.

The riders are a bit judged by their confused family members (particularly a teenage daughter), their fitness is probably not at its peak and clipping into clipless pedals is not always easy, but they still seem to be enjoying themselves back on the road regardless.

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All the middle-aged cyclists come together in the end to form a peloton, led by TV 2 Play Danish Tour de France commentators Dennis Ritter and former professional cyclist Rolf Sørensen. “So we roll again,” says the text at the end of the ad, which finishes by cutting to a cyclist napping on the couch, tired out by a ride, as the Tour streams in the background.

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The 2021 Tour de France will be the 108th edition of the race. It was originally scheduled to kick off in Copenhagen, Demark, but due to the pandemic, the first stage was relocated to Brest, France. Denmark will now host the Grand Départ in 2022.

This year’s race will cover 3,417.5 km throughout 21 stages around the country. In Canada, cyclists can stream the Tour de France on Flobikes , from Saturday, Jun. 26 to Sunday, Jul. 18.

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Covering a total of 3,328 kilometres, the 2022 Tour route includes forays into Belgium and Switzerland and a stage in northern France that features 11 sections of bone-jangling cobbles
Grand Départ of the Tour de France in Belgium on 6 and 7 July
This year, the riders in the Tour de France are starting in Brussels. As the setting for the first days of this world-famous bike race, 'uniquely phenomenal' Belgium will spend the weekend in the spotlight. Festivities: The 'fan park' on Place de Brouckère will open on Thursday 4 July at 2pm, and will stay open until Sunday evening ...
‎Radio Tour on Apple Podcasts
Radio Tour er på vandvognen i dag og vender 4. etape af Giroen. Vand er også det store tema i denne episode. Radio Tour er programmet for Danmarks cykelnørder. Hver uge vender Peter Piil, Brian Holm og Thomas Bay ugens højdepunkter, giver dig de bedste røverhistorier fra landevejene og inviterer gæster fra cykelverdenen i sofaen.
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Watch: A funny Tour de France ad for the riders just getting back into
Tour de France 2021. The 2021 Tour de France will be the 108th edition of the race. It was originally scheduled to kick off in Copenhagen, Demark, but due to the pandemic, the first stage was ...