(Paris) Dane Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France for the first time in his career on Sunday.
He emerged victorious from a thrilling two-week duel with reigning champion Slovenian Tadej Pogacar.
PHOTO THOMAS SAMSON, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Jonas Vingegaard
Aged 25, Vingegaard is the first Dane to win the Big Loop since 1996, when Bjarne Riis signed the feat.
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He finished two minutes and 43 seconds ahead of Pogacar.
PHOTO MARCO BERTORELLO, FRANCE-PRESSE AGENCY From left to right: the riders of the Jumbo-Visma team Tiesj Benoot, Jonas Vingegaard, Wout Van Aert and Christophe Laporte crossed the finish line together.
Third place in the general classification went to Briton Geraint Thomas, the big winner in 2018.
Vingegaard finished second last year when he replaced Tom Dumoulin with Jumbo-Visma.
This time, he built himself a cushion in the mountains.
He grabbed the yellow jersey from Pogacar in the Alps, with a memorable ascent of the Col du Granon, before demonstrating his strength again in Hautacam, in the Pyrenees.
Vingegaard also widened the gap on Saturday in the individual time trial.
He excelled in the sweltering heat that has often enveloped France this month and won ahead of heavy favorite Pogacar at the start.
“The fight between me and Jonas for the yellow jersey was very special, said Pogacar. I think it’s going to be quite interesting between the two of us, for two or three years. Jonas has raised his level this year. »
Primoz Roglic, triple winner in Vuelta and also from Jumbo-Visma, dislocated a shoulder in the fifth stage.
He conceded more than two minutes to Pogacar and the field then became free for Vingegaard, as leader of his team.
Day by day, helped in particular by Wout Van Aert, he responded to the stubborn charges of Pogacar, who had lost more than two minutes in the Col du Granon.
Vingegaard has established himself as the king of the mountains, coming from a country where the highest elevation is 170 meters above sea level.
Jasper Philipsen of Belgium won the final stage at the Champs-Élysées in a sprint.
PHOTO CHRISTIAN HARTMANN, REUTERS Philipsen
This Tour de France was also marked by Hugo Houle’s stage victory on Tuesday.
A member of the Israel Premier Tech team, Houle became the first Quebecer to win a stage of the prestigious event, which has been held since 1903.
Swell ended 24e in the general classification. The Sainte-Perpétue athlete was 88e during the last step.
Ontarian Michael Woods had to miss the last stage, having tested positive for COVID-19.
Woods won a Spanish Vuelta stage in 2018 and another in 2020.
He won the Route d’Occitanie race last month.
In April, he finished sixth in the Flèche Wallonne.
On Sunday, the Israel-Premier Tech team was also without Quebecer Guillaume Boivin, who was not feeling well.
However, he tested negative for COVID-19.
Quebecer Antoine Duchesne finished 86e sunday and 62e in total, with Groupama-FDJ.
The honor roll of the 109e edition of the Tour de France
General classification (Yellow): Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/Jumbo) Best climber classification (polka dots): Jonas Vingegaard
Points classification (Green): Wout van Aert (BEL/Jumbo) Best young rider classifications (White): Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAE)
Team ranking: Ineos Grenadiers
Combativeness: Wout van Aert
France Media Agency
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