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To continue our recap of the Tour de France, we’ll tell you what happened in the most recent stages, who are the leaders and other facts about this curious race.
The last stages of the Tour de France 2022: what happened so far?
Stage 4
On July 5, Vout van Aert took victory on the route from Dunkerque to Calais on the eve of the cobbled stage to Arenberg. On the climb to Cap Blanc-Nez, the Jumbo-Visma team accelerated to secure first place. Van Aert even managed to catch the breakaway Anthony Perez, who had reached a maximum gap of 7’15” at 80 km.
Pogacar even said at the end of the stage: “What was I doing when Jumbo-Visma launched their attack? Pedaling and fighting for position in the peloton! We could expect something like that to happen. Wout van Aert was clearly the strongest today. He passed us. He deserved to win.”
Stage 5
This day was especially difficult for the Jumbo-Visma team, which had had a victory the day before. Technical faults caused Jonas Vingegaard to be affected and Primoz Roglic to crash into a straw bale. Just before, yellow jersey Wout van Aert, had a crash. This crash caused van Aert to take ten minutes to return to the center of the peloton.
In this stage, Pogacar was only able to take 13” from van Aert’s group, who were only 1’05” ahead of them. Australian Simon Clarke ended up winning the stage in the last kilometer.
Stage 6: the longest stage
On July 7, 219.9km were covered between Binche and Longwy. Van Aert, who wore the yellow jersey of the Tour de France leader, had a breakaway in company and alone until the 11th kilometer before the finish line. At that point, Tadej Pogacar’s team, UAE Team Emirates, took the lead and last year’s champion overtook Michael Matthews and David Gaudu. As a result, Pogacar won the stage and took the maillot jaune from van Aert.
Stage 7
This Friday’s route was mountainous and had a length of 176.3km. The Pogacar rider had another victory in which he reached the finish line at La Planche des Belles Filles with 6 other escapees. With 200 meters to go, Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma passed Pogacar, but the Slovenian managed to close in again to take first place for the second time in this edition of the Tour. After the stage, it was Vingegaard (35” behind) in 2nd place and Geraint Thomas in 3rd place at 1’10”.
So far, so good. Stage 8 will be run between Dole and Lausanne on Saturday, with a length of 186.3 km and a medium mountain, and we will keep updated at JefeBet to continue with our summary.
