Jonas Vingegaard took glory in Paris with the Philipsen victory

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After 20 exciting chapters and great cycling, the Dane jonas vingegaard (25 years old) confirmed this Sunday that he won the 109th edition of the Tour de France after matchday 21 ended Parisin a race where he and his team, Jumbo-VismaThey ruled with an iron fist. Second last year Vingegaard he has quickly shown his ambition this year as soon as he wears yellow after stage 11 in Col du Granon when he said he was competing to win, that he already knew what it would be like to be second and that he wanted to climb to the top of the podium in Paris and embrace the glory. And said and done. the corridor of Hillerslev he was very solid in all areas once he was leading the race, which caused the despair of a whole Tade Pogacar, double winner of the Tour, 2020 and 2021, who ultimately had no choice but to surrender to his great rival and the great team that supported him. The Dutch formation gave a thousand lessons this year at the Tour on how to approach the stages, led by an indestructible. Vingegaard but encouraged by Van Aert enormous, to the point that for many he was the best runner in the race.

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Under his arm the trophy, Jumbo-Visma He does not want to enter the fight of a stage that is always risky and it is not worth risking too much and losing what he has achieved so much from winning, even if at the beginning of the stage it is the Belgian. Van Aert threatened an attack that no one took seriously. Today was a day of celebrations and tributes, where there was a toast with champagne and where the surviving riders of the Dutch team wanted to remember their teammates who did not complete the Tour by displaying their number. Nice details.

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And it’s on the last lap of the circuit Elysian Fieldsin the last 6.8 kilometers of the Tour, all eyes are searching Van Aert, with the idea to find out if the green jersey will compete on the stage and achieve his fourth victory this year. But that was not the day. The Jumbo-Visma he stepped aside and left the sprinter teams to risk their skins on the slippery tarmac, after the breakaway of five runners had nowhere to go. It has been 17 years since the last stage of the Tour was not decided on a breakaway, then on the legs of Vinikourov, and this Sunday will not be the day of Schachmann, Duchesne, Legac, Doull or Rutsch.

As is usually the case in this last act of the Tour, there are many runners who are trying to heal their wounds and build their race performance, in a victory that everyone dreams of, but that remains behind after the leading role of champion. In a lackluster sprint, the Belgian Jasper Philipsen He achieved his third stage victory, after coming second last year in Paris. Meanwhile, from behind, after the last corner and before facing the last straight, the cyclists of Jumbo-Visma they fell, ignored the sprint and lined up to cross the last few meters side by side, waving and celebrating the victory of Vingegaard and the good work done by its formation, in a new show of unity, is key to the formation of the ‘wasp’ to finish illuminating the ‘City of Light’ this year.

Source: La Verdad

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