Jonas Vingegaard has blossomed from a talented rookie to a dominant leader in his own right over three weeks of epic racing to win his first Tour de France title on Sunday.
Tour de France winner Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, second place Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, left, and third place Britain's Geraint Thomas celebrate on the podium after the 21st stage of the Tour de France in Paris, July 24, 2022. Jonas Vingegaard blossomed from a talented rookie to a dominant leader in his own right over three weeks of epic racing to win his first Tour de France title on Sunday.
Vingegaard competed last year as a replacement for Tom Dumoulin in the Jumbo-Visma squad. It was a revelation for Vingegaard as he realized that he could fight for the overall title after dropping Pogacar in the famed Mont Ventoux climb, but his Slovenian rival was at the top of his game and largely untouchable.
Ottawa's Michael Woods entered Sunday in 36th place, but tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw. Montreal's Guillaume Boivin, a teammate of both Houle and Woods, tested negative for the virus, but wasn't feeling well and also didn't race as a precaution. Antoine Duchesne of Saguenay, Que., was 62nd.
Vingegaard delivered his decisive blow in the Pyrenees, posting a second stage win at the Hautacam ski resort. There the Dane responded to a series of attacks from Pogacar and ultimately dropped the Slovenian in the last big mountain stage of this year’s race to increase his overall lead to more than three minutes.
After he posted a record time on the Coll de Rates climb during a training camp in Spain with his former team ColoQuick, he joined Jumbo-Visma in 2019 and rapidly improved. In his first Tour last year, he showed proper leadership skills after Roglic crashed out of the race, and followed up with a cold-blooded ride to victory this summer.
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