Vingegaard crowned as new Tour champion, Philipsen wins on Champs Elysees

Jonas Vingegaard was crowned the new Tour de France champion on Sunday in Paris. He becomes the second Dane to claim the yellow jersey. Three of the 10 wins on Vingegaard’s professional palmares came in the 109th edition, with victories on Stages 11 and 19. With six stage triumphs, his Jumbo-Visma team was by far the strongest, even though Ineos Grenadiers, third-place Geraint Thomas’s squad, took the team competition. Vingegaard also earned the polka dot jersey; three straight Kings of the Mountains have also been the yellow jerseys.

Tadej Pogačar, even though he didn’t win his third straight Tour, had another impressive showing. Not only did he tie Giuseppe Saronni’s record of at least three stage wins in his first four Grand Tours, he also tied Alfredo Binda and Bernard Hinault as riders who stood on the final podium of their first four Grand Tours. He took his third straight white jersey.

Vingegaard’s teammate Wout Van Aert was named this race’s super combative rider, and he was very dynamic on his way to three stage victories and his first green jersey after dominating the points classification. Van Aert was in the top 3 on eight stages.

Hugo Houle crafted what can be considered one of the best Canadian performances ever at the Tour de France. Like his compatriot Antoine Duchesne, Houle had his best ever Grand Tour GC performance at 24th, with a famous win on Stage 16. Houle was also third behind Mads Pedersen on Stage 13 into Saint-Etienne.

Besides Vingegaard, Houle and Duchesne, a couple of riders in the top-10 enjoyed their best career Grand Tour results. Fourth-place David Gaudu was Top Frenchman–France posted the most riders in the top-20 with four–and resurrected South African Louis Meintjes tied his eighth place in the 2016 and 2017 editions.

Sunday on the Champs Elysees

Paris, the place where everything started in 1903, is where this memorable #TDF2022 concludes today.

Who is ready for some Champs-Élysées fun? pic.twitter.com/A99jszPC9A

— Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team (@qst_alphavinyl) July 24, 2022

The 115-km route started with a processional, a chilled parade with plenty of photo opportunities, and ended with furious action over eight 6.5-km circuits on the Champs Elysees.

There was time for champagne bien sur.

🥂 The traditional…