2022 Tour de France Stage 19 Results & Recap
Stage 19 of the 2022 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Laporte wins stage 19
Christophe Laporte (TJV) took France's only win so far at this year's Tour de France after well time attack thwarted the sprinters' plans. The Jumbo Visma rider claimed the fifth victory for the Dutch squad, finishing metres ahead of sprinters Jasper Philipsen and Alberto Dainese, who finished second and third into Cahors.
“It’s hard to realize but I’m super happy," Laporte said. "The team trusted me today. Wout [van Aert] told me: ‘it’s for you today’. The last time he said that, it was at Paris-Nice. We first reached our goal bring Jonas [Vingegaard] safely to the 3km to go mark. I sped up in a curve and I saw a bit of a gap behind me. I did the job to come across the leaders. It’s more than a reward, it’s huge! I was already super happy with this Tour de France even though I got no result for myself. Now the team gave me the opportunity to go for a stage win, it’s exceptional to win after I came twice second in the past. Wout could have ridden for himself instead. It’s important to get a French win. If it makes the crowd and my family happy, I’m happy too.”
Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) remains in the yellow jersey before tomorrow's 40.7km time trial.
“Yeah, I mean today was a very stressful day," Vingegaard said. "I’m just happy to make it. I’m even happier with the stage win. Christophe [Laporte] is such a nice guy. It’ incredible. He really deserves this victory. He’s been a helper for the whole three weeks and he’s able to win a stage. It shows more of what our team is. I went to see the course of tomorrow’s time trial in April. It’s quite technical in the first 10km. In general it’s a technical time trial. I’m just gonna do everything I can and hopefully it’ll be enough [to win the Tour de France].”
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