2022 Tour de France Stage 20 Results & Recap
Stage 20 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
Van Aert wins stage 20
Wout Van Aert (TJV) took his third stage win of this year's Tour de France, crushing the early time set by world champion Filippo Ganna (IGD) and going on to hold off yellow jersey and teammate, Jonas Vingegaard (TJV), who took second. Tadej PogaÄŤar (UAD) was third. Van Aert won with a time of 47.59 on the 40.7km course and Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) was 18 seconds slower. Tadej PogaÄŤar (UAD) was 27 seconds behind.
“I’m emotional. Winning the Tour de France with the team is really special. Also today it was like a dream scenario. Jonas [Vingegaard] is such a strong guy but such a good guy as well. I thank all my teammates and the whole team for those special three weeks, it’s unbelievable. I feel super tired after three weeks. I gave it all today. I want to win races and today I hoped to take the stage and J to secure the yellow jersey. Apparently… he’s got such a big heart! It was a really fast TT, I had to keep something left for the two hard climbs at the end. I paced my effort well. Technically I made no mistake. It’s a special setting coming to the top of this village. It was a great day.”
Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) is one stage away from clinching the 109th edition of the Tour de France.
“It means everything to me [to win the Tour de France]. It’s really incredible. It’s hard for me to put words on it. It’s the biggest win in cycling. Having my two girls [girlfriend Trine and daughter Frida] at the finish line meant even more to me. Since last year, I always believed I could do it. It’s a relief that I did. I’m just so happy and proud. What happened two years ago [Primoz Roglic losing the yellow jersey in the closing time trial], we always thought about it and we didn’t want it to happen again. We just wanted to go for it today. I wanted as good a stage result as possible. [Wout van Aert crying] just shows how close everyone is in this team. It’s a special thing we have in this team: everyone is so happy for each other. I’m also really happy for Wout to win today. These guys are my true friends, brothers I would say. I guess we can celebrate tonight. It’s special for the whole Jumbo-Visma team and for Denmark as well. I don’t read the media so I don’t know how crazy it is but I can guess.”
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