TOUR’22: Breaking Down Where/How Jonas Vingegaard Won the Race!
07/28/2022 08:00 AM
Final Tour Breakdown: Now that the dust has settled on the 2022 Tour de France, Spencer Martin has had time to look at the ‘big picture’ and give us his facts & figures on how the Tour was won… and lost.– This article is an excerpt from the Beyond the Peloton newsletter. Sign up here for full access. –Jonas Vingegaard – impressiveAfter having a few days to ponder Jonas Vingegaards highly clinical and impressive dismantling of his competition to take his first overall Tour de France victory, I wanted to go back through the defining stages to break down where exactly he won the three-week race over the two-time winner, and heavy pre-race favorite, Tadej Pogaar.At first glance, Vingegaard won due to the strength of his Jumbo-Visma team and the weakness of Pogaars UAE team, along with a single bad moment from Pogaar on the final climb of stage 11 that many have suggested was due to a lack of fueling or illness. However, under closer inspection, Vingegaard matched or outrode Pogaar every time the race went uphill, finished even with him in the time trials, and only lost small chunks of time over the cobblestones (due to a mechanical) and via time bonuses. This means that there was no situation where Pogaar was able to actually pry open true time gaps on Vingegaard in a one-on-one racing situation. This tells us that Vingegaard is a worthy champion of the events and simply outrode Pogaar over three weeks and also...
