Lausanne, July 9, 2022 – The cannibal Tadej Pogacar try to make his own too stage 8 of Tour de France 2022: this time, however, the Slovenian has to contend with the strongest man on such arrivals, Wout Van Aertwhich he regulates with a powerful sprint from the rear Michael Matthews and the same yellow jersey, which he still wins 4” of rebate and stretches further on Jonas Vingegaard. For theItalia is a day of regrets: those of Gianni Mosconwho withdraws due to the persistence of the usual general malaise, those of Alberto Bettiolwho tries the coup before remaining closed in the rear and finally those of Mattia Cattaneo, on the run from the morning thanks to a three-way attack born a little by chance after a big fall that involved practically all the men fighting for the general classification. We return to focus precisely on the latter in the stage 9the Aigle-Chatel The Portes du Soleil from 192,9 km: to climb 4 GPMof which 2 first class.
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Ready, go and a maxi fall involves almost the entire group: they end up on the ground among the others Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Geraint Thomas, Daniel Philippe Martinez (Ineos Grenadiers), Nairo Quintana (Team Arkéa-Samsic), Peter Sagan (Team TotalEnergies), Romain Bardet (Team DSM), Damiano Caruso (Bahrain Victorious), Aleksandr Vlasov, Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Enric Mas (Movistar Team), Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange-Jayco), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-EasyPost) e Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroen Team). Meanwhile, they attacked in front Mattia Cattaneo (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) e Frederik Frison (Lotto Soudal), with the latter losing contact less than 50 km from the finish. At 8 km from the front end it remains the only one Wright before surrendering in turn 3.5 km from the end. The tear towards the finish becomes fertile ground for the forcing of theUAE Team Emiratesbut this time Pogacar he has to settle for third place: they are placed in front of the Slovenian Matthews and especially Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), who further blinds his green jersey.
Order of arrival stage 8
1) Wout Van Aert (TJV) in 4h13’06”
2) Michael Matthews (BEX) st
3) Tadej Pogacar (UAD) st
4) Andreas Kron (LTS) st
5) Alberto Bettiol (EFE) st
6) Aleksandr Vlasov (GOD) st
7) Benjamin Thomas (COF) st
8) Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) ie
9) Bob Jungels (ACT) st
10) Tom Pidcock (IGD) st
Tour de France 2022 general classification
1) Tadej Pogacar (UAD) in 28h56’16”
2) Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) +39”
3) Geraint Thomas (IGD) +1’14”
4) Adam Yates (IGD) +1’22”
5) David Gaudu (GFC) +1’35”
6) Romain Bardet (DSM) +1’36”
7) Tom Pidcock (IGD) +1’39”
8) Neilson Powless (EFE) +1’41”
9) Enric Mas (MOV) + 1’47 ”
10) Daniel Felipe Martinez (IGD) +1’59”
17) Damiano Caruso (TBV) +3’37”
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