Wout Van Aert fastest at final 2022 Tour de France time trial
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) will take the Yellow and Polka Dot jerseys, Wout Van Aert the Green Jersey and Tadej Pogacar the White Jersey in Paris
Coming into the time trial Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) defended a 3:26 lead over defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and an 8:00 lead over 2018 Tour winner Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers).
No change on the top 3 GC podium places were expected baring crashes. Stage 20 wass a 40.7km individual time-trial, held between Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadour.
Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) set the first fastest provisional time at the finish in Rocamadour, a remarkable time of 50m 22s.
A bike change for Swiss TT specialist Stefan Bissegger who crashed twice in the opening time trial, scuppered his chances of going faster.
Fillipo Ganna smashed Bjerg's provisional best time at the finish by a whopping 1m 41s. The defending World TT champion has clocked a time of 48m 41s.
Mattia Cattaneo set the second fastest time +43s, and Jan Tratnik the third fastest +1m 5s on Ganna
Favorite Wout Van Aert went faster by 42 seconds over Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and 1m 22s over Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo).
GC favorites Geraint Thomas, Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard put in good performances finishing in the top 3 places behind van Aert to secure their 3-2-1 podium places.
On Sunday, the cyclists will pedal into Paris, as the 2022 Tour de France will end on the iconic Avenue des Champs-Elysées.
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) will take the Yellow and Polka Dot jerseys, Wout Van Aert the Green Sprinters Jersey and Tadej Pogacar the White Jersey.
VIDEO: 2022 Tour de France Stage 20 Highlights
2022 Tour de France Stage 20 Top 10
1 BEL Wout van Aert Jumbo-Visma 47:59
2 DEN Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo-Visma + 19
3 SLO Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates + 27
4 GBR Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers + 32
5 ITA Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers + 42
6 NED Bauke Mollema Trek-Segafredo + 01:22
7 ITA Mattia Cattaneo Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 01:25
8 GBR Fred Wright Bahrain Victorious + 01:32
9 GER Maximilian Schachmann BORA-hansgrohe + 01:37
10 SLO Jan Tratnik Bahrain Victorious + 01:48
2022 Tour de France GC after Stage 20
01 DEN Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo-Visma 76:33:57
02 SLO Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates + 03:34
03 GBR Geraint Thomas INEOS Grenadiers + 08:13
04 FRA David Gaudu Groupama-FDJ + 13:56
05 RUS Aleksandr Vlasov BORA-hansgrohe + 16:37
06 COL Nairo Quintana Team Arkéa-Samsic + 17:24
07 FRA Romain Bardet Team DSM + 19:02
08 RSA Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert + 19:12
09 KAZ Alexey Lutsenko Astana Qazaqstan Team + 23:47
10 GBR Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers + 25:43