Tour de France 2022
A guide to the stages of the Tour de France 2022.
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A guide to the stages of the Tour de France 2022.
Stage 1 of the Tour de France 2022 is a 13.1km individual time trial in Copenhagen.
Read about Stage 1 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 2 of the Tour de France 2022 is a 199km flat stage from Roskilde to Nyborg.
Read about Stage 2 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 3 of the 2022 Tour de France is a 182km flat stage from Vejle to Sønderborg. Historic sights along the way include the Jelling Stones. The race is likely to end in a bunch sprint.
Read about Stage 3 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 4 of the 2022 Tour de France is a 172km hilly stage from Dunkirk to Calais. It goes via Saint Omer to the Opal Coast. Windy conditions on the coast, plus climbs at the Cap Griz-Nez and Cap Blanc-Nez, could be decisive.
Read about Stage 4 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 5 of the Tour de France 2022 includes 20km of cobbles, and finishes in Arenberg. It resembles Paris-Roubaix, and riders who thrive in or survive the Hell of the North could do well.
Read about Stage 5 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 6 of the Tour de France 2022 is a 220km trek from Belgium to Longwy in France, through the Ardennes.
The punchy climb to the line was won by Peter Sagan in 2017, and could suit Julian Alaphilippe in 2022.
Read about Stage 6 Tour de France 2022.
La Planche des Belles Filles is rapidly becoming a Tour de France classic. On stage 7 of the 2022 edition, the riders start in Tomblaine and cover 176km in total.
Could this be a shoot-out between Rog and Pog?
Read about Stage 7 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 8 goes through the Jura, but it's not a mountain stage. It's classified as hilly, and will favour puncheurs because of the short sharp climb to the finish near the Olympic Stadium in Lausanne.
Van Aert might have this stage circled in red as one to focus on.
Read about Stage 8 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 9 is a day in the Swiss mountains that finishes up over the French border, in the Haute Savoie ski resort of Châtel.
Today might not be a full-on GC day - rather, Christian Prudhomme believes the winner may come from a breakaway.
Read about Stage 9 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 10 takes place in the Alps but avoids the biggest mountain passes, so it's categorised as hilly.
It starts in Morzine and heads north down to Thonon-les-Bains on the shore of Lac Léman. Then it turns back towards the mountains in the south.
The final climb begins at Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, and continues through Megève to the Altiport at Plaine Joux.
Read about Stage 10 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 11 is a full-on mountain day, with four categorised climbs.
They are the Lacets de Montvernier, the Télégraphe and Galibier cols, and the Col du Granon.
The final climb is also the finish line, at 2,413m.
Read about Stage 11 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 12 of the Tour de France 2022 is another day of traditional Alpine climbs. Over a total distance of 166km, the riders take on three categorised climbs.
There's the Galibier (from the south side), the Col de la Croix de Fer, and Alpe d'Huez.
This is Bastille Day, and the final climb could be noisy and chaotic.
Read about Stage 12, Tour de France 2022.
Stage 13 of the Tour de France 2022 is one for the sprinters. Even if a breakaway goes early on, it's likely to be caught.
The route takes the peloton west, to Grenoble, across the Rhône at Vienne, then on to Saint-Etienne for a bunch sprint.
Read about Stage 13, Tour de France 2022.
This hilly stage will be tough, and could be one for a breakaway. It ends with the familiar climb to Mende Aerodrome, where Steve Cummings out-foxed Pinot and Bardet in 2015.
Who will win in 2022?
Read about Stage 14 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 15 is 200km and includes some rolling terrain, but it's an opportunity the sprinters' teams won't want to miss.
If it comes down to a bunch sprint, will it be Fabio Jakobsen who wins?
Read about Stage 15 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 16 is 179km, with two Pyrenean climbs late on.
The second is the steep Mur de Péguère, where Wiggins waited for Evans in 2012 after tacks were thrown on the road.
The last 25km to the finish in Foix are downhill.
Read about Stage 16 Tour de France 2022.
Stage 17 is a short but tough Pyrenean mountain stage. A team could make it hard as soon as the climbing starts, around 53km.
The climbs are well-known: Col d'Aspin, Hourquette d'Ancizan, Col de Val Louron-Azet, and Peyragudes.
Read about Stage 17 Tour de France 2022.
