Dominant Time Trial Performance! | Tour De France 2022 Stage 20 Highlights

From LeMond snatching the Maillot Jaune from Laurent Fignon in 1989’s nail-biter, to Tadej Pogacar’s demolition of Primoz Roglic on la Planche des Belles Filles in 2020, the final Time Trial of the Tour de France always offers up drama. Today’s rolling 40 km route may well bring major GC implications.
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[@Kaffelop]

Best TDF in recent memory. Champions all over the place and good sportsmanship and respect towards eachother

[@Jaxck77]

The best since the Geraint/Bernal double for sure

[@telmolicious]

@@Jaxck77 The Geraint Tour was boring. Bernal was intertaining but this one topped it imho. Not only the duel but also Van Aert, the team presentation in Denmark, the Danish crowd, the constant action throughout etc.

[@EnergyXyz]

@@telmolicious as a Dane one could say this tour almost was a HC Andersen fairy tale. Jonas was a little weak ugly duckling rider from a little county town, who almost gave up cycling, but fought anyway, and became the swan he is now.

[@barath4545]

Also a super BRUTAL tour for the main guys. The 4th guy is 14 MINUTES back. Only Podacar and Thomas (at EIGHT minutes back) are even remotely close.

[@MrBusunglueck]

Well 2020 was better.

[@NunoJoel]

Jonas let WVA win the TT 👏 what a team!

[@yahem9027]

7 years ago KZbin randomly recommended me this cyclocross video and I became a wout fan from the first instant. Now, years later, I happily own a bike myself and found thanks to that video my own relief of stress method. I’ve been watching this guy from when he broke into tears winning his first belgian championship cx in 2016. Now he is winning stages in the tour de france, riding in a wonderful strong team and taking the green jersey to belgium! Thank you for this year’s beautiful tour de france! Truly the best and most sincere i’ve seen in the past couple of years.

[@dougowens4508]

Love WVA

[@Djuntas]

Vinegaard said it himself; The best rider in the world. Makes Peter Sagan seem normal almost. Waut only needs stage wins in the other grand tour, world champ and OL. He can do it all.

[@yahem9027]

@@Djuntas I agree he can win almost everything at this point!

[@philbotherobot]

Best tour in Years !

[@akosiniroh]

indeed!

[@LarsRyeJeppesen]

Best since 1986 imho

[@charlierodriguez5329]

Neh. I've seen better

[@dhanyrafael]

very boring for me....

[@EnergyXyz]

Absolutely

[@ivanstrle346]

Jonas went like a tourist for last 500m. And still faster than Tadej. Jonas the King.

[@roebbiej]

He could have finished first if his life depended on it. Incredible

[@ruigouveia7494]

@@roebbiej almost did on that last descent, if he had crashed it would have been be most stupid moment of TDF, probably well advised to be careful and just ride enough to be on par with Pogacar

[@denmark2680]

@@roebbiej He wants WvA to win as a salute to him!

[@barath4545]

@@ruigouveia7494 Yeah, you should have heard the Danish broadcasters. One nearly had a heart-attack and the other cussed at Jonas asking him to pull it together dammit, haha, it was quite funny!

[@maartendetemmerman393]

@@TheBirchCreek maybe he didn't push the limit, but it was unlikely he was gonna beat WvA since he was allready losing his lead quickly before he even slipped up in the decent. so even if he gave it his all he would have probably come short since WvA didn't slow down much in his last climb. I think WvA better dosed his efforts so he did a bit slower in the beginning but he kept is up the whole way while vingegaard gave more in the beginning and didn't have much reserves at the end, so he could just take it easy anyway since the 'win' was allready in

[@jinnij.caiman]

Absolutely an amazing tour, one of the best I’ve seen in my life. I knew last year, Jonas would take the yellow in 2022. He’s so modest, such a great athlete, with an even better attitude. Wout is a different animal altogether, he can do anything, such a strong athlete. They deserve it, that team deserves it.

[@denmark2680]

From a Dane, thanks for your nice words about Jonas!

[@TheWelwyn21]

No where near when lemond won in Paris was fantastic.

[@cris2068]

I agree jonas wanted to pay back all his teamates efforts, good team spirit!

[@nnel385]

I've watched every Tdf since 2005 but this tour is by far my favourite specially as a Jumbo fan I couldn't hold my tears of joy when I saw Wout cry

[@symchay1815]

Yeah,it was very emotional, tear of joy.

[@Matthew-ez4ze]

That really was beautiful, I choked up a bit too.

[@zahed3021]

What an effort from Wout Van Aert Jonas was unbelievable as well.

[@Bojan8309]

Must be doping

[@jacub7905]

and think that jonas didn't even give 100 percent for the last 700 m Amazing

[@Skate771parts]

@@jacub7905 He wanted Wout Van Aert to win

[@veganpotterthevegan]

@@Bojan8309 they're all doping from top to bottom.

[@TenTegens]

living in this bubble must be marvelous

[@susanhill8332]

More respect than ever for Pogacar. A true gentleman. He also made this a TDF that will be remembered for years.

[@rubielrodriguez2144]

Always great seeing teammates gifting Statges to each other. Team director for sure told him to slow down a bit at the end once they knew that he was going to run around the same time as Pog, it's a well deserve stage gift for the Almighty Wout!!!

[@user-bb6xb3cz1k]

probably more so because he almost threw away the overall win in the descent. A tad bit more to the right and he would've been toast/ hitting a rock wall

[@stiginshanghai]

@@user-bb6xb3cz1k The best riders never crash. Jonas showed this to be true.

[@user-bb6xb3cz1k]

@@stiginshanghai lmao 🤣 I don't even know where to start with your "comment"

[@transparent6748]

@@user-bb6xb3cz1k lol

[@stiginshanghai]

@@user-bb6xb3cz1k Did Jonas crash this tour? No. Was he close, yes. Did Pogacar crash this tour? Yes. The winners never crash. So you can start with that.

[@darkiee69]

Jonas paying back WvA by backing off a little. The last bit it looked like he was out on a little training ride just for the fun of it.

[@epincion]

He backed off because on the last descent he had a wobble which is controlled but it made him realise that crashing and losing the whole Tour was not worth pushing hard and taking risks.

[@frankburn6312]

He was behind Wva and ahead of Pogacar at this point. No need to rush anything.

[@ruigouveia7494]

Like epincion mentioned, on last descend he almost screwed it all by pushing too hard, he lost momentum and essencial seconds to be able to challenge WVA, before the last bend to the final e knew already he had no chance to win and he was ahead of Pogacar

[@denmark2680]

@@epincion No not true he was slowing down up at the last hill to the finish line, he wanted WvA to win!!!

[@telmolicious]

@@frankburn6312 He lost by 18 secs while peddling slowly for the last part. Definitely coulda went for it but didn’t.

[@Matthew-ez4ze]

This really was one of the best Tour de France ever, and there were so many revelations of strong new riders. NBC really blew it by ignoring it in the United States - really sad. No prime time replays of the Tour whatsoever on broadcast television.

[@BMinus0593]

The GCN broadcast is far superior

[@GordonChaffin]

And with Americans like McNulty and Sepp Kuss doing such great domestique work.

[@Matthew-ez4ze]

@@GordonChaffin and Nielson Powless also - that kid is going to be a star.

[@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n]

just get a VPN and watch it on itv if it's legal obv

[@markhill9275]

Two great competitors, only one can win, but both are winners. Displaying sportsmanship not seen in the tour since Eddy slowed and waited for Ocana hearing he had fallen, chasing Eddy on a descent. Great stuff from these 2 great cyclists!

[@HolgerDanske874]

VIngegaard is a real champion - congratulations! I've enjoyed these past three weeks a lot. Already looking forward to next year.

[@ulrikmortensen9426]

Wout confirmed that Jonas wanted Wout to have the win. True class🤗🤗🤗

[@barath4545]

Yeah I do wonder if Jonas "suddenly had problems" on the final ascend just so he wouldn't get under 48 mins ;)

[@hippoace]

@@barath4545 nah he probably made the decision in the last stretch when everyone has a better idea of his timing...

[@user-nt8dy4xw9r]

First Tour for me and it was so incredible. As long as Tadej and Jonas are riding, I’ll keep watching!!

[@tombell4391]

So all three spots on the podium for yellow will be TDF champions! Amazing TDF this year.

[@ChristianW1975]

These GCN Racing videos are fantastic and the commentators pronounciation is an absolute delight !

[@martin3203]

As a Dane, I concur: his ability to pronounce “Jonas Vingegaard” is quite rare for an anglophone, well done, I tip my Fedora.

[@clio2rsminicup]

Look the official hightlights of Official "Tour de France" KZbin channel (they exist also in English), they are better...

[@ShadzBlack]

As a frenchman, I can only agree.

[@neilreid2298]

Agreed! GCN coverage has been simply superb.

[@LP-sp4sf]

Even names in Spanish were pronounced perfectly

[@JonathanSmith87]

Impressive ride from G! Beating Ganna by 10 seconds at his age just shows the form he is in. Just a shame so much younger talent eclipsing him this time round.

[@xtrachrisb488]

I wonder how many TdF podium there have at his age and older

[@Tommi462]

Definitely the biggest positive surprise of the tour for me.

[@ryanf1372]

@@Tommi462 No surprise to see Thomas on the podium

[@ryanf1372]

Looked like G was going to win the TT until the last few K

[@Tommi462]

@@ryanf1372 Not the position, but how good he looked.

[@sidritvaqari.svpipesdesign]

Jonas was really the best this Tour , one of the best Tour these years ,thanks Tadej and Jonas 🙏🏻

[@roaming_kangaroo]

Is there anything Wout Van Aert cannot do? The man is an absolute beast! A Tour full of superlatives for TJV, what a 3 weeks it’s been for them. Not without its challenges too but they’ve been strong enough to overcome them all. Best tour in recent memory for mine!

[@herrerafoto]

What an awesome TDF! The best in years!

[@TenTegens]

the best juicy juice in decades........for sure

[@joeumbrell8774]

Overall a great TDF to watch this year. Thanks GCN for solid coverage!

[@gasolinewine801]

Super exciting Tour. Best in a long time. Thanks for the great coverage GCN. 👍😊

[@TVDL95]

Thanks for the excellent work on these, GCN team!

[@chrispritchard1035]

Great coverage and updates on the TDF! Very well done GCN! Thank you!

[@matthillard9363]

I love seeing the passion between jonas and wout. I hope they get to spend their careers together on the same team. It's extra special when it means so much to them. All the training, the ups and downs and then seeing it all pay off for them. It's a rare bond. So pleased for them

[@kaltonian]

well done to all in this year's tour.....well done indeed...personally I think it's been a magnificent tour with no real casualties....excellent riding guys

[@alinapopescu872]

Kudos to all of you at GCN for these daily highlights!

[@jermstaallen4913]

So much respect for these athletes the sacrifices they put in for what they love and their families support, what they do day In day out almost seems humanly impossible

[@JR-yr6gr]

So much drama and beatiful cycling moments. Think the must be the best Tour i've ever seen👌🏻

[@TenTegens]

juicy juice episode is the best moment i guess

[@paullever2085]

Well done Jonas...well deserved.

[@jonathaneffemey4892]

Thanks for posting!

[@TheSe7enman]

Okay, I gotta give props and huge respect to the commentator here... I have NEVER heard a British person pronounce names so well. Particularly the Danish names were spot on - and they are HARD for an English speaker to say. Thank you and well done

[@SKINS310882]

What an unbelievable tour, such sportsmanship

[@danielt2738]

Merci a vous. Thank you.

[@thildal9726]

Thank you for the best coverage! Cheers to the amazing athletic sportsmanship lacking in many nowadays.

[@valleyblog]

Wonderful race

[@stevozrepto5558]

Wow 👌 👏 😍 👍 Great tour coverage GCN 👏 👌 👍 🙌

[@armaniusmaximus]

I can't wait for 2023!!! 2022 was a good one.

[@hamborg2]

Vi elsker dig Jonas Vingegaard 🇩🇰🥰🇩🇰🥰💥🇩🇰🎶🇩🇰🚴‍♂️🇩🇰

[@martinduggan4077]

Great tour this year woth great sport man ship congrats to all . such amazing athletes

[@maogarsiya2702]

THANKS YOU 😊 VERY MUCH NAIRO QUINTANA FOR THIS "6" POSITION!!!

[@markdowse3572]

Well, JV (of TEAM JV - interesting coincidence, yes?) nearly threw himself into the side of a mountain @ 4:27 but saved himself and decided to actually WIN Le Tour! 😲 He'll win one of the best TDF's in history, with certainly two of the best stages ever! WVA is truly a beast. 😁👍 Thanks to GCN for the great coverage! 🙏 M 🦘🏏😎

[@phillippitts6294]

One the best tours in awhile! New climbs , new towns, new winner! ☠️☠️☠️🖖🏼

[@michaelwojcicki3624]

Great effort, great Tour win.

[@jacub7905]

didn't knew Vingegaard was so fast for the time trial

[@dennismikkelsen1977]

He got third in both tt´s last year :) so i i figurd he could do a god one again. And this late in the game its often the podium contenters who have most energy left :)

[@TenTegens]

juicy juice has knew

[@jacub7905]

@@dennismikkelsen1977 but Van Aert isn't a podium candidate and Jonas drives completely up with this monster on a 40 km long time trial and beats Pogacar, thats crazy !!

[@ElDiabl0187]

I’m so impressed

[@TorbenMougaard26]

fantastic pronunciation of the name Vingegaard .. Good work . thanks for that

[@stuartdryer1352]

By the way Rocamadour is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.

[@justaguyonabike2055]

It is also one of the most popular places for tourists after le Mont-Saint-Michel.

[@saradrugi6760]

I remember watching Greg Lemond overhaul Laurent Fignon in Paris in 89 probably the most exiting but cant think of any I've enjoyed more than this year

[@neilreid2298]

A very entertaining Tour this year. Incredible athletes.

[@livingalpujarras]

How many bunch sprints this year? Don’t think Cav would have had many opportunities if he had been selected.

[@cornishcat11]

i think you are right more a tour for all rounders

[@bradstone3160]

The one that matters most (for sprinters) is tomorrow.

[@D_isco_D_ancer]

WELL DONE VINGEGAARD YOU DESERVE THIS TOUR!

[@hjorte.]

Tears de France!

[@damienocallaghan2648]

BEST TOUR IN YEARS These Two will Dominate for Years to come

[@lutomson3496]

Nope the stupid entitled protestors screwed this up

[@jveselysks]

I hope WvA will try win green and also polka dot jersey next year. He is definitely capable of doing it.

[@ghettoqueue]

The problem is he's a heavier rider

[@stiginshanghai]

Not a chance. Jonas will grab the polka easily. This year he didnt even try, but is the rigth man for it.

[@jveselysks]

@@stiginshanghai This year WvA was in 5 place in polka dot jersey competition with 59 points. Just 13 points from first place. Thats nothing. He gets almost same amount of points like Geschke who try really hard for have that jersey. If WvA focus on collecting points, he is definitely capable of winning it. Problem with riders of GC like Jonas or Tadej is that they can get points only on last mountain in stage but not on previous hills in stage becouse they can not get to breakaway too soon.

[@nielcobuijs86]

@@stiginshanghai If Vingegaard didn't need to drop Pogacar on the last climb and van Aert went for the stage win, he would've had 79 points instead of 59. So he would've won the polka dot jersey just as well.

[@effersonwagner4166]

Será que Vamos ver Revanche de Pogacar e Vingegaard Na Volta Espanha 🏆🏆🏆🚴🚴🚴

[@benoittheminerandgamer]

We need one more data. We have the total Km, the AVG speed and we need the AVG POWER.

[@goemon4]

Unreal performances ngl

[@attilacsordas3181]

It is so unreal that I wonder what is the new substance that Jumbo Visma is taking

[@Luke-c]

Congrats to the JV doctors

[@durianriders]

Look how JV's disc brakes locked up and he skidded off line and almost into the wall. Watch the full replay of it. Whoever thought disc brakes were a good idea for a 25mm tubular at 120psi obviously failed at high school physics.

[@andreal1647]

Semms like that Lotto has the premium stuff now 🤣

[@hrishikeshmasurkar8434]

Pogacar took 8 seconds on Vingegaard on the stage 1 time trial and Vingegaard neatly took the 8 sec back on the stage 20 TT!

[@dcv9460]

💥THE GREAT DANE 💥

[@Kaffelop]

Jeez my blood produced more bloodcells simply by watching this

[@buzzme27]

On the start ramp Jonas has a blood patch on his left elbow? Did he crash pre TT?

[@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n]

would love to see taddy with a really good domestique next year

[@user-zt5ch8cq4u]

Tour jumbo visma ✅

[@333wheeler]

Jumbo rolling back the years going into some sort of Molteni mode !

[@isitrachelorj3953]

More like USPS or Telekom or Gewiss!

[@frankchan5547]

Bouquets and disappointments after stage 20. JumboVisma with 3 stage wins for WvA plus green jersey by a mile, 4 days in yellow, and 4 second places plus a third in stages, 2 crucial stages putting JV into yellow and consolidating after team plan executed perfectly, plus CL stage win, and polka dots. Despite losing PR early, which helped JV, he stayed to deliver stage 11 planned attacks and JV would stay in yellow to Paris, JumboVisma 9.9/10. UAE and TP close for most of Tour and 3 stage wins for TP and 5 days in yellow but two big battles won by JV finishing two tactically perfect stage wins from perfectly executed attacks that made up 3 mins deficit, and UAE and TP with reduced team could not reciprocate. UAE 7.5/10. Sprinters teams claimed only 3 stages, plus 2 to Matthews and Pederson. 5/10. Lotto and CE never featured and messed up stage 19 best chance 3.5/10. Other teams with top 10 GC 7/10. BE with Matthews added two second placings to stage win and team nabbed a sprint stage by DG 7/10. IP had 2 stage wins 7/10. Quickstep grabbed surprise stage 1 and held yellow for one day and won one sprint by FJ stage but empty for other sprint stages 6/10. IG and FG will be disappointed with this stage 20 ITT result and opening prologue ITT as lost best chance for days in yellow. GT was solid but never challenged top two. TP won a stage but was there for GC and like AY who just got top 10 GC never challenged top two or even five. 6.5/10.

[@AWLor0]

Why has there not been a team time trial... isn't there normally one in le Tour ?

[@roman.b_90]

Ванарт ганну сделал, как же это красиво, поздравляю

[@gideonmthembu8693]

Tomorrow at the Champ Elysees, expect a #7 stage win from TJV courtesy of WVA .

[@olivertonge9398]

It's good to be emotional.

[@paulsolon6229]

Wva is first rider who in same yr could win worlds road and tt And is favorite to win worlds cross. Imagine all 3 jerseys in same yr. astounding rider

[@albertoleal37]

I was wondering if he can compete in MTB, like Pidcock o MVDP, that would be great to see

[@dklee1925]

Yellow Magic. Congrat. Vingegaard!

[@johnandrews3568]

Jumbo really dialled it in correctly this year.

[@gante2024]

Jonas was basically flying in the TT

[@dvirarad6151]

Pog to the veulta de espania then?

[@The2014engineer]

All Tadej Pogacar fans, Bow down to your new King, from Denmark with the best team on this planet, Jonas Vingegaard & Jumbo-Visma! Cheers to the everyone who took part in this victory, mechanics, chefs, masseuse, Director’s, all for one and one for all!!

[@larrylem3582]

Wout ought to try the hour record.

[@comicsgator8527]

Cervelo got their money’s worth in advertising this year. Jumbo was dominant.

[@luisrubio712]

Nairo Quintana great performance between the best 10 of the World

[@bjornvrancken]

Top 3: green jersey, yellow jersey, white jersey. Those ASO suits are obviously overpowered.

[@tommavrakos]

He let his team mate come in 1st

[@JHRgaming93]

I want to know what van aert is on

[@fatifleur4428]

Can it be said that Vénningard passed the stage to WvA or not

[@raen3049]

yes

[@JonathanSmith87]

Or that he pushed a bit too hard & almost hit a cliff. Then realised that if he injured himself bad he would lose the yellow jersey. So chose to be sensible & back off….is what I reckon

[@katjaolsen1017]

If you watch Wout's interviews then yes, he confirms it :)

[@HolgerDanske874]

It is hard to call. It would have been very close between the 2, only a few seconds. I think Vingegaard slowed down a bit after the scare, so I think Wout would have edged it.

[@dennismikkelsen1977]

Think it depends on how you define it. Some would say he might not win it, so he did not pass it to Wva. But i think he decided to slow down, so i would say yes even tho he might not would win if he tried. Sorry for the bad english, hope you understand what i mean by it ;)

[@tedkane7359]

What’s the intro song

[@konradpopowicz3457]

No to czekamy teraz na pola Elizejskie

[@stephenboshears4832]

Ganna may be the best TT specialist of this generation but Ganna and lumpy courses don’t get along

[@TenTegens]

juicy juice of others better gets along

[@AleksandarGospic]

So where are all those that were shouting how Pogačar is doping? Is Jumbo Visma actually doping or they are clean and naturally good riders and only Pogačar is doping?!

[@jean-pierre4369]

I think you are biased, plenty are shouting TJV are dopers, it is how this works, the winners are using and the rest is clean. People are just salty that their favorite didn't win and then react like this. it happened to Froome, it happened to Pogacar and now it is happening to Vingegaard and team Jumbo Visma.

[@NostalgieLand]

what is the music at the beginning?

[@teddycutler1]

At 3.26, why is there blood on Vingegaard's elbow?

[@universe-juice]

JUMBO!!!!!!!

[@francisigooch5269]

Great day today, great result. Why don’t they have team time trials anymore? Team time trial is far more exciting than individual. I remember Armstrong and US Postal team time trials at the tdf it was artistry in motion.

[@nonfictionone]

biggest team = biggest budget = strongest riders = gifting the tdf to that team by taking minutes out of the other teams in the TTT. They should have been ditched and they were.

[@Avianthro]

Nice show for this year's TDF! I do however have a few complaints to register: 1) Stop doing the covid testing. This year's tour was decided largely by covid tests. 2) Add a lot more TT kms, like back in the old days to make the yellow jersey more of an individual prize, OR Start giving a yellow jersey to all the members of the leading team and declare a winning team only, not an individual. 3) Cancel all the sprinting...No more sprint finishes allowed. The TDF is not about sprinting. There are other venues for that.

[@kazehana877]

Jumbo was the strongest team on this tour by far

[@philbotherobot]

Ya think ?! Haha

[@Tommi462]

Yep. By far. And that's perfectly normal too and not suspect at all, I guess.

[@reynaldononog6441]

Dream Team for TDF

[@stephanhansen5931]

A bicycle has two wheels

[@martin3203]

@@philbotherobot hi botty.

[@hernanhernandez3861]

The green monster....

[@MadMarchTaffy]

I'd be putting a few Euros on WVA for next year...