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Le Tour 2022 – Stage 11

Tour de France Albertville > Col du Granon

Distance: 151.7 kilometers.

A Mountain stage with four climbs and a summit finish after the second Hors Catégorie climb.

  • Lacets de Montvernier 49.9 km (Cat 2: 3.4km @ 8.2%)
  • Col du Télégraphe 83.8 km (Cat 1: 11.9km @ 7.1%)
  • Col du Galibier – Souvenir Henri Desgrange 106.7 km (Hors Catégorie: 17.7km @ 6.9%)
  • Col du Granon 151.7 km (Hors Catégorie: 11.3km @ 9.2%)

The intermediate sprint is at 16.5 km at Aiguebelle.

Yellow Jersey Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 018) [Yellow] 41h 18′ 02″
Green Jersey Wout Van Aert (TJV – 016) [Green] 304 Points
Polka Dot Jersey Simon Geschke (COF – 073) [Polka Dot] 43 points
White Jersey Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001) [White] 3

Stage winner: Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 018)
Combative: Warren Barguil (ARK – 152 ) [Red numbers]
Team: Ineos Grenadiers ( IGD – 021-028 ) [Yellow numbers]

There’s nothing like two huge piles of rocks to shake up a bike race. Vingegaard jumped from second to first with a lead of over 2 minutes, while Pogačar dropped back to third .

Many of those who did not start were disqualified by a positive Covid test.

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