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My favorites for the 2022 Tour de France

Tommy P. March 18, 2022 3 min read

The most watched cycling race in the world starts on Saturday in Brest, Finistère, for three weeks of competition until the finish in Paris on July 18. Slovenian riders Primoz Roglic and Tadej Pogacar are the favorites, but Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe could be in the running.
The Tour de France is back on track at the beginning of the summer. The biggest cycling event takes place in Brest (Finistère) on Saturday for three weeks of cycling until the big finish, on July 18 on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The last edition was postponed last September due to the health crisis, but the 22-year-old Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) won the race, beating his compatriot Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma).

Tadej Pogacar (SLO), Team Emirates

He is the outgoing winner of an unprecedented edition held last September. Slovenian Tadej Pogacar became the youngest rider since 1904 to win the Tour de France, surprisingly on the eve of his 22nd birthday. This season, the Team Emirates rider confirmed that by winning the classic Liège-Bastogne-Liège race in April ahead of Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe. “He entered the light by winning the Tour de France at the last moment. He and his team will do everything to defend his title,” said Richard Virenque, a consultant for Europe.

Primoz Roglic (SLO), Jumbo-Visma

There is every reason to expect “a real duel” between Pogacar and Primoz Roglic, continues the former French rider. For him, the 31-year-old Slovenian has prepared himself with the objective of taking revenge on his compatriot. “Primoz Roglic wants to win the Tour de France. He has saved himself this season. I think this edition is good for him with his two time trials. Nevertheless, we will have to see if he has recovered from his crash a few weeks ago,” said Richard Virenque, referring to the penultimate stage of Paris-Nice last March, which he also lost before the end. The Slovenian is looking for his first win in Paris, after two consecutive victories in the Tour of Spain.

Julian Alaphilippe (FRA), Deceuninck-Quick Step

An expert in the Tour de France and the 2020 world cycling champion, Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe is once again the best French hope for the Grande Boucle. However, the rider from the Belgian team Deceuninck-Quick Step is not aiming for overall victory, but rather for stage victories. A logical objective for Richard Virenque: “The profile of the first stages may turn to his advantage. But given the efforts he has made during the season and the goals he has had, he has a better chance of winning the stages like last year. He can take the yellow jersey in the first week, but I think that for him, winning a stage is the most important thing.

Chris Froome (GBR), Israel Start-up Nation

It’s been two years since we last saw him on the roads of the Tour de France. The British Chris Froome, winner on four occasions (2013, 2015 to 2017), is back in a new team, Israel Start-up Nation. Long absent after a serious accident in 2019 during a stage reconnaissance, he is not retained by Ineos to compete in the last edition of the Grand Boucle. So here he is again in a new formation where he is still struggling to find his highest level. “I think he still needs time to recover, maybe one more year, after his serious crash”, says the cycling consultant of Europe 1. “This year, if he can win a stage, it would be good for him because he has come back from a long way,” Virenque added.

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