Vingegaard loved an enormous lead over primary rival Tadej Pogacar going into the remaining day.
Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard has received the Excursion de France for a 2d immediately 12 months as biking’s maximum storied race completed at the famed Champs-Elysees.
With an enormous lead constructed up over primary rival Tadej Pogacar, the 2020 and 2021 winner, Vingegaard knew the victory used to be successfully his once more earlier than the in large part ceremonial level on the finish of the one hundred and tenth version of the Excursion on Sunday.
Vingegaard drank champagne together with his Jumbo-Visma teammates as they covered up in combination and posed for pictures on the best way to Paris.
It were a three-week slog over 3,405km (2,116 miles) with 8 mountain levels throughout 5 mountain levels. Vingegaard seized regulate of the race over two levels within the Alps.
The Yellow King! 💛
Le @MaillotjauneLCL du #TDF2023 ! %.twitter.com/mtCG3gRY1n
— Excursion de France™ (@LeTour) July 23, 2023
Little had separated the 2 opponents till Vingegaard completed a time trial one minute, 38 seconds forward of Pogacar on Tuesday after which adopted up the next day to come by way of completing the hardest mountain level of the race virtually six mins forward of his exhausted rival.
“I’m long past, I’m useless,” Pogacar stated.
The Slovenian rider answered by way of profitable the penultimate level on Saturday however Vingegaard nonetheless had an insurmountable lead of 7 mins, 29 seconds going into the overall level – a most commonly ceremonial level which is contested on the finish by way of the sprinters.
“We must be cautious to not do anything else silly,” Vingegaard warned on Saturday, “however yeah, it’s superb to take my 2d victory within the Excursion de France”.
Wauw! #Vingegaard did it once more! First Dane to win the #TourDeFrance two times! He’s so superb 💛 I’m so satisfied – congratulations 💛 %.twitter.com/3j8qH7aewO
— Margrethe Vestager (@vestager) July 23, 2023
Belgian bike owner Jordi Meeus received the overall level in a photograph end between 4 riders at the line, simply forward of Jasper Philipsen, Dylan Groenewegen and Mads Pedersen.
“It used to be my first Excursion. It used to be an excellent great revel in already up to now and to take the win these days is an out of this world feeling,” Meeus stated.
