PARIS – Jonas Vingegaard set off for Paris on Sunday to be officially crowned the 2022 Tour de France champion after three weeks and 3,350km of relentless struggle up peaks, over plains and through a crushing heatwave.
The 21st and final stage is a largely ceremonial run which will see the remaining riders sip champagne as they breeze into the French capital.
Vingegaard’s Jumbo teammates celebrated on Saturday night at their transit hotel at Limoges, and were in euphoric mood over breakfast, albeit ribbing their young champion.
“Is this the breakfast for a man who has just won the Tour?,” quipped one of his teammates.
Vingegaard insisted he was…
