After three second places, Wout van Aert finally won his stage success on this Tour de France 2022. With a yellow jersey on his back, the Jumbo-Visma rider left alone for the Côte du Cap Blanc Nez, about ten kilometers from Calais. A fantastic stroke of panache. Our compatriot is consolidating his status as a leader.
The scenario at the start of the stage is classic and rather expected. The ending looks like fireworks. Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education-EasyPost) and Anthony Perez (Cofidis) attack from the first kilometers. The mustachioed Dane aims for the points for the peas and goes on the offensive for the third time in three stages in a row. He is accompanied by the adventurer from Cofidis, a specialist in this kind of breakaway. The duo get along and share the prizes: the first 5 climbers for the EF rider and the Lumbres sprint for the Frenchman. They work together at up to forty terminals in Calais. Perez accelerates, Cort Nielsen gets up.