Photos: Tour De France riders complete four stages over first weekend
Aaronn Sittig
Belgian rider Wout van Aert won the hilly fourth stage of the 2022 Tour de France and extended his overall lead after attacking strongly on the day’s final climb on Tuesday.
The Belgian rider kept the leader’s yellow jersey for the Jumbo–Visma team after taking it for the first time on Saturday.
He also extended his lead in the green jersey contest for best sprinter. Van Aert shook up the peloton when he surged ahead up the last of the five climbs — a 900-meter ascent up Cote du Cap Blanc-Nez at a gradient of 7.5 % — about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the end.
He said he felt an early attack was the best way to avoid a mass sprint at the line.
“I didn’t want to take the risk of losing anymore. It was quite obvious that we were trying something with the team,” he said. “I went full gas to see what would happen. I went all out.”
The 27-year-old Van Aert is considered one of the best multi-skilled riders in the world and is a former three-time cyclo-cross world champion and a one-day classics specialist. The Jumbo-Visma rider flapped his hands like a bird’s wings as he sat up on his bike.
He crossed the line eight seconds clear of countryman Jasper Philipsen of the Alpecin–Fenix team, with Jumbo-Visma teammate Christophe Laporte taking third place in a sprint finish.
Wednesday’s fifth stage is a flat stage for sprinters over 157 kilometers (97 miles) starting at Lille Metropole and going over some of the feared cobblestones that feature on the Paris-Roubaix one-day classic.
The first three stages of the 109th edition of the race took place in Denmark between July 1 and 3 before the race moved to France. It ends on July 24 in Paris.
Reporting by Associated Press.
Belgium’s Wout Van Aert, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey arrives at the signing ceremony prior to the start of the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 171.5 kilometers (106.6 miles) with start in Dunkerque and finish in Calais, France, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole ) A woman cheers the riders, as she stands at her window, during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 171.5 kilometers (106.6 miles) with start in Dunkerque and finish in Calais, France, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) The pack crosses the village of Cassel during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 171.5 kilometers (106.6 miles) with start in Dunkerque and finish in Calais, France, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) A supporter watches the riders during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 171.5 kilometers (106.6 miles) with start in Dunkerque and finish in Calais, France, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) Denmark’s Magnus Cort Nielsen, wearing the best climber’s dotted jersey, and France’s Anthony Perez, right, ride in the breakeway as they cross the village of Cassel during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 171.5 kilometers (106.6 miles) with start in Dunkerque and finish in Calais, France, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) The pack of riders cycles during the fourth stage of the Tour de France on July 5, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images) The pack rides during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 171.5 kilometers (106.6 miles) with start in Dunkerque and finish in Calais, France, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) The pack rides during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 171.5 kilometers (106.6 miles) with start in Dunkerque and finish in Calais, France, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole) Belgium’s Wout Van Aert, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey celebrates after winning the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 171.5 kilometers (106.6 miles) with start in Dunkerque and finish in Calais, France, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (Guillaume Horcajuelo/pool photo via AP) Spectators line the race route at the start of the third stage of the Tour de France on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images) A pack of riders cycles during the third stage of the Tour de France on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images) EF Education-Easypost team’s Danish rider Magnus Cort Nielsen wearing the climber’s dotted jersey cycles in a breakaway during the third stage of the Tour de France on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images) A pack of riders cycles past fields during the third stage of the Tour de France in Denmark, on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images) A large crowd of spectators cheers as the pack of riders cycles during the third stage of the Tour de France on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images) Team Bikeexchange-Jayco team’s Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen (R) celebrates his victory flanked by second placed Jumbo-Visma team’s Belgian rider Wout Van Aert (C) and Alpecin-Deceuninck team’s Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen as they cross the finish line of the third stage of the Tour de France on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images) Team Bikeexchange-Jayco team’s Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the third stage of the Tour de France on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images) Spectators cycle on a tightrope along the race route of the second stage of the Tour de France in Denmark, on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team’s Belgian rider Yves Lampaert wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey (C) cycles with the pack of riders during the second stage of the Tour de France on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images) Spectators waving Danish flags line the race route during the 2nd stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Denmark on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images) Spectators stand around and lay on their red-dotted caravan near the road at The Great Belt Bridge in Halsskov during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Roskilde and Nyborg, Denmark on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/ Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) The Peloton arrives at Hoeve Straede during the second stage of Tour de France between Roskilde and Nyborg, Denmark on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) The pack of riders cycles across the Great Belt Fixed Link bridge (Storebaelt) during the second stage of the Tour de France on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images) The peloton passes the Great Belt Bridge during the second stage of the Tour de France on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) A pack of riders cycles across the Great Belt Fixed Link bridge (Storebaelt) during the second stage of the Tour de France on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team’s Belgian rider Yves Lampaert wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey mounts his bicycle after suffering a crash with Totalenergies team’s French rider Anthony Turgis, EF Education-Easypost team’s Portuguese rider Ruben Antonio Almeida Guerreiro and B&B Hotels-KTM team’s Italian rider Luca Mozzato, on a bridge in the final kilometers of the second stage of the Tour de France on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Etienne Garnier/AFP via Getty Images) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team’s Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen (L) celebrates flanked by second place Jumbo-Visma team’s Belgian rider Wout Van Aert as they cross the finish line to win the second stage of the Tour de France in Denmark on July 2, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images) Grass on a hillside grows in and around a bicycle shape mowed into the landscape along the route of the second stage of the Tour de France on June 16, 2022. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) The facade of a house has been decorated by residents with red dots ahead of the Tour de France in the city of Diernaes, South Jutland, Denmark on June 17, 2022. (Photo by Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) A house is painted with a cyclist in preparation of the Tour de France cycling race in the city of Jerlev, southern Denmark on June 17, 2022. (Photo by Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) Tractors and strawballs form a bike-shaped sculpture along the route of the third stage of the Tour de France on June 23, 2022. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) Four climbers in Tour de France jerseys let themselves down along the facade of the Hotel Bella Sky during the official opening of the press center of the Tour de France in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 28, 2022. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) Jumbo-Visma team’s Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic cycles during a training session, in Bjerge near Copenhagen on June 30, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images) Helpers install the starting area for the individual time trial competition at Noerre Farimagsgade in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 30, 2022. (Photo by Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) Jumbo-Visma team’s riders cycle during a training session in Bjerge near Copenhagen on June 30, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team’s Belgian rider Yves Lampaert cycles to the finish line during the first stage of the Tour de France in Copenhagen Denmark on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images) EF Education Easypost team’s Colombian rider Rigoberto Uran takes the start of the first stage of the Tour de France on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux team’s Norwegian rider Alexander Kristoff cycles during the first stage of the Tour de France on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images) Friends and cycling fans Frederik Hestbaek (L) and Jakob Skaarup clink red wine glasses as they stand along the route in Oesterbrogade, Copenhagen on July 1, 2022. (Photo by Olafur Steinar Gestsson/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
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