Tour de France 2022: Van Aert wins in Lausanne, Pogacar still leader

Wout van Aert Tour - Tour de France 2022: Van Aert wins in Lausanne, Pogacar still leaderfoto: Cor VosWout van Aert wins the uphill sprint finish in Lausanne ahead of Michael Matthews and Tadej Pogacar. The Slovene stays in yellow. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 8th stage 2022 Tour de France

1. Wout van Aert (bel)
2. Michael Matthews (aus) s.t.
3. Tadej Pogacar (slo) s.t.
4. Andreas Kron (den) s.t.
5. Alberto Bettiol (ita) s.t.
6. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) s.t.
7. Benjamin Thomas (fra) s.t.
8. Jonas Vingegaard (den) s.t.
9. Bob Jungels (lux) s.t.
10. Tom Pidcock (gbr) s.t.

GC after stage 8
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 0.39
3. Geraint Thomas (gbr) + 1.14
4. Adam Yates (gbr) + 1.22
5. David Gaudu (fra) + 1.35
6. Romain Bardet (fra) + 1.36
7. Tom Pidcock (gbr) + 1.39
8. Neilson Powless (usa) + 1.41
9. Enric Mas (spa) + 1.47
10. Daniel Felipe Martínez (col) + 1.59

11. Nairo Quintana (col) + 2.10
12. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 2.45
13. Primoz Roglic (slo) + 2.49

Race report
Mattia Cattaneo, Fred Wright and Frederik Frison jump off the front at km 7. They reach a maximum lead of more than 3 minutes.

Frison can’t follow the pace with 60 kilometres to go and is swallowed by the bunch. The other catch is made inside the last 3.5 kilometres.

Wout van Aert powers to victory in the uphill sprint finish, while Tadej Pogacar cements his GC lead with a time bonus of 4 seconds.

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