The Luxembourger Bob Jungels missed the 2021 Tour and Tokyo Olympics with endofibrosis but UAE Team Emirates’ Tadej Pogacar leads overall by 39 seconds
Last modified on Sun 10 Jul 2022 17.57 BSTTour de FranceJungels, who endured a lean period in his career before being diagnosed with endofibrosis, a narrowing of the arteries, missed both the 2021 Tour and the Tokyo Olympic Games due to iliac artery surgery. His win will have also offered some comfort to a team shocked by the collapse in form of leader Ben O’Connor, who placed fourth overall in the 2021 Tour.“It’s hard to say what I feel right now,” Jungels said. “I’m just overwhelmed.
Jungels was part of a 21-rider breakaway that included several notables, with past Tour stage winners such as Rigoberto Urán, Wout Van Aert, Thibaut Pinot and Warren Barguil among the group.
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