Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard is the Tour de France champion-elect after winning the time trial on the penultimate stage with another epic ride.
Jonas Vingegaard has had to overcome one heart-in-mouth moment in yellow before effectively sealing a dazzling Tour de France triumph.Cycling's new great Dane finished runner-up to his colossal teammate Wout van Aert in an epic time-trial battle on the 20th and penultimate stage on Saturday.
"I think I almost had a heart attack when that happened. Just when I thought I was not taking big risks, I made a mistake going into the corner," Vingegaard was able to laugh later.Taking things more carefully after the scare, he finished only 19 seconds behind his Jumbo-Visma colleague van Aert, who again demonstrated amazing power and versatility by winning his third stage of a breathtaking Tour in 47:59.
"It means everything, it's really incredible. It's the biggest thing within cycling and we did it!" said 25-year-old Vingegaard, who was in tears after being greeted at the finish line by his girlfriend and daughter.
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