Tour de France 2022: Luxembourg's Bob Jungels claims comfortable stage nine win
Luxembourg's Bob Jungels soloed to a superb first stage victory at the Tour de France on stage nine.
The AG2R Citroen rider attacked on the penultimate categorised climb and stayed clear for over 60km after opening up a gap on the descent.
France's Thibaut Pinot threatened to catch him but ended up finishing fourth behind Spaniards Jonathan Castroviejo and Carlos Verona.
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar finished fifth and remains the overall race leader.
Pogacar, who is aiming to win the race for a third consecutive year, strengthened his position in the yellow jersey, taking time out of most of his general classification rivals, bar Jonas Vingegaard, with a sprint to the finish.
The duo both picked up three seconds on Britain's Geraint Thomas, who finished alongside his Ineos Grenadiers team-mate Adam Yates, with Tom Pidock a further four seconds adrift.
BBC
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