Van Aert seals Tour de France green jersey four days before Paris
Belgian 🍎builds unassailable lead at stage 17 inte🍸rmediate sprint

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Wout van Aert mathematically sealed victory in the points classification of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France with four-and-a-half stages to spare, after he took s🐬econd place in the intermediate sprint in on stage 17.
The Jumbo-Visma rider placed second behind his compatriot Jasper Philipsen in the early sprint at La Barthe-de-Neste, bringing his running tally of♑ points to ﷽399.
That give him an unassailable lead of 217 points over Tadej Pogacar. Provided Van Aert makes𝓡 it safely to Paris, he will become the first Belgian winner of the points classification since Tom Boonen in 2007.
Van Aert has led the points classification since stage 2 in Nyborg, when he also moved into the maillot jaune. The Belgian held the race lead foౠr five stages before swapping yellow for green i🍬n Longwy.
In yet another all-action Tour, Van Aert has helped himself to two stage wins, at Calais and Lausanne, as well as serving as race leader𓂃 Jonas Vingegaard’s most valuable domestique. He has also animated the race with a series of long-range attacks, including a remarkable onslaught on the very day he lost the yellow jersey at Longwy.
On Tuesday’s opening day in the Pyrenees, Van Aert’s balanced his green j⛄ersey ambitions with his duties on Vingegaard’s behalf. He was part of the day’s early break, sweeping up points at the int🌠ermediate sprint, before dropping back to pace his teammate from the top of the Mur de Péguère to the finish in Foix.
Van Aert’s importance to Vingegaard’s cause has increased in the final week of th🎀e Tour following⭕ the abandons of Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruijswijk, prompting France Télévisions to refer to him as the team’s ‘Swiss Army Knife.’
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If Vingegaard succeeds in maintaining his overall lead to the fi🍸nish, Jumbo-Visma would become the first team since Telekom in 1997 to carry both the yellow and green jerseys to Paris.

Barry Ryan was Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Toಌur de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appꦿeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of , published by Gill Books.