Wout Van Aert won stage 8 of the Tour de France 2022 , which ran in Switzerland, from Dole to Lausanne with an uphill finish, 186km long with 4 mountain Grand Prix of modest difficulty.

The Belgian, who consolidates the green jersey as leader of the points classification, beat Michael Matthews and Tadej Pogacar in the sprint.

The race was characterized by a long escape of the Italian Mattia Cattaneo and the English Fred Wright , reached and overcome just under ten km from the finish.

Slovenian Tadej Pogacar retains the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification, increasing Jonas Vingegaard 's advantage thanks to a 4-second bonus. Good 5th place for the Italian Alberto Bettiol .

Order of arrival:

1 VAN AERT Wout ( Jumbo-Visma)

2 MATTHEWS Michael (Team BikeExchange) st

3 POGAČAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) st

4 KRON Andreas (Lot Soudal) st

5 BETTIOL Alberto (EF Education-EasyPost) st

6 VLASOV Aleksandr (BORA-hansgrohe) st

7 THOMAS Benjamin (Cofidis) st

8 VINGEGAARD Jonas (Jumbo-Visma ) st

9 JUNGELS Bob (AG2R Citroen Team) st

10 PIDCOCK Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) st  

Overall ranking:

1 POGAČAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates)

2 VINGEGAARD Jonas (Jumbo-Visma) at 0:39

3 THOMAS Geraint (INEOS Grenadiers) 1:14

4 YATES Adam (INEOS Grenadiers) 1:22

5 GAUDU David (Groupama - FDJ) 1:35

6 BARDET Romain (Team DSM) 1:36

7 PIDCOCK Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) 1:39

8 POWLESS Neilson (EF Education-EasyPost) 1:41

9 MAS Enric (Movistar Team) 1:47

10 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe (INEOS Grenadiers) 1:59

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