MOSCOW, Jul 24 Dane Jonas Wingegaard from Team Jumbo-Visma wins general classification of the Tour de France multi-day race. Vingegaard took 77th place in the final, 21st stage of the multi-day race, which finished in Paris. The Belgian rider of the Alpecin-Deceuninck team, Jesper Philipsen, became the first, who covered the distance of 115.6 km in 2 hours 58 minutes 32 seconds. The Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen of Bikeexchange-Jayco finished second, while Norwegian Alexander Kristoff of Intermarche — Wanty — Gobert Materiaux finished third. Russian Bora-Hansgrohe cyclist Alexander Vlasov, who competes under a neutral flag, became 25th. Wingegaard's result is 79 hours 33 minutes 20 seconds. He won the Tour de France for the first time. The second place was taken by the winner of the Tour de France 2020 and 2021 Slovenian Tadej Pogacar from UAE Team Emirates (lag — 2 minutes 43 seconds), the third place was taken by the winner of the 2018 stage race Geraint Thomas from Briton from Ineos Grenadiers (+7.22). Vlasov, for whom this «Tour de France» was the first in his career, showed the fifth result (+15.46). The Russian for the first time in 14 years got into the top five in the overall standings of the «Tour de France». In 2008, Denis Menshov became fourth. After the disqualification of the Austrian Bernard Kohl for doping, the representative of Russia rose to third place.
