Australians at Tour de France 2022: Results, riders, teams, schedule, stages, how to watch, TV channel

Kieran Francis

Australians at Tour de France 2022: Results, riders, teams, schedule, stages, how to watch, TV channel image

The world's most famous cycling race - Tour de France - has wrapped up for another year.

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar was the favourite to win his third consecutive general classification title, but Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard took out the famous race for the first time.

Here's how the Aussies fared in France.

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Australian results and positions at Tour de France 2022

General Classification (after final stage)

Rider Team Overall Pos. Time to leader Top 20 Stage Finishes
Nick Schultz Team BikeExchange-Jayco 23 +01h 39' 41'' 13th (S2), 9th (S3), 2nd (S10), 11th (S17), 16th (S20)
Michael Storer Groupama-FDJ 35 +02h 23' 15'' 5th (S16)
Chris Hamilton Team DSM 38 +02h 25' 38''  
Michael Matthews Team BikeExchange-Jayco 78 +03h 45' 59'' 17th (S1), 9th (S4), 2nd (S6), 2nd (S8), 1st (S14)
Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal 135 +05h 40' 42'' 10th (S19), 8th (S21)
Simon Clarke Israel-Premier Tech COVID-19   1st (S5), 17th (S10)
Luke Durbridge Team BikeExchange-Jayco COVID-19    
Ben O'Connor AG2R Citroen Injury    
Jack Haig Bahrain Victorious Crashed out    

What were the Tour de France schedule and stages?

# Date/Coverage Time (AEST) Length Stage Winner
1 July 2, 12am 13.2 km (8.2 miles) Copenhagen to Copenhagen (individual time-trial) Yves Lampaert
2 July 2, 8.10pm 202.5 km (125.8 miles) Roskilde to Nyborg (flat) Fabio Jakobsen
3 July 3, 9pm 182 km (113.1 miles) Vejle to Sonderborg (flat) Dylan Groenewegen
Transfer July 4 -- NA --
4 July 5, 9.30pm 171.5 km (106.6 miles) Dunkerque to Calais (hilly) Wout van Aert
5 July 6, 9.30pm 157 km (97.6 miles) Lille Metropole to Arenberge Porte du Hainaut (hilly) Simon Clarke
6 July 7, 8.10pm 220 km (136.7 miles) Binche to Longwy (hilly)  Tadej Pogačar
7 July 8, 9pm 176.5 km (109.7 miles) Tomblaine to La Super Planche des Belles Filles (mountain)  Tadej Pogačar
8 July 9, 9pm 186.5 km (115.9 miles) Dole to Lausanne (hilly)  Wout van Aert
9 July 10, 9.30pm 193 km (119.9 miles) Aigle to Chatel Les Portes du Soleil (mountain)  Bob Jungels
Rest day July 11 -- Morzine Les Portes du Soleil --
10 July 12, 9.30pm 148.5 km (92.3 miles) Morzine Les Portes du Soleil to Megeve (hilly) Magnus Cort
11 July 13, 8.30pm 152 km (94.4 miles) Albertville to Col du Granon Serre Chevalier (mountain) Jonas Vingegaard
12 July 14, 9pm 165.5 km (102.8 miles) Briancon to Alpe D'Huez (mountain) Tom Pidcock
13 July 15, 9pm 193 km (119.9 miles) Le Bourg D'Oisanas to Saint-Etienne (flat) Mads Pedersen
14 July 16, 8.10pm 192.5 km (119.6 miles) Saint-Etienne to Mende (hilly) Michael Matthews
15 July 17, 9pm 202.5 km (125.8 miles) Rodez to Carcassonne (flat) Jasper Philipsen
Rest day July 18 -- Carcassonne --
16 July 19, 8.30pm 178.5 km (110.9 miles) Carcassonne to Foix (hilly) Hugo Houle
17 July 20, 9.10pm 130 km (80.8 miles) Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes (mountain) Tadej Pogačar
18 July 21, 9.30pm 143.5 km (89.2 miles) Lourdes to Hautacam (mountain) Jonas Vingegaard
19 July 22, 9.10pm 188.5 km (117.1 miles) Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors (flat) Christophe Laporte
20 July 23, 9pm 40.7 km (25.3 miles) Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour (individual time-trial) Wout van Aert
21 July 25, 12.30am 116 km (72.1 miles) Paris La Defense Arena to Paris Champs-Elysees Jasper Philipsen

Tour de France teams 2022

There are 22 teams in the 2022 Tour de France, with eight riders per team for a total of 176 cyclists in the field. Last year, Bahrain Victorious won the team classification, snapping a run of three straight victories by Movistar Team.

Team Country
AG2R Citroën Team France
Astana Qazaqstan Team Kazakhstan
Bahrain Victorious Bahrain
Bora-Hansgrohe Germany
Cofidis France
Ef Educations - Easypost United States
Groupama - FDJ France
Ineos Grenadiers Great Britain
Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux Belgium
Israel-Premier Tech Israel
Jumbo-Visma Netherlands
Lotto Soudal Belgium
Movistar Team Spain
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team Belgium
Team BikeExchange Jayco Australia
Team DSM Germany
Trek - Segafredo United States
UAE Team Emirates United Arab Emirates
Alpecin-Fenix Belgium
Team Arkea-Samsic France
B&B Hotels-KTM France
Totalenergies France
Tadej Pogacar

Tour de France past winners

Pogačar was unable to claim his third straight win in the Tour de France, which would have made him the sixth cyclist to win the event in at least three consecutive years. The others are Louison Bobet (1953-55), Jacques Anquetil (1961-64), Eddy Merckx (1969-72), Miguel Induráin (1991-95) and Chris Froome (2015-17).

Lance Armstrong won seven straight races from 1999 to 2005, but his victories have been vacated due to doping.

Year Winner Nationality
2022 Jonas Vingegaard Denmark
2021 Tadej Pogačar Slovenia
2020 Tadej Pogačar Slovenia
2019 Egan Bernal Colombia
2018 Geraint Thomas Wales
2017 Chris Froome England
2016 Chris Froome England
2015 Chris Froome England
2014 Vincenzo Nibali Italy
2013 Chris Froome England
2012 Bradley Wiggins England
2011 Cadel Evans Australia
2010 Andy Schleck* Luxembourg
2009 Alberto Contador Spain
2008 Carlos Sastre Spain
2007 Alberto Contador Spain
2006 Oscar Pereiro** Spain
2005 Lance Armstrong*** USA
2004 Lance Armstrong*** USA
2003 Lance Armstrong*** USA
2002 Lance Armstrong*** USA
2001 Lance Armstrong*** USA
2000 Lance Armstrong*** USA
1999 Lance Armstrong*** USA
1998 Marco Pantani Italy

*Aberto Contadro won the race, but failed a drug test later

**Floyd Landis won the race, but failed a drug test later

***Lance Armstrong has had all his titles vacated due to doping. No winner was named in his place. 

 

How to watch the Tour de France in Australia

The Tour de France is once again being telecast live and exclusively in Australia by SBS on free-to-air and digital television.

Broadcast will commence July 2, 12am (AEST) for stage one, but subsequent stages will be telecast between 8pm-9pm (AEST), with the final stage commencing at 12.30am (AEST).

The race can also be watched by downloading the SBS Skoda Tour Tracker app, with vision able to be viewed on devices and also via Chromecast to television.

When does the Tour de France start?

The Tour de France began on July 2, 12am (AEST) with stage 1 - an individual time-trial held in Copenhagen, Denmark.

After the first three stages of racing in Denmark, the Tour has transferred over to France. There were 21 days of racing and two rest days, with the event concluding with stage 21 into Paris' Champs-Elysees on July 24.

Which Australians are contenders in the Tour de France?

(Written pre-race)

Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroen)

Australia's no.1 hope to win the Tour, O'Connor shot to prominence after finishing fourth in the Tour de France general classification in 2021 - also winning stage nine.

The 26-year-old also finished third behind Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard in last month's Criterium du Dauphine - which is the traditional warm-up race for the Tour.

Team leader O'Connor will be aiming for the podium and should be thereabouts throughout the three weeks.

Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious)

Haig is Australia's other podium contender in the Tour de France, having finished third at the Vuelta a Espana in 2021.

The 28-year-old - who isn't the team leader at Bahrain - has also produced consistent results in the one-week tours in 2022.

Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange-Jayco)

Matthews - who won the Tour de France points classification in 2017 - will be thereabouts in the green jersey, hoping to add to the three stages he has won before.

The 31-year-old recently won the points classification at the Tour de Suisse 2022 to underline his solid form heading into the Tour.

Michael Matthews

Michael Storer (Groupama-FDJ)

Storer is making his Tour de France debut after winning the King of the Mountains jersey and two stages at the Vuelta a Espana in 2021.

He is expected to share team leadership with French veteran Thibaut Pinot and David Gaudu.

Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal)

Sprint victories will once again be on the menu for Caleb Ewan, with the five-time stage winner leading Lotto Soudal.

Ewan failed to win a stage at the Giro d'Italia earlier this year and will be looking make amends on the Tour.

Kieran Francis

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Kieran Francis is a senior editor at The Sporting News based in Melbourne, Australia. He started at Sportal.com.au before being a part of the transition to Sporting News in 2015. Just prior to the 2018 World Cup, he was appointed chief editor of Goal.com in Australia. He has now returned to The Sporting News where his passions lay in football, AFL, poker and cricket - when he is not on holiday.