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Words by William Fotheringham. Graphics by Finbarr Sheehy and Harvey Symons

Tour de France 2022: stage-by-stage guide to this year’s race

Tadej Pogacar celebrates his victory in the 2021 Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees at the end of the final stage.
Tadej Pogacar celebrates his victory in the 2021 Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images

Stage 1, Friday 1 July: individual time trial, Copenhagen, 13.2km

A tour of the Danish capital’s beauty spots – the Little Mermaid, the Kastellet fortress, the Tivoli Gardens – in a time trial opener that is long enough to create real time gaps between the main contenders, and has a wealth of corners to cause mayhem if it rains. The distance will suit Primoz Roglic but the big favourite will be a specialist such as Filippo Ganna (Ineos) or Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma).

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