Tour de France: Lampaert in yellow as Thomas rallies after clothing error

  • Belgian wins Copenhagen time trial ahead of Wout van Aert
  • Thomas forgot to remove gilet before rain-soaked first stage

Geraint Thomas of Ineos Grenadiers survived a clothing error in the Copenhagen rain to make a solid start to the 2022 Tour de France, as the race got under way with an opening individual time trial in the Danish capital.

Thomas, who won on a similarly drenched course at the start of the 2018 Tour in Dusseldorf, raced in a sleeveless gilet over his aerodynamic kit after forgetting to remove it following his warm-up. “That was the worst first half of a time trial that I have ever done,” the Welshman said.

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