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Farewell Tour TdF22-129
This Tour de France has definitely been a changing of the guard. This is another reason why, Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal) is rolling down a start ramp for the last time in the Tour de France. He has announced that he will retire at the end of this season. He turned 40 in the middle of this Tour de France, and that is a pretty common age to step off the bike. He is a former Belgium champion, and World Champion. I suggest looking at his wikipedia page to see just how great his career has been. He didn't exactly burn up the course today finishing in 115th place. Still that is considerably faster than I have ever been able to ride. He rode an average of just over 44 kph!