Annemieke Van Vleuten (Movistar Team) left no doubt who the strongest rider in the 2022 Tour de France femme was. Wearing the maillot jaune, the stage 7 winner attacked early on the finish climb of La Super Planche des Belle Filles to take the mountains jersey and finish second overall, 3:48 behind Van Vleuten, with Demi Vollaring (Team SD (Team SD-Works), who finished second overall, 3:48 behind Van Vleuten, to take the stage win by 30 seconds.

Behind these two riders, who had ridden one rank higher, a close battle for the final podium and the top five continued. Kasia Nieviadoma (Canyon-SRAM) finished fourth in this stage and defended her third place on GC by 6:35.

Juliette Labouse (Team DSM), winner of the Vuelta a Burgos in May, confirmed her stage racing talent by finishing fourth overall, 7:28 behind.

Silvia Persico (Valcar Travel & Service) sprinted away from Niwiadoma and Lovace in the final meters to take third place on the day.

Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek Segafredo) also finished in sixth place, 26 seconds behind Persico. The two Italians benefited from the misfortune of Cecilie Uttrup-Ludwig (FDJ Suez Futuroscope), who dropped out of the pack midway up the finish climb and lost over a minute to Persico. Utrup-Ludwig finished the race in seventh place, 8:59 behind.

Teammate Evita Mujic (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) was eighth, 13 minutes and 54 seconds behind, followed by Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) in ninth. The American rider, in her first full competition of the season, turned heads with a strong climb and moved up two places on the final day to finish in Van Vleuten with a 15:05 lead.

Mavi Garcia (UAE Team ADQ) entered the breakaway on the Baron d'Alsace and tried to win the stage, but was passed by Van Vleuten on the finishing climb. In the end, the Spanish champion finished the stage in ninth place, 15:15 behind the GC leader in 10th place.

Élise Chabbey (Canyon-SRAM) dropped out of the top 10 on the final stage, finishing 11th, 16:44 behind. Ashley Moolman-Pasio (Team SD Works) was unable to start stage 8 due to an infection, leaving Lierjanne Marx (Team Jambovisma) in 18:27, Jara Castellaine (Planteur-Pras) in 19:53, and Shirin van Unrooy in 25:50 ( Trek-Segafredo) moved up one place. As the best young athlete, van Ambrooy won the white jersey.

Tamara Dronova (Roland Cogeas-Edelweiss Squad) and Rian Lippert (Team DSM) moved up several places in the GC, finishing 15th and 16th in 28:51 and 29:49, respectively. Mie Ottestad (Uno X Pro Cycling Team) was 17th, one second behind Lippert.

Erika Magnardi (UAE Team ADQ) finished the race in 18th place with 30:15, ahead of Alena Amialiushik (Canyon-SRAM) who dropped to 19th place with 30:51. Kristen Faulkner (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) finished this stage in 20th place, 27 minutes behind in 105th. That left Grace Brown of FDJ SUEZ Futuroscope in the top 20, 31:01 behind winner Van Vleuten.

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Here is a summary of all the competition taking place at the Tour de France. For a more comprehensive description, including minor events such as intermediate sprint prizes and fighting spirit prizes, click here.

Yellow jersey/Mayo Jaune - worn by the overall leader who finishes the stage with the lowest cumulative time.

Green Jersey - The green jersey is a points award. Points are awarded for one of the two intermediate sprints during the stage and for the stage finish, and the rider with the most points leads the ranking.

Polka Dot Jersey - The red and white polka dot jersey is the mountain class. During the Tour de France, points are awarded to the first rider over certain hills and climbs, and the most difficult the mountain, the more points are awarded. Once again, the rider with the most points leads the standings.

White Jersey - The white jersey is the best of the young riders. It works the same way as the yellow jersey, but only athletes under the age of 25 can win it.