The 39-year-old Movistar Team rider and Tour favorite beat compatriot Demi Föhlering by 3 minutes 48 seconds in an eight-stage cycling race. Katarzyna “Kasia” Niewiadoma from Poland took third place.
Van Vleuten finished second. 1st place in the world, won the seventh and eighth stages.
Team SD Worx’s Vollering received the polka dot Queen of the Mountains jersey, while Trek-Segafredo’s Shirin van Anroij was the best of the young riders, receiving the white jersey for 2022.
Canyon-SRAM Racing was the best team overall, beating out FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope and Trek-Segafredo.
The race covered 1,029 kilometers (639 miles) in the east of France and finished atop La Super Planche des Belles Filles.
It was the first women’s Tour de France since 1989.
