Cycling: Simon Geschke is our Driver of the Year 2022. With his battle for the mountain jersey in the Tour de France, the German has won the hearts of many fans.
In Switzerland its form was indicated
In 36, Simon Geschke showed us that you can still make a leap in development at the age of 2022. The German may have won a tour stage and one or two races in his career, but this season he finally won the hearts of the fans. After a mixed start, he seemed to keep improving as the season progressed. With second place in the Tour de Romandie time trial and third place overall, he set an exclamation mark. Then we went to the Tour de France via the Critérium du Dauphiné – once again the highlight of the season for Simon Geschke. Actually, Simon Geschke wanted to win a stage at this year's Tour de France - again, because in 2015 the native of Berlin already succeeded. However, when he was in the escape group on the ninth stage to Les Portes du Soleil, winning the day was not possible. The peloton didn't let the group go.
Geschke is the mountain king of hearts
Simon Geschke immediately recognized his chance: the mountain jersey was within reach. He grabbed the necessary points and was allowed to wear the white jersey with the red dots from the tenth stage. From now on, his goals changed. Now it was a matter of defending the coveted ranking jersey for as long as possible. At that point in time, Simon Geschke was not yet thinking about an overall victory in the mountain classification. However, since no really stronger competitor emerged in the coming days, the almost impossible goal suddenly came within reach. Simon Geschke went on the offensive. He collected point after point. But when Jonas Vingegaard wanted to decide the Tour de France on the 18th stage, the German still had to give up his jersey. The tour winner from Denmark incidentally received 20 points for his stage win. Geschke should be missing seven points in the end. A bitter end to a great Tour de France. "The man with the most beautiful beard in the peloton" has not only caused enthusiasm in Germany.
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