Summary

  • Leader Tadej Pogacar wins stage 20, the penultimate stage

  • Pogacar hoping to become first man to win Tour and Giro d'Italia in same year since Marco Pantani in 1998

Live Reporting

Joe Rindl

  1. All set for tomorrow's time trial!

    Well that's all from another epic stage at the Tour de France which, inevitably, ended with a Tadej Pogacar win.

    And hey, you wouldn't back against his making it stage victory number six in the time trial tomorrow, would you?

    Join me again for the final stage of this year's tour where Pog will almost certainly be crowned a three-time winner.

    Until then, take care!

    Stage 21ASO

  2. Pogacar in pole position

    So to summarise..

    Overall leader Tadej Pogacar won for a fifth time at this Tour de France as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard came second on stage 20 and Remco Evenepoel third, around a minute behind.

    With just Sunday's concluding time trial to come, two-time champion Pogacar has a lead of five minutes and 14 seconds over Vingegaard.

  3. General Classification after stage 20

    1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 82hrs 53mins 32secs
    2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +5mins 14secs
    3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal- Quick Step) +8mins 04sec
    4. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +16mins 45secs
    5. Mikel Landa (Spa/Soudal-Quick Step) +17mins 25secs
    6. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +21mins 11secs
    7. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +21mins 12secs
    8. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/Visma-Lease a Bike) 24mins 26secs
    9. Derek Gee (Can/Israel- Premier Tech) +24mins 50secs
    10. Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Lidl-Trek) +25mins 48secs

  4. Tadej Pogacar is the first rider to win five stages at a single Tour de France since German sprinter Marcel Kittel in 2017.

  5. High five for Pogacar

    That's the salute which says it all.

    A fifth stage victory of the 2024 Tour de France for Tadej Pogacar.

    Tadel PogacarEPA

  6. Richard Caraoaz is third and then Remco Evenpoel crosses the line about 55 seconds down.

  7. Jonas Vingegaard comes second. What a reminder from the defending champion.

  8. Five wins and counting! He's unstoppable.

  9. Tadej Pogacar wins stage 20
    Breaking

  10. Jonas is dropped.

  11. Last push. Pog goes.

  12. Jonas flicks the elbow. Pog goes on to the front.

  13. Will Jonas Vingegaard outsprint the yellow jersey? He's done it once before this tour.

  14. He's dropped. Just the top two remain!

  15. Inside the last Km.

    Carapaz is battling to hold the wheel.

  16. Remco Evenepoel is thirty seconds off the leaders.

  17. This was the podium in 2021 remember. Cycling heritage.

  18. Enric Mas is dropped. Somehow Richard Carapaz holds on.

  19. Vingegaard and Pogacar make it to Carapaz and Mas. There's a group of four at the front.

  20. Carapaz attacks one last time. Mas follows. Their lead stretches to 12 seconds.