Summary

  • Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar wins stage 20 and also claims yellow jersey

  • At 21, he becomes the youngest winner for 110 years

  • Compatriot Primoz Roglic let 57 second lead slip and now 59 seconds behind

  • Australian Richie Porte third in the overall standings

  • Tradition dictates leader is not attacked on Sunday's final stage to Paris

  1. Postpublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Julian Alaphilippe crossed the line five minutes down on team-mate Remi Cavagna.

    So no repeat of that astonshing time trial win in Pau last year whatsoever.

    The Frenchman will settle for a stage win, a few days in yellow and potentially the most combative rider prize from this year's Tour.

    (I think the most combative should go to Marc Hirschi FWIW).

  2. Postpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Enric Mas gets underway. Any way he can make up nearly a minute to overhaul fellow Spaniard Mikel Landa in fifth?

  3. Postpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Lennard Kamna - stage winner and one of the stars of this year's Tour - has just finished in seventh place.

  4. Postpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Tony Martin is pinning Primoz Roglic's numbers onto the yellow skinsuit.

    If you're going to ask one person to do that in the most aerodynamic fashion possible, you may as well ask a four-time world TT champion.

  5. Top 10 as it standspublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    1. Remi Cavagna (Fra/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) 57mins 54secs

    2. David de la Cruz (Spa/UAE Team Emirates) +41secs

    3. Soren Kragh Andersen (Den/Team Sunweb) +2mins

    4. Max Schachmann (Ger/Bora-Hansgrohe) Same time

    5. Alessandro de Marchi (Ita/CCC Team) +2mins 07secs

    6. Thomas de Gednt (Bel/Lotto Soudal) +2mins 12secs

    7. Jan Polanc (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 14secs

    8. Kasper Asgreen (Den/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) +2mins 31secs

    9. Simon Geschke (Ger/CCC Team) +2mins 39secs

    10. Nelson Oliveira (Por/Movistar) +2mins 43secs

  6. Yates startspublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Right, here goes Britain's Adam Yates.

    Can he hold on to seventh overall?

    He'll try to limit his losses to Rigoberto Uran on the flat section and then make up time on the climb.

  7. Postpublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Tadej Pogacar is warming up.

    Headphones - on. Sunglasses - on. Top - off. Cotton wool - in nose.

  8. Postpublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Rigoberto Uran rolls down the start ramp.

    He needs to make up 11 seconds to overhaul Adam Yates and is the better time trialist of the two.

  9. Postpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Thibaut Pinot has reached the foot of La Planche des Belles Filles and has switched to his road bike.

  10. Postpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Alejandro Valverde and Tom Dumoulin have set off.

    We're approaching the business end of the GC now.

  11. General classification after stage 19published at 15:59 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    1. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-Visma) 83hrs 29mins 41secs

    2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +57secs

    3. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col/Astana) +1mins 27secs

    4. Richie Porte (Aus/Trek-Segafredo) +3mins 06secs

    5. Mikel Landa (Spa/Bahrain McLaren) +3mins 28secs

    6. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) +4mins 19secs

    7. Adam Yates (GB/Mitchelton-Scott) +5mins 55secs

    8. Rigoberto Uran (Col/EF Pro Cycling) +6mins 05secs

    9. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Jumbo-Visma) +7mins 24secs

    10. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +12mins 12secs

  12. Postpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Wout van Aert is 39 seconds down on leader Remi Cavagna at the first time check.

    That's surprising. And surely too much time to make up on the climb.

    The Belgian may well decide to give up on trying to win today now and refocus his attention to trying to win in Paris tomorrow instead.

  13. Mountains classification after stage 19published at 15:55 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    1. Richard Carapaz (Ecu/Ineos Grenadiers) - 74 points

    2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) - 72

    3. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-Visma) - 67

    4. Marc Hirschi (Swi/Team Sunweb) - 62

    5. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col/Astana) - 51

  14. Postpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Ineos' Richard Carapaz rolls down the start ramp in polka dots.

    The Ecuadorian has a different main aim to the rest of the field today - his time up La Planche des Belles Filles is what really matters, not his overall time.

    If Carapaz can beat Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic's times up the climb, he is guaranteed a place on the podium in Paris as king of the mountains.

  15. Van der Breggen wins Giro Rosapublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Meanwhile, in the GIro Rosa, Anna van der Breggen has secured her third title.

    The Dutch rider took over the race lead yesterday from Kasia Niewiadoma, who inherited the pink jersey after Annemiek van Vleuten was forced to abandon because of a broken wrist.

    Niewiadoma held on to second place overall, with Elisa Longo Borghini third.

    France's Evita Muzic won the ninth and final stage today.

  16. Postpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Thibaut Pinot has caught and passed George Bennett.

    Meanwhile, Bennett's Jumbo-Visma team-mate Sepp Kuss begins his TT.

  17. Postpublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    In about five minutes, Ineos' Richard Carapaz will set off, aiming to pick up KOM points to secure the polka dot jersey.

  18. Postpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Spanish TT champion Pello Bilbao sets off. Not a favourite for the stage but he could still post a very good time.

  19. Postpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    Richie Porte is warming up.

    The Australian needs to beat Miguel Angel Lopez by 1min 29secs to leapfrog the Colombian onto the podium.

    Porte is a better time trialist but Lopez is a better climber.

    Could well be tight.

  20. Postpublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 19 September 2020

    First sight of Primoz Roglic, wearing the yellow skinsuit that was tailored for him last night, as the race leader warms up on the rollers.