Summary

  • Stage 19 - 172.8km from Moirans-En-Montagne to Poligny

  • Lumpy stage perfect for a breakaway attempt

  • Jonas Vingegaard leads Tadej Pogacar by seven minutes and 35 seconds in general classification

  • Britain's Adam Yates third overall

Live Reporting

Chris Bevan

  1. Goodbye

    What a brilliant day of bike racing that was. You can relive it by scrolling back through this live page, or why not have a read of our stage report?

    Goodbye for now, but please come back on Saturday for one last day in the mountains, before we head for Paris. Stage 20 takes the race 133.5km from Belfort to Le Markstein Fellering and features six categorised climbs.

  2. Yes you did...

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    There were emotional scenes at the finish line as Mohoric celebrated.

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  3. Did I win?

    Matej Mohoric couldn't celebrate his win as he crossed the line... it was that close. The tears came a bit later, when he was told that victory was his.

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  4. Here comes the yellow jersey

    That was Matej Mohoric's third stage win at the Tour de France - he took his other two in 2021.

    Here come the yellow jersey group by the way, rolling home more than 13 minutes after the Slovenian.

  5. The first five in stage 19

    Jasper Philipsen was fourth on Thursday too... he won't be happy to be a few seconds away from contesting the win.

    Results of stage 19:

    1. Matej Mohoric

    2. Kasper Asgreen

    3. Ben O’Connor

    4. Jasper Philipsen

    5. Mads Pedersen

  6. Mohoric on the line

    Mohoric and Asgreen both lunged for the line together, but it was the Slovenian who was first to cross it... just about!

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  7. Time to get your breath back

    Wow! That was the kind of finish that a frantic day of racing deserved.

  8. Tears of victory

    Matej Mohoric is in tears at the finish line. What a finish to deny Kasper Asgreen back-to-back stage wins.

  9. Matej Mohoric wins stage 19

    By the width of a wheel rim!

  10. They still haven't called it

    The video evidence is inconclusive. It will be an actual photograph to show the winner.

  11. Who won?

    It's going to be a photo finish. No idea who took it, and they don't know either.

  12. 300m to go

    Asgreen v Mohoric to the line... it's so close...

  13. 500m to go

    Ben O'Connor bursts away, but Asgreen is on his wheel.

  14. 1km to go

    No attacks yet from the front three, but it won't be long - Asgreen, O'Connor and Mohoric are clear and one of them will win this stage.

  15. 2km to go

    When will the games begin between the front three? Not yet... they are holding their lead.

  16. 2.5km to go

    The gap is still pretty big - 32 seconds.

  17. 3.5km to go

    The front three are working together, all taking a turn at the front... but for how much longer?

  18. 4.5km to go

    Asgreen, O'Connor and Mohoric are now 35 seconds clear.

  19. 5.5km to go

    It's one straight line from here to the finish. The chase group don't seem to be working together, probably because Philipsen and Laporte are among them.

  20. 6km to go

    Mads Pedersen is also in the nine-man chase group. He's launched about a dozen attacks today already. Time for one more?