Summary

  • Stage 20 - 133.5km from Belfort to Le Markstein Fellering

  • Short, mountainous stage with six categorised climbs

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

  • Final test for defending champion before race reaches Paris

  • Britain's Adam Yates third overall

  • Three minutes five seconds between third and seventh in race for podium place

Live Reporting

Chris Bevan

  1. Goodbye

    This is farewell to another thrilling day on the Tour - you relive it by scrolling back through this live page, or why not have a read of our stage report?

    Just one day left of the 2023 edition... see you tomorrow on the outskirts of Paris.

  2. Still in yellow for Paris

    Jonas Vingegaard has been in the leader's yellow jersey since stage six, and he will wear it for Sunday's stage 21, aka the procession to the top of the Paris podium.

  3. 'I feel like myself again'

    "Today I finally feel like myself again," says Tadej Pogacar as he celebrates his second stage win of this year's Tour. "It was so good to feel good again after so many days suffering,"

  4. Top five overall

    Jonas Vingegaard will arrive in Paris in yellow. Pogacar is set to finish second and Britain's Adam Yates will join them on the podium, one place above his twin brother.

    1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 79hr 16min 38sec
    2. Tadej Pogacar (Slov/UAE Emirates) +7min 29sec
    3. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Emirates) +10min 56sec
    4. Simon Yates (GB/Jayco-Ulula) +12min 23sec
    5. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +12min 57sec

  5. Top five on stage 20

    It was Felix Gall who took second place. The Yates brothers finish fourth and fifth. You know who the winner was...

    1. Tadej Pogacar

    2. Felix Gall

    3. Jonas Vingegaard

    4. Simon Yates

    5. Adam Yates

    Tadej PogacarEPA

  6. Pogacar won today's fight but no doubt who the overall winner is this year - Jonas Vingegaard will enjoy Sunday's procession into Paris because he knows he has won the 2023 Tour de France. The champagne is on him.

  7. Hugs for Pogacar and Adam Yates at the finish. Team UAE were desperate for the stage win, and they duly delivered it.

  8. Vingegaard beaten, for once

    Vingegaard was passed by Felix Gall before the end - he knew he was beaten a long way before the line.

    Two more heroes of today's stage to tell you about: Thibault Pinot finishes, seventh over the line. Carlos Rodriguez has just come home too, battered and bruised, to limit his losses gallantly.

  9. Tadej Pogacar wins stage 20 of the Tour de France

    Just like he said he would.

  10. 200m to go

    Vingegaard hits the front but Pog is on his tail.

  11. 250m to go

    Pogacar waiting... here comes Vingegaard...

  12. 750m to go

    Adam Yates wants to deliver Pog to the line... round a big right-hand turn they go.

  13. 1km to go

    Adam Yates is riding for his team-mate, Pogacar. Everyone else going for the stage win. Here we go...

  14. 2km to go

    Adam Yates at the front, Pogacar on his wheel. Vingegaard on his.

  15. 3km to go

    Simon Yates turns up the gas but Pogacar brings him back. Adam Yates goes to the front.

  16. 4km to go

    Another race going on down the road, because Carlos Rodriguez is trying to defend his fourth place in the GC. He is 18 seconds ahead of Simon Yates in the standings, but can he stay that way?

  17. 4.5km to go

    So, five riders at the front of the race.... who will win? Vingegaard, Pogacar, Gall or one of the Yates brothers?

  18. 5km to go

    Adam and Simon Yates are only five seconds behind the front three, and about to make the catch.

  19. 6.5km to go

    Gall and Vingegaard are riding a bit harder now, trying to keep the Yates brothers at bay.

  20. 7km to go

    The Yates brothers are closing in, which is good news for Pogacar - Adam is one of his team-mates.