The essential
- With more than 5 minutes ahead of the general on his runner-up, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) can no longer, barring a catastrophe, be stripped of his yellow leader’s jersey before the arrival on the Champs-Elysées on Sunday.
- Second in the first lap of this Tour, between Changé and Laval (5th stage), specialist Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) will be keen not to be beaten a second time by Tadej Pogacar.
- In the general classification, the podium could still be turned upside down, since Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), currently 2nd, has only 6 seconds ahead of Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers), 3rd.
Follow the stopwatch of the 20th stage live:
13h11. Cavendish’s teammate and pilot fish, Michael Morkov closely follows his sprinter. Both are among the last riders in the general classification, but they held on in the Pyrenees to reach Paris tomorrow to validate this precious green jersey worn by the new record holder for stage victories on the Tour.
1:08 p.m. Mark Cavendish’s turn (Deceuninck-Quick Step) to take the start, green jersey on your back. The British sprinter obviously has as his main objective the stage of the Champs-Elysées tomorrow.
1:05 p.m. Let’s go for this 20th stage! Tim Declercq (Deceuninck-Quick Step) has just started from Libourne!
13:03. CLASSIFICATIONS AFTER 19 STAGES.
13h00. During the time trial between Changé and Laval, Tadej Pogacar beat Stefan Küng by 19 ″. But the Swiss, European chrono champion, has been discreet in recent days. Will revenge be for today?
12h58. Here is the very rolling profile of this 30.8 km time trial. The first rider to start will be Tim Declercq (Deceuninck-Quick Step), at 13:05. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) will conclude this time by starting at 17:19, after his 141 competitors.
12h55. If you missed the 19th stage, won by Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), discover the essentials concocted by Le Parisien.
12h15. Hello everyone. Welcome to leparisien.fr to follow live commentary on the 20th stage of the Tour de France 2021, a time trial between Libourne and Saint-Emilion (30.8km).
