Stage 20

The road

At the start

The Finestre, and Yates' ghost

Forty-three seconds separate Isaac del Toro from Richard Carapaz, eighty-one from Simon Yates, and there is one mountain day left. It runs over the Colle delle Finestre — eighteen kilometres of climbing, the top eight of them unpaved — the mountain where Yates lost a Giro in a single afternoon seven years ago. Sestriere follows. Nobody has to attack today; everybody does.

How it was won

1. 1163 km to go

   A 31-man break, Van Aert aboard

   An enormous 31-rider break escapes early, Wout van Aert planting himself in the move as a Visma card to play later.

2. 258 km to go

   Carapaz lights the Finestre

   At the foot of the gravel Colle delle Finestre, Carapaz attacks from the gun, forcing Del Toro to chase and dragging Yates across.

3. 353 km to go

   Yates delivers the blow

   Thirteen kilometres from the summit Simon Yates delivers the decisive punch on the white roads of the Finestre and goes clear, exorcising the ghost of his 2018 collapse on the very same climb.

4. 440 km to go

   Del Toro and Carapaz hesitate

   Over the top Yates is nearly two minutes clear while Del Toro and Carapaz, locked in mutual suspicion, hesitate and refuse to collaborate.

5. 520 km to go

   Van Aert tows him home

   In the valley Yates links with Van Aert, who tows him toward Sestriere as his overall lead balloons.

6. 6At the line

   Yates rips off the maglia rosa

   Chris Harper wins the stage from the break, but the day belongs to Yates, who rides into Sestriere 5:13 up to seize the maglia rosa from Del Toro.

The result