Stage 20

The road

At the start

The last mountain day, above Nice

Isola 2000 settled it: Pogačar is 5:03 clear of Jonas Vingegaard and 7:01 of Remco Evenepoel, and Richard Carapaz has taken the polka-dot jersey off him. The final road stage is short and vicious — 133 kilometres out of Nice over the Col de Braus, the Col de Turini and the Colmiane before the climb to the Col de la Couillole. The podium looks fixed. From fourth place to tenth, almost nothing is.

How it was won

1. 1113 km to go

   Fireworks on the Col de Braus

   The Tour's last road stage explodes from the start above Nice, a split forming on the Col de Braus before Pogačar himself bridges across, dragging the GC group with him.

2. 273 km to go

   A 10-man break over the Turini

   Mas, Carapaz, Kelderman and Soler shape a ten-rider move over the long Col de Turini as Soudal-QuickStep mass at the front for Evenepoel.

3. 312 km to go

   Evenepoel attacks the Couillole

   Soudal's pace lights up the final climb and Evenepoel jumps 11.5km from the top, chasing time on Vingegaard — but the plan is about to backfire.

4. 47 km to go

   Vingegaard counters, Pogačar marks

   Vingegaard counters Evenepoel and only Pogačar can go with him, the two leaders drawing clear and hoovering up the last breakaway survivors, Mas and Carapaz.

5. 5At the line

   A fifth win, and every summit

   Pogačar outsprints Vingegaard atop the Col de la Couillole for a fifth stage win — the fourth mountain-top finish of this Tour, and the fourth he has won.

The result