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Tour de France 2021 LIVE: Stage 20 results and reaction from time trial route from Libourne to Saint-Emilion

Follow all the latest reaction after Tadej Podacar wrapped up the yellow jersey on the penultimate stage of this year’s race

Dylan Terry
Monday 19 July 2021 04:19 EDT
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Follow all the latest reaction from stage 20 of the Tour de France today.

Slovenian Tadej Pogacar is now poised to win a second consecutive Tour de France title after the Slovenian retained the overall leader’s yellow in the 20th stage, a 30.8-km individual time trial won by Belgian Wout van Aert on Saturday.

Barring a crash in Sunday’s final stage in Paris, the 22-year-old Pogacar will finish ahead of Dane Jonas Vingegaard and Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz, who are set to end up second and third overall, respectively.

Follow all the results and reaction:

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Vingegaard is 21 seconds off Van Aert’s pace at the second checkpoint, but still some ride from the Jumbo-Visma man. He is one minute ahead of Carapaz and solidifying his second place in the general classification.

Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:42

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Carapaz still going faster than O’Connor and Kelderman, a stellar ride from the Ecuadorian who has the reputation of being a poor time trialist. Not today.

Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:41

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Rigoberto Uran has struggled in the final week of this race. He ends the time trial more than three minutes off the pace of Wout van Aert.

A poor TT from Uran who is going to finish 10th in the general classification.

Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:41

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

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Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:38

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Vingegaard well up on Carapaz. The Dane is 38 seconds ahead of Carapaz and also eclipsing the performance of Pogacar at the moment.

He isn’t too far off Van Aert’s time, just needs to make up a handful of seconds. It’s Jumbo-Visma vs Jumbo-Visma for the stage win.

Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:36

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Mattia Cattaneo with a superb time trial! The Italian crosses the line in provisional fifth place, just 49 seconds down on Wout van Aert.

Still no one can get near the Belgian’s checkpoint times though.

Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:34

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Beast.

Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:32

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

And Pogacar is even further outside of the time of Van Aert. The yellow jersey is 20 seconds down on the Belgian’s time.

Van Aert is closing in on a second stage victory here.

Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:30

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Jonas Vingegaard went through the first checkpoint 12 seconds off the time of Wout van Aert.

Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:28

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Richard Carapaz has actually gone through the first time check marginally faster than both WIlco Kelderman and Ben O’Connor.

Only waiting for the last two riders to get to the first checkpoint. Vingegaard and then Pogacar.

Dylan Terry17 July 2021 16:26

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