Stage 20 Breakdown:

Stage 20 take the riders on the final mountain stage of the Tour, a 133km journey from Belfort to Le Markstein Fellering. Despite the short length, the stage contains 6 categorized climbs including one 3rd, three 2nd and two 1st category climbs, totalling 3500m in elevation gain. The final 1st category climb up Col du Platzerwasel is 7,1km long with an average gradient of 8,4%. The top is reached with 7km to go, from where hilly terrain take the riders to the finish line at Le Markstein Fellering.

While the fight for the title seem to be locked up, the classification battles including the fight for last podium place is still ongoing. Carlos Rodriguez, Simon Yates and Pello Bilbao are all within or around 2 minutes of Adam Yates in the fight for 3rd. Another battle to look out for is the fight for the polkadot jersey, which this year is incredibly close. Ciccone currently holds the jersey with 88 points, but closely followed by Gall on 81 and Vingeaard 80, so it’s going to go down to this final decisive stage.

The stage itself will be a battle of its own. Given the short but tough profile, it’s likely that the fight to get in a breakaway will be hard, with many interested riders. Depending on who gets away in the breakaway, and whether the GC battles for the last podium place turns up the peloton pace enough to catch them, will likely be the decisive factor. Don’t miss this stage!

Favorites:
| +++ | Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar, Felix Gall
| ++ | Thibaut Pinot, Adam Yates, Simon Yates, Giulio Ciccone
| + | Tobias H. Johannesen, David Gaudu, Mattias Skjelmose, Rafael Majka

Tour Manager:
Etappe 20 er siste fjelletappe av årets Tour de France, en relativt kort men kupert etappe på 135km fra Belfort til Le Markstein Fellering. Utenom etappeseieren i seg selv er det flere kamper som skal bli avgjort på denne etappen. Klatretrøyekampen er uvanlig jevn i år, og kampen om 3. plass i sammendraget skal også bli avgjort idag. Mange ryttere vil også være interessert i å komme seg avgårde i brudd for sin siste mulighet til etappeseier. Ryttere man bør ha til denne etappen er Giulio Ciccone og Felix Gall, samtidig kan det lønne seg å få inn andre klatreryttere som vil gå for etappeseieren. Det blir delt ut mange poeng på etappen, og er siste etappe med storutdeling av poeng i årets Tour Manager. Lykke til!

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