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Pogačar finds redemption in the Vosges as Pinot dances one last time

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Stage 20 of the 2023 Tour de France saw the peloton take on the final mountain stage of the race. While the yellow jersey has been all but decided, there was still plenty to play for on the final weekend. Would Thibaut Pinot make a splash on his last outing around his home roads of the Vosges? Would Tadej Pogačar comeback after his shocker on Wednesday? What would happen in the final battle for the podium? As is always the case at the Tour, there are many storylines beyond the overall winner and stage 20 was certainly a day for those stories to shine.

Sure enough, Pinot was the main aggressor on the day, aided by his Groupama-FDJ teammates, and was serenaded by his home crowds all day. Nevertheless, the French-fairytail wasn’t meant to be under the impetus of Pogačar and the Yates twins. Unfortunately, Carlos Rodriquez crashed early in the stage which paved the way for Adam Yates to claim his third place finish on the GC without much trouble, so his attention was turned towards ensuring Pogačar could win his second stage of the Tour.

In the end, a select group made it to the top of the final climb together, and Pogačar got his redemption with a sprint win ahead of Felix Gal (AG2R-Citrëon) and Jonas Vinegegaard (Jumbo-Visma) who secured his second consecutive yellow jersey. This was Pogačar’s 11 Tour stage victory.

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Tadej Pogacar

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Thibaut Pinot

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Jonas Vingegaard

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Tour de France - Stage 20

• Dates 22 Jul
• Race Length 133 kms
• Start Belfort
• Finish Le Markstein
• Race Category Elite Men

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Highlights: 2023 Tour de France, Stage 20

Dive into highlights from Stage 20 of the 2023 Tour de France, a 133.5-kilometer journey from Belfort to Le Markstein Fellering.

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Stage 20 of the Tour de France was a dramatic final day of climbing in the race with Thibaut Pinot conquering the hearts of many, and Tadej Pogacar returning to the top step as he sprinted to victory at Le Markstein.

Pinot racing at home and with thousands of fans on the road joined the breakaway and led a lot of the way in the final kilometers leading to incredible pictures. Following that the fight for the stage win erupted with Tadej Pogacar on the attack, a GC battle for minor places, and ultimately the Slovenian winning the stage whilst Jonas Vingegaard sealed the overall win.

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Tadej Pogacar all but became champion of the 2021 Tour de France on Saturday as the UAE rider protected his large overall lead in the stage 20 time-trial, ahead of the traditionally ceremonial final run to Paris. Wout van Aert won the time trial, but defending champion Pogacar’s solid ride means he need only cross the Champs-Elysees finish line with the peloton in Sunday’s 21st, and final, stage to retain the fabled yellow jersey as winner of the world’s greatest bike race.

Pogacar won three stages on his way to this dominant triumph in a manner reminiscent of former champions Alberto Contador and Chris Froome, strong in both the time-trials and the mountains.

He will also win the awards for best rider under-25 and the king of the mountains polka-dot jersey, a triple he also achieved on his debut last year.

The top three in the overall standings remained the same after the 18 mile run on a sizzling holiday Saturday as rowdy fans packed the roadsides all the way to the pretty Saint-Emilion vineyards.

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Tour de france stage 1: the hilliest-ever opening stage of the tour, a dramatic opener to this year's tour with an elevation gain of 3,800 meters. will the bunch fragment like last year.

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Stage 1 — Saturday, June 29 Florence-Rimini Distance: 206km (128 miles) Profile: Medium mountain stage

Stage 1: A daunting opener

Last year’s first stage was said by some to be amongst the hardest Tour openers ever; one year later, the organizers have decided to follow the same template.

Indeed they have ramped up the difficulty, with an elevation gain of 3,800 meters, some 500 meters more than last time around. The stage will not so much shake off the cobwebs as evaporate them. Starting in Florence as part of the first-ever Italian Grand Depart in history, the riders will have 30 mainly flat kilometers before the first of seven categorized climbs rear up.

The Col de Valico Tre Faggi is the highest on the stage, peaking at 930 meters altitude after 12.5km of climbing. A breakaway is almost certain to form here and, passing over the subsequent climbs of the Côte des Forche, the Côte de Carnaio and the Colle de Barbotto, should be able to further pad their advantage.

The pendulum may well swing the other way over the three climbs located in the final 50 kms. The last of these, the Côte de Saint-Marino, is followed by 25 downhill and flat roads to the finish in Rimini. Much will depend on how the favorites ride the stage but if the big names and their teams go all in, a very difficult first day is in store.

The stage finish is a poignant location for Italian cycling. The 1998 Tour de France winner Marco Pantani died in Rimini in 2004, with this year’s Tour taking place 20 years after that tragic event.

The view of Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme: “It’s rare for the Tour de France to start with more than 3,600 meters of climbing — in fact it’s never happened before! — and it’s also the first time that the race has visited the home city of Gino Bartali.

“The succession of hills in Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna are likely to be the setting for an immediate and testing confrontation between the contenders for the title, particularly the climb into San Marino (7.1km at 4.8 percent), where the race will add a 13th name to its catalogue of foreign visits.”

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The final sprint of the Tour de France always takes place on Paris’ famous avenue. On 18 July, as it has every year since 1975, the last stage of the famous cycling race will end on the Champs-Élysées.

With 3,383 kilometres for the legs to tackle and some 403,000 pedal strokes over three weeks, taking part in the Tour de France is no easy task.

In view of the conclusion of the 21st and final stage of the Grand Boucle , the peloton will give it all they’ve got. Before parading in the capital, the riders will have sweated to climb the 30 passes of the 2021 race, rising in their saddles to pick up momentum and clenching their teeth in the vertiginous descents.

The Champs-Élysées in all its majesty

From Brittany to the Alps, from the Occitanie to the Pyrenees, the riders will have been so focused on their performance that they won’t have soaked up much of the photogenic landscapes of France, broadcast across 100 TV channels.

But by the end of the efforts, what a reward: the majestic Champs-Élysées, with the blue-white-red wake of the famous Patrouille de France fly-past. Nobody else has such a claim on the famous avenue except the French football team, winner of the World Cup in 2018.

Standing on the podium at the bottom of the famous Parisian avenue, with the setting sun at the Arc de Triomphe and Grande Arche de la Défense as a backdrop, the winner of the Tour will have – like all his fellow riders – accomplished the Parisian ritual.

Established in 1975, this involves riding up and down the Champs-Élysées eight times, totalling 1,910 legendary metres separating the obelisk of the Place de la Concorde from the star of the Place Charles-de-Gaulle.

A ride beside the Louvre Pyramid

Seen from above, the spectacle of the peloton winding like a long ribbon decorated around the Arc de Triomphe is magical. From the pavements lining the route of this final sprint, the enthusiasm of the public pushes the riders on through the Quai des Tuileries, Place des Pyramides and Rue de Rivoli in Paris.

Will they take a look as they go past? Not sure. Almost lying on their handlebars, they traditionally take this last stage at a crazy pace, overlooking the cobblestones and prestigious landmarks around. Louis Vuitton, Guerlain, Ladurée and even, recently, the Galeries Lafayette, make up the exclusive backdrop of the peloton’s arrival on the Champs-Élysées.

Among the live support or behind your TV screen, it’s you who will enjoy all these beauties... happy as a spectator of the Tour!

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