Tour de France stage 20 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 20 (ITT) : Libourne - Saint-Emilion 30.8 km

1 Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:35:53
2 Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:21
3 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:32
4 Stefan Kung (Swi) Groupama - FDJ 0:38
5 Stefan Bissegger (Swi) EF Education - Nippo 0:44
6 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick Step 0:49
7 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE-Team Emirates 0:52
8 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE-Team Emirates 0:57
9 Magnus Cort (Den) EF Education - Nippo 1:00
10 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers 1:21


Changes in GC, stage 20 compared to stage 19 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+5 Stefan Bissegger
+4 Stefan Kung
+3 Thomas De Gendt
+3 Mikkel Bjerg
+3 Jonas Rickaert
+3 Harry Sweeny
+3 Fred Wright
+3 Daniel Oss
+2 Kasper Asgreen
+2 Brandon Mcnulty

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Pierre Rolland
-3 Ruben Fernandez
-2 Benoit Cosnefroy
-2 Carlos Verona
-2 Cyril Gautier
-2 Dmitriy Gruzdev
-2 Greg Van Avermaet
-2 Jesus Herrada
-2 Marc Hirschi
-2 Marco Haller
-2 Petr Vakoc

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:57 Wout Van Aert
+0:36 Kasper Asgreen
+0:25 Jonas Vingegaard
+0:19 Stefan Kung
+0:13 Stefan Bissegger
+0:08 Mattia Cattaneo
+0:05 Mikkel Bjerg

Biggest losers by time :
-5:41 Esteban Chaves
-5:17 Elie Gesbert
-5:14 Matej Mohoric
-5:12 Sean Bennett
-5:07 Silvan Dillier
-5:00 Benoit Cosnefroy
-4:59 Carlos Verona
-4:57 Pierre Rolland
-4:56 Marco Haller
-4:53 Jeremy Cabot
-4:53 Simon Geschke

Favourites by position :
+1 Tao Geoghegan Hart
-1 Alejandro Valverde

Favourites by time :
-1:12 Richard Carapaz
-1:23 Wilco Kelderman
-1:32 Enric Mas
-2:09 Rigoberto Uran
-2:18 Richie Porte
-2:31 Geraint Thomas
-3:26 Tao Geoghegan Hart
-3:26 Alejandro Valverde
-4:47 Nairo Quintana

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tadej Pogacar 80:16:59 (unchanged)
2 Jonas Vingegaard 5:20 (was 2nd at 5:45)
3 Richard Carapaz 7:03 (was 3rd at 5:51)
4 Ben O'Connor 10:02 (was 4th at 8:18)
5 Wilco Kelderman 10:13 (was 5th at 8:50)
6 Enric Mas 11:43 (was 6th at 10:11)
7 Alexey Lutsenko 12:23 (was 7th at 11:22)
8 Guillaume Martin 15:33 (was 8th at 12:46)
9 Pello Bilbao 16:04 (was 9th at 13:48)
10 Rigoberto Uran 18:34 (was 10th at 16:25)
.....
25 Alejandro Valverde 1:07:50 (was 24th at 1:04:24)
.....
28 Nairo Quintana 1:33:11 (was 28th at 1:28:24)
.....
39 Richie Porte 2:05:13 (was 39th at 2:02:55)
.....
42 Geraint Thomas 2:10:11 (was 42nd at 2:07:40)
.....
61 Tao Geoghegan Hart 2:36:26 (was 62nd at 2:33:00)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 304 (unchanged)
2 Michael Matthews 269 (unchanged)
3 Sonny Colbrelli 216 (unchanged)
4 Jasper Philipsen 186 (unchanged)
5 Matej Mohoric 163 (unchanged)
6 Julian Alaphilippe 155 (unchanged)
7 Tadej Pogacar 154 (was 7th with 146 points)
8 Wout Van Aert 121 (was 9th with 101 points)
9 Michael Morkov 113 (was 8th with 113 points)
10 Jonas Vingegaard 103 (was 10th with 88 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Tadej Pogacar 107 (unchanged)
2 Wout Poels 88 (unchanged)
3 Jonas Vingegaard 82 (unchanged)
4 Wout Van Aert 68 (unchanged)
5 Nairo Quintana 66 (unchanged)
6 Richard Carapaz 56 (unchanged)
7 Ben O'Connor 44 (unchanged)
8 Bauke Mollema 41 (unchanged)
9 David Gaudu 41 (unchanged)
10 Anthony Perez 37 (unchanged)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Bahrain - Victorious 41:17:56 (was 1st at 239:22:04)
2 EF Education - Nippo 19:12 (was 2nd at 23:25)
3 Team Jumbo-Visma 1:11:35 (was 3rd at 1:15:32)
4 INEOS Grenadiers 1:27:10 (was 4th at 1:30:06)
5 AG2R Citroen Team 1:31:54 (was 5th at 1:30:41)
6 BORA - hansgrohe 1:36:44 (was 6th at 1:34:17)
7 Trek - Segafredo 1:47:04 (was 7th at 1:45:40)
8 Astana - Premier Tech 2:01:45 (was 9th at 2:03:40)
9 Movistar Team 2:04:28 (was 8th at 2:01:22)
10 UAE-Team Emirates 2:38:08 (was 10th at 2:42:57)
11 Deceuninck - Quick Step 3:36:47 (was 12th at 3:41:45)
12 B&B Hotels p/b KTM 3:43:10 (was 11th at 3:38:39)
13 Groupama - FDJ 3:46:26 (was 13th at 3:48:39)
14 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3:50:22 (was 14th at 3:49:45)
15 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 4:15:34 (was 15th at 4:11:59)
16 Team BikeExchange 4:31:31 (was 16th at 4:28:29)
17 Team TotalEnergies 5:02:02 (was 17th at 4:58:34)
18 Team Arkea Samsic 5:50:38 (was 18th at 5:44:10)
19 Israel Start-Up Nation 5:52:16 (was 19th at 5:47:23)
20 Alpecin-Fenix 6:07:29 (was 20th at 6:05:54)
21 Team Qhubeka NextHash 6:55:52 (was 21th at 6:51:42)
22 Team DSM 7:32:50 (was 22th at 7:27:30)
23 Lotto Soudal 7:42:30 (was 23th at 7:42:04)

Retirements to date : Stage
Michael Woods (Israel Start-Up Nation) 19
Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar Team) 19
Steven Kruijswijk (Team Jumbo-Visma) 17
Amund Grondahl Jansen (Team BikeExchange) 16
Vincenzo Nibali (Trek - Segafredo) 16
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team TotalEnergies) 15
Nacer Bouhanni (Team Arkea Samsic) 15
Soren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM) 14
Warren Barguil (Team Arkea Samsic) 14
Lucas Hamilton (Team BikeExchange) 13
Michael Gogl (Team Qhubeka NextHash) 13
Roger Kluge (Lotto Soudal) 13
Simon Yates (Team BikeExchange) 13
Peter Sagan (BORA - hansgrohe) 12
Clement Russo (Team Arkea Samsic) 11
Daniel McLay (Team Arkea Samsic) 11
Luke Rowe (INEOS Grenadiers) 11
Miles Scotson (Groupama - FDJ) 11
Tiesj Benoot (Team DSM) 11
Tony Martin (Team Jumbo-Visma) 11
Tosh Van Der Sande (Lotto Soudal) 11
Victor Campenaerts (Team Qhubeka NextHash) 11
Jonas Koch (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 10
Anthony Delaplace (Team Arkea Samsic) 9
Arnaud Demare (Groupama - FDJ) 9
Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) 9
Jacopo Guarnieri (Groupama - FDJ) 9
Jasper De Buyst (Lotto Soudal) 9
Loic Vliegen (Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux) 9
Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) 9
Nans Peters (AG2R Citroen Team) 9
Nic Dlamini (Team Qhubeka NextHash) 9
Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) 9
Stefan De Bod (Astana - Premier Tech) 9
Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) 9
Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) 4
Jack Haig (Bahrain - Victorious) 3
Robert Gesink (Team Jumbo-Visma) 3
Marc Soler (Movistar Team) 2
Cyril Lemoine (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) 1
Ignatas Konovalovas (Groupama - FDJ) 1
Jasha Sutterlin (Team DSM) 1
Total retirements : 42


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