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

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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 2021 latest updates

• Stage 20 of 2021 Tour de France
• Time trial from Libourne to Saint-Emilion
• Tadej Pogacar set to seal defence of his crown

[17 July 2021 16:24 · Dylan Terry]

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

That hurt.

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[17 July 2021 16:23 · Dylan Terry]

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Wout van Aert. A man who can compete in bunch sprints, mountain stages and time trials. He truly is a phenomenon.

Pogacar and Vingegaard will have to produce a superhuman display to top that time from the Belgian.

[17 July 2021 16:19 · Dylan Terry]

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We have a new leader! Wout van Aert crosses the line 21 seconds faster than Kasper Asgreen! 35’53 is the time for the Belgian.

That will take some beating.

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[17 July 2021 16:17 · Dylan Terry]

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Now Jonas Vingegaard gets his time trial going. Next up is the yellow jersey of Tadej Pogacar.

[17 July 2021 16:15 · Dylan Terry]

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Wout van Aert is around three kilometres from the finish now as fourth place Ben O’Connor begins his ride and the podium placers prepare to roll off the start ramp.

Ineos Grenadiers’ Richard Carapaz is the first to go. He is just six seconds off second place Vingegaard but is considered a far inferior time trialist to the Dane.

[17 July 2021 16:14 · Dylan Terry]

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Van Aert on an insane ride...

[17 July 2021 16:12 · Dylan Terry]

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Wilco Kelderman is fifth! Fifth! We’ve barely mentioned him in this whole race and yet the Dutch rider is just three minutes off the podium coming into the final time trial.

He will almost certainly lose time on Pogacar and Vingegaard today, but it has still been a magnificent Tour for Kelderman and Bora-Hansgrohe, particularly when you consider they lost Peter Sagan midway through the race.

Kelderman rolls down the ramp to get his TT underway.

[17 July 2021 16:08 · Dylan Terry]

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Van Aert comes up to the second time check at 20.1 kilometres and he is a huge 24 seconds in front of Kung! What a ride so far from the Belgian.

If nothing else, a win for him would prove I actually have an ounce of predicting ability...

[17 July 2021 16:05 · Dylan Terry]

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Just eight riders left to set off! Peio Bilbao has just gone down the ramp and next up it’s the highest placed Frenchman Guillaume Martin.

[17 July 2021 16:03 · Dylan Terry]

Tour de France latest: Stage 20

Van Aert flying through the first checkpoint. He is not far away from the second checkpoint either...