Tour de France LIVE: Stage 20 results, highlights and standings as Tadej Pogacar wins in Le Markstein

Tadej Pogacar pulled off a textbook sprint with the help of his teammate Adam Yates as Jonas Vingegaard sealed his second yellow jersey

Tour de France spectator causes huge crash by taking selfie

Tadej Pogacar won stage 20 of the Tour de France to Le Markstein as Jonas Vingegaard could begin celebrating the defence of his title in the yellow jersey.

Pogacar proved unable to challenge Vingegaard for yellow in the last week of this race but made his point on the penultimate day as he outsprinted the Dane to the line on the final mountain stage before Sunday’s procession into Paris.

Felix Gall snuck ahead of Vingegaard for second place on the day, while Simon Yates and Adam Yates came in fourth and fifth, results that earn third overall for Adam and see Simon move up to fourth after Carlos Rodriguez suffered the impact of a crash early on the day.

Follow updates from stage 20 of the Tour de France below.

Tour de France 2023 – stage 20

• Stage 20: 133km ride to Le Markstein ski resort in Vosges mountains
• 98km to go: Podium-chasing Carlos Rodriguez crashes
• 45km to go: Giulio Ciccone secures polka dot jersey
• 33km to go: Thibaut Pinot attacks!
• 11km to go: Pogacar and Vingegaard take charge at the front
• Tadej Pogacar wins stage 20!
• Jonas Vingegaard seals yellow jersey

[22 July 2023 16:12 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – Yates setting up Pogacar for sprint

2km to go: Simon Yates puts in a little accelaration and Pogacar leads the chase. The front five are now back together, with Adam Yates back on the front, trying to set up his teammate Pogacar to sprint to the line. Can anyone outsprint the Slovenian in this group? It seems unlikely.

[22 July 2023 16:09 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – five riders at the front contesting stage win

4km to go: The Yates twins have caught the leading trio, so we have five riders at the front now:

Adam Yates and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates), Simon Yates (Jayco-Alula), Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Felix Gall (Ag2R).

[22 July 2023 16:07 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – Adam Yates closing in to help Pogacar

5km to go: Gall, Vingegaard and Pogacar have crested the final climb and are riding slightly downhill towards the finish. Vingegaard looks at Gall as if to say, how do we stop Pogacar and Yates doubling up on us? Gall tells the yellow jersey to take a turn on the front, and he duly does. They are going to have to work together to stop the UAE Emirates duo from taking control of this finish.

[22 July 2023 16:03 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – Vingegaard, Pogacar and Gall lead

8km to go: A fascinating game of cat and mouse at the front here as Vingegaard keeps looking across at Felix Gall and Tadej Pogacar. Who will launch an attack first? Pogacar doesn’t need to – he can wait to the top where a plateau will open the chance for a sprint finish. Vingegaard probably needs to attack sooner, you’d think.

Behind them, Simon and Adam Yates are closing in – they are about 15 seconds behind these leaders.

[22 July 2023 16:00 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – Yates brothers, Rodriguez and Bilbao fight for third

9km to go: Felix Gall leads Vingegaard and Pogacar up towards the finish like a sacrificial lamb. Behind them, another race is forming for the podium places. Simon Yates is trying to shake off his twin Adam Yates, who occupies third spot right now. Carlos Rodriguez is also there after his ealier crash, being helped by Tom Pidcock, and Pello Bilbao is with them too.

You can see the current standings via the ‘stopwatch’ tab above.

[22 July 2023 15:54 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – Vingegaard, Pogacar and Gall move clear

11km to go: The three best climbers at this year’s Tour de France surge away from Pinot, Pidcock and Barguil – the Briton tries to respond but he cannot for long. That is the last we will see of Thibaut Pinot attacking on a mountain stage at the Tour de France. Chapeau.

[22 July 2023 15:51 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – Six riders now lead the race

Vingegaard, Pogacar and now Felix Gall have caught up to the front three: Pinot, Pidcock and Barguil. So these six riders lead stage 20 and surely one of them is going to win the day in Le Markstein.

[22 July 2023 15:49 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – Pogacar attacks!

12km to go: Tadej Pogacar launches clear of the yellow-jersey group! Only Vingegaard responds, and the two of them are suddenly only 20 seconds from Pinot. Pinot is meanwhile being caught by Pidcock and Barguil – there’s three in the lead now! Action everywhere.

[22 July 2023 15:47 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – Pinot struggling to hold on

15km to go: Pinot’s gap has been cut slightly on the descent as they now climb towards the final peak of the day – the Col du Platzerwasel. So it’s Pinot by 12 seconds to a flying Tom Pidcock and Warren Barguil, and the yellow-jersey group are now less than one minute behind Pinot. Is the Frenchman cracking?

[22 July 2023 15:37 · Lawrence Ostlere]

Tour de France LIVE – David Gaudu crashes

20km to go: David Gaudu is down! A crash out of nowhere on the descent, and the Frenchman chasing a top-10 finish is having to shake off what looks like a painful fall.