Overall leader Tadej Pogacar won for a fifth time on this Tour de France on Saturday as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard came second and Remco Evenepoel third, around a minute behind.
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With just Sunday's concluding time trial to come, two-time champion Pogacar has a five minute 14-second lead over Vingegaard.
💛 Tadej Pogacar wins at the top of Col de la Couillole ⛰️
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 20, 2024
💛 Tadej Pogacar s’impose au sommet du Col de la Couillole ⛰️#TDF2024 pic.twitter.com/qi4wqT6sgR
The day's action culminated on the tough Col de Couillole climb where Evenepoel attacked Vingegaard in an attempt to take second place overall.
+1 for 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi!
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 20, 2024
Une nouvelle victoire pour 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi !#TDF2024 l @Continental_fr pic.twitter.com/jChyh3Y3cJ
Instead he himself dropped around 53sec on the Dane, making it less likely the Belgian can claim second place after Sunday's time trial, where he is favourite for the stage win.
Evenepoel did however virtually guarantee third place overall and the white jersey as best young rider.
Olympic champion Richard Carapaz, regarded as the most combative rider on the 2024 Tour, will win the climb points jersey.
Carapaz came third Saturday, won a stage and even took the yellow jersey for a day early in the Tour.
Of the 3 498km on this 2024 Tour there remains just 34, a challenging run along the narrow, undulating corniche between the principality of Monaco, where many in the peloton live, and the French Riviera town of Nice.