Winner of the stage in Lyon last Saturday, the Dane of the Sunweb team Soren Kragh Andersen won the antepenultimate stage of the 2020 Tour on the Ain and Jura roads between Bourg-en-Bresse and Champagnole.
48 hours from the finish on the Champs-Élysées, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (who arrived in the peloton more than seven minutes away) keeps his yellow jersey.
Barring an unexpected rebound in the only time trial of the race this Saturday between Lure and La Planche-des-Belles, it will finish in yellow on Sunday in Paris.
No one around him sees his young compatriot Tadej Pogacar take a minute away from him on the steep slopes of the Planche des Belles-Filles.
Reserved on paper for sprinters and backpackers, little to the party for a week on the high alpine summits, the stage did not disappoint in this regard.
Up to 40 km from the finish, it was a Frenchman, the Auvergnat of the Deceuninck-Quick Step Rémi Cavagna who animated the first hours of the race.
But his lonely raid on the roads of the Jura had no chance of going to the end.
Back in line, Julian Alaphilippe's teammate left the men still fresh to explain themselves.
Bennett firmly attached to the green jersey
30 km from the goal, a group of 12 riders took to the chase with in their ranks the green jersey Sam Bennett (Deceuninck - Quick-Step)) and his main rival Peter Sagan (Bora).
Resigned, the rest of the peloton left these men to fend for themselves until Champagnole.
The city has been waiting for a stage finish since 1937.
Winner of the stage in Lyon last Saturday, the Dane Soren Kragh Andersen came out of the group in force in the final to try his luck again 14 km from the line.
Very good rider, the Viking withstood the assaults of his last pursuers as he had done a few days ago on the banks of the Rhône.
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