Special envoy to La Planche des Belles Filles,
The yellow jersey
The profile suited him, the leader of the Jumbo-Visma team did not manage to erase the last obstacle.
After 14 km, he was 13 '' behind Tadej Pogacar who started at full speed while taking all the risks, recalling that he had dominated his elder in the national time trial championship.
By trying to let doubt slip under the helmet of his rival.
At km 26, the yellow jersey had lost 37 ''.
His yellow jersey was melting.
At the finish line, only 5th on the stage, Roglic had lost 1'56 ''.
Pogacar (21 years old only), with a 3rd stage victory on this Tour (after Laruns, 9th stage and the Grand Colombier 15th stage) could dance in yellow (with 59 '' ahead of Roglic and 3'30 on Door).
The day before the finish on the Champs-Elysées… A final which makes this Tour one of the tightest in history behind the 8 seconds of the 1989 Tour, the 23 seconds separating Contador and Evans in 2007, the 32 '' between Pereiro and Klöden in 2006, the 38 '' between Janssen and Van Springel in 1968.
The podium
All the places have changed.
Like Roglic, Miguel Angel Lopez stepped off the podium.
45th at 6'17 '' behind Pogacar, falls to 6th place in the general classification.
Richie Porte (3rd on the stage) climbs for the first time in his career on the podium of the Tour in Paris.
The number: 3
Tadej Pogacar will wear, on the podium of the Champs-Elysées, the yellow jersey, white with red dots of best climber and white of best youngster.
A gluttonous collection reminiscent of a certain Eddy Merckx, during his first victorious appearance on the Tour in 1969 (the Belgian had added the green jersey and the team classification).
The image
Thibaut Pinot's walkabout.
The child of the country was carried by a considerable crowd between Lure and the Planche des Belles Filles.
The leader of the Groupama-FDJ formation, with the means of the moment, achieved a good time, at the end of a day which allows him to finish on a good note after a collection of difficult days.
Top 10
Italian Damiano Caruso (7th in the stage) dislodged Alejandro Valverde from 10th place.
Guillaume Martin (26th on the stage), first Frenchman, takes 11th place in the general classification.
The tweet
The tailor-made outfits worn by Primoz Roglic and Tadej Pogacar, the first two in the general classification.
This evening our seamstresses from Romilly made the made-to-measure combination of the Yellow Jersey and White Jersey for the time trial of tomorrow.
Tonight our seamstresses customized the time trial suit of the Yellow and the White Jersey for the race tomorrow.#TDF2020@LeTourpic.twitter.com/wurxDVYr26
- le coq sportif (@lecoqsportif) September 18, 2020
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