Key occasions
Salient level made right here by the breakaway king. Is Pog a hog?
Why do folks say it’s grasping when a climber takes 4 wins however not when a sprinter takes 4 wins.
— Thomas De Gendt (@DeGendtThomas) July 20, 2024
Oh, and go to Good. It’s actually..er, good.
Right here’s Jeremy Whittle’s report from the end of Stage 19.
William Fotheringham’s verdict
Shorter than the day earlier than, however much more vertical metres of climbing. By now many of the questions ought to have solutions: can Pogacar hold on to the shape that received him the Giro, can Evenepoel discover some climbing legs in his first Tour, have Roglic and Vingegaard recovered from their horrific crash in April, and is Egan Bernal anyplace close to his outdated self? As on Friday, it is a day for the general contenders in a completely distinctive last weekend to the Tour.
Preamble
As he celebrated knocking the socks off everybody in his last climb to win Stage 19, Tadej Pogacar mentioned he fairly fancied watching the breakaway go away on this last Saturday. In spite of everything, there’s a time trial to deal with in Good on Sunday and legs will should be recent. Can we consider him? Contemplating the state of Jonas Vingegaard on the end on Friday, there could also be no extra race to run. The deposed champion couldn’t maintain again the tears having already handed on his congratulations to Remco Evenepoel for maintaining him trustworthy. So, this can be the one which so many riders have been ready for.
Be part of us for all of the motion over a really hilly stage certainly.
