The Tour de France is an absolute summer classic. Join here at ProXCskiing.com to get Eurosport’s Roberto Vacchi’s comments before today’s decisive stage 20.

Tour de France stage 19 saw Christophe Laporte (Jumbo – Visma) winning the 188.3km stage race to Cahors ahead of Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin – Deceuninck) and Alberto Dainese (Team DSM). 

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo – Visma) keeps the yellow jersey. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) is in second place overall, 3:26 behind the leader, and Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) is in third place in the general classification, 8:00 behind.  

Today, Stage 20, Individual Time Trial, starts at Lacapelle-Marival, covers 40.7km, and finishes at Rocamadour. 

Stage 20 – Lacapelle-Marival to Rocamadour 40.7km

“It’s the longest individual time trial stage since the penultimate stage in 2014 measured 54 kilometers. The profile looks simple, but it should not fool the cyclists. If you look closely at the end of the route, there are two steep climbs. Sure, they are short, but the last one is one and a half kilometers with an average slope of close to 8%. The stage distance and the fact that it is the 20th day of the competition means that something can happen here,” says Vacchi.

The broadcast starts on Eurosport at 13:05. First start at 13:05. Expected last arrival is at 17:49.

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