20/07/2024

Enric Mas is close to winning on stage 20 of the Tour de France: "I'm leaving very happy. Now we're going to do our best in La Vuelta"

In the 20th and penultimate stage of the Tour de France 2024, where the breakaway and climbers not in contention for the general classification had one last chance for victory, Enric Mas came close but ultimately fell just short in the end.

The Movistar Team rider crossed the finish line in 5th position, 1:07 behind the stage winner Tadej Pogacar and behind Jonas Vingegaard, Richard Carapaz and Remco Evenepoel, after being caught when he was leading with 1.9 km to go.

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"It's been a very short time. I've really enjoyed this week of the race. It's been a very different Tour for me, very difficult, but I'm very happy with these last few days. I've learned a lot from the best of the team, from the great people here, and I hope to 'start' La Vuelta here. There's no time to disconnect; we're going for everything, to give our best in La Vuelta. The team expects the maximum from me and that's how we have to perform," said Mas in conversation with Alberto Contador for the Eurosport microphones after the arrival.

At least Enric Mas was able to stand on the day's podium as Most Combative Rider for all his efforts during stage 20 of the Tour de France.

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Results of stage 20 of the Tour de France 2024

Position	Name	Team	UCI Points	Weather
1	POGACAR Tadej	UAE Team Emirates		04:04:22
	VINGEGAARD Jonas	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike		+ 07
	CARAPAZ Richard	EF Education-EasyPost	110	+ 23
	EVENEPOEL Remco	Soudal Quick-Step	90	+ 53
5	MORE Enric	Movistar Team		+ 01:07
	ALMEIDA Joao	UAE Team Emirates		+ 01:28
	JORGENSON Matteo	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	45	+ 01:33
	LANDA Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step		+ 01:41
	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates		+ 01:43
	BARDET Romain	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL		+ 01:52
	JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	One-X Mobility		+ 02:43
	GEE Derek	Israel-Premier Tech		+ 02:48
	CICCONE Giulio	Lidl-Trek		+ 02:52
	BUITRAGO Santiago	Bahrain Victorious		+ 03:04
	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	5	+ 03:26
	DE PLUS Laurens	INEOS Grenadiers		+ 03:45
	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike		+ 03:53
	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team		+ 05:24
	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ		+ 05:28
	POELS Wout	Bahrain Victorious		+ 06:13
	FUGLSANG Jakob	Israel-Premier Tech		+ 06:26
	HINDLEY Jai	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe		+ 06:46
	YATES Simon	Team Jayco-AlUla		+ 06:46
	CRAS Steff	TotalEnergies		+ 06:48
	MEINTJES Louis	Intermarché-Wanty		+ 06:48
	GALL Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team		+ 07:11
	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	INEOS Grenadiers		+ 08:25
	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates		+ 08:36
	SOLER Marc	UAE Team Emirates		+ 08:36
	ROMO Javier	Movistar Team		+ 08:36
	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ		+ 08:54
	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis		+ 08:54
	JEGAT Jordan	TotalEnergies		+ 08:54
	STUYVEN Jasper	Lidl-Trek		+ 10:18
	BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	TotalEnergies		+ 10:39
	EIKING Odd Christian	One-X Mobility		+ 10:49
	WILLIAMS Stephen	Israel-Premier Tech		+ 12:01
	TRATNIK Jan	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike		+ 12:31
	BERNARD Julien	Lidl-Trek		+ 12:35
	VERONA Carlos	Lidl-Trek		+ 12:35
	JUNGELS Bob	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe		+ 12:56
42	GRÉGOIRE Romain	Groupama-FDJ		+ 14:41
43	BARGUIL Warren	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL		+ 14:41
	ONLEY Oscar	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL		+ 14:41
45	LEMMEN Bart	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike		+ 15:16