Tour de France GC classification | Jonas Vingegaard doesn't give a meter to Pogacar, Rodríguez and Kuss lose spots after crash
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It was already known, but Jonas Vingegaard has confirmed in the penultimate stage of the Tour de France, the last mountain stage before the final ride down the Champs Elysees in Paris, that he is the virtual winner of the French race. The Dane was again attacked by a Tadej Pogacar who could only beat him in the final sprint, but in the Top10 there were a few changes.
There was no fight for the third place on the podium, as Adam Yates showed his strength and crossed the finish line close to the best, securing his first podium in a Grand Tour. His brother Simon Yates will finally be fourth after overcoming the gap he had against a Carlos Rodriguez who crashed, a place in front of a fighting Pello Bilbao who finishes sixth after a great Tour de France.
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Seventh position for Jai Hindley, who went from better to worse in the Tour and after his fall he was dedicated to confirm his top 10. Eighth finished a fantastic Felix Gall who, after winning on the Col de la Loze, in this penultimate stage was the only one who rode at the pace of Pogacar and Vingegaard. Closing the top 10 were David Gaudu and Guillaume Martin, both more than 20 minutes behind the leader, the last three overtook Sepp Kuss who crashed hard at the end of the day and could not sustain the pace later on.
TOUR DE FRANCE GC AFTER STAGE 20:
1. Jonas Vingegaard
2. Tadej Pogacar at 7'29".
3. Adam Yates at 10'56".
4. Simon Yates at 12'23".
5. Carlos Rodriguez at 12'57".
6. Pello Bilbao at 13'27".
7. Jai Hindley at 14'44".
8. Felix Gall at 16'09".
9. David Gaudu at 23'08".
10. Guillaume Martin at 26'30".
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- I had no idea about that either.
santiagobenites10-11-2026 - great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
- As he isn't currently with Red Bull, I guess if he want to race for one more year he needs to find a team. He's 37 so this will be his last year I would guess, unless he wants to race for almost nothing like Froome did.awp10-11-2026
- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
- Me too!!!!!Occam10-11-2026
- they can sign any 100 of top riders today but Pogi will win over Remco any time at the TDF unless something goes wrongabstractengineer10-11-2026
- the time for a GC rider to retire is when they cannot win stages, or have a significant level drop like from winner/podium into top 5/10 consistently. Roglic is still competitive and Froome raced even though he became pack fodder.abstractengineer10-11-2026
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