Le Tour 2020 – Stage 20

Lure > La Planche des Belles Filles

Distance: 36.2 kilometers.

An “Individual time-trial” stage with a single Cat 1 climb to a summit finish. There are two time checks – La Raddon 14.5 km and Plancher-les-Mines 30.3 km.

• La Planche des Belles Filles 82 km (cat 1: 5.9km @ 8.5%)

Tadej Pogacar scored a ‘hat trick’ winning all three jerseys (Yellow, White, and Polka Dot) with his time trial. He won Yellow & White with his number 1 position the General Classification and the Polka Dot by scoring 82 points climbing. This is his Tour.

Tadej Pogacar ( Slo – UAD – 131 ) [Yellow] 84 hours 26 minutes 33 seconds
Sam Bennett ( Irl – DQT – 043 ) [Green] 319 Points
Richard Carapaz ( Ecu – INS – 003 ) [Polka Dot] 74 points*
Enric Mas Nicolau ( Spa – MOV – 094 ) [White] 5*

NOTE: * = wearing the Jerseys.

Stage winner: Tadej Pogacar ( Slo – UAD – 131 )
Combative: N/A for time trials
Team: Movistar Team ( MOV – 091-098 ) [Yellow numbers]

Top 30 below the fold

1 Tadej Pogacar ( Slo – UAD – 131 ) – 84 hours 26 minutes 33 seconds
2 Primož Roglic ( Slo – TJV – 011 ) + 00h 00′ 59″
3 Richie Porte ( Aus – TFS – 101 ) + 00h 03′ 30″
4 Mikel Landa Meana ( Spa – TBM – 061 ) + 00h 05′ 58″
5 Enric Mas Nicolau ( Spa – MOV – 094 ) + 00h 06′ 07″
6 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno ( Col – AST – 141 ) + 00h 06′ 47″
7 Tom Dumoulin ( Ned – TJV – 014 ) + 00h 07′ 48″
8 Rigoberto Uran ( Col – EF1 – 071 ) + 00h 08′ 02″
9 Adam Yates ( GBr – MTS – 161 ) + 00h 09′ 25″
10 Damiano Caruso ( Ita – TBM – 063 ) + 00h 14′ 03″
11 Guillaume Martin ( Fra – COF – 121 ) + 00h 16′ 58″
12 Alejandro Valverde ( Spa – MOV – 091 ) + 00h 17′ 41″
13 Richard Carapaz ( Ecu – INS – 003 ) + 00h 24′ 44″
14 Warren Barguil ( Fra – ARK – 083 ) + 00h 31′ 04″
15 Sepp Kuss ( USA – TJV – 016 ) + 00h 42′ 20″
16 Pello Bilbao ( Spa – TBM – 062 ) + 00h 55′ 56″
17 Nairo Quintana ( Col – ARK – 081 ) + 01h 02′ 46″
18 Pierre Rolland ( Fra – BVC – 218 ) + 01h 08′ 05″
19 Carlos Verona Quintanilla ( Spa – MOV – 098 ) + 01h 19′ 54″
20 Wout van Aert ( Bel – TJV – 018 ) + 01h 20′ 31″
21 Marc Soler ( Spa – MOV – 097 ) + 01h 29′ 23″
22 Gorka Izagirre Insausti ( Spa – AST – 144 ) + 01h 36′ 12″
23 Sébastien Reichenbach ( Swi – GFC – 058 ) + 01h 38′ 18″
24 Esteban Chaves ( Col – MTS – 164 ) + 01h 38′ 45″
25 Kenny Elissonde ( Fra – TFS – 103 ) + 01h 39′ 45″
26 Mikael Cherel ( Fra – ALM – 032 ) + 01h 40′ 30″
27 Valentin Madouas ( Fra – GFC – 056 ) + 01h 42′ 22″
28 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda ( Col – EF1 – 076 ) + 01h 54′ 51″
29 Thibaut Pinot ( Fra – GFC – 051 ) + 01h 59′ 33″
30 Michal Kwiatkowski ( Pol – INS – 005 ) + 02h 03′ 09″

Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.

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