10:55 AM

Morning

And welcome to our dwell rolling weblog from stage 20 on the 107th version of the Tour de France, the 36km particular person time trial from Lure to La Planche des Belles Filles. Though the stage will get underneath approach at noon (BST), our protection is not going to begin till 2pm as we concentrate on the riders contesting the final classification.

Riders will roll down the beginning ramp in reverse order on common classification, and so lanterne rouge Roger Kluge (Lotto-Soudal) would be the first man on the highway, whereas maillot jaune Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) would be the final. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), one among our exterior suggestions for the day, begins at 1.28pm , so we must be up and operating for the conclusion of his race.

Here is a schedule of the riders we are going to concentrate on at this time . . .

And here is a fast take a look at the jersey holders going into the penultimate stage . . .

Barring any disasters — ie, any riders failing to finish the stage or ending exterior the time restrict — simply two jerseys are actually up for grabs at this time: the polka dot and, after all, the yellow jersey.

First to the polka dot, which you’ll know by now, is the garment worn by the chief within the mountains classification. Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) presently leads that competitors forward of Tadej Pogacar (Jumbo-Visma), whereas Roglic begins the day in third place.

The factors obtainable at this time in that competitors are 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 for the primary six riders over the road. Nevertheless, the factors are awarded to not the quickest six riders over all the course, however on the climb up La Planche des Belles Filles. In different phrases, there’s a timer on the backside of the climb, one other on the summit and the quickest six riders will take the factors. Provided that Carapaz ​is 13th on common classification, over three minutes behind the rider forward of him — Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) — then the Ecuadorian can afford to take the run-in to the underside of the climb comparatively straightforward, earlier than blasting it as onerous as he probably can up the 5.9km climb.

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In contrast, Pogacar who will likely be aiming to take the yellow jersey off Roglic might want to do a extra measured journey, protecting a constant tempo all through all the stage. Likewise, Roglic may also must facet equally to Pogacar.

Elsewhere within the common classification, Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) — an honest time trial rider — can break into the highest three, however must put 1min 43sec into Miguel Ángel López (Astana) to attain that. He might have given himself a bit an excessive amount of to do there.