The mountains are over, the Yellow Jersey is secured for Tadej Pogacar but there are still two stages left before the finish in Paris starting with Stage 20 between Nantua and Pontarlier. These 185 relentlessly hilly kilometres are perfect for a break away and all the teams yet to taste victory will be desperate to have riders in the mix. A tour is only deemed successful by a team if a stage is won so with two stages left and 14 teams winless the pressure is huge on this one.

There are four catagorised climbs on the route the toughest being the 2nd cat Côte de Thésy after 121 kilometres so expect this to prove decisive in making the final selection of riders who will fight out the finish.



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