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2024 Giro d'Italia

106th edition: May 4 - 26, 2024
Stage 20: May 25

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Saturday, May 25: Stage 20, Alpago - Bassano del Grappa, 184 km

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Tadej Pogacar left his nearest chaser more than two minutes behind. RCS photo

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Weather at the finish city of Bassano del Grappa at 1:40 PM, local time: 19C (67F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 13 km/hr (8 mph). There is a 10% chance of rain, growing to 40% at 5:00 PM. There was rain at the start in Alpago.

The stage: Relatively flat opening at Lake Santa Croce, heading downhill to Vittorio Veneto and the Muro di Ca’ del Poggio, which leads into the Prosecco area. After crossing the Piave River, the route reaches the slopes of the brutal Monte Grappa, which will be tackled twice. Halfway down the descent (towards Romano d’Ezzelino) the short but steep (over 10%) Pianaro climb will be tackled as well. The climb of Monte Grappa winds with numerous bends and hairpin bends on a relatively narrow mountain road for over 18 km at an average gradient of 8% with peaks of up to 14% and is followed by a long descent to the line.

Last kilometers
The last 3 km wind through urban centers with straights and some connecting curves. A slight descent then leads into the final 350 m straight.

The race: Tadej Pogacar has earned 19 Maglie Rosa in a single Giro. This is the same as Johan de Muynck in 1978 and Evgeni Berzin in 1994. The only riders to do better are Franco Chioccioli and Miguel Indurain: 20 in 1991 and 1992; and the record of 21 by Eddy Merckx in 1973, Gianni Bugno in 1990 and Tony Rominger in 1995.

Pogacar rode alone, off the front, for 34.1 kilometers!

Race leader Tadej Pogacar was looking quite pink at the start.

Here's the race organizer's report:

The Maglia Rosa Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) has won Stage 20 of the 107th Giro d’Italia, the 184 km long Alpago-Bassano del Grappa. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) and Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) finished second and third respectively.

Stage 20 gets a wet start. RCS photo

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and Maglia Rosa Tadej Pogacar said: “More or less this was the plan. We did a perfect job as a team. Molano and Rui worked at the beginning, covering attacks and making sure that no big group went away. Mikkel [Bjerg] and Vegard [Stake Laengen] set a good pace over the climb the first time. Then we executed the plan and I had good legs so I’m super happy that I got good gap at the top and I didn’t need to go full gas in the downhill. I cannot describe how it was feeling with all the fans on the Monte Grappa. Maybe it wasn’t important to do this today but we’ve had the Maglia Rosa since day 2 so I wanted to finish the Giro with a good shape and a good mentality. I think I have achieved that. I’ve never been to Rome before but I’ll enjoy it tomorrow for sure”.

And here's the report from Geraint Thomas' Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Geraint Thomas crossed the finish line of the penultimate stage of the Giro in seventh place, to all but secure third overall in the Italian Grand Tour, with Thymen Arensman in sixth on GC.

Two ascents of the Monta Grappa climb would prove a fitting test to end the Giro, with the tough gradients ensuring any riders suffering three weeks into the race would have no where to hide.

While the first ascent was taking at a hard tempo, the second ascent would see the GC action. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) would attack some six kilometres from the top, with G and Thymen Arensman measuring their efforts in response.

The day's first climb, the Muro di Ca' del Poggio, about 30 km into the stage.

Over the top of the climb, and Thomas would find himself some 15 seconds off a group containing his podium rivals, with Thymen working hard to close the gap just behind.

After some hard work from G and his group, the two splits would merge, and the Welshman would sprint to seventh on the stage, losing no time to those around him on GC. Arensman would come a further XXXX back to keep his sixth place in the overall standings.

He's gone. Pogacar attacked on the second ascent on Monte Grappa and here he descends to the finish. Alone.

Complete results:

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184 kilometers raced at an average speed of 36.999 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 58min 23sec
2	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	@ 2min 7sec
3	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
5	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
6	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
7	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
8	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
9	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:31
10	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	3:08
11	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
13	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	5:47
15	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	7:37
16	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	9:32
17	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	s.t.
18	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	9:54
19	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
22	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
23	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	11:44
24	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	14:57
25	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	18:59
26	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	s.t.
27	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
28	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
30	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
31	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:54
32	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	21:59
33	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	22:43
34	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	22:59
36	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	24:48
37	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
38	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
39	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
40	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
41	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	25:12
42	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
43	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	26:11
44	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
45	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
46	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	27:33
47	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	s.t.
49	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
51	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	28:05
52	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	29:23
53	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	30:00
54	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	30:21
55	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	31:52
57	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	34:03
58	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	36:25
60	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	37:21
61	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	37:50
62	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	40:33
63	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
64	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
67	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
71	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
74	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
75	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
78	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
79	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
80	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
81	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
82	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Jhonatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
84	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
86	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
88	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
89	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
90	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
91	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
92	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
93	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
94	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
95	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	42:05
96	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	42:28
97	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
98	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	42:39
99	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
100	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
101	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	43:23
102	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
103	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
104	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
105	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
107	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	43:48
108	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
109	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
110	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
111	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
112	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
113	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
114	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
115	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
116	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
117	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	s.t.
118	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
119	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
121	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
122	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
123	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
124	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
125	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
126	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
127	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
128	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
129	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
130	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
131	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
132	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
133	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
134	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
135	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
136	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
137	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
138	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	s.t.
139	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
140	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
141	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	s.t.
142	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.

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GC after stage 20:

GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Mountains classification leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
Best young rider: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)
Teams classification leader: Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale

3,192.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.812 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	76hr 22min 13sec
2	Daniel Martinez	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 9min 56sec
3	Geraint Thomas	INEOS Grenadiers	10:24
4	Ben O'Connor	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:07
5	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain Victorious	12:49
6	Thymen Arensman	INEOS Grenadiers	14:31
7	Einer Rubio	Movistar	15:52
8	Jan Hirt	Soudal Quick-Step	18:05
9	Romain Bardet	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	20:32
10	Michael Storer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	21:11
11	Filippo Zana	Jayco-AlUla	23:59
12	Lorenzo Fortunato	Astana Qazaqstan	26:44
13	Davide Piganzoli	Team Polti Kometa	32:23
14	Simon Geschke	Cofidis	33:55
15	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	37:05
16	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	43:26
17	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	48:16
18	Luca Covili	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	51:08
19	Nairo Quintana	Movistar	54:37
20	Domenico Pozzovivo	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	56:32
21	Alex Baudin	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:00:50
22	Attila Valter	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:04:46
23	Nicola Conci	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:09:10
24	Giovanni Aleotti	BORA-hansgrohe	1:13:03
25	Michel Ries	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:20:06
26	Aurélien Paret-Peintre	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	1:22:55
27	Edoardo Zambanini	Bahrain Victorious	1:25:56
28	Jhonatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	1:33:13
29	Kevin Vermaerke	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	1:33:41
30	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	1:41:28
31	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates	1:56:06
32	Simone Velasco	Astana Qazaqstan	2:00:00
33	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	2:01:11
34	Jan Tratnik	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	2:04:15
35	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	2:04:22
36	Juan Pedro Lopez	Lidl-Trek	2:07:38
37	Chris Hamilton	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:07:50
38	Lawrence Warbasse	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:12:16
39	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	2:12:33
40	Pelayo Sanchez	Movistar	2:14:44
41	Alessandro Tonelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:17:48
42	Lilian Calmejane	Intermarché-Wanty	2:23:01
43	Gijs Leemreize	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	2:24:58
44	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	2:28:33
45	Max Schachmann	BORA-hansgrohe	2:29:54
46	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	2:30:25
47	Andrea Vendrame	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	2:30:54
48	Henok Mulubrhan	Astana Qazaqstan	2:33:34
49	Giulio Pellizzari	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	2:41:36
50	Alessandro De Marchi	Jayco-AlUla	2:42:27
51	William Barta	Movistar	2:43:00
52	Quinten Hermans	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:49:50
53	Lucas Plapp	Jayco-AlUla	2:52:59
54	Ruben Fernandez	Cofidis	2:53:11
55	Thomas Champion	Cofidis	2:57:59
56	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	3:00:47
57	Jasha Sütterlin	Bahrain Victorious	3:04:32
58	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	3:04:46
59	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	3:04:55
60	Mirco Maestri	Team Polti Kometa	3:11:01
61	Mattia Bais	Team Polti Kometa	3:12:08
62	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	3:16:13
63	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	3:17:40
64	Rainer Kepplinger	Bahrain Victorious	3:22:33
65	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	3:31:55
66	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates	3:34:24
67	Harrison Wood	Cofidis	3:34:36
68	Albert Torres	Movistar	3:37:38
69	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	3:46:43
70	Davide Ballerini	Astana Qazaqstan	3:48:00
71	Florian Stork	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:48:15
72	Alexander Cepeda	EF Education-EasyPost	3:51:18
73	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	3:52:58
74	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	3:54:23
75	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	3:55:20
76	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	3:56:58
77	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	3:58:22
78	Davide Bais	Team Polti Kometa	3:58:26
79	Tobias Foss	INEOS Grenadiers	3:59:33
80	Filippo Fiorelli	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:00:18
81	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:07:04
82	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	4:07:30
83	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	4:07:31
84	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:07:41
85	Ewen Costiou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	4:12:38
86	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar	4:13:21
87	Patrick Gamper	BORA-hansgrohe	4:14:45
88	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	4:15:52
89	Lorenzo Germani	Groupama-FDJ	4:16:21
90	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	4:16:47
91	Kaden Groves	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:18:42
92	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	4:20:07
93	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	4:21:30
94	Matteo Fabbro	Team Polti Kometa	4:22:04
95	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:24:12
96	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:25:03
97	Kevin Colleoni	Intermarché-Wanty	4:25:34
98	Simon Clarke	Israel-Premier Tech	4:26:00
99	Martin Marcellusi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:26:07
100	Jonas Koch	BORA-hansgrohe	4:29:56
101	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	4:34:59
102	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	4:37:38
103	Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	4:37:53
104	Manuele Tarozzi	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	4:38:06
105	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	4:38:23
106	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	4:43:29
107	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:45:12
108	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	4:46:38
109	Alexander Kamp	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	4:51:15
110	Andrea Pietrobon	Team Polti Kometa	4:52:29
111	Timo Kielich	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:56:47
112	Madis Mihkels	Intermarché-Wanty	4:57:16
113	Nicolas Debeaumarché	Cofidis	5:07:42
114	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	5:10:18
115	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel-Premier Tech	5:10:40
116	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	5:11:21
117	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:14:20
118	Luke Lamperti	Soudal Quick-Step	5:15:06
119	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	5:18:55
120	Donavan Grondin	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	5:19:38
121	Caleb Ewan	Jayco-AlUla	5:20:01
122	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	5:21:05
123	Francisco Muñoz	Team Polti Kometa	5:21:56
124	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	5:24:28
125	Enrico Zanoncello	VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè	5:24:52
126	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	5:25:08
127	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	5:26:34
128	Giovanni Lonardi	Team Polti Kometa	5:29:14
129	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	5:30:10
130	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Cofidis	5:30:35
131	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	5:33:41
132	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	5:36:35
133	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	5:37:13
134	Davide Cimolai	Movistar	5:39:49
135	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	5:40:20
136	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	5:41:04
137	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	5:42:54
138	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	5:46:08
139	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	5:46:14
140	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	5:49:25
141	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	5:52:23
142	Alan Riou	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	6:02:28

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Stage 20 map & profile:

Stage 20 map

Stage 20 profile

Monte Grappa profile detail

Il Pianaro climb detail

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Stage 20 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Romain Bardet before the stage start.

Before the stage start. Mountains classification second-place Georg Steinhauser is in the blue climber's jersey because the leader of the classification, Tadej Pogacar is wearing the pink jersey.