On the rest day that opens the final week of the Tour de France, some things feel like they are already decided. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) is in the lead and likely to win the race – and probably a few more stages – whilst Jonas Vinegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) sits firmly in second, and clearly stronger than the other podium contenders.
As much as we hope things might change in the final week, we can probably be fairly confident in saying that they will remain the top two come Paris, with Pogačar likely on his way to a fourth Tour win. That storyline will wrap up in this final week, but it's not necessarily going to change.
