Watch Tour de France Stages 19, 20 and 21 live streams
Stages 19, 20 and 21 live stream: preview
Stage 19 was the last chance saloon for those riders who were neither pure climbers or lighting fast sprinters, so pretty much 90% of the peloton. A constantly rolling but not savage stage between Moirans-en-Montagne and Poligny would be the venue for someone to prevail and take a prized stage win before the final weekend.
Naturally competition was fierce to make it into the break with countless attacks launched before 36 hardy riders made it clear with just 65 kilometres left to race. It was always expected the decisive point of the course would be the final climb, the Cote d’Ivory and thus is was as the group exploded leaving three riders up front Kasper Asgreen (Soudal Quick-Step), Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroen) and Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious).
As hard as the fractured bunch behind tried they could not close the gap to the front three who arrived at the finish to fight between them. Asgreen, the winner the previous day was favourite but it was the determined Slovenian Mohoric who took the win with a final lurch to the line to take it by the width of a tyre. This was the third stage win for Bahrain Victorious and the third to be emotionally dedicated to their former rider Gino Mader who tragically died at the Tour de Swiss.
After two relatively relaxing days it’s time for one last battle for the yellow jersey as the race enters its fourth mountain range, the forest covered Vosges. With six major climbs starting with the Ballon d’Alsace, this stage could well throw up all manner of surprises as the peloton winds around the unforgiving tiny mountain roads. At the finish comes a double whammy in the shape of two first category climbs, the Petit Ballon and then the evil Col du Platzerwasel, which ends the climbing in this year’s race.
The final stage, as is now tradition, is the familiar parade into Paris followed by 60 of the most tense and frantic kilometres in world cycling, the eight laps of the cobbled Champs-Elysees. The most prestigious sprint win there is will crown one last winner of the 2023 Tour before the parties can start, if any riders have any energy left to party that is.
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