Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) was one day removed from the “painful” memory of falling short of his first Grand Tour victory on the climb to Isola 2000, but he pushed that fresh wound aside on stage 20 of the Tour de France to focus on helping his team leader Jonas Vingegaard on the slopes of Col de la Couillole.
Vingegaard would finish second to race leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) on Saturday, and put some extra time between himself and nearest overall rival Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), who could not match the accelerations in the final 3km. Pogačar added 11 more seconds to his 5-plus minute GC margin but Vingegaard strengthened his hold on second overall, adding an extra 52 seconds to take his buffer to third-placed Evenepoel to 2:50, with just the stage 21 time trial remaining.
