Pogacar surges on Col de la Couillole for triumphant fifth stage win

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) put the icing on the cake of his complete dominance in the mountains, winning one last duel with rival Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) to take a fifth stage victory at the summit of the Col de la Couillole.

111th Tour de France 2024 - Stage 20

COL DE LA COUILLOLE, FRANCE - JULY 20: Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - Yellow Leader Jersey celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 111th Tour de France 2024, Stage 20 a 132.8km stage from Nice to Col de la Couillole 1676m / #UCIWT / on July 20, 2024 in Col de la Couillole, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images) Source: Getty / Tim de Waele/Getty Images

The place to watch the Tour de France - LIVE, FREE and EXCLUSIVE - plus the third edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is right here on SBS. Replays, mini stage recaps, extended highlights, winning moments and live streaming can be found on the and the SBS Skoda Tour Tracker,available for download on and .

Pogacar followed attacks by overall rivals Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Vingegaard on the slopes of the final climb, before powering away from the latter in the final 500 metres to cross the summit a five-time stage winner.

Vingegaard crossed the line seven seconds behind Pogacar, while Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) was the last rider to be caught from the breakaway, coming in third on the day at 23 seconds behind the yellow jersey.

Stream free On Demand

Thumbnail of Tour De France 2024

Tour De France 2024

series • 
cycling
series • 
cycling

The Slovenian now has the opportunity to go for his sixth stage win in tomorrow's individual time trial before lifting his third Tour de France title in Nice and becoming the first rider since 1998 to win the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the same season.

"I’m really happy I got another stage win. Just one more day to go - the ITT," Pogacar said post-stage.

"That one, I’m going to enjoy it too. I will just try to come home safely to Nice, as it is a very hard course. I hope I can enjoy the crowds.

"I’m lost for words. So happy… I hope I can share this victory with my teammates today, and also tomorrow. Five stage wins are more than enough. One and the yellow jersey would have been enough, really. But you never brake in cycling. Jonas has gone through some tough days, but he showed today that he is not easy to crack and that he is a real fighter."

It was indeed a significant bounce back stage for Vingegaard, who launched his first real attack of the race up the final climb, dropping Evenepoel only a day after clinging to the Belgian's wheel on the Isola 2000.
He now sits five minutes and 14 seconds behind Pogacar in the overall standings, while Evenepoel lost more substantial time and is eight minutes and 4 seconds back now from the yellow jersey with one more stage to race.

With the last road stage of the race now over, Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty) has officially wrapped up the points classification in a historic achievement for the Eritrean, who also won three stages.

Carapaz turned in another impressive climbing performance to take maximum points on each summit and secure the King of the Mountains classification, while Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) finished once again inside the time cut and now has just one ride left in his final Tour de France.

The Tour de France concludes tonight with an individual time trial encompassing a 33.7km route from Monaco to Nice. Watch the action live from 10:30pm AEST on SBS, SBS On Demand and the Tour Tracker app.

Share
Watch the FIFA World Cup 2026™, Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes, Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España, Dakar Rally, World Athletics / ISU Championships (and more) via SBS On Demand – your free live streaming and catch-up service. Read more about Sport
Have a story or comment? Contact Us

Watch the FIFA World Cup 2026™, Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes, Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España, Dakar Rally, World Athletics / ISU Championships (and more) via SBS On Demand – your free live streaming and catch-up service.
Watch nowOn Demand
Follow SBS Sport
3 min read
Published 21 July 2024 3:58am
By SBS Sport
Source: SBS


Share this with family and friends