Ruthless Mountain Raid 👊 | Tour de France 2026 Stage 20 Highlights

The Alpe d'Huez again, this time via the Col de Serenne side, only previously a descent on the Tour. Before that, there's not one but two further Hors Category climbs, the Croix de Fer and the Galibier beyond the Telegraph. A day for the survival of the fittest. They are forming a group of runners in the Tour de Tete. Carapaz, Gilly and all the EF there, so they have to go for the Cayenne, so they will pull for sure in the front. Also Paris-Pain, do you read? Carapaz. Paris-Pain hopes Richard Carapaz might show some fatigue, but the polka-dotted Ecuadorian looking sharp while his French rival struggled, while another jersey was equally being proactive. Pedersen is now attacking on the climb. Lionel Trek's man attacking out of the peloton on an Hors Category climb to bridge up to the breakaway as he targeted another uncontested intermediate sprint. The day tried to secure the green jersey with a stage to spare with plenty of panache. Carapaz solo over the top of the Croix de Fer, 20 more points than closing in on the jersey while Pedersen's hard graft was going to be richly rewarded. This is the most important sprint he's put in in this green jersey campaign. Mads Pedersen has produced a scintillating ride today. He goes through and he takes the 25 points. Carapaz is cracking. Three kilometres from the summit of Galibier, there remain just four at the front. Hindley, Kuss and Riccatello coming back to Carapaz, while Juan Ayuso had cracked. The same fate befell Groschappner, coming to a near standstill. However, not standing still was his leader, as Pogacar, the world champion, set a leg-ruining pace. Carapaz is looking for the crest of the Col de Galibier. He is the king of the mountains. The Col de Sorrent, there's the vital statistics. A lot of people have found their way to the bottom of it. Top of the climb is at 14.4 kilometres from the finish. Juan Ayuso is right on his limit this afternoon now. The attack of Sepp Kuss is the rider they tried to set up yesterday. It didn't pay off. Now he goes again. So Kuss is caught by Carapaz and Hindley now. They go past and they start to up the tempo. And now they're dropping Sexas. He's starting to struggle. It's all that work of decathlon. And Sexas now is on the limit. And Del Toro is proving who is the strongest rider in the Best Young Rider competition. Del Toro starts to move and Sexas doesn't have an answer. No, and Lenny Martinez is going to hang in there. This is Sepp Kuss. Kuss has attacked. Oh, we haven't seen this attack. Sepp Kuss goes clear again. And Carapaz hasn't given up, still trying to come back. Kuss checking over his shoulder. Ecuadorian is coming across. And the map of Creuse in favour of Sepp Kuss. He's running. He's running now. Richard Carapaz has mopped up pretty much all the points on today's stage. He goes over the summit in the polka dots. And he is the winner of the King of the Mountains. Come on Sepp, come on. Now we go, now we go. No way back anymore. There's no way back. Come on. About two minutes. Oh, crash. I think he's come down. Sepp Kuss. Kilometre, kilometre, kilometre. 164.6. A very slippery turn. Oh, and another crash. Sepp Kuss hits the deck again for the second time. Sepp Kuss is on the descent. Carapaz is on the descent. Sepp Kuss is on the descent. Carapaz has overtaken him. 164.6 is coming up now for the yellow jersey group. Slippery bend, slippery bend. Carapaz is on the mission. But the yellow jersey group is also on a mission. Can Richard Carapaz hold on to win this stage? Can Sepp Kuss come back? Or is it going to be drama and the group of the yellow jersey and the white jersey will be sprinting for victory? Tadej Pogacar who is dropping del Toro. He's just almost holding himself back right now. He wants to bring del Toro to the finish but at the same time Remco Evenepoel is just riding away. A drama filled stage. Carapaz looks around now. He checks one more time. He sits up and he gets ready to celebrate. Polkadot power in Alpe d'Huez. Carapaz wins his second stage. Sepp Kuss gives everything he's got. Yes, Remco is going to go around him for second. Remco Evenepoel second in the Tour de France. He's going to sprint in here to the finish to take second on the stage and take back a little bit of time. That's academic but this rider has shown that he is without doubt the second best rider in the Tour. Pogacar is the master. Tomorrow he will ride into Paris as the winner of the Tour de France. They sit up and they celebrate. Del Toro will be third overall as Martinez closes in. Carapaz, the smile, the emotion which is palpable and which is easy to read on the face of the Ecuadorian. And what a third week of Richard Carapaz who has obviously had all the success.