{"id":823501,"date":"2026-07-25T19:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823501\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:21:09","slug":"tour-de-france-2026-classifications-update-stage-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/823501\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France 2026 Classifications update Stage 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>With 21 stages and four major jersey competitions to follow, the Tour de France standings can change through time gaps, bonus seconds, breakaway moves, sprint points, mountain points, and decisive race incidents. This page will follow those changes throughout the 2026 Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p>General Classification Standings after Stage 20<\/p>\n<p>Ilan van Wilder crashed out of the Tour in the descent of the Col de la Croix de Fer, bringing to an end the pursuit of the Top10 at this Tour. No positions changed on the queen stage, something few would&#8217;ve expected ahead of the race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/tadej-pogacar\" title=\"Tadej Pogacar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tadej Pogacar<\/a> virtually sealed the overall classification, followed by Remco Evenepoel who is set to have his best finish ever in the overall classification.<\/p>\n<p>Isaac del Toro saved his podium position, gaining time on Paul Seixas, who was his main rival for the position. Lenny Mart\u00ednez, due to Tadej Pogacar&#8217;s work, threatened Seixas&#8217; fourth place but ultimately gained time to save a brilliant Top5 position.<\/p>\n<p>Mattias Skjelmose follows in sixth; Juan Ayuso will be seventh after his final stage attack didn&#8217;t bring him gains in the GC; whilst stage winner Richard Carapaz will be finishing in eighth place. <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/tom-pidcock\" title=\"Tom Pidcock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Pidcock<\/a> and Jordan Jegat will be closing out the Top10 just ahead of Yannis Voisard.Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamTime1-\u00a0Poga\u010dar\u00a0TadejUAE Team Emirates &#8211; XRG72:53:442-\u00a0Evenepoel\u00a0RemcoRed Bull &#8211; BORA &#8211; hansgrohe6:263-\u00a0del Toro\u00a0IsaacUAE Team Emirates &#8211; XRG9:424-\u00a0Seixas\u00a0PaulDecathlon CMA CGM Team11:565-\u00a0Martinez\u00a0LennyBahrain &#8211; Victorious13:026- Skjelmose MattiasLidl &#8211; Trek14:597-Ayuso JuanLidl &#8211; Trek17:488-\u00a0Carapaz\u00a0RichardEF Education &#8211; EasyPost20:009-\u00a0Pidcock\u00a0TomPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team29:2810-\u00a0Jegat\u00a0JordanTotalEnergies33:2111-\u00a0Voisard\u00a0YannisTudor Pro Cycling Team38:0212\u25b21\u00a0Johannessen\u00a0Tobias HallandUno-X Mobility56:3713\u25b22\u00a0Kuss\u00a0SeppTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:02:2314-\u00a0Piganzoli\u00a0DavideTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:03:4315\u25b24\u00a0Hindley\u00a0JaiRed Bull &#8211; BORA &#8211; hansgrohe1:23:2816\u25b21\u00a0Prodhomme\u00a0NicolasDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:25:0117\u25b23\u00a0Benoot\u00a0TiesjDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:32:5618\u25b23\u00a0Simmons\u00a0QuinnLidl &#8211; Trek1:35:2819\u25b23\u00a0Quinn\u00a0SeanEF Education &#8211; EasyPost1:47:0520\u25bc4\u00a0Bernal\u00a0EganNetcompany INEOS1:47:58Points Classification Standings after Stage 20<\/p>\n<p>Mads Pedersen had an incredible day on the bike and flew over the Col de la Croix de Fer to then join the day&#8217;s breakaway. The Dane managed to race into first place at the intermediate sprint and his gap of 72 points over Jasper Philipsen at the end of the stage means it is mathematically impossible for the Belgian to take it back.<\/p>\n<p>The Lidl-Trek rider will conquer the points classification ahead of Philipsen, Biniam Girmay, Max Kanter and Olav Kooij.<\/p>\n<p>Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamPnt1-\u00a0Pedersen\u00a0MadsLidl &#8211; Trek5272-\u00a0Philipsen\u00a0JasperAlpecin &#8211; Premier Tech4453-\u00a0Girmay\u00a0BiniamNSN Cycling Team3614-\u00a0Kanter\u00a0MaxXDS Astana Team2715-\u00a0Kooij\u00a0OlavDecathlon CMA CGM Team2306-\u00a0Poga\u010dar\u00a0TadejUAE Team Emirates &#8211; XRG1987-\u00a0W\u00e6renskjold\u00a0S\u00f8renUno-X Mobility1598-Evenepoel RemcoRed Bull &#8211; BORA &#8211; hansgrohe1579- del Toro IsaacUAE Team Emirates &#8211; XRG14310\u25b24\u00a0Johannessen\u00a0Tobias HallandUno-X Mobility133King of the Mountains Standings after Stage 20<\/p>\n<p>The KOM classification has been won by Richard Carapaz, who on the final day joined the day&#8217;s breakaway and sealed it, with Tadej Pogacar not contesting for it. 156 points, many of them won today.<\/p>\n<p>Tadej Pogacar has finished second with 100 points, whilst Valentin Paret-Peintre&#8217;s pursuit of the jersey ended with a third place, with 99 points &#8211; only 1 less than Pogacar.<\/p>\n<p>Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamPnt1-\u00a0Carapaz\u00a0RichardEF Education &#8211; EasyPost1562-\u00a0Poga\u010dar\u00a0TadejUAE Team Emirates &#8211; XRG1003-\u00a0Paret-Peintre\u00a0ValentinSoudal Quick-Step994\u25b211\u00a0Kuss\u00a0SeppTeam Visma | Lease a Bike555\u25bc1\u00a0Evenepoel\u00a0RemcoRed Bull &#8211; BORA &#8211; hansgrohe506\u25bc1\u00a0Martinez\u00a0LennyBahrain &#8211; Victorious417\u25bc1\u00a0del Toro\u00a0IsaacUAE Team Emirates &#8211; XRG408\u25bc1Seixas PaulDecathlon CMA CGM Team369\u25bc1 Johannessen Tobias HallandUno-X Mobility2910\u00a0Hindley\u00a0JaiRed Bull &#8211; BORA &#8211; hansgrohe28Youth Classification\u00a0Standings after Stage 20<\/p>\n<p>Isaac del Toro will conquer the youth classification. The final mountain stage of the race still provided some doubts in the Alps, but the Mexican rider was the strongest out of the contenders. Del Toro extended his gap over Paul Seixas, much of it due to Tadej Pogacar&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n<p>Seixas, Lenny Mart\u00ednez, and Juan Ayuso battled for the jersey all the way to the finish of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamTime1-\u00a0del Toro\u00a0IsaacUAE Team Emirates &#8211; XRG73:03:262-\u00a0Seixas\u00a0PaulDecathlon CMA CGM Team2:143-\u00a0Martinez\u00a0LennyBahrain &#8211; Victorious3:204-\u00a0Ayuso\u00a0JuanLidl &#8211; Trek8:06Teams\u00a0Classification Standings after Stage 20<\/p>\n<p>The teams&#8217; classification has also been won by Lidl-Trek, after two successful breakaways on weeks one and three. The German team had a stronger collective ultimately and no responsibility to work, meaning that today there was no closing the gap they had opened to UAE Team Emirates &#8211; XRG.<\/p>\n<p>36:57 minutes over UAE is the time difference between the two teams ahead of the final stage of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Rnk\u25bc\u25b2TeamClassTime1-\u00a0Lidl &#8211; TrekWT219:01:162-\u00a0UAE Team Emirates &#8211; XRGWT36:573-\u00a0Red Bull &#8211; BORA &#8211; hansgroheWT1:06:224-\u00a0Decathlon CMA CGM TeamWT1:47:44You can check the full standings of <a href=\"https:\/\/firstcycling.com\/race.php?r=17&amp;y=2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">each of the classifications<\/a> at the 2026 Tour de France.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; With 21 stages and four major jersey competitions to follow, the Tour de France standings can change&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85,6494,63570,2845],"class_list":["post-823501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-tom-pidcock","tag-tour-de-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}