The Dane felt better than ever and was eager to claim his third Tour victory. It was not meant to be: the leader of Visma | Lease a Bike will start the final stage to Paris in second place in the GC.

Riding behind O'Connor, Vingegaard and Pogačar closely watched each other in the final climb. Vingegaard attacked his Slovenian rival but Pogačar responded with ease. Vingegaard and his teammates had also tried to hurt the defending champion earlier in the day in the Col de La Madeleine, but their effors left Pogačar unfazed.

Tour de France overall leader Tadej Pogacar suffered a big scare on Thursday when he bumped into the team car of his chief rival Jonas Vingegaard before the start of the 18th stage, a brutal mountain trek from Vif to the Col de la Loze.

Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar: the two rivals met again during the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France. The number one and two in the GC did not take their eyes off each other during the final climb to La Plagne,

Tejay Van Garderen and Brent Bookwalter break down Jonas Vingegaard's strategy against Tadej Pogacar in Stage 19, discussing why they expected more out of the Danish climber.

Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race – a 93km route from Albertville to La Plagne truncated at short notice last night

Brent Bookwalter and Tejay Van Garderen analyze Visma's attempt to push Jonas Vingegaard ahead of Tadej Pogacar that fell flat in the mountains of Tour de France Stage 18 and dive into the white jersey battle.

Jonas Vingegaard has given up his quest for the yellow jersey after the nineteenth stage to La Plagne. In the transition stage through the Jura and on Montmartre, the Slovenian no longer has to worry about an attack from his Danish rival,