Tour de France 2022 stage 20 LIVE result: Jonas Vingegaard seals yellow jersey as Wout van Aert wins time trial

Jonas Vingegaard is set to win the Tour de France after finishing second to his Jumbo-Visma team-mate Wout van Aert in the stage 20 time trial to Rocamadour.

Van Aert won the 40.7km time trial from Lacapelle-Marival in a time of 47 minutes 59.86 seconds, 19 seconds faster than Vingegaard, who needed only to ride defensively given his sizable cushion over Tadej Pogacar, but instead attacked the stage and was fastest over the first half.

He then faded, almost running wide on a descent late on, but his second place was enough to confirm him in yellow ahead of Sunday’s ride into Paris, his advantage over Pogacar now three minutes and 34 seconds.

Geraint Thomas finished fourth on the stage, behind Pogacar in third, to confirm his third place overall, ensuring the podium was rounded out by two former Tour winners.

Follow all the reaction from stage 20 below.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

• A look at stage 20 profile, map and time-trial checkpoints

• Selected ITT start times with yellow jersey going last (4pm BST)

• Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Emirates) sets the early benchmark of 50 min 22 sec

• Time-trial world champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos) takes hot seat with 48.41

• Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) produces stunning performance to win in 47.59

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) finishes second in time trial to seal yellow jersey

Geraint Thomas finishes third in 2022 Tour de France

17:21 , Lawrence Ostlere

Geraint Thomas says he was not surprised by his consistency over the Tour, only by how far he’s come since last year’s disappointment.

Will there be beers tonight? “After Froomey won we drank as much as wanted before Paris, but I limited myself to two beers when I won it. I think it will be the same tonight – Paris can be hard if you’re not feeling good.”

stage 20 summary

17:13 , Lawrence Ostlere

Jonas Vingegaard is set to win the Tour de France after finishing second to his Jumbo-Visma team-mate Wout van Aert in the stage 20 time trial to Rocamadour.

Van Aert won the 40.7km time trial from Lacapelle-Marival in a time of 47 minutes 59.86 seconds, 19 seconds faster than Vingegaard, who needed only to ride defensively given his sizable cushion over Tadej Pogacar, but instead attacked the stage and was fastest over the first half.

He then faded, almost running wide on a descent late on, but his second place was enough to confirm him in yellow ahead of Sunday’s ride into Paris, his advantage over Pogacar now three minutes and 34 seconds.

Geraint Thomas finished fourth on the stage, behind Pogacar in third, to confirm his third place overall, ensuring the podium was rounded out by two former Tour winners.

Wout van Aert wins stage 20

17:08 , Lawrence Ostlere

The day’s winners embrace:

Wout van Aert wins stage 20

17:02 , Lawrence Ostlere

An emotional Wout van Aert speaks: “I think I paced my effort really well, I could accelerate in the final section, and technically I made no mistakes. A great day.”

A few tears there, understandably so after the accumulation of mental pressure over these three weeks.

Wout van Aert wins stage 20!

16:54 , Lawrence Ostlere

That was great fun. Here are the final standings of the stage 20 time trial:

1. Van Aert 47 min 59 sec

2. Vingegaard +0.19

3. Pogacar +0.27

4. Thomas +0.32

5. Ganna +0.42

Wout van Aert wins stage 20!

16:50 , Lawrence Ostlere

Jonas Vingegaard crosses the line 19 seconds down on Van Aert to seal his first yellow jersey! Just the procession to Paris to come tomorrow. Wout van Aert wins the time trial, his third stage of an incredible Tour.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:47 , Lawrence Ostlere

Pogacar sprints to the line with his tongue out, and he crosses the line 27 seconds behind Van Aert, which looks set to be enough for third place. So stage 20 will either be won by the yellow jersey of Vingegaard or the green jersey of Van Aert.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:45 , Lawrence Ostlere

Geraint Thomas finishes the time trial 32 seconds down on clubhouse leader Wout van Aert – the Belgian must have really ripped through that final section. Just Pogacar and Vingegaard left on the road...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:44 , Lawrence Ostlere

Vingegaard almost loses control! He wobbles on a downhill section and that was a major scare for the yellow jersey. I think he will hold back now, either through his own caution or because he’ll have had a stern word in his ear from the team car...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:41 , Lawrence Ostlere

Vingegaard looked to take a little more caution on a fast descending section, understandably so with only a crash standing between the Dane and his first Tour de France crown. But he’s picking up the pace on his more favoured uphill sections trying to earn back any lost time. Up ahead, Thomas is coming towards the finish as our stage leader Van Aert watches on...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:39 , Lawrence Ostlere

Vingegaard passes through the third and final checkpoint in 36.44, two seconds ahead of Van Aert and five clear of Thomas. This stage victory is going right to the line...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:35 , Lawrence Ostlere

Pogacar through checkpoint three 21 seconds down on Van Aert, and with only 8km remaining it looks like he might be just out of the running for the stage win.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:34 , Lawrence Ostlere

Geraint Thomas comes into the third checkpoint and he’s only three seconds down on Van Aert! He’s won back some time there and this is going to be incredibly tight for the stage win. Thomas now surges towards the finish at Rocamadour as Pogacar and Vingegaard near checkpoint three...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:28 , Lawrence Ostlere

Pogacar has slowed but Vingegaard has kept up his supreme pace, and at the halfway point he is seven seconds quicker than Van Aert.

Times at the second checkpoint:

1. Vingegaard 24.41

2. Van Aert +0.07

3. Thomas +0.13

4. Pogacar +0.20

5. Ganna +0.32

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:21 , Lawrence Ostlere

Geraint Thomas hits the halfway checkpoint six seconds slower than stage leader Wout van Aert.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:19 , Lawrence Ostlere

This would be quite an emphatic way to seal his first yellow jersey...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:13 , Lawrence Ostlere

Now then: Thomas goes through the first checkpoint only one second slower than Van Aert, and Pogacar goes through one second quicker... then Vingegaard beats them all! He’s seven seconds faster than Pogacar. Wow.

So the big three in the general classification are going to challenge our clubhouse leader for the stage win here.

Wout van Aert leads standings in stage 20 ITT!

16:06 , Lawrence Ostlere

Sensational from Van Aert, and the green jersey powers all the way to the line to clock 47 min 59 sec, beating the world time-trial champion Ganna by 42 seconds. Wow. Now what can Thomas, Pogacar and Vingegaard do...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

16:03 , Lawrence Ostlere

Bauke Mollema moves into second place in the overall standings, a strong ride from the Dutch national time-trial champion. Though a flying Belgian is about to knock him down a rung...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:58 , Lawrence Ostlere

Geraint Thomas and Tadej Pogacar are on the road. One man left to come.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:54 , Lawrence Ostlere

Van Aert passes the third checkpoint 23 seconds ahead of Ganna. There are some hilly sections to come before the finish at the clifftop village of Rocamadour, so it is far from a done deal, but Van Aert hasn’t been perturbed by mountains so far on this Tour and looks set to be our new leader on stage 20.

The top three of Thomas, Pogacar and Vingegaard are lined up ready to start...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:52 , Lawrence Ostlere

Bauke Mollema has fallen off the pace a little and is tracking around third place on this stage.

Back at the start gate we only have a handful of riders left to come. The yellow jersey of Jonas Vingegaard is on his warm-up bike getting ready, as Nairo Quintana rolls down the ramp looking to finish in the top five in the general classification.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:50 , Lawrence Ostlere

Wout van Aert watch: he’s absolutely flying. He passes the second checkpoint 25 seconds (!) ahead of world time-trial champion and clubhouse leader Filippo Ganna, and is approaching CP3 now...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:38 , Lawrence Ostlere

Bauke Mollema is going very well out there too, and the Belgian is second only to Van Aert through the first checkpoint. Stefan Kung is nearing the finish...

Meanwhile an odd one: a UAE Emirates spare bike has fallen off the car’s roof rack out on the course. The incident has not interfered with the rider the car was following, America’s Brandon McNulty.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:29 , Lawrence Ostlere

Wout van Aert passes the first checkpoint quickest! He’s 14 seconds up on Filippo Ganna, that’s so impressive. We have a battle on here.

Up ahead, Stefan Kung has fallen back from Ganna’s time, and he is tracking top five at best. Back at the start gate, Tom Pidcock rolls down the ramp to begin his run.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:18 , Lawrence Ostlere

Bora-Hansgrohe’s Max Schachmann crosses the finish line in fourth place, a strong run. Here’s the current standings, with Kung and Van Aert out on the road looking to challenge Ganna’s lead and another 20-odd riders still to hit the road.

1. Ganna 48 min 41 sec

2. Cattaneo +.43

3. Wright +.50

4. Schachmann +.55

5. Tratnik +1.06

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:14 , Lawrence Ostlere

As Stefan Kung nears the halfway point, back at the starting gate the green jersey of Wout van Aert prepares to get going. Can he challenge Filippo Ganna’s leading time? He has put in a huge effort on almost every stage during this Tour, so no one would blame him for having heavy legs – then again, Van Aert doesn’t really seem to do heavy legs.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:07 , Lawrence Ostlere

Swiss time trial specialist Stefan Kung is third fastest through checkpoint one.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

15:01 , Lawrence Ostlere

Still around 30 riders to come, with the yellow jersey of Jonas Vingegaard set to go at 4pm BST (5pm local time).

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

14:58 , Lawrence Ostlere

Fred Wright goes third! What a great Tour he has had and this is another impressive showing from the young Londoner. He clocks 49.31, and that’s 50 seconds shy of our leader, Ganna.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

14:57 , Lawrence Ostlere

Nils Politt comes in fourth overall, 1 min 21 sec behind Ganna, and Fred Wright will follow soon...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

14:46 , Lawrence Ostlere

Fred Wright and Nils Politt are both going to shake up the top of the standings on this stage – they have come through the third checkpoint in fourth and fifth place respectively, both around 40 seconds back from Ganna’s leading mark.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

14:39 , Lawrence Ostlere

Understandably, Fred Wright has not managed to sustain that ferocious early pace and he’s 21 seconds down on current leader Ganna at the halfway checkpoint.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

14:26 , Lawrence Ostlere

Just having a look back through Fred Wright’s palmares and there is nothing much to suggest elite time trial pedigree. Some top-five finishes at national U23 races, but that’s about it. Fascinating to see if the Bahrain Victorious rider can keep this pace up or whether he has thrown too much effort at that first stint.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

14:23 , Lawrence Ostlere

Nils Politt (Bora-H) is going along nicely and hits the first checkpoint only 14 seconds behind leader Filippo Ganna.

And now then – Britain’s very own Fred Wright has just gone one second quicker than Ganna through CP1! I had to double check that but it looks to be correct. Wow.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

14:13 , Lawrence Ostlere

So here’s our leaderboard after around 50 riders have completed the time trial:

1. Ganna 48 min 41 sec

2. Cattaneo +.43

3. Bjerg +1.41

4. Bodnar +2.20

5. Vermeersch +2.32

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

14:02 , Lawrence Ostlere

The man to beat...

Filippo Ganna sets new fastest time!

13:56 , Lawrence Ostlere

The time-trial world champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos) crosses the line and takes the hot seat with a mark of 48 min 41 sec. That has smashed the existing fastest time of Bjerg by 1.41. Will it be enough for the stage victory?

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

13:53 , Lawrence Ostlere

Filippo Ganna is pumping his was up a gentle incline towards the finishing run to the line at Lacapelle-Marival. We are about to find out the new time to beat, and it will take some beating...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

13:48 , Lawrence Ostlere

The American Stefan Bissegger crashed on the first time trial back in Copenhagen and has suffered more bad luck today, having to swap bikes after a mechanical. However, it was a quick swap and he hasn’t lost a huge amount of time – he was actually fifth through the first checkpoint, and I believe the bike change came before CP1.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

13:45 , Lawrence Ostlere

Ganna is flying and looks certain to be our new leader when he crosses the finish line in around 10 minutes. He has just passed the third checkpoint over a minute faster than the current leader Bjerg. Woof.

The old Belgian warhorse Philippe Gilbert is down the ramp now, and next is Britain’s Connor Swift. Pierre Rolland coming up soon, and the Frenchman can set a decent time trial time himself.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

13:33 , Lawrence Ostlere

The time-trial world champion Filippo Ganna, who has just gone through the second checkpoint faster than anyone else, pictured this morning:

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

13:29 , Lawrence Ostlere

Bjerg’s leading time has been beaten at the first checkpoint by two riders: Filippo Ganna sets the new fastest CP1 time of 12.23, and he’s six seconds quicker than his fellow Italian Mattia Cattaneo, who is eight seconds faster than the clubhouse leader Bjerg.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

13:26 , Lawrence Ostlere

Geraint Thomas rode the first time trial wearing a gilet, after forgetting to take it off before the stage began. He’s not going to make that mistake again...

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

13:16 , Lawrence Ostlere

Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Emirates) gets over the finish line to set the early benchmark in Lacapelle-Marival. His time is 50 min 22 sec, and no one else is within two minutes of that mark as yet. Plenty still to come of course.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

13:09 , Lawrence Ostlere

Here goes Filippo Ganna down the ramp. He’s the reigning double time-trial world champion, a triple Italian time-trial champion, and winner of six Giro d’Italia stages, five of which were – yes – time trials. He’s good at this, is the point I’m making.

But the Ineos rider didn’t win the stage 1 time trial, and might feel he has a point to prove here with many people tipping Wout van Aert to win today.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

13:03 , Lawrence Ostlere

Still no finishers yet, but the halfway checkpoint leader is Mikkel Bjerg by a distance. Maciej Bodnar (Bora-H) is closest, 14 seconds behind Bjerg’s time, and only one other early rider is within a minute.

Stage 20 map, profile and time-trial checkpoints

12:42 , Lawrence Ostlere

There are three check points along this route before the finish: CP1 comes with 30km to go, CP2 with 19km to go, and CP3 with 8km to go.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

12:41 , Lawrence Ostlere

The fastest rider so far through the first checkpoint is Tadej Pogacar’s teammate Mikkel Bjerg, the 23-year-old Dane who has great pedigree against the clock with world junior titles. He goes through at 12min 37sec, and no one is within half a minute of his mark there.

Peter Sagan is the latest rider down the ramp.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

12:34 , Lawrence Ostlere

Yves hits the ramp:

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

12:31 , Lawrence Ostlere

Here goes Yves Lampaert, QuickStep’s Belgian rider who won the stage 1 time trial in Copenhagen. Will he attack this course and go for the double? He doesn’t tend to do quite so well over longer routes like this one.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

12:26 , Lawrence Ostlere

Fourteen riders are out on the road, and up next is Australia’s Jack Bauer. He suffered that awful crash in a collision with a press motorbike a few days ago. Luckily he avoided serious injury.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

12:23 , Lawrence Ostlere

The wind is blowing hard which could have a big impact on the result today. Yves Lampaert was perhaps a bit harshly said to have benefitted with a tailwind as he won stage one back in Copenhagen.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

12:06 , Lawrence Ostlere

Filippo Ganna, the time trial world champion, is asked who will win today’s stage. “I think Wout will win,” he says with a grin, referring to the man in the green jersey Wout van Aert, who has been sensational all Tour. Van Aert finished second in the stage 1 time trial to Yves Lampaert. I still make Ganna my favourite today though, if he’s feeling fresh. Not that anyone is feeling fresh at this stage.

How to watch on TV and online today

11:59 , Lawrence Ostlere

Tour de France coverage can be found this year on ITV4, Eurosport, Discovery+ and GCN+ (Global Cycling Network).

Live racing each day will be shown on ITV4 before highlights typically at 7pm each day. ITV’s website lists timings here.

Eurosport and GCN+ will show every minute of every stage. More on Eurosport’s coverage here and the GCN+ coverage here.

It is also being shown on Eurosport’s Discovery+ streaming service, with broadcast info here.

Stage 20 time trial start times

11:57 , Lawrence Ostlere

Some selected start times today, with a few potential stage winners picked out from the field, as well as the first man who carries the Lanterne Rouge and the final three going for the podium.

1 Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) 12.05pm BST

17 Yves Lampaert (QuickStep) 12.39pm

41 Filippo Ganna (Ineos) 1.05pm

46 Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin) 1.12pm

69 Pierre Rolland (B&B) 1.47pm

117 Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) 3.16pm

137 Geraint Thomas (Ineos) 3.56pm

138 Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) 3.58pm

139 Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 4pm

Recap: Christophe Laporte wins stage 19

11:55 , Lawrence Ostlere

A reminder of what happened yesterday, as Christophe Laporte won stage 19 to claim his first victory at the Tour.

Christophe Laporte delivers long-awaited home win on stage 19 of Tour de France

General classification after stage 19

11:50 , Lawrence Ostlere

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) 75hrs 45’44”

2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) +3’21”

3. Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) +8’00”

4. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +11’05”

5. Nairo Qiuntana (Team Arkea-Samsic) +13’35”

6. Louis Meintjes (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) +13’43”

7. Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +14’10”

8. Romain Bardet (Team DSM) +16’11”

9. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan team) +20’24”

10. Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) +20’32”

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

11:45 , Lawrence Ostlere

The 2022 Tour de France has one final competitive stage before the procession to Paris on Sunday: a 41km individual time trial from the clifftop village of Rocamadour in southern France to Lacapelle-Marival, a small town known for its impressive chateau.

Stage 20 has regularly been an ITT in recent years in the hope of throwing up some late drama at the end of the Tour. That was certainly the case two years ago when Tadej Pogacar beat Primoz Roglic in dramatic circumstances, but it would take something truly extraordinary here given the stranglehold Jonas Vingegaard has on the yellow jersey.

The Dane leads by more than three minutes overall and realistically just needs to navigate the relatively flat course safely in order to be assured of his first Tour de France crown. Pogacar will likely go on the attack in search of an unlikely victory, but Vingegaard has proved himself no slouch on a time trial bike, beating the Slovenian in both of last year’s ITTs at the Tour, and surely it is just a formality that he wraps up his win.

Geraint Thomas is almost assured of third place on the podium in Paris, which will complete the set for the Welshman having won the race in 2018 and finished runner-up to his teammate Egan Bernal the following year. It has been a measured, intelligent ride by the 36-year-old, who was told at the beginning of the Tour he would be riding in support of teammates Dani Martinez and Adam Yates but who has proved the only Ineos card in the general classification.

Yves Lampaert won the other ITT of this Tour, the opening stage in Copenhagen. The favourite here is Ineos’s Filippo Ganna, a flying machine when it comes to time trials who has won the past two world championships.

Tour de France – stage 20 time trial LIVE

11:39 , Lawrence Ostlere

Follow all the action from stage 20 as Jonas Vingegaard looks to seal the yellow jersey and Geraint Thomas tries to lock in a podium place.