Stage 20 was the last chance for anyone to take the Yellow jersey from British rider Christopher Froome in this year's Tour de France. Colombian Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, who started the day about two and a half minutes behind Froome, promised to use the two unrated climbs to attack -- and he did that. But he was unable to erase the whole deficit, and Froome finished the day still slightly over a minute in the overall lead, assuring that he will win this year's Tour.
The winner of stage 20 was Frenchman Thibaut Pinot. He finished 18 seconds ahead of Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas of Colombia, and 41 seconds ahead of Canadian Ryder Hesjedal.
On Sunday, the Tour finishes with the traditional ride into Paris and the sprint finish down the famous Champs-Elysées.
Here are the standings after stage 20:
YELLOW JERSEY (Overall Leaders)
1. Christopher Froome, Great Britain (Team Sky)
2. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, Colombia (Movistar)..........1' 12"
3. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte, Spain (Movistar)..........5' 25"
4. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy (Astana Pro Team)..........8' 36"
5. Alberto Contador, Spain (Tinkoff-Saxo)..........9' 48"
6. Robert Gesink, Netherlands (Lotto NL-Jumbo)..........10' 47"
7. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands (Trek Factory Racing)..........15' 14"
8. Frank Mathias, Switzerland (IAM Cycling)..........15' 39"
9. Romain Bardet, France (AG2R La Mondiale)..........16' 00"
10. Pierre Rolland, France (Team Europcar)..........17' 30"
11. Andrew Talansky, United States (Cannonade-Garmin)..........22' 06"
GREEN JERSEY (Best Sprinter)
1. Peter Sagan, Slovakia (Tinkoff-Saxo)..........420 pts
2. Andre Greipel, Germany (Lotto-Soudal)..........316 pts
3. John Degenkolb, Germany (Giant-Alpecin)..........281 pts
4. Mark Cavendish, Great Britain (ETIXX-Quick Step)..........192 pts
5. Christopher Froome, Great Britain (Team Sky)..........139 pts
6. Bryan Coquard, Francee (Europcar)..........122 pts
POLKA DOT JERSEY (Best Climber)
1. Christopher Froome, Great Britain (Team Sky)..........119 puts2. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas, Colombia (Movistar)..........108 pts
3. Romain Bardet, France (AG2R La Mondiale)..........90 pts
4. Thibaud Pinot, France (FDJ)..........82 pts
5. Joachim Rodriguez Oliver, Spain (Team Katusha)..........78 pts
WHITE JERSEY (Best Young Rider)
1. Nairo Alenander Quintano Rojas, Columbia (Movistar)
2. Romain Bardet, France (AG2R La Mondiale)..........14' 48"
3. Warren Barguil, France (Giant-Alpecin)..........30' 03"
TEAM LEADERS
1. Movistar (Spain)2. Team Sky (Great Britain)..........57' 23"
3. Tinkoff-Saxo (Russia).........1h 00' 12"
4. Astana Pro Team (Kazakhstan)..........1h 12' 09"
5. MTN-Qhubeka (South Africa)..........1h 14' 32"
