Tadej Pogacar did what no other cyclist in the Tour de France has done in 78 years – won a fifth mountain stage in the race.
The Slovenian has a large lead ahead of the final stage.
The competitors made a last attempt to narrow Tadej Pogacar's large lead in the Tour de France. But the Slovenian put them all in their place and won the penultimate stage of the cycle race, his fifth stage victory this year.
He is the second in the race's history to win five mountain stages. Gino Bartali won five in 1948.
Pogacar has a lead of 5.14 minutes ahead of defending champion Jonas Vingegaard before the final time trial stage. The Dane is in turn almost three minutes ahead of third-placed Remco Evenepoel, Belgium.
Vingegaard finished second at the goal on the 132.8-kilometer-long stage – seven seconds after Pogacar.
Only an accident can stop Pogacar from securing his third title in the "Tour". If he wins, the Slovenian will be the first since 1998 (Marco Pantani) to win both the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same year.
Due to Olympic preparations, the finish will not be in Paris, but in Nice.
