Service now resumes in the Tour Pool after three days of travelling to Italy via Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Austria.
Geraint Thomas will wear yellow into Paris after a transition stage near the Pyrenées, a final mountain stage, and the individual time trial. The Welshman showed no signs of cracking, and Tom Dumoulin was only able to claw back a handful of seconds in the time trial.
The biggest change to the standings in the last three stages was Chris Froome moving back onto the podium at the expense of Primosz Roglic. The four-time winner struggled in the high mountains and could only manage second in the time trial to Dumoulin.
The other standings were unchanged, with the biggest suspense being over whether Peter Sagan could make it through after his crash on Stage 17. Answer: yes.
The final stage into Paris will be all about the final sprint on the Champs-Elysées, sometimes referred to as the world championship of the sprinters. Except there are hardly any sprinters left …
| Stage | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
| Terrain | Road | Road | ITT | |
| Date | July-27 | July-28 | July-29 | |
| Route | Trie-sur-Baïse / Pau | Lourdes / Laruns | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle / Espelette | |
| Distance | 171 km | 200.5 km | 31 km | |
| STAGE RESULT | Points | |||
| Stage 1st | 15 | DEMARE Arnaud FRA GFC | ROGLIČ Primož SLO TLJ | DUMOULIN Tom NED MON |
| Stage 2nd | 12 | LAPORTE Christophe FRA COF | THOMAS Geraint GBR SKY | FROOME Chris GBR SKY |
| Stage 3rd | 10 | KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UAD | BARDET Romain FRA ALM | THOMAS Geraint GBR SKY |
| Stage 4th | 8 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald NOR DDD | MARTIN Daniel IRL UAD | KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL SKY |
| Stage 5th | 6 | COLBRELLI Sonny ITA TBM | MAJKA Rafal POL BOH | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren DEN THU* |
| Stage 6th | 5 | RICHEZE Maximiliano Ariel ARG QST | DUMOULIN Tom NED MON | JUNGELS Bob LUX QST |
| Stage 7th | 4 | DEGENKOLB John GER TFS | LANDA MEANA Mikel ESP MOV | ZAKARIN Ilnur RUS TKA |
| Stage 8th | 3 | SAGAN Peter SVK BOH | FROOME Chris GBR SKY | ROGLIČ Primož SLO TLJ |
| Stage 9th | 2 | PHINNEY Taylor USA EFD | KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED TLJ | SOLER Marc ESP MOV* |
| Stage 10th | 1 | DUPONT Timothy BEL WGG | ZAKARIN Ilnur RUS TKA | HEPBURN Michael AUS MTS |
| Intermediate sprint | 5 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume BEL WGG | GAUDIN Damien FRA TDE | |
| HC climb | 7 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA QST | ||
| HC climb | 7 | MAJKA Rafal POL BOH | ||
| Class 1 climb | 5 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA QST | ||
| Class 3 climb | 2 | KANGERT Tanel EST KAZ | ||
| Class 4 climb | 1 | TERPSTRA Niki NED QST | DILLIER Silvan SUI ALM | |
| Class 4 climb | 1 | VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume BEL WGG | GAUDIN Damien FRA TDE | |
| Best young rider | 1 | DE BUYST Jasper BEL LTS* | BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley COL SKY* | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren DEN THU* |
| Most aggressive rider | 1 | DURBRIDGE Luke AUS MTS | LANDA MEANA Mikel ESP MOV | |
| Best team | 3 | GROUPAMA – FDJ (GFC) | SKY (SKY) | SKY (SKY) |
| Abandon | -5 | VANENDERT Jelle BEL LTS | ||
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OVERALL STANDINGS
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| Yellow jersey | 7 | THOMAS Geraint GBR SKY | THOMAS Geraint GBR SKY | THOMAS Geraint GBR SKY |
| Team classification | 7 | MOVISTAR (MOV) | MOVISTAR (MOV) | MOVISTAR (MOV) |
| Green jersey | 7 | SAGAN Peter SVK BOH | SAGAN Peter SVK BOH | SAGAN Peter SVK BOH |
| Polka dot jersey | 7 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA QST | ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA QST | ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA QST |
| White jersey | 5 | LATOUR Pierre Roger FRA ALM* | LATOUR Pierre Roger FRA ALM* | LATOUR Pierre Roger FRA ALM* |
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