Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) was just one day removed from the “painful” memory of missing out on his first Grand Tour victory on the climb to Isola 2000, but he put that fresh wound aside during stage 20 of the Tour de France to concentrate on helping his team leader Jonas Vingegaard on the slopes of the Col de la Couillole.

Vingegaard would go on to finish second behind leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) on Saturday, putting some extra time between himself and nearest rival Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), who couldn’t keep up with the accelerations in the final 3km. Pogačar added 11 seconds to his 5-plus minute GC margin, but Vingegaard tightened his grip on second overall, adding 52 seconds to extend his lead over third-placed Evenepoel to 2:50 with only the stage 21 time trial remaining.