The penultimate stage of the Tour de France is a hilly 184km route from Nantua to Pontarlier, after the conclusion of the Alpine stages yesterday.Thymen Arensman won a truncated Stage 19 in the mountains after breaking away from Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard,

It was O'Connor's second stage win at the Tour, four years after his victory in Tignes. The team Jayco AlUla leader dropped his last breakaway companion, Einer Rubio, with 16 kilometers to go and then held off the return of the main contenders.

The 26-year-old is well on his way to a fourth Tour de France title, pedaling himself into the rarefied air occupied by the sport’s all-time greats.

Another day successfully completed, only one more to go. Tadej Pogacar is getting closer to his fourth Tour de France victory. However, he still has to navigate the ride to the Champs-Élysées, which is quite different from the traditional parade through Paris.

By Julien Pretot PONTARLIER, France (Reuters) -Tadej Pogacar all but sealed his fourth Tour de France title on Saturday after surviving what he claims is one of the most brutal Tours he has ridden, leaving only Sunday's ride into Paris between him and another triumph in the world's greatest race.

The Ineos Grenadier escaped the GC duo on the climb to La Plagne and held them off on the line by just two seconds