Soren Kragh Andersen (Sunweb) became the fourth rider with two stage wins at the 2020 Tour de France after Wout van Aert, Caleb Ewan, and Tadej Pogacar. Inspired by his win in Lyon, the Danish locomotive went for another solo ride but a longer one this time, as he escaped a 12-man leading group including the three green jersey contenders Sam Bennett, Peter Sagan and Matteo Trentin with 16km to go.
1.Søren KRAGH ANDERSEN TEAM SUNWEB 03h 36′ 33”
2.Luka MEZGEC MITCHELTON – SCOTT @ 00′ 53”
3.Jasper STUYVEN TREK – SEGAFREDO S/T
4.GREG VAN AVERMAET CCC TEAM S/T
5.OLIVER NAESEN AG2R LA MONDIALE S/T
6.NIKIAS ARNDT TEAM SUNWEB S/T
7.LUKE ROWE INEOS GRENADIERS @ 00′ 59”
8.SAM BENNETT DECEUNINCK-QUICKSTEP @ 01′ 02” – –
9.PETER SAGAN BORA – HANSGROHE S/T
10.MATTEO TRENTIN CCC TEAM S/T
Sam told the media after his superb efforts “I want to thank my team again. It was a really hard day and I probably raced in a very frustrating way for other competitors, but they are so strong that I had to do it that way. I had to throw away the stage and focus on Sagan and on the fight for the points classification. I left everything I had on the road to secure it. Am I close to winning the green jersey? First I have to overcome tomorrow stage. I think, if the conditions are correct, I will only have to finish it off on Sunday.”
1 Sam BENNETT DECEUNINCK – QUICKSTEP 319 PTS
2 Peter SAGAN BORA – HANSGROHE 264 PTS
3 Matteo TRENTIN CCC TEAM 250 PTS
4 BRYAN COQUAR B&B HOTELS – VITAL- KTM 173 PTS
5 CALEB EWAN LOTTO SOUDAL 158 PTS
6 JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE DECEUNINCK – QUICKSTEP 150 PTS
7 WOUT VAN AERT TEAM JUMBO – VISMA 147 PTS
8 SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN TEAM SUNWEB 138 PTS
9 MICHAEL MØRKØV DECEUNINCK – QUICKSTEP 129 PTS
10 TADEJ POGACAR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 123 PTS
