Ended Sunday, September 20 with the coronation of Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, at the end of a final stage won in Paris by the green jersey Sam Bennett. Discover the final rankings.
After his incredible performance in the time trial, during the penultimate stage, Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (21) won the Tour de France 2020 on Sunday, September 20, ahead of his compatriot Primoz Roglic and the Australian Richie Porte. The UAE Emirates team prodigy also won the mountain standings polka dot jersey and the best young rider white jersey. The 21st and final stage were won by the Irishman Sam Bennett, already a green jersey before this sprint on the Champs-Elysées and who finished victorious in the points classification. The Movistar team wins the team classification ahead of the Jumbo-Visma team. The next edition of the Tour de France, which will start from Brest, is scheduled from June 26 to July 18, 2021.
After arriving on the Champs-Elysées, Christian Prudhomme, the director of the Tour de France, expressed his relief at having completed an edition that could have never taken place, due to the coronavirus crisis. "I had already said to myself 'phew' on Tuesday when the runners' tests were all negative and tonight I have a real sense of pride in the work of the runners, the sports teams, the teams. organization and journalists, since we would not have been able to succeed if we had not been aware that we had to respect certain strict measures for that, he indicated. Thank you all! There is a feeling satisfaction since this is the first year, in fifteen years that I have been the director of the Tour, where I was afraid that we would not go to the end.
For his part, Tadej Pogacar, the final winner of this Tour de France 2020, did not hide his emotion after arriving on the Champs-Elysées: "It's incredible, it's really crazy to be the winner of the Tour de France. Even if I had finished second or even further, I would have been happy to be there. It's the best of the best. I can't describe it in words. Today, it was a very special day that I spent with my teammates. Finally, we had a little time to talk on the bike, while the other days we were all the time full. I think every rider from the peloton came to congratulate me today. This sport is crazy! ".
The points classification is established according to the following scale:
The arrival of the plain stages: 50, 30, 20, 18, 16, 14 ... up to 2 points for the 15th classified rider.
The arrival of the mid-mountain stages: 30, 25, 22, 19, 17, 15, ... up to 2 points for the 15th classified rider.
The arrival of the mountain stages: 20, 17, 15, 13, 12, 10, 9, ... up to 1 point for the 15th classified rider.
The arrival of the individual time trial stages: 20, 17, 15, 13, 12, 10, 9, ... up to 1 point for the 15th classified rider.
Intermediate sprints: 20, 17, 15, 13, 12, 10, 9, ... up to 1 point for the 15th classified rider.
- The mountain classification is established according to the following scale:
Odds outside category: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, and 2 points for the first 8 classified riders.
1st category ribs: 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1 point for the first 6 classified riders.
2nd category ribs: 5, 3, 2, and 1 point for the first 4 classified riders.
3rd category ribs: 2 and 1 point for the first 2 classified riders.
4th category ribs: 1 point for the first classified rider.
The rule of doubling points on certain passes changed: points are doubled on arrival at the top of the Col de la Loze (2,304 m).
- Youth ranking
The youth classification is reserved for runners born since January 1, 1995. The first of them in the general individual time classification is the daily youth leader. At the end of the last stage, he is declared the winner of the youth classification.
- Team classification
The general team classification is established by adding the three best individual times of each team. In the stage classifications, in case of a tie, the teams achieving the same time are separated by the addition of the places obtained by their three best riders in the classification of that stage. In the event of a new tie, the teams are separated by the place of their best rider in the standings for the stage.
In the general classification, in the event of a tie, the teams are separated by their number of stage victories per team, then by their number of second places, and so on until several places obtained. by one or the other makes it possible to establish their final classification. If there is still a tie, the teams are separated by the place of their best rider in the general individual classification. Any formation reduced to less than 3 riders is eliminated from the general team classification.
- Combativeness Prize
The combativity prize rewards the runner who is the most generous in the effort and who shows the best sportsmanship. This prize, awarded in the online stages except for the last stage, is awarded by a jury chaired by the director of the event:
The most combative of the stage wear red bibs in the next stage.
A Super-combative is appointed by the members of the jury at the end of the Tour de France.
- Awards
In total, 2,293,000 € are distributed during this Tour. The winner of the final general classification wins € 500,000, a bonus being paid up to the last classified rider (€ 1,000).
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