Pogacar Wins His Fifth Tour de France; Carapaz Claims His Second Victory on Alpe d’Huez

Richard Carapaz won the 20th and penultimate stage of the 2026 Tour de France, which concluded for the second day in a row on Alpe d’Huez, tackled from a different side than on Friday, when Tadej Pogacar had triumphed. The Ecuadorian rider from EF Education–EasyPost capitalized on Kuss’s crash on the descent and claimed victory for the second time in three days, also mathematically securing the polka-dot jersey as the best climber.

Tadej Pogacar, riding from his commanding lead, managed the race and acted as a domestique for Isaac Del Toro, who finished third in the general classification behind his team captain and Remco Evenepoel.

Pogacar thus won the Tour de France for the fifth time in his career, dominating the 2026 edition, winning five stages, and reigning supreme in the mountain stages, both in the Pyrenees and the Alps. The general classification speaks for itself: the Slovenian finished with a 6½-minute lead over Evenepoel, who came in second.

Friday’s stage was marked by Pogacar’s feat on Alpe d’Huez, where he rewrote the history of the Tour de France by breaking Marco Pantani’s climb record. The Slovenian star completed the famous climb in 35’29”, improving on the 36’50” time that “Il Pirata” had set way back in 1995. “I’m happy to have beaten a legend’s time,” Pogacar commented at the end of the stage, before supporting Del Toro on the final day.