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Matej Mohoric won stage 19 of the Tour de France in a thrilling photo finish ahead of Kasper Asgreen in Poligny.<\/span><\/p>\n The pair sprinted for the line at the end of a frantic day of racing, with the Slovenian denying Asgreen back-to-back stage wins by the width of a rim.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n They had to wait to discover who had won, and an emotional Mohoric was in tears after being told it was him.<\/span><\/p>\n Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard retains his comfortable lead over Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar with two stages remaining.<\/span><\/p>\n Britain’s Adam Yates remains third, with Saturday seeing the Tour return to the mountains before Sunday’s ceremonial procession into Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n Stage 20 suits the pure climbers and will decide who joins Vingegaard and Pogacar on the podium as well as settle the order of the top 10 in the General Classification.<\/span><\/p>\n This was the final chance for sprinters to take the glory before they fight it out on the Champs Elysees, and also a last opportunity for many other riders and teams to try to grab a stage success through a breakaway.<\/span><\/p>\n It led to a fast and furious fight over a lumpy 172.8km route that started in Moirans en Montagne, with escape attempts starting as soon as the stage got under way.<\/span><\/p>\n