Tour de France: Geraint Thomas edges closer to victory after second place on stage 19

Gerrant Thomas won the final day in the mountain by taking the Tour de France to the second place in the Primo Parisal in 19th phase.

To get six bonus seconds and to increase his overall leadership with two stages, the nearest rival Tom Dumoulin was dismissed at the run-in at Lords.

Thomas Deutschman takes Dumuulin for two minutes, Saturday with 31 km of personal time testing five seconds.

There will be no change in the standings of Sunday's procession in Paris.

Twentypok in the tour: Thomas clears the final summit
Tradition gives instructions that yellow jerseys have not been invaded in the final stage, so if Team Sky Thomas goes ahead with time testing, then he will become the third Briton to win the race after Sir Bradley Wigins in 2012, and four times Champion Chris Frum - As long as he crosses the Finnish line in Paris.

Ending in the group with current champion Frem Thomas, but with the Sloveneous Roslys, in 19th place overall, they were eliminated in the third place, who performed clearly on the scalping end to win 19 seconds and jumped up in the standings Tax.

Tour de France: Geraint Thomas edges closer to victory after second place on stage 19

A missing lead?
A hilly 31 km time test separates Tomas from tour titles and when he is a British Time Trial Champion - he won a crown last month - he would be cautious of the challenge of world champion Dumoulin's reign, while Rogilis is also a famous time There is a trailer.

The race against Roglic Clock will begin the humiliation of Thomas for two minutes, 24 seconds. From, who has won four personal time tests in the Grand Tour race, and won two Olympic bronze medals, and 13 seconds ago.

Riders will be out in reverse order with Thomas to begin as racers and they are expected to start their own time trial at 15:30 BST - BBC coverage will be live coverage from 13:00 on BBC website and commentary on BBC Radio Live 5

Thomas told BBC Sport, "I am definitely in good standing but I am still not going away and thinking about winning the yellow jersey."

"As soon as you take your eyes off the ball, you can slip, I got a two-minute advantage but need to ride well on Saturday. I hope this is enough."
In the forum-by-step guide to the BBC Sport website, Mark Cavendish chose Thomas "to look for".

Cavendish said: "This is a mix of ups and downs on the technical roads. It will not be anybody who can only mash a big gear which is going to win it.

"It is going to be such a person who can plan and stick to it. Many people will work very hard and in the last 3 km, a lot of time can be reduced with a little kick, even if it is from one kilometer Be less long. "

every second counts
During the race, Thomas has primarily tried to take the respected bonus seconds on the finish line, and he ensured he benefited again today.

He explained to six other riders that he had come to the lions with six bonus seconds to finish the second - he has earned 33 bonus seconds in total, which is in Dumoulin 12.

Team Sunweb Ryder Damoulin was also penalized 20 seconds before for a formation behind a team car.

How the stage unfolded
With the 5000 meter climbing on the last day in Pirinas - to move to Aspen, Tourmalet and Aubisak mountains - there was still a lot to run for.

Many riders troubling Team Sky attacked the tourmalate; Ilhan Zakirin showed his hand and Michelle Landa, Romain Bardet and Rafael Majko.

Quartet led more than two minutes at the distance of 17 km of tourmalet and caught the breakaway of the day, which included Adam Yates of Britain of the dynasty.

Thomas was riding another speed behind Team Sky teammate Jonathan Kastrovisiono and Michal Kwiatkowsky, which included Frome and Egan Bernal.

At one point, Landa reached Thomas's only 80 seconds virtual virtual virtual, but when the break stopped working together and started attacking each other, their advantage was reduced.

Damuolin tried to get out of the yellow jersey group twice but Thomas was trapped on his wheels, though he later said: "I do not think I was as comfortable as comfortable as I was - I have to start playing poker.

"I was just able to follow Dumoulin and the main thing for me was that he had to put pressure on the patient to go closer and it really did a good job.

"It was the first time that I thought it was a bit late, so it was good to pump some more pressure."

Thomas responded, while Froom fell 30 seconds ago and he needed the help of 21 years of Colombian Barnal.

To the top of Audisque - the last mountain run of the race - all the main rivals came back together and former junior world ski jump champion Rogis proved best after finishing in a 20-km race because they landed on the mountain.

Step 19 Results:

1. Primoz Roglic (Slo / Team LottoNL-Jumbo) 5hrs 28mins 17secs

2. Gerent Thomas (GB / Team Sky) + 19 ccs

3. Romain Bardet (FR / AG2R La Mondiele) at the same time

4. Daniel Martin (Ire / United Arab Emirates Team)

5. Rafta Majka (Poll / Bora-Swangrowe)

6. Tom Dumoulin (Down / Team SunWeb)

7. Mikel Landa (spa / moviestar)

8. Chris Frum (GB / Team Sky)

9. Steven Cruswswijk (Ned / Lotto NL-Jumbo) + 31secs

10. Ilan Zakarin (Russian / Katucha-Alpesin) at the same time

General classification after phase 19:

1. Jerent Thomas (GB / Team Sky) 79hrs 49mins 31secs

2. Tom Dumoulin (Down / Team SunWeb) + 2 Minutes 05secs

3. Primoz Roglic (Slo / Team LottoNL-Jumbo) + 2mins 24secs

4. Chris Frum (GB / Team Sky) + 2 minutes 37secs

5. Steven Krujswijk (Ned / Lotto NL-Jumbo) + 4 minutes 37secs

6. Mikel Llanda (Spa / Moovistor) + 4 minutes 40secs

7. Romain Bardet (FR / AG2R La Mondiele) + 5 minutes 15secs

9. Daniel Martin (Ire / United Arab Emirates Emirates) + 6 Minutes 39secs

9. Neuro Quintana (Colonel / Movistar Team) + 10mins 26secs

10. Ilun Zakarin (Russian / Katusha-Alpesin) + 11 minutes 49secs