Tour de France 2020: Favourites

Egan Bernal did not reclaim his crown in the 107th Tour de France. Primoz Roglic wore the yellow jersey for twelve days before Tadej Pogacar seized power on the penultimate day of action.

Read about the pre-race favourites or click on the links in the table below for the favourites to win individual stages. Obviously, all these articles were written before the start of the race(s).

Tour de France 2020 favourites - per stage

	date	favourites	km	type
1	29-8	Fight for yellow	156	hills
2	30-8	Climbers with descending skills	187	mountains
3	31-8	Sisteron's sprint fest	198	flat
4	1-9	Attackers or GC riders	157	mountains
5	2-9	Strong sprinters on false flat finish	183	flat
6	3-9	Tricky day in the Cevénnes	191	hills
7	4-9	Sprint stage with echelon threat	168	flat
8	5-9	Fast descenders in first Pyrenees race	140	mountains
9	6-9	For daredevil punchers	154	mountains
	7-9	rest day
10	8-9	Echelons on the Atlantic coast?	170	flat
11	9-9	Royal sprint in Poitiers	167	flat
12	10-9	Day for the breakaway	218	hills
13	11-9	Huge clash in the Massif Central	191	mountains
14	12-9	Classics riders in Lyon	197	hills
15	13-9	Grande Finale on Grand Colombier	175	mountains
	14-9	rest day
16	15-9	Alpine race with punchy finale	164	mountain
17	16-9	Two monster climbs for mountain goats	168	mountains
18	17-9	Heroism on unpaved roads	168	mountains
19	18-9	A taste of Champs-Élysées	160	flat
20	19-9	Dennis versus Dumoulin	36	ITT
21	20-9	Final sprint in Paris	122	flat