Tour De France 2017 Stage 20

Chris Froome effectively clinched his fourth Tour de France title after finishing third on the penultimate stage of the race in Marseille.

Briton Froome finished six seconds behind stage winner Maciej Bodnar.

The 32-year-old took time out of all his major yellow jersey rivals on a 22.5km individual time trial.

The Team Sky rider will not have his lead attacked on Sunday's processional final stage into Paris and will win the race for the third successive year.

"It just was just an amazing feeling to finish in this atmosphere in this stadium," Froome told ITV4 afterwards.

"Three weeks of racing are almost at an end - we've still got to get to Paris but this is an amazing feeling."

Earlier on Saturday, the women's race - La Course by Le Tour - was won by Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten.

In an unusual pursuit format, she managed to hold off a group of three riders that included Britain's Lizzie Deignan to ensure that she won both of the two stages of the race. Deignan outsprinted Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini to claim second.

Stage 20 result

1. Maciej Bodnar (Pol/Bora-Hansgrohe) 28mins 15secs
2. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol/Team Sky) +1sec
3. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +6secs
4. Tony Martin (Ger/Katusha-Alpecin) +14secs
5. Daryl Impey (SA/Orica-Scott) +20secs
6. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek-Segafredo) +21secs
7. Nikias Arndt (Ger/Team Sunweb) +28secs
8. Rigoberto Uran (Col/Cannondale-Drapac) +31secs
9. Stefan Kung (Swi/BMC) +34secs
10. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra/Direct Energie) +37secs

Top 10 on GC

1. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) 83hrs 55mins 16secs
2. Rigoberto Uran (Col/Cannondale-Drapac) +54secs
3. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale) +2mins 20secs
4. Mikel Landa (Spa/Team Sky) +2mins 21secs
5. Fabio Aru (Ita/Astana) +3mins 05secs
6. Dan Martin (Ire/Quick-Step Floors) +4mins 42secs
7. Simon Yates (GB/Orica-Scott) +6mins 14secs
8. Louis Meintjes (SA/Team UAE Emirates) +8mins 20secs
9. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek-Segafredo) +8mins 49secs
10. Warren Barguil (Fra/Team Sunweb) +9mins 25secs

The jerseys

Yellow (overall): Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky)

Green (points): Michael Matthews (Aus/Team Sunweb)

Polka dot (mountains): Warren Barguil (Fra/Team Sunweb)

White (best young rider): Simon Yates (GB/Orica-Scott)