Defending champion Tadej Pogacar is on the verge of winning a record-equalling fifth Tour de France after taking a storming victory on stage 19 to Alpe d'Huez. Pogacar, 27, is aiming to become the joint-most successful rider in the Tour's history with five wins, alongside Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain. Pogacar has a dominant lead over Belgium's Remco Evenepoel of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe of seven minutes 11 seconds, despite the Belgian's improved climbing form this year. The peloton will take on Alpe d'Huez once again on Saturday for the three-week race's mountainous 'queen' stage, which includes an extra 2,000 metres of climbing. Every kilometre of Alpe d'Huez I had good legs and not many could follow [me]."