Richard Carapaz wins Tour de France stage 20 after late Kuss crashes

Carapaz clears out on the final mountain stage

Richard Carapaz won the 20th stage of the Tour de France, taking the race's final mountain stage for Ecuador. The decisive point came late, with Carapaz riding clear after Sepp Kuss crashed twice in the closing kilometers.

That sequence matters because stage 20 mountain stages tend to compress both fatigue and risk. By this point in a Grand Tour, riders are carrying three weeks of accumulated load, and small disruptions can become race-defining. A crash in the closing kilometers does not just cost time or momentum - it can break the tactical structure of the finale and open the door for a rider already positioned to capitalize.

For Carapaz, the win is the headline result. For the race, Kuss's two late crashes are the key context, since they shaped how the final mountain stage was decided.

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