Stage 20 of the 2026 Tour de France featured a grueling 170.9-kilometer (106.2 miles) mountain challenge from Le Bourg d'Oisans to the Alpe d'Huez and a frightening crash. With over 5,000 meters of vertical elevation, the most in this years race, the stage lived up to its billing as the Queen Stage, with Richard Carapaz claiming the victory, dashing American Sepp Kusss hopes of a historic win.The day opened with the relentless Col de la Croix de Fer, the tours longest and one of its most demanding ascents. Carapaz launched an early attack, cresting the summit solo and collecting mountain points. On the Category 1 Col du Tlgraphe, he again surged ahead to reach the top first. Conquering the Col du Galibier, Carapaz effectively sealed his triumph in the mountains classification and claimed the polka dot jersey in this year's Tour.Kuss surged ahead on the final major ascent, the Col de Sarenne, determined to break the USA's five-year Tour stage drought.However, disaster struck when Kuss crashed into a wall out of a tunnel in the final meters of the climb, but remounted and continued on in first. Yet, he was pushing it too far on the descent and crashed again on a sharp bend, only narrowly escaping serious injury thanks to the safety netting that prevented a disastrous fall off the mountain.Seizing the moment, Richard Carapaz launched a decisive attack in the wake of Kusss misfortune and powered past to secure his second stage victory of this years Tour.More: American Sepp Kuss narrowly avoids catastrophe in Tour de France crash OH NO, SEPP KUSS! The American crashes on a bend after having already had a scare a little earlier. He lets Richard Carapaz race away to victory. OH NON SEPP KUSS ! L'Amricain chute dans un virage aprs s'tre dj fait une frayeur un peu plus tt. Il laisse Richard pic.twitter.com/4Pwv8pvWV8 Tour de France (@LeTour) July 25, 2026Tour de France results: Stage 20Final results of the 170.9-kilometer Stage 20 from Le Bourg d'Oisans to Alpe d'Huez at the 2026 Tour de France on Saturday, July 25.*Results and times are viaTour de France website*1RichardCarapazEF Education- Easy Post04h 59' 39''2Remco EvenepoelRed Bull - BORA - Hansgrohe+ 00' 26''3SeppKussTeam Visma | Lease A Bike+ 00' 31''4Tadej PogaarUAE Team Emirates - XRG+ 01' 05''5Isaac Del ToroUAE Team Emirates - XRG+ 01' 05''6Lenny MartinezBahrain Victorious+ 01' 07''7JaiHindleyRed Bull - BORA - Hansgrohe+ 02' 15''8Mattias SkjelmoseLIDL-TREK+ 02' 55''9Juan Ayuso LIDL-TREK+ 02' 55''10Paul SeixasDecathlon CMA CGM Team+ 02' 55''2026 Tour de France standingsThrough Stage20RankRiderTeamTime Gap1Tadej PogaarUAE Team Emirates - XRG72h 53' 44''2Remco EvenepoelRed Bull - BORA - Hansgrohe+ 06' 26''3Isaac Del ToroUAE Team Emirates - XRG+ 09' 42''4Paul SeixasDecathlon CMA CGM Team+ 11' 56''5Lenny MartinezBahrain Victorious+ 13' 02''6Mattias SkjelmoseLIDL-TREK+ 14' 59''7Juan AyusoLIDL-TREK+ 17' 48''8RichardCarapazEF Education- Easy Post+ 20' 00''9TomPidcockPinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team+ 29' 28''10JordanJegatTotalenergies+ 33' 21''Watch Tour de France with Peacock2026 Tour de France jersey leaders after Stage 20Yellow (overall race leader):Tadej Pogaar, SloveniaGreen (points):Mads Pedersen, DenmarkPolka dot (mountains):RichardCarapaz, EcuadorWhite (young rider):Isaac Del Toro, Mexico2026 Tour de France Stage 21: How to watch, start time, route and distanceDate:Sunday, July 26, 2026Time: Coverage starts at 9:30 a.m. ETLocation:Thoiry to Paris Champs-ElyseesDistance:89 kilometers (82.6 miles)TV: NBC Sports NetworkStreaming:PeacockThis article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Richard Carapaz wins Stage 20, his second stage of 2026 Tour de France