Chris Froome is, for all intents and purposes, 14 miles from his fourth Tour de France title.
The British rider finished fourth — 20 seconds behind winner Warren Barguil — atop the Col d’Izoard in the final mountain stage Thursday.
More importantly, Froome and Romain Bardet finished together, while Rigoberto Uran was two seconds behind them.
Froome entered the day with a 27-second lead over Bardet and Uran for the yellow jersey in the three-week stage race that ends Sunday.
Froome lost four seconds of his overall race lead to stage third-place finisher Romain Bardet due to Bardet’s time bonus.