Slovenia's cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar made history yet again, winning his fifth mountain victory at this year's Tour de France, something last achieved by another great, Gino Bartali, 76 years ago.

Pogačar, a 25-year-old UAE Team Emirates rider, edged his closest general classification rival, Dane Jonas Vingegaard by 7 seconds in the 132.8 km stage from Nice to the top of Col de la Couillole for back-to-back stage wins in the Alps.

The Slovenian is heading into the final stage of the three-week race, an individual time trial on Sunday, with a lead of 5 minutes and 14 seconds on the Danish Visma-Lease a Bike rider. Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) is in third, 8:04 adrift.

Pogačar and Vingegaard caught up with the breakaways with 2.5 km to go. Pogačar sat in Vingegaard's wheel, saving his strength. He came through to the front in the final 400 metres to take stage 20.

Vingegaard finished second, ahead of Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost).

Pogačar stretched out his arms as he crossed the finish line before holding up his hand to signal his number of wins.

Nevertheless, he said his team was not originally going for the win. "It didn't go as we planned, but I couldn't be happier with that - another stage win," he said after the race.

Commenting on his dominating performance at this year's Tour, the two-time champion said that if he had been told about it before the race, he would not have believed it. "It's out of this world," he said.

Asked about Vingegaard, Pogačar said "he had some tough days and today he showed he's not easy to crack and is a real fighter." Vingagaard gave his everything today, Pogačar said.

The Dane had been put under pressure by Evenepoel's team for much of the day, but counterattacked on the final climb to put more time into the Belgian.

The final stage of this year's Tour will take the cyclists from Monaco to Nice in a 33.7 km time trial. This will be the first time since 1903 that the race will not end in Paris.

"I think tomorrow can still be dangerous so I will try and come safely to Nice. I can enjoy a bit more the crowds tomorrow," said Pogačar, who is looking at his third Tour title.