MARSEILLE, France — Chris Froome said on Saturday that it was an honor to be mentioned in the same breath as five-time Tour de France winners like Eddy Merckx and Miguel Indurain.

Froome, 32, had all but wrapped up his fourth title after finishing third in Stage 20 — a 22.5-kilometer time trial in Marseille. Only the largely ceremonial stage into Paris along the Champs-Élysées on Sunday stands between Froome and his fourth title in five years.

Only four other riders — Merckx, Indurain, Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault — have won more than three Tours. They each won five, a record surpassed by Lance Armstrong before he was stripped of his seven titles because he had used performance-enhancing drugs.

“Obviously, it’s a huge honor just to be mentioned in the same sentence as greats of the Tour de France history like that, but certainly I’m just taking it one race at a time,” said Froome, the leader of Team Sky of Britain. “I have to get to Paris tomorrow safely with the rest of the guys.”