00:41 22/09/2020 Live Highlights: M. Tel-Aviv 1-2 Salzburg. Fuglsang was thought likely to benefit from a strong team, but doubt was cast on his ability to perform over a three-week Grand Tour,[21][23] as he had never finished in the top three places in a Grand Tour. [29] In the 2019 season, he was planned to lead his team's Giro squad, but missed the race after he broke his collarbone. [48] By this point, overall race leader Alaphilippe was exceeding expectations, with a 1' 35" lead over Thomas. Greg van Avermaet made his move, while riders from Mitchelton-Scott and Deceuninck made their respective attacks on the front. The Colombian earned another podium place in 2016 (third) but flopped in 2017 (twelfth), when Valverde was knocked out of the race by a nasty crash in the opening time trial in Düsseldorf. [109] There were also two special awards each with a prize of €5000. [48] Of the remaining nineteen stages, seven were officially classified as flat, five as hilly and seven as mountainous. Riders received points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. Thomas would eventually recover and stay close enough to Bernal to maintain his position as runner-up. Next over the top were breakers Simon Yates and Warren Barguil (Arkéa–Samsic), one minute behind Bernal, with the yellow jersey contenders following. [27] His only result of note before the Tour was a third-place overall finish at the Tour de Romandie in early May. [90] The lead of the mountains classification went to Romain Bardet, who was a pre-race favourite for the yellow jersey but moved out of contention after losing 20 minutes on stage 14's Col du Tourmalet, thereafter switching focus to breakaway rides. Under its different avatars as Illes Balears, Caisse d'Épargne and Movistar, the evergreen Spanish Armada has rarely left the Grande Boucle empty-handed. By the second-category Col des Chevrères, only four riders remained. [54] The Iseran mountain pass, the highest paved pass in Europe, featured on stage 19. [1] The race was the 27th of the 38 events in the UCI World Tour,[2] and all of its 18 UCI WorldTeams were entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. The trio descended to the finish at Bagnères-de-Bigorre, where Yates won the sprint. The 3,365.8 km (2,091 mi)-long race consisted of 21 stages, starting in the Belgian capital of Brussels on 6 July, before moving throughout France and concluding on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 28 July. [77] The first Pyrenean stage, the twelfth, saw a 42-rider breakaway reduce to a group of Simon Yates (Mitchelton–Scott), Pello Bilbao (Astana) and Gregor Mühlberger (Bora–Hansgrohe) on the final climb of the third-category La Hourquette d'Ancizan, the second of the stage's two first-category climbs. Julian Alaphilippe of Deceuninck–Quick-Step took the lead of the race following his victory of stage 3. [75] Home favourite Pinot, despite being 1' 21" back from Thomas in eleventh place, was considered by his directeur sportif Marc Madiot to still be in contention. [68] The Tour began its traverse of the Massif Central with stage 8; with close to 4,000 m (13,000 ft) of elevation gain, it was seen before the race as a potential win from a breakaway,[55] which on the day had four riders. At the ripe age of 40, the 2018 world champion is the only one of the three who has stayed on the team, racing alongside Enric Mas, seen by some as the next Contador. [86], As the Tour came down from the Pyrenees for transitional stages towards the Alps, it experienced the beginning of the July 2019 European heat wave, which saw temperatures reach a high of 35 °C (95 °F) during stage 16. [74], By the first rest day, which was a day later than usual,[55] the general classification was led by Alaphilippe, who had a lead of 1' 12" on Thomas, behind whom was Bernal in third place, just 4" from Thomas. The presentation of the 2021 Tour de France will be held on Thursday 29 October 2020 and be broadcast live on the official website. Pinot attacked in the final 250 m (270 yd) and held his lead to the finish line at the summit. 2018 @GeraintThomas86 A counter-attack from Joey Rosskopf and Kevin Van Melsen threatened to reel the breakaway quartet back in. The majority of the peloton came in close to ten minutes after. [100] The riders on the team that led this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys and yellow helmets. In 2018 and 2019, it again proved its mettle in the Grande Boucle in the face of Team Sky/Ineos's dominance, taking a mountain stage with Quintana as well as the team classification, but failing to make an impact on the fight for the podium as it spread its resources among three riders instead of focusing on a single leader. It also got a fabulous one-two in the Puy de Dôme time trial, where the other rider was Pedro Delgado, who would go on to become the third Spanish Tour de France champion in 1988, following in the footsteps of Federico Bahamontes and Luis Ocaña. [49] Of the 176 starters, 155 reached the finish of the last stage in Paris. This meant that in order to compete in the classification, a rider had to be born after 1 January 1994. [38] Yates returned to the race after finishing 29th overall the previous year. [106] At the conclusion of the Tour, Julian Alaphilippe won the overall super-combativity award, again awarded by a jury. UEFA Men's Player of the Year nominee: Kevin de Bruyne. 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Alaphilippe was dropped following Bernal's attack, and was two minutes behind at the summit. Three and easy for Caleb Ewan in Stage 21 of the #TDF2019 https://t.co/qfOijTAND4, Final top 10 of the #TDF2019 as Bernal makes history for Colombia in an Ineos one-two with defending champion Thomas. [9][10] Team Sunweb had the youngest average age while Team Dimension Data had the oldest. Following this, a leading trio emerged, consisting of Nicolas Roche (Team Sunweb), Tiesj Benoot (Lotto–Soudal) and Daryl Impey (Mitchelton–Scott). Against expectations, he held the yellow jersey for the next eleven stages, including the Pyrenees, before losing it to Bernal on the second day in the Alps, stage 19, which was shortened by inclement weather. The young rider classification was won by Bernal, with thirteenth-placed overall Gaudu second. [55] Of the 34 stage start or finish hosts, the race visited Binche, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and Pont du Gard for the first time. However, Politt and Co. continued to hold on to a lead of 20 seconds. 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[84], The following day was the Tour's second rest day. [69] Defending champion Geraint Thomas survived his second crash in this edition of the Tour. [1] Of these, 33 competed in their first Tour de France. [100] In an effort to animate racing in the general classification, time bonuses of 8, 5, and 2 seconds respectively were also awarded for the first three riders across a mountain summit, given out on eight climbs. The overall general classification was won for the first time by a Latin American rider, Egan Bernal of Team Ineos. [1] The average age of riders in the race was 29.71 years,[8] ranging from the 21-year-old Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) to the 39-year-old Lars Bak (Team Dimension Data). Thomas, Egan Bernal, Alaphilippe and Bardet maintained their position at the front of the race, amongst a reduced bunch. In flat stages, 50 points were given to the stage winner, down to 2 points for 15th place. As a result, Mikel Landa, Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde finished seventh, tenth and fourteenth in 2018 and sixth, eighth and ninth in 2019, respectively. [61] The following day's flat stage ended in a bunch sprint won by Elia Viviani. [103] The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered to be the overall winner of the Tour. It was the second time the Grand Départ had taken place in Brussels and was the fifth Belgian Grand Départ. Close behind, Bernal and Thomas led the other general classification contenders Urán, Buchmann and Kruijswijk. [38] He was the only rider on the start list apart from Thomas to have won a Tour, the 2014 edition. The mountains classification was more closely contested, with breakaway riders and Lotto–Soudal teammates Wellens and De Gendt respectively first and second, with a gap of six points. [9] The leader wore a white jersey. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type, and sprints, with the first fifteen places in all receiving points. Tour de France Crowns Young Champion to Close Its Pandemic Edition. [99] The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey. In 2014, he finished just outside the podium, but he finally stepped onto it for the first time in 2015, at the ripe age of 35, taking third place while Nairo Quintana repeated his 2013 exploit to finish second. Wellens and Xandro Meurisse (Wanty–Gobert), the former having secured his polka dot jersey for another day, were distanced on the final climb by Dylan Teuns (Bahrain–Merida) and Giulio Ciccone (Trek–Segafredo). Stages 9 and 10 traversed the Massif Central, before the Tour's first rest day. [47] It was among five hors catégorie (beyond category) rated climbs in the race. The points classification was won by Bora–Hansgrohe's Peter Sagan for a record seventh time, with Romain Bardet of AG2R La Mondiale winning the mountains classification. [25], Other riders expected to place high in the general classification were Emanuel Buchmann (Bora–Hansgrohe), Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates), Enric Mas (Deceuninck–Quick-Step), Richie Porte (Trek–Segafredo), Rigoberto Urán and Tejay van Garderen (both EF Education First), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) and Ilnur Zakarin (Team Katusha–Alpecin). [100] No combativity awards were given for the time trials and the final stage. [110] The team classification winners earned €50,000. The 2019 edition of the Tour de France consisted of 22 teams. Le vainqueur de l'édition 2019/2020 est Paris SG. [40][41] Sagan was regarded as the clear favourite for winning the points classification. [35] Pinot was also considered to be in form after finishing fifth overall in the Dauphiné, and before that, winning the general classification of the non-World Tour Tour de l'Ain and Tour du Haut Var. [48][53], The inclement weather also caused the penultimate stage to be reduced in length beforehand,[95] from 130 km (81 mi) to 59.5 km (37 mi),[48][58] bypassing the first-category Cormet de Roselend and the second-category Côte de Longefoy, with the only climb being the hors catégorie-rated one to Val Thorens at the finish. [85][86] Kruijswijk was third at 1' 47", followed by Pinot, Bernal and Buchmann respectively. [48] The route contained five mountain-top finishes: stage 6, to La Planche des Belles Filles; stages 14, to the Col du Tourmalet; stage 15, to Foix; stage 19, to Col de l'Iseran;[a] and stage 20, to Val Thorens. [78] A notable abandonment of the stage, for personal reasons, was the reigning world time trial champion Rohan Dennis (Bahrain–Merida), a favourite for the following day's time trial. [42][43][44] The riders thought to be Sagan's biggest rivals were Caleb Ewan (Lotto–Soudal), Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jumbo–Visma), Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) and Elia Viviani (Deceuninck–Quick-Step). [97] Thomas came second overall, 1' 11" down on Bernal, with Kruijswijk a further 20 seconds behind in third. [7] The riders came from 30 countries. The number of stage victories and placings per team would have determined the outcome of a tie. [82], On stage 14, the last of the breakaway riders were caught by the leading group of general classification contenders at 10 km (6.2 mi) before the finish atop the hors catégorie Col du Tourmalet. 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995: Miguel Indurain, 2006: Óscar Pereiro (following the disqualification of Floyd Landis), 1983: Ángel Arroyo on the Puy de Dôme (ITT), 1988: Pedro Delgado in Villard-de-Lans (ITT), 1991: Miguel Indurain in Alençon (ITT) and Mâcon (ITT), 1992: Miguel Indurain in San Sebastián (prologue), Luxembourg (ITT) and Blois (ITT), 1993: Miguel Indurain in Puy-du-Fou (prologue) and Lac de Madine (ITT), 1995: Miguel Indurain in Seraing (ITT) and Lac de Vassivière (ITT), 2000: Vicente García Acosta in Draguignan, 2003: Juan Antonio Flecha in Toulouse and Pablo Lastras in Saint-Maixent-L'École, 2008: Alejandro Valverde in Plumelec and Luis León Sánchez in Aurillac, 2013: Rui Costa in Gap and Le Grand-Bornand and Nairo Quintana in Annecy-Le Semnoz, 2018: Nairo Quintana in Saint-Lary-Soulan/Col du Portet, 2000: Francisco Mancebo (best young rider), 2004: Vladimir Karpets (best young rider), 2013: Nairo Quintana (best climber and best young rider), 2015: Nairo Quintana (best young rider) and team classification. With the breakaway duo's advantage down to under a minute in the final kilometres, Alaphilippe and Thibault Pinot attacked and gained twenty seconds on the much reduced peloton, as De Gendt managed to hold on for the stage victory, with Alaphilippe regaining his yellow jersey. Kruijswijk's teammate Mike Teunissen won stage 1's bunch sprint to take the first yellow jersey of the Tour. [66], Stage 7, returning to the flat after the Vosges Mountains, was uneventful, with the breakaway being held by the peloton to only a few minutes,[67] and despite early crashes by Tejay van Garderen and Teunissen, ended in a technical bunch sprint won by Groenewegen. The duo of Bernal and Buchmann came in 33' down, followed by the last few breakaway riders, and then the group of favourites, led by Thomas, who finished 1' 22" behind Yates. ", "Who are the favourites for the green jersey at the Tour de France 2019? There was also an individual ranking introduced for the 2019 season that only took into account UCI stage races, the Stage Race World Ranking. [104], The final individual classification was the young rider classification. Egan Bernal was officially named 2019 Tour de France champion after the final stage concluded in Paris on Sunday. [c], Teunissen increased his overall lead in the race following his team's victory in stage 2's team time trial, finishing twenty seconds ahead of second-placed Team Ineos. The 2019 Tour de France was the 106th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours.The 3,365.8 km (2,091 mi)-long race consisted of 21 stages, starting in the Belgian capital of Brussels on 6 July, before moving throughout France and concluding on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 28 July. [89], Stage 18, the first in the Alps, was led by breakaway riders throughout the stage's climbs, which included the first-category Col de Vars and the hors catégorie Col d'Izoard and Col du Galibier. The Navarrese, a home-grown rider who remained loyal to the team until he retired on 2 January 1997, came to epitomise Spanish cycling. [101] For crashes within the final 3 km (1.9 mi) of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, any rider involved would have received the same time as the group he was in when the crash occurred. #TDF2019 https://t.co/VLRlO8zDPi. The Australian sped ahead to leave Groenewegen and Niccolo Bonifazio trailing. [106], In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the greatest effort and who demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship". Other contenders for the green jersey were Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck–Quick-Step), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Dimension Data), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) and Wout van Aert (Team Jumbo–Visma). [52] As a result, Bernal, who had been in second place overall,[90] moved ahead of Alaphilippe and took the yellow jersey. [121][122], First week: Belgium, north-eastern to southern France, Second week: Southern France and Pyrenees, Third week: Southern France, Alps and finale in Paris, Classification leadership and minor prizes, The route of stage 20 was modified the day before to avoid road sections made unusable by landslides. Echavarri and Unzué tried to continue the success story begun by Indurain by hiring Abraham Olano and Alejandro Valverde, who managed to win the Vuelta a España but not the Tour de France, where all they got was stage wins. ", "Tour 2019: Voorbeschouwing – Favorieten Algemeen Klassement", "Tour de France 2019: Yellow jersey guide – Egan Bernal leads open field", "Party time over as 'more confident than ever' Geraint Thomas sets sights on more Tour de France success", "Who are the British riders to look out for at the Tour de France 2019? ... eighth and ninth in 2019, respectively. [107] Thibaut Pinot won the Jacques Goddet and Egan Bernal claimed the Henri Desgrange. [49], Stage 11's small breakaway was caught with 5 km (3.1 mi) remaining, before Caleb Ewan won the bunch sprint finish. [55] With 30 km (18.6 mi) remaining, splits occurred in the peloton as Team Ineos and others took to the front and broke the field apart in strong crosswinds. [45] Further details of the Grand Départ were revealed on 16 January 2018: the opening stage that featured the Muur van Geraardsbergen climb, an iconic steep cobbled climb of the Tour of Flanders "monument" race, and a second stage team time trial around the streets of Brussels. 2019 @Eganbernal Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2019-2020 Panini Impeccable Champion Signatures Kevin De Bruyne 10/10 at the best online prices at eBay! Teuns went on to win the stage, and despite Ciccone fading before Teuns in the final metres of the climb he managed to take over the yellow jersey, as the strongest of the peloton (main group) came in over one and a half minutes behind, with former leader Alaphilippe standing six seconds down in second place. In mountain stages, individual time trials and intermediate sprints, 20 points were given to the winners, down to 1 point. [34] That too was the case with Kruijswijk,[35] who had performed well in the season and was considered a top contender, despite suffering with illness leading up to the Tour.