"Egan is the future and when I'm 45 and old and fat and sat in the pub watching him win a 10th Tour de France I can say I told him all I know. The race starts and finishes in at an elevation of 63m. The race starts in Belfort at an elevation of 379m. The race starts in Saint-Etienne at an elevation of 602m. It includes a category 3 climb at 21.3 kma category 2 climb at 34.3 km, a category 3 climb at 59.5 km, a category HC climb at 85.1 km, and a category HC climb at 121.0 km. Ineos formidable.What a great race this year. The entire race consists of 21 stages and is 3,472.3 kilometers, or 2,157.6 miles, long. It features an intermediate sprint at 31.8 km.The 9th stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 170.0 km. It includes a category 4 climb at 110.3 km and a category 3 climb at 197.4 km. Afterwards the 22-year-old Bernal repeated his line that “Gee is our first leader”.“We finally arrive in the Alps and I’m fifth, Gee is second,” said Bernal, “so I think we are in a good position. We’ll never know if he could have transformed that for them. “It was amazing to ride away from such a strong group, probably no one would have put a euro on that this morning. Well done Egan Bernal.Well done G - true sportsmanship letting Egan go on to win this at such an early stage of the race when realising he was fitter than you. I’ve let myself down.”.Rowe and Martin are two of the most experienced riders in the peloton, and both carry a remit of trying to command the bunch in order to put their riders in the best position on the road. 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. From there the European champion Trentin took over, surging away up the Col de Sentinelle and racing down the other side into Gap alone to win by half a minute from Quick-Step’s Danish rider Kasper Asgreen.“It was an emotional finish because I’ve only won two races in my whole career alone,” said Trentin. The day ends in Brioude, elevation 440m. Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos) 82hrs 57mins 00secs,2. Geraint is pure class as a rider and a person particularly on Friday when he told Egan to attack. @119 If you are passing cyclists so close that you are hitting them with the side of your car or wing mirrors, I hope the police find you soon before you kill someone!What a pity Cav wasn’t there. The race starts in Pont du Gard at an elevation of 25m. The day ends in Toulouse, elevation 137m. The GC riders let a big breakaway go from which the Italian Matteo Trentin emerged on the final climb, jersey agape and chest hair flapping in the breeze, to clinch his first Tour stage in five years.For Thomas in particular following his crash the day before, it had seemed perfect preparation for the three monstrous days that await in the heart of the Alps which will ultimately write the history of this Tour de France – up until the news of Rowe broke.Without their road captain Ineos’s challenge to erode Julian Alaphilippes’s one-and-a-half-minute advantage is now that little bit harder, but there is a quiet confidence that they can break the Frenchman’s stronghold on the.The party line at Ineos remains that Thomas and his co-leader Egan Bernal are both free to chase their own goals, even if one sacrificing themselves for the other might serve as their best chance of winning this race. The race starts in Limoux at an elevation of 180m. Tour de France 2020 - Official site of the famed race from the Tour de France. ".For Alaphilippe, who finished fifth overall, there was the consolation of being named the race's most combatitive rider, while his compatriot Romain Bardet claimed the polka dot King of the Mountains jersey.Slovakia's three-time world champion Peter Sagan won the green points jersey for a record seventh time.The climbing specialist, who was born on 13 January, 1997 in Zipaquira in central Colombia at an altitude of 2,650m, showed his potential at last year's Tour, when he rode as a domestique to Thomas and four-time champion Chris Froome.After pacing Thomas to victory on Alpe d'Huez and ultimately the overall title, Froome said: "He's got an amazing engine. The riders will face 2,518m of total elevation gain. That haul matches Dutch team Jumbo-Visma, which along with Deceuninck Quick-Step have wrung every last drop out of this race so far.Of the handful of teams at the top of the general classification, only Ineos are yet to win a stage. is a star performer in this amazing but gruelling event.There's some small minded people out there. The route. Both Ineos and Martin’s team Jumbo-Visma are considering an appeal against the decision.Rowe and Martin clashed towards the end of the 200km route from Pont du Gard to Gap, where replays showed a coming together as they jostled for position at the front of the peloton. The day ends in Nancy, elevation 197m. "Thanks to all my team and thank you G [Geraint Thomas] for giving me the opportunity," said Bernal. The day ends in Paris, elevation 36m. A powerful all-rounder, comfortable when the road rises could, like Hinault, seize the opportunity to capture the Yellow Jersey. I don’t know too much about the course, I know the climbs but not too much. It includes a category 1 climb at 36.7 kma category 2 climb at 76.2 km, and a category HC climb at 131.0 km. That could all change in the coming days but it might not have to; where other riders have enjoyed good days and suffered bad ones, Thomas and Bernal have been the picture of consistency, and there is hope within the team that if they hold their nerve in the blistering Alpine sunshine, the rest may melt away.France’s darling Thibaut Pinot will attack in the mountains, the Dutch Jumbo-Visma rider Steven Kruijswijk has a strong support group, while the young German Emanuel Buchmann is still in the mix and is something of an unknown quantity. It features an intermediate sprint at 64.8 km.The 6th stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 157.0 km. Those that will have managed to stay as united as the atoms of the structure built for the 1958 Universal Exhibition should perfrom well. It features an intermediate sprint at 196.3 km.The 8th stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 199.0 km. The day ends in Chalon-sur-Saône, elevation 178m. The day ends in Colmar, elevation 185m. Tres bon.Great cycling, if only the BBC coverage was up to it also.Geraint Thomas what an example of sportsmanship and humanity- an example to many greedy, selfish, pre madonnas who class themselves as sportsmen today....What has what cyclists do on the public road got anything to do with the tdf?Show me the law that says you must ride single file at all times?Every finisher (as well as plenty of others!) There’s a lot people supporting you, watching you, and it’s pretty hard.”.It means Geraint Thomas, the reigning champion, will be without his right-hand man as the race heads into three crucial days in the Alps, although Rowe is not one of the stronger climbers within the team, while Steven Kruijswijk, who is third overall, will miss Martin from his team.The route from Brussels to Paris, via the Pyrenees and the Alps, in what has been dubbed "the highest race in history".After Dylan Groenewegen crashed in the final 2km, his Jumbo-Visma teammate Mike Teunissen took up the charge and pipped Peter Sagan on the line to win both the stage and the yellow jersey.Mike Teunissen, right, edges out Peter Sagan on the finish line.Team Ineos set the early pace but Jumbo-Visma produced a stunning ride to double down their control of the yellow jersey.Team Ineos finished second in the team time-trial.Julian Alaphilippe's late surge earned him an impressive stage win and the first chance to wear the yellow jersey in his career.Julian Alaphilippe celebrates on the finish line.The sprinters got themselves in position and Quick-Step's Elia Viviani came out on top on the streets of Nancy.Elia Viviani crosses the finish line to win stage four.Bora-Hansgrohe worked as a team to carry Peter Sagan over the rolling Vosges hills and into the finish where he was too strong for the rest.Peter Sagan celebrates his triumph on the finish line.Dylan Teuns held on to win an epic stage as Giulio Ciccone finished second and claimed the yellow jersey. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment.The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. Organisers of the Tour de France, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), revealed the route of the 2020 Tour de France at the Palais des Congrès in Paris on Tuesday October 15. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita/Total Direct Energie),4. The race starts in Brussels at an elevation of 48m. A bunched sprint in Nîmes is likely.The 17th stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 206.0 km. Includes route, riders, teams, and coverage of past Tours One of the most enthralling Tours in years is all set for its finale in the Alps.Luke Rowe is Team Ineos’s leader on the road,Julian Alaphilippe leads the main bunch across the finish line,Matteo Trentin celebrates as he crosses the finish line.Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. They are long and steep, with fast technical descents, and the winner of this Tour de France is going to have to withstand plenty of pressure on this day.A shorter day but still difficult, with a summit finish in Tignes coming after the monstrous Col de l'Iseran, the highest paved road in Europe.The final Alpine stage is another brutal one, with the huge 33.4km drag up to Val Thorens to finish once again above 2,000m for the third time in this Tour, something never done before. "Two years ago I had my arm in a sling with a broken collarbone watching Chris Froome win, wishing I was riding and I would've taken second then, but it just shows how time and expectations have moved on. The race starts in Reims at an elevation of 83m. It includes a category 4 climb at 22.4 kma category 3 climb at 41.1 km, a category 3 climb at 95.9 km, and a category 3 climb at 165.1 km. The riders will face 2,595m of total elevation gain. The race starts in Rambouillet at an elevation of 156m. But also, what a gent Geraint is.A wonderful moment as Bernal and Thomas crosses the line. The riders will face 2,561m of total elevation gain. Nairo Quintana won the 2014 Giro d'Italia and 2016 Vuelta a Espana, while Luis Herera won the Vuelta in 1987.BeSpoke at the Tour: Stage 21 - a champagne finale.A largely pedestrian 60km ride from Rambouillet to Paris saw Bernal and his Ineos team-mates sipping a celebratory glass of champagne.As the riders entered the capital city, the race crossed the river Seine via Le Pont Neuf, close to the medieval cathedral of Notre-Dame - French television chose not to show the building that was ravaged by fire in April - before the riders swept through the grounds of the Louvre.Last year's champion Thomas was given the honour of leading the peloton through the Place de la Concorde and up the cobbles of the Champs-Elysees for the first time.The pace increased with the passing of each 7km lap, which saw the riders swing round the Arc de Triomphe before hurtling back down the Champs-Elysees at speeds approaching 50mph before heading off back towards the Louvre.Julian Alaphilippe, who led the race for 14 days, giving French fans hope of first home win since 1985, led the peloton on to the Champs-Elysees for the final time, trying to set up a victory for his Deceuninck Quick Step team-mate Elia Viviani, however, the Italian was nowhere as Lotto Soudal rider Ewan proved quickest in Paris.The Australian, who timed his charge to the line to perfection, edging out Dutch rider Dylan Groenewegen to win his third stage on his debut Tour, said: "It was quite messy I went down the right, I'd been told to avoid there and it is quite bumpy but luckily I had enough speed to come through at the end. Egan may be the future of Grand Tour cycling, but Geraint is pure class as a rider and a person.Wow, what a finish by Caleb Ewan. The day’s loop will be entirely taking place in the departement of Gard and the peloton will have the very special privilege of riding on the Pont du Gard. In the end it was more than a few, as 33 riders escaped down the road and quickly built an unassailable lead from the yellow-jersey bunch.Greg van Avermaet and Thomas De Gendt were two of the biggest threats, the latter having won a similar stage brilliantly on day eight, but they got caught on the wrong side of a divide in the latter stages and faded away. Stage-by-stage guide to the 2019 Tour de France Stage 14 – Tarbes to Tourmalet Bareges (117.5km, mountainous) One of the most eye-catching stages of the Tour… The riders will face 1,434m of total elevation gain. The day ends in Brussels, elevation 53m. The day ends in Saint-Étienne, elevation 487m. ".He joined Team Sky for the 2018 season, after winning the prestigious Tour de l'Avenir - a stage race for under-23 riders that has seen many of its winners go on to Tour de France success.He won the Tour Colombia and Tour of California last year before making his Tour de France debut as a domestique to Thomas and four-time winner Froome.This year, three crashes helped Bernal arrive at the Tour as joint leader of the Ineos team, formerly Team Sky.The first was his own, on a training ride in Andorra, and it ruled him out of May's Giro d'Italia, where he had been due to lead the team for the first time in a Grand Tour.at June's Criterium du Dauphine then pushed Bernal up the Ineos pecking order for the Tour de France, while Thomas' spill at the Tour de Suisse later that month saw Bernal take over as the sole leader of that team and he went on to win the race.After riding away from Thomas on the Tourmalet on stage 14 in the Pyrenees, he did so twice again in the Alps in the final week to position himself as Ineos' strongest rider at the Tour and secure his first Grand Tour win in only his second attempt.Bernal is the third youngest winner of the Tour. The 13th stage of the 2019 Tour de France is a 27.0 km individual time trial. The pair were also seen having strong words with each other during racing over the weekend, which Rowe dismissed at the time as nothing more than a frank conversation.But it boiled over here, strangely so on an otherwise unremarkable day for the GC teams. The riders will face 2,588m of total elevation gain. They always end up jostling for position. that change everything. Thanks to French boys for taking the fight to Ineos, and congrats to them for seeing in out in the mountains.A victory speech in Italian, Spanish, English and French is a lesson to our cyclists.Once again France delivers the greatest roadshow sporting event on earth. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/ Deceuninck-Quick Step) +3mins 45secs,6. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto-Soudal)3hrs 04mins 08'secs,2. Martin looked to cut off Rowe’s path, almost forcing him off the road, before Rowe responded with what appeared to be a punch as they rode on.They finished the stage as part of a large main group but were quickly summoned to the race commissaires, who had been studying footage alongside Ineos’s directeur sportif Nico Portal, and were told they would not be taking any further part in the race.“It’s the biggest sporting event in the world,” Rowe said immediately after news broke of his elimination. It includes a category 1 climb at 40.0 kma category 3 climb at 46.9 km, a category 2 climb at 70.6 km, a category 1 climb at 101.3 km, a category 3 climb at 119.9 km, a category 1 climb at 138.1 km, and a category 1 climb at 157.0 km. The riders will face 4,491m of total elevation gain. The riders will face 417m of total elevation gain. The race starts in Embrun at an elevation of 780m. You only have to look at what he did on Alpe d'Huez, for a 21-year-old, that's amazing. Max Richeze (Arg/Deceuninck-Quick-Step),5. I suspect some people can only find negatives in every situation - they must be a joy to be around. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos) +1min 11secs,3. The Yellow Jersey will change shoulders if the winner of the previous stage isn’t surrounded by specialists of the collective effort. It features an intermediate sprint at 12.2 km.The 21st stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 127.0 km. Last summer in Cholet, like in Plumelec in 2015, victory had been decided for just a few seconds.The 3rd stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 214.0 km. The riders will face 3,072m of total elevation gain. It features an intermediate sprint at 123.1 km.The 2nd stage of the 2019 Tour de France is a 27.0 km team time trial. 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It includes a category 4 climb at 17.3 kma category 1 climb at 60.3 km, and a category HC climb at 117.0 km. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/Dimension Data).Read about our approach to external linking. Great moment seeing the new champ with his family. The race starts in Saint-Flour at an elevation of 790m. Rigoberto Uran (Col/EF Education First) +5mins 15secs,8. It features an intermediate sprint at 65.0 km. The riders will face 5,192m of total elevation gain. The final 75km contains three category one climbs, finishing atop Prat d'Albis.Some relief for weary legs as the peloton comes down from the mountains to take a far more leisurely ride around the south of France. I tried a few times, because there was no collaboration, and I knew with the legs I have I could finish it off.”.The result caps a stunning Tour de France for his Australian team Mitchelton-Scott, clinching their fourth stage win after victories for South Africa’s Daryl Impey and Britain’s Simon Yates, twice. The riders will face 4,020m of total elevation gain. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +6mins 12secs,10. It includes a category 2 climb at 60.1 kma category 1 climb at 120.2 km, a category 1 climb at 146.7 km, and a category 1 climb at 185.0 km. View full results of Tour de France 2019, won by Egan Bernal before Geraint Thomas (2nd) and Steven Kruijswijk (3rd). "To finish second behind a team-mate makes it OK," said Welshman Thomas. The riders will face 1,789m of total elevation gain. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +5mins 30secs,9. The race starts and finishes in Nîmes at an elevation of 68m. This race remains impossible to predict, and with three brutal stages to come, that in itself is something to be cherished. The only individual time-trial of the 2019 Tour will take place in Pau that has already welcomed two time-trials in the past: in 1939 (victory of Swiss Karl Litschi) and in 1981 (victory of Bernard Hinault). It includes a category 3 climb at 41.4 km and a category 4 climb at 45.3 km. It features an intermediate sprint at 123.0 km.The 13th stage of the 2019 Tour de France is a 27.0 km individual time trial. It's great having him on the team and he brings a lot of young, new energy to the group. A very special collector’s jersey that day marking the 100th anniversary of the Yellow Jersey.The 14th stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 117.0 km. The day ends in Foix, elevation 1,205m. It features an intermediate sprint at 64.7 km.The 20th stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 131.0 km. “Luke, Tony Martin, these guys all do the same job. It features an intermediate sprint at 93.1 km.The 16th stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 177.0 km. The day ends in Tignes, elevation 2,110m. The riders will face 3,378m of total elevation gain. The day ends in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, elevation 547m. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. I will be spontaneous [tomorrow]. Dimension Data tour a total disaster. Warren Barguil (Fra/Arkea-Samsic) +7mins 32secs,1. It includes a category 1 climb at 96.0 km. The race starts in Mâcon at an elevation of 185m. The riders will face 417m of total elevation gain. The final straight will offer the teams a fine view over the Atomium in the backdrop. It includes a category 4 climb at 36.8 km and a category 4 climb at 40.5 km.Tour de France Stage 21 extended highlights,Tour de France Stage 21 yellow jersey ceremony,Finish to Stage 21 of 2020 Tour de France,Tour de France Stage 20 extended highlights,How Pogacar stunned Roglic in 2020 Tour de France,Tour de France Stage 20 yellow jersey ceremony. The riders will face 2,979m of total elevation gain. "There is a lot in Egan that reminds me of myself when I was younger. The race starts in Mulhouse at an elevation of 263m. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.A seemingly routine day for Team Ineos ended as anything but when their road captain Luke Rowe was thrown out of the Tour de France along with the German rider Tony Martin following an incident between the pair during stage 17. The race starts in Tarbes at an elevation of 330m. It features an intermediate sprint at 85.7 km.The 15th stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 185.0 km. “We were both trying to do a job and maybe we both overstepped the mark slightly but it feels harsh to be thrown off the race,” Rowe said. It includes a category 2 climb at 49.7 kma category 2 climb at 70.0 km, a category 2 climb at 83.3 km, a category 3 climb at 96.1 km, a category 2 climb at 132.0 km, a category 2 climb at 147.5 km, and a category 3 climb at 186.5 km. The flat finish into Nimes, where the stage also starts, is tempting for any sprinters who survived the Pyrenees, if their team can carry them to the front of the race.A first taste of the Alps. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. The race starts in Albi at an elevation of 170m. It features an intermediate sprint at 129.2 km.The 11th stage of the 2019 Tour de France covers 167.0 km. The riders will face 4,126m of total elevation gain. This is a Tour de France which will be won in the clouds around the Alps, and if the yellow jersey can beat his rivals to Val Thorens he will have clinched the race victory.The procession to Paris will offer any remaining sprinters one last chance for glory, and the opportunity for the race winner to sip champagne after a tough three weeks.Speaking before Rowe had been expelled from the race, Thomas had played down the incident.