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1km to go
Evenepoel and Vingegaard are nonetheless collectively however nowhere close to Pogačar, 1:33 down the mountain.
Now we wait to see simply how huge the lead shall be on the line. It is going to be greater than 5 minutes that’s for positive. 1500 metres remaining.
It has been an amazing journey within the break from Jorgenson however the dream is over and Pogačar kicks out of the saddle to make sure there isn’t any probability for him to reply. Unbelievable energy and an knockout blow on the 2024 Tour de France.
2km to go
He did not lie when he stated pre-Tour that that is the very best he is ever been and he is not stopping. Yates caught, dropped and now just one man stays in the way in which of Pogačar’s fifteenth Tour de France stage win
Hole down to twenty second from Pogačar to Jorgenson and it actually is kind of outstanding how a lot sooner the yellow jersey goes than these in entrance who, regardless of being within the break all day, are high class riders.
3km to go
Evenepoel assaults Vingegaard as he seems to crack him and leapfrog him for second general. The Dane responds properly and Evenepoel continues on.
Pogačar is now inside a minute from Jorgenson as he extends his result in Vingegaard and Evenepoel behind.
5km to go
Hole all the way down to 1:30 for Pogačar with Carapaz now fading and solely Yates placing in an actual chase to try to catch Jorgenson.
Landa is again and pacing for Evenepoel behind on the climb, with Vingegaard and Almeida for firm.
Pogačar is passing riders from the break and making them look as if they are not shifting. Hindley and Kelderman each swallowed up already.
7km to go
Yates and Carapaz are fading and it is now solely Pogačar who can cease Jorgenson from achieveing a dream maiden win on the Tour de France.
Now the query is – can he catch Jorgenson and break his coronary heart? There is a 2:18 hole between them on the highway however that’s shortly melting away.
8.7km to go was the mark and he is flown away has Pogačar. Vingegaard is Evenepoel now and possibly defending second, realising he can not go together with the superior Slovenian who’s driving away to increase his lead.
Assault
9km to go
Kelderman has lastly been dropped by Carapaz who has attacked once more to try to make the junction. Yates is off the Olympic Champion’s wheel however his rhythm seems good within the chase.
10km to go
No matter occurs at the moment, it has been a brilliant job from Jorgenson and Kelderman to try to win the stage with out a lot doing of their GC plans. The American has prolonged his lead out to 25 seconds from the chasers, with Pogačar and co 3:14 down the mountain.
The GC group is exploding behind as Ciccone, Mas and Rodríguez are all already dropped. Derek Gee continues to do an amazing job on his debut on the Tour and he is set to maneuver up on GC if he can keep on this group of favourites for some time.
Jorgenson has 15 seconds on the chasers and appears good in his rhythm, nevertheless, the UAE-led group of favourites is closing in now at a 3:17 hole.
De Plus and Bernal have each dropped, leaving Rodríguez remoted now for Ineos within the GC group which continues to be led by Adam Yates who’s chasing down his brother’s breakaway group.
Carapaz is working onerous and launches away to try to reel within the Visma man. Kelderman is not utterly finished as he marks the transfer alongside Yates.
Assault
Jai Hindley (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) is the subsequent break rider to drop away as Kelderman continues to smash the entrance group. Yates, Jorgenson and Carapaz nonetheless on board.
14km to go
Soler is finished and it is already Adam Yates time on the entrance of the peloton. All in for Pogačar now with the hole down to three:43 in a flash.
UAE Workforce Emirates lead the peloton onto the foot of the climb and it is all in for the stage win. Pogačar has moved up and it is the flip of Marc Soler to now shred the three:50-deficit and permit his chief to indicate his superiority once more.
Christián Rodriguez is the primary to drop out of the breakaway for Arkéa, leaving simply 5 in entrance now – Hindley, Jorgenson, Kelderman, Carapaz and Yates.
Begin of ultimate climb
Here is the profile of the brute that awaits. Isola 2000. Pogačar like most of the Tour peloton has educated and lived round right here for altitude camp however now they’re about to race up it and it could not begin any more durable with fixed slopes above 10%.
Reviews are that it’s raining on the end line up within the ski resort.
20km to go
Jorgenson is asking for these within the break with him and Kelderman to work. They probably have completely different goals however cooperation and a much bigger hole can solely assist all of them.
Former Tour winner Bernal is again in after that mechanical. All eyes are on the ultimate climb because the favourites group stays calm.
Bike change for Egan Bernal, he’ll wish to get again in shortly so he can supply Ineos chief Carlos Rodríguez a activate the ultimate climb.
Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) – to the enjoyment of France TV – has made contact with the again of favourites after working very onerous on the descent to rejoin the group.
A glance again on the beautiful open roads on the high of the Cime de la Bonette.
30km to go
It is going to downhill roads from now virtually proper till the foot of Isola 2000 and the ultimate deciding climb on stage 19, which arrives 16.1km from the end line.
Scenario at 40km to go
Jorgenson once more displaying off his descending expertise as he leads the breakaway down the Cime de la Bonette. The hole has grown barely out to three:53 as UAE attempt to navigate the downhill run safely.
50km to go
Carapaz’s effort within the break have moved him into the lead of the KOM classification forward of Pogačar, now main him by 20 on 97 factors.
The break and peloton are not any onto the fast descent. Carpaz leads the six in entrance, whereas UAE are actually getting nearing the summit behind with complete management.
Absolute moonscapes on the summit of the Bonette. actually a shocking climb at 2802 metres altitude no much less.
55km to go
Carapaz pulls off and hits the entrance in pursuit of the KOM factors accessible on the crest – job finished and the best level of the Tour de France has been handed.
The break is displaying simply how grim the ultimate kilometre of the Bonette is – common gradients of round 12% all the way in which as much as the highest. If an assault goes to return from the peloton, this shall be the place to launch it.
1500 metres to the summit for the six males within the lead. Carapaz will certainly come by way of shortly to take the large haul of 40 KOM factors accessible on the summit.
60km to go
Nice crowds nearing the highest of the Cime de la Bonette as absolutely the circus of the followers, caravan and peloton on the Tour is welcomed to a mountain that probably would not see a lot noise for a lot of the 12 months in any respect.
Sivakov continues to be pushing on over the worsening slopes of the climb. UAE have 5 within the group, with Sivakov, Soler, Yates and Almeida all there to help the race chief Pogačar. Really the strongest climbing staff seen on the Tour for years, perhaps ever, even after dropping Juan Ayuso.
63km to go
After making up good time within the break yesterday to interrupt into the highest 15 on GC, Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) has dropped. Solely round 18 stay within the UAE-led peloton.
Some beautiful views on at the moment’s stage. Here is the six breakaway riders.
Lastly, Nils Politt’s increible work is finished. Very good driving for his chief and its Sivakov who takes over. The German will now simply journey slowly into the end and take a well-earned relaxation on the line some hours laters.
10km to the crest of Cime de la Bonette
Felix Gall dropped, David Gaudu dropped! This climb is destroying a number of fine quality riders and it’s nonetheless the tempo of Nils Polittt doing it. What a job by the large German rouleur.
This have to be Politt’s ultimate pull on the entrance and it is a large job being finished. Vingegaard is about to be utterly remoted within the group of favourites with Benoot now additionally struggling.
Scratch that final submit, Tratnik is gone now too. Gertain Thomas additionally dropped for Ineos after getting again in earlier.
Vingegaard has misplaced a teammate within the peloton with Lemmen going out the again. He is surrounded by UAE riders, with solely Tratnik by his facet for the second.
70km to go
15km left to climb on the Cime de la Bonette and probably the most troublesome roads – the place gradients common over 10% in some kilometres – are nonetheless to return.
Politt has pulled the hole again down to three:58 on the decrease slopes alongside Sivakov and Soler. UAE clearly wanting like they’re very assured of their chief Pogačar, and why would not they be?
Prodhomme and Van Wilder are equally crumbling below the pressue of Jorgenson. Solely six left in entrance now – Jorgenson, Kelderman, Carapaz, Yates, Hindley and Rodriguez.
75km to go
UAE are pacing on the entrance of the peloton with three riders – Sivakov, Soler and Politt all sat in a line and pulling by way of.
Pogačar and Vingegaard able to battle it out on the Bonette.
Visma are persevering with to work within the breakaway with Kelderman taking them onto the decrease slopes of the Bonette.
Pogačar has received his previous couple of bottles and gels in preparation for the important thing climb. Sivakov is again on the entrance and into his work. with Vingegaard and a restored Visma staff taking over second spot within the bunch. Van Aer is again, Tratnik is again and it is time for them to throw warning to the wind to try to win the Tour de France.
80km to go
Politt is doing an amazing job and displaying simply why UAE slowed down on the Col de Vars, as a result of with him there, Sivakov and Soler can recuperate on this small part of valley highway, earlier than lighting it up once more on the Bonette.
Right here it’s then, the best level of the Tour de France and the best highway in France. It is going to be brutal, it may be beautiful and the higher loop which takes the climb from the Col de la Bonette to the Cime de la Bonette must be some of the wonderful roads we take a look at. The right area for an all time battle between Pogačar and Vingegaard, ought to they wish to begin the present early.
90km to go
The hole continues to be going out to the break with it now at 3:50.
Speeds properly over 100kph on these quick open roads.
UAE lead the peloton over the crest of the Col de Vars they usually achieve this 3:30 down on the leaders.
100km to go
Virtually on cue, the EF man comes by way of and it is a huge acquire for Carapaz who takes the total 20 factors within the KOM classification.
The breakaway is into the ultimate kilometre of the climb the place I count on Carapaz to launch away and try to rating the utmost factors up the HC climb.
We’re getting a take a look at the Col de Vars descent now and never solely does it look beautiful but it surely seems extremely quick with giant sections the place you will not want to the touch the breaks. Anticipate large speeds.
The nine-man breakaway of the day on stage 19.
Politt proving each little bit of his value as a brand new signing for the 2024 season as he continues to indicate nice climbing legs. He is on the entrance and permitting the hole to the break to eke out shut to a few minutes now.
105km to go
Mountains of labor have been smashed by the likes of Soler and Sivakov all through this 12 months’s Tour.
A take a look at that decision for calm from Sivakov. Hole to the nine-man breakaway is out to 2 minutes now as Kelderman continues to work in entrance.
Sivakov gave the sign to calm all the way down to his teammates after Yates was on the radio, so it seems as if UAE wish to guarantee Politt can survive over this climb and pull on the valley highway that approaches the Cime de la Bonette.
110km to go
The hole from the 9 males in entrance is now at 1:20 with Sivakov nonetheless tapping away on the entrance for UAE.
Jorgenson and Kelderman doing a shocking job within the breakaway thus far. They might change into important later within the day when Vingegaard inevitably tries to launch one thing.
Pogačar dropped again to have a chat with Almeida and even then, Vingegaard adopted proper on his wheel. An indication of intent from the Visma man. Nils Politt can be doing a magic job to nonetheless be behind the group.
Remco Evenepoel has Jan Hirt and Mikel Landa with him for firm within the group of favourites, with Van Wilder up in entrance additionally proving simply how properly they’re racing as a GC group on the Tour.
115km to go
Vingegaard is remoted within the group behind with Jan Tratnik additionally dropping away. Solely Benoot and ex-military man Bart Lemmen are with him, nevertheless, Jorgenson or Kelderman might after all drop again if wanted.
Simply eight riders have made it into the entrance breakaway with 14.7km nonetheless left to climb on the Col de Vars:
Laporte and Van Aert each dropped! Vingegaard seems remoted within the group of GC favourites, with solely Benoot instantly close to his wheel to supply and help.
Bernal could not fairly make it alongside Carapaz and is now struggling in no man’s land. Meintjes is equally being reeled again in now after his assault.
Carapaz has made contact and he has Powless to thank, whose efforts to get the Ecuadorian into the transfer has seen him go backwards. Chapeau EF as soon as once more for nice race ways.
117km to go
An indication of simply how powerful issues are within the entrance group – Lazkano is beginning to wrestle now. Maybe so many days within the break has finished for the stunningly sturdy Basque rider.
Marc Soler has began setting a tempo on the primary climb with 16.6km left on the ascent up the Col de Vars.
Visma are doing properly in entrance however struggling behind with Laporte and Van Aert going backwards already on the primary climb of the day.
Juul-Jensen is doing an amazing job to tug Yates in direction of the entrance after getting within the early transfer. Powless has equally dropped again to present Carapaz an enormous pull.
The grupetto is already forming behind the race after such an infernal begin.
Jorgenson and Kelderman are nonetheless engaged on the entrance of the break to maximise their benefit but it surely is not really that huge nonetheless, with the peloton solely at 35 seconds in line with the race timer.
Carapaz, Bernal and Bardet are making good floor with Yates now into a superb rhythm and dealing himself in direction of the entrance group.
Laporte is being dropped out of the break having helped Jorgenson and Kelderman make it into the break of the day for Visma.
Riders are everywhere in the highway on stage 19 of the Tour de France with Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) already out the again and struggling. It is going to be a troublesome day for any of the quick males hoping to make it to Good on stage 21.
120km to go
Bardet has joined the 2 South People as they try to make the junction as much as the entrance. Yates has missed it however is attempting to chase on behind.
Carapaz now assaults with 122km to go as he tries to make it into the break. He is joined by Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), which might do nice for Visma whose lead within the break was melting away below the stress of EF’s chase.
EF and Jayco have finished nice work as they shut in on the climb.
Intermediate Dash
Nonetheless EF proceed to journey however Pogačar is displaying himself in direction of the entrance of the peloton with Vingegaard proper on him.
The breakaway’s lead is sort of out to a minute as Visma proceed to smash issues on the entrance of the breakaway to pressure it into life and an enormous benefit forward of the primary climb of the day – the Col de Vars – which is only a few kilometres away.
A glance contained in the quick and livid opening 15km, the place an enormous breakaway was fashioned by the likes of Van Wilder and Jorgenson pulling onerous right here.
Kelderman momentarily received off the entrance on his personal as he had finished in an earlier stage. He is been joined up by Jorgenson as Visma attempt to make the entrance group into a greater set of riders prepared to work.
130km to go
UAE have simply let the hole develop, not desirous to tempo and reply to Visma’s ways do desperately. EF tried to do some work with Bissegger, however they should settle with simply Powless up there as Carapaz hasn’t made it for now.
Composition of group 1 who now have 46 seconds of a lead:
Simply as I typed, UAE have now taken over however there’s nonetheless no critical urgency from the to convey it again. Break is at 20 seconds for now with it extending on this flatter part of highway.
Rui Costa is the person chasing for EF within the peloton, certainly attempting to verify Richard Carapaz can get into the breakaway earlier than it will get too far-off.
Jorgenson and Laporte are driving issues on the entrance of the breakaway to attempt and ensure it sticks. Their lead is at the moment at eight seconds, with a really sturdy group becoming a member of them of their efforts.
It is a 21-rider group on the entrance of the race for now however the peloton is closing in shortly. UAE have stopped pacing on the entrance surprisingly, permitting groups who’ve missed the transfer to do some work.
Matteo Jorgenson has discovered his means into the entrance group for now which might be why UAE try to manage issues, however they are not panicking for now. The American making it right into a break could possibly be large.
140km to go
Visma are displaying full intent with Christophe Laporte attempting to get into this primary transfer alongside a complete host of different riders.
One other non starter at the moment in Israel-Premier Tech’s Jake Stewart.
It is a flat begin heading in direction of the foot of the Col de Vars, with solely the intermediate dash in Guillestre in between.
It is s quick stage in kilometres, after all, with the time being made up by the severity of climbs. Satellite tv for pc riders could possibly be important and it is no shock to see Visma and UAE proper in direction of the entrance.
Yesterday’s winner Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) is the primary to hit the accelerator and there seems to be one other large combat for the breakaway on.
144.6km to go
It is chatty for the second within the peloton however issues will quickly be into the brutal terrain with the GC battle coming into focus once more. That is going to be a particular stage.
Stage 19 begin
Nicely he definitely regarded assured on stage initially in Embrun. Is at the moment the day Pogačar lands a knockout blow within the GC? We’re about to search out out.
Only a few minutes till the neutralised begin of stage 19.
Vingegaard will certainly put all the Visma-Lease a Bike staff to work, each on the entrance and presumably with satellite tv for pc riders to attempt all the things they’ll in pursuit of a 3rd maillot jaune in succession.
Here is Vingegaard initially of stage 19. He’ll want to supply one thing actually particular if he’s to wrest the lead of the Tour from Pogačar.
Regardless of crashing closely on stage 18 on the descent in direction of Barcelonnette, Tobias Halland Johannessen was initially and appears like he’ll fortunately begin at the moment’s stage for Uno-X Mobility.
Remco Evenepoel arrives to do battle within the Alps on stage 19. He is 5:09 down on Pogačar and 1:58 away from Vingegaard in third so would want an enormous day to maneuver up, nevertheless, third place is all however wrapped up if he can keep away from catastrophe and cracking, with a near-eight-minute buffer on João Almeida (UAE Workforce Emirates) in fourth.
Whereas Pogačar has been in dominant type on the 2024 Tour, netting back-to-back wins within the Pyrenees final weekend, he has come unstuck on the toughest phases below the stress of Vingegaard on the previous two Excursions. Col du Granon and the Col de la Loze will most definitely be on his thoughts, nevertheless, he appears to have addressed his solely potential weak spot on the hardest and hottest days. He is additionally received a large hole in his favour.
Simply half-hour type the beginning of stage 19 now.
World Champion Mathieu van der Poel waist to sign-on for stage 19 along with his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammates.
Nice reception for stage 17 winner Richard Carapaz (EF Training-EasyPost) as groups full the sign-on and staff presentation in Embrun. He might presumably double up if a large breakaway was allowed to get away, nevertheless, that’s wanting unlikely because the GC groups eye victory and time positive aspects on the queen stage.
It wasn’t precisely a stage for him however there shall be no Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) on stage 19 as he has left the race. His staff gave no cause however I presume it’s to avoid wasting his legs for the Paris Olympics particular person time trial on Sunday, July 27.
Will probably be an enormous day for Soudal-QuickStep as they appear to carry onto their podium spot with Remco Evenepoel within the general. His key helper shall be Mikel Landa, who was introduced in for the 2024 season to do exactly that and can be sat fifth general.
Simply over an hour away from the beginning of the queen stage in Embrun now.
He additionally gave a improbable, emotional interview after the stage was up, crediting his girlfriend Nel massively for his success after a troublesome season:
In the event you missed yesterday’s stage, it noticed a shocking win from the breakaway for Victor Campenaerts. Meet up with the race report right here:
GC standings heading into stage 19
France’s highest climb has function 4 instances within the Tour with three completely different riders summiting it in first. The late nice Federico Bahamontes led over the summit in 1963 and 1964, with the six-time King of the Mountains on the Tour proving he was simply that, whereas Cyclingnews columnist Philippa York was first to the highest in 1993, having escaped within the firm of Pedro Delgado. John-Lee Augustyn was the newest as talked about.
The Cime de la Bonette hasn’t featured on the Tour for 16 years, when in 2008, John-Lee Augustyn famously crested the fabled climb in first earlier than overshooting a hairpin on the descent and falling onto the facet of the mountain. Fortunately, he was OK however his bike had gone tumbling down the descent with out him and he missed out on the stage, crossing the road in thirty third with one of many males who caught him on the descent – Cyril Dessel – taking the stage victory.
A reminder that the center climb of at the moment’s stage is the stuff of legend actually. The Cime de la Bonette is the best paved highway in France (third in Europe) and absolutely the roof of the place the Tour de France can go at 2802m. At 22.9km in size and with a median gradient of 6.9%, it could possibly be the place a killer blow is landed, with any wrestle within the legs amplified by the thinnest of air nearing it is other-worldly wanting summit.
Racing is because of get underway from Embrun in round an hour and a half with a 10-minute neutralised roll-out.
Pogačar wasn’t pulling any punches after Thursday’s stage in Barcelonette, telling reporters that he’s able to make use of the identical ways at the moment which have constructed him such an enormous lead after 18 phases:
A take a look at the brutish profile of at the moment’s stage 19, with the three climbs – all above 2000m altitude – totally in view:
Be sure that to learn CN’s preview of the stage from certainly one of our nice staff on the bottom in France, Barry Ryan. It takes in each the present standings of Pogačar and Vingegaard’s camps with phrases from their groups, alongside detailing the triptych of hellish climbs that line at the moment’s 144.6km route and the historic significance they’ve had in Excursions de France passed by:
Immediately’s queen stage is totally brutal with a duo of hors catégorie climbs and a ultimate cat. take a look at to the end on the Isola 2000 ski resort. It is a stage that is been talked about ever because it was introduced as a part of the route again in October. And it ought to greater than reside as much as the billing with Visma-Lease a Bike needing a generational efficiency from chief Jonas Vingegaard, if he’s to chop into race chief Tadej Pogačar’s 3:11 lead general.
Bonjour and welcome to Cyclingnews’ reside protection of stage 19 of the 2024 Tour de France!
