2019 Tour de l'Avenir | |
Date: | – |
Stages: | 10 |
Distance: | 1,036.2 |
Unit: | km |
First: | Tobias Foss |
First Nat: | Norway |
Second: | Giovanni Aleotti |
Second Nat: | Italy |
Third: | Ilan Van Wilder |
Third Nat: | Belgium |
Points: | Matteo Jorgenson |
Points Nat: | USA |
Mountains: | Jon Agirre |
Mountains Nat: | Spain |
Previous: | 2018 |
Next: | 2021 |
The 2019 Tour de l'Avenir was the 56th edition of the Tour de l'Avenir, a UCI 2.NCup stage race for riders aged 23 or younger.[1] The 1036.2km (643.9miles) race consisted of 10 stages. It started on 15 August in Marmande and concluded on 25 August in La Corbière,[2] with Norwegian Tobias Foss winning the general classification.
A total of 153 riders,[3] from 26 teams participated in the race.[4] There were 23 national teams, two regional teams, and one international team.[3] The Canadian team competed at the event for the first time in eight years.[1] The event consisted of mostly hilly and mountainous stages, with one rest day between stages 6 and 7.[3] Stage 2 of the race was a team time trial.[5]
British rider Ethan Hayter won stage 3, before withdrawing from the race after breaking his collarbone on the fourth stage.[6] Fellow British cyclist Fred Wright won the fourth stage.[6] Ben Healy won the fifth stage, after he broke away from Morten Hulgaard and Matteo Jorgenson around 4km (02miles) from the stage finish.[7] Healy is an Irish rider, who was competing for the International team.[8] Swiss cyclist Stefan Bissegger won the sixth stage. Briton Tom Pidcock withdrew from the race after crashing within the final 1km (01miles) of the stage.[9] Stage 8 of the race included an ascent of the Col de la Loze, the seventh highest mountain pass in France.[10] It was the first time that the mountain had been part of a professional cycle race.[11] The route up the Col de la Loze started in the valley and involved a direct descent of the mountain.[11] The stage was won by Australia's Alexander Evans.[11] Hungary's Attila Valter won the ninth stage despite momentarily going the wrong way near to the finish.[12] Going into Stage 10, Norway's Tobias Foss held a lead of 1:10. He managed to hold onto his race lead, finishing seventh at the summit of Le Corbier.[13]
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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1 | 15 August | Marmande to Marmande | 128.8km (80miles) | Flat stage | [14] | ||
2 | 16 August | Eymet to Bergerac | 32.1km (19.9miles) | Team time trial | [15] | ||
3 | 17 August | Montignac to Mauriac | 162.3km (100.8miles) | Hilly stage | [16] | ||
4 | 18 August | Mauriac to Espalion | 158.2km (98.3miles) | Hilly stage | [17] | ||
5 | 19 August | Espalion to Saint-Julien-Chapteuil | 158.9km (98.7miles) | Hilly stage | [18] | ||
6 | 20 August | Saint-Julien-Chapteuil to Privas | 124km (77miles) | Hilly stage | [19] | ||
21 August | Rest day | ||||||
7 | 22 August | Grésy-sur-Isère to La Giettaz | 103.8km (64.5miles) | Mountain stage | [20] | ||
8 | 23 August | Brides-les-Bains to Col de la Loze | 23.1km (14.4miles) | Mountain stage | [21] | ||
9 | 24 August | Villaroger to Tignes | 67.2km (41.8miles) | Mountain stage | [22] | ||
10 | 25 August | Saint-Colomban-des-Villards to Le Corbier | 78.1km (48.5miles) | Mountain stage | [23] |
Norwegian cyclist Tobias Foss won the general classification,[2] [24] ahead of Italian Giovanni Aleotti, and Belgian Ilan Van Wilder.[25] Foss was the first Norwegian to win the race.[13] American cyclist Matteo Jorgenson won the points classification, ahead of Foss and Mathias Norsgaard.[26] Spanish rider Jon Agirre won the mountains classification ahead of Alexander Evans and Michel Ries.[27]