2019 Tour de l'Avenir

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 1,036.2-kilometre (643.9 mi) 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.

2019 Tour de l'Avenir
Race details
Dates15 August 2019 (2019-08-15) – 25 August 2019 (2019-08-25)
Stages10
Distance1,036.2 km (643.9 mi)
Results
  Winner  Tobias Foss (Norway)
  Second  Giovanni Aleotti (Italy)
  Third  Ilan Van Wilder (Belgium)
  Points  Matteo Jorgenson (USA)
  Mountains  Jon Agirre (Spain)

Race overview
Tobias Foss won the general classification at the race.

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 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) 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 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) 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]

Route and stages
Stage characteristics and winners[2]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 15 August Marmande to Marmande 128.8 km (80 mi) Flat stage  Mathias Norsgaard (DEN)[14]
2 16 August Eymet to Bergerac 32.1 km (20 mi) Team time trial  Switzerland (SUI)[15]
3 17 August Montignac to Mauriac 162.3 km (101 mi) Hilly stage  Ethan Hayter (GBR)[16]
4 18 August Mauriac to Espalion 158.2 km (98 mi) Hilly stage  Fred Wright (GBR)[17]
5 19 August Espalion to Saint-Julien-Chapteuil 158.9 km (99 mi) Hilly stage  Ben Healy (IRE)[18]
6 20 August Saint-Julien-Chapteuil to Privas 124.0 km (77 mi) Hilly stage  Stefan Bissegger (SUI)[19]
21 August Rest day
7 22 August Grésy-sur-Isère to La Giettaz 103.8 km (64 mi) Mountain stage  Harold Tejada (COL)[20]
8 23 August Brides-les-Bains to Col de la Loze 23.1 km (14 mi) Mountain stage  Alexander Evans (AUS)[21]
9 24 August Villaroger to Tignes 67.2 km (42 mi) Mountain stage  Attila Valter (HUN)[22]
10 25 August Saint-Colomban-des-Villards to Le Corbier 78.1 km (49 mi) Mountain stage  Jefferson Cepeda (ECU)[23]

Classifications

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]

References
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  11. Hood, Andrew (17 October 2019). "New giant of the Alps could play kingmaker in 2020 Tour". VeloNews. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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  26. "Points Classification". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  27. "Mountains GC". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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