2024 Tour de France Stage 19 | Highlights

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Tadej Pogačar once again demonstrated his dominance in the Tour de France, winning stage 19 from Embrun to Isola 2000. The 144.6 km stage featured the challenging climbs of the Col de la Bonnette and a summit finish, where Pogačar showcased his climbing prowess.

The Slovenian rider attacked from the group of favorites with 8.7 km to go, after UAE Team Emirates had expertly controlled the race. At the time of his attack, six riders from the earlier breakaway were still ahead, with Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) leading by 2’40″.

Neither Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) nor Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) could match Pogačar’s pace. He embarked on a solo mountain time trial, overtaking all six riders ahead of him. By 1900 meters to the finish, Pogačar was the solo leader, securing his fourth stage victory in this year’s Tour.

Reflecting on his win, Pogačar said, “Now I can confirm that La Bonette is a very scary climb to race. At least in training you can skip the final kilometer! I’m super happy I had good legs today. We trained here the whole month between the Giro and the Tour. It was a very hard training camp with no easy days, as we had to climb every day.”

Pogačar finished 21 seconds ahead of Jorgenson, with João Almeida finishing seventh at 2 minutes, strengthening his fourth position in the general classification.

Heading into stage 20, Pogačar holds a 5’03″ lead over Vingegaard and a 7’01″ lead over Evenepoel. The next stage will take the riders from Nice to the summit of the Col de la Couillole, featuring climbs of the Col de Braus, Col du Turini, and Col de la Colmiane.

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