Tour de France Magazine 2019 | Page 130

THE STAGES STAGE 19 SAINT-JEAN-DE MAURIENNE > TIGNES Friday 26 July • 126.5km • Mountains ASSEMBLY 13:40 at Champ de Foire NEUTRAL START 13:45 at Rue de la Libération ACTUAL START 13:55 at D81, 5km from assembly point Peloton 11:45 11:55 11:58 12:01 12:09 12:11 12:22 12:37 12:37 12:39 12:41 12:43 12:51 13:05 13:05 13:11 13:17 13:20 13:29 13:35 13:46 13:56 14:08 14:47 15:07 15:10 15:13 15:14 15:17 15:24 15:32 15:45 15:47 15:49 15:50 13:45 13:55 13:58 14:00 14:08 14:11 14:21 14:35 14:35 14:37 14:39 14:40 14:48 15:01 15:01 15:07 15:12 15:15 15:24 15:29 15:40 15:48 16:00 16:36 16:55 16:58 17:01 17:02 17:05 17:11 17:19 17:30 17:32 17:34 17:35 FINISH LINE Val Claret, Avenue de la Grande Motte. Width: 6m. 130 | TO U R D E F RA N C E 2019 2 4 10,5 17,5 89 25 29,5 38 47 54,5 63,5 75,5 27 42,5 49 58 68,5 104 112 119,5 100 116,5 124,5 Italian power: On the 2015 Tour’s queen stage from Saint-Jean-du-Maurienne, Vincenzo Nibali made a break on the Col de la Croix de Fer to win at La Toussuire-Les Sybelles. Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (VC-D906-D81) Neutral start Actual start Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne Le Bochet (Montricher-Albanne) (D81-D81 A) Saint-Julien-Mont-Denis (D81 A-D79-D79 D-D1006) D1006 Saint-Martin-de-La-Porte (près) Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne Francoz (Orelle) D215 Côte de Saint-André Cat. 3 Saint-André (près) Freney (D215-D1006) D1006 Fourneaux Modane (D1006-D215) D215 Le Bourget (Villarodin-Bourget) (près) Montée d'Aussois (1 467 m) Cat. 2 Aussois (D215-D83) D83 Sardières (Val-Cenis) Sollières (Val-Cenis) (D83-D1006) D1006 Termignon (Val-Cenis) Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis (Val-Cenis) D115 Lanslevillard (Val-Cenis) (D115-D902) D902 Col de La Madeleine Cat. 3 Bessans Sprint Bonneval-sur-Arc Col de l’Iseran-Souvenir HC / Bonus Henri Desgrange (2 770 m) Val-d'Isère La Daille La Reculaz Le Villaret du Nial Le Chevril D87 B Tignes les Brévières Tignes 1800 Les Boisses (D87 B-D87 A) D87 A Tignes-Le Lac Montée de Tignes (2 089 M) Cat. 1 Tignes Le Val Claret (D87 A-VC) VC Tignes Arrival 0 2 4 9 10.5 17.5 25 25.5 27 28.5 29.5 33.5 38 38 42.5 47 49 54.5 58 63.5 68.5 75.5 89 104 106.5 109 109.5 112 116.5 119.5 124 124.5 126 126.5 VC 126.5 124.5 122.5 117.5 116 109 101.5 101 99.5 98 97 93 88.5 88.5 84 79.5 77.5 72 68.5 63 58 51 37.5 22.5 20 17.5 17 14.5 10 7 2.5 2 0.5 0 SAVOIE (73) After more than 200km yesterday, there are just 126.5 today. Consequently, this will be an action-packed mountain stage. It will take the peloton to the summit of the Iseran, the ‘roof’ of the 2019 Tour at an altitude of 2 770m, before the climb to Tignes, where the finish will be at 2 089m. We can assume that there will be two big battles: one between the favourites for the general classification and one involving the contenders for the polka-dot jersey. With double points available on all super-category passes, a pure climber should be on the podium in Paris. TIMETABLE Caravan Completed A BATTLE ON HIGH KILOMETRES To ride