Richard Carapaz rides into Tour de France polka dot jersey on stage 19

While Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar dominated the overall classification and claimed his fourth stage victory at Isola 2000 on Friday, there was a major victory for EF Education-EasyPost on stage 19 as Richard Carapaz moved into the lead of the mountains classification.

Carapaz would have been the team’s GC leader had he not crashed during the Tour de Suisse and then fallen ill just before the start of the Tour de France, but salvaged his race by wearing the maillot jaune for a day after taking the lead on stage 3 and winning stage 17 at Superdévoluy from the breakaway.