Tour de France stage 19 Live – Pogačar drops Vingegaard on final climb to Isola 2000

Stage 19 top 10

Here’s how the top 10 looked on a crazy stage at the Tour de France:

Tadej Pogačaer (UAE Team Emirates): 4:04:03

Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike): +0:21

Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla): +0:40

Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost): +1:11

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep): +1:42

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike): st

João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates): +2:00

Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep): st

Wilco Kelderman (Visma-Lease a Bike): +2:52

Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech): +3:27

Here’s how Pogačar’s teammates took in their leader making more history at the Tour de France:

“That was the plan. Everyone did a great job today like always. The guys did training camp here, they know the roads and it was close to the final but I’m really satisfied with the work we did so we can be proud of ourselves,” said João Almeida.

“Tadej is probably in his best shape ever, he’s incredible. It’s even unbelievable how strong he is. Personally, I’m super happy to be part of this like history in the end.”

“We just did our pace. Tadej has shown in the last few mountain days he’s in really good shape and if we do a good pace, he can attack and do a crazy pace, a crazy power so we just try and go as hard as possible for him and off he goes,” said Adam Yates.

The winning moment from a true showman. History at the Tour de France from Tadej Pogačar. 

An emotional Vingegaard is welcomed by his wife and teammate Jorgenson, who console him at the line – the American uttering the words “You gave everything, that’s all that matters”. He may have been beaten by Pogačar but it’s quite stunning to think of where he was in April – on a stretcher and fearing for his life in hospital, to holding second at the Tour de France on his return to racing. Chapeau Jonas. 

He gave a huge bow over the line when he won the stage with a double ascent of Monte Grappa in the Giro d’Italia and he mirrored the celebration at the top of Isola 2000 after repeating the stunning feat on the queen stage of the Tour de France. A performance of a generation from the best rider cycling has seen since its greatest Eddy Merckx in the 70s. 

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) wins stage 19 of the Tour de France and extends his lead!

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