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2019 Tour de Suisse

The 2019 Tour de Suisse was a road cycling stage race that took place between 15 and 23 June 2019 in Switzerland. It was the 83rd edition of the Tour de Suisse and the 26th race of the 2019 UCI World Tour.[1]

Teams

In total, twenty-one teams started the race, with each team having seven riders.[2][3]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI Professional Continental teams

National teams

Pre-race favourites

Before the start of the race, Geraint Thomas was the favourite to win, with his teammate Egan Bernal as the second favourite. From the rest of the field, Enric Mas, Rui Costa and Marc Soler were considered as the nearest rivals.[4]

Route

Stages

Stage 1

15 June 2019 — Langnau im Emmental to Langnau im Emmental, 9.5 km (5.9 mi) (Individual time trial)

Stage 2

16 June 2019 — Langnau im Emmental to Langnau im Emmental, 159.6 km (99.2 mi)

Stage 3

17 June 2019 — Flamatt to Murten, 162.3 km (100.8 mi)

Stage 4

18 June 2019 — Murten to Arlesheim, 163.9 km (101.8 mi)

Geraint Thomas, the pre-race favourite, crashed during the stage and abandoned the race.[12]

Stage 5

19 June 2019 — Münchenstein to Einsiedeln, 177 km (110 mi)

Stage 6

20 June 2019 — Einsiedeln to Flumserberg, 120.2 km (74.7 mi)

Stage 7

21 June 2019 — Unterterzen to San Gottardo, 216.6 km (134.6 mi)

Stage 8

22 June 2019 — Goms to Goms, 19.2 km (11.9 mi) (Individual time trial)

Stage 9

23 June 2019 — Ulrichen to Ulrichen, 101.5 km (63.1 mi)

Classification leadership table

Final classification standings

General classification

Points classification

Mountains classification

Young rider classification

Teams classification

References

  1. ^ "UCI reveal WorldTour calendar for 2019". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Teams: Tour de Suisse". www.tourdesuisse.ch. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ^ Robertshaw, Henry (15 June 2019). "Tour de Suisse 2019 start list: Geraint Thomas, Fabio Aru and Peter Sagan in the mix". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ^ Long, Jonny (14 June 2019). "Here's who the bookmakers think will win the Tour de Suisse 2019". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Tour de Suisse 2019". Cycling News. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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  7. ^ a b Long, Jonny (15 June 2019). "Rohan Dennis wins stage one time trial by smallest of margins at the Tour de Suisse 2019". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Tour de Suisse: Luis Leon Sanchez wins stage 2". Cycling News. 16 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. ^ a b Long, Jonny (16 June 2019). "Luis León Sanchez springs late surprise attack to take victory on stage two of the Tour de Suisse 2019". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  10. ^ a b Fletcher, Patrick (17 June 2019). "Tour de Suisse: Peter Sagan wins stage 3". Cycling News. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  11. ^ a b Windsor, Richard (17 June 2019). "Peter Sagan storms to victory and overall lead on Tour de Suisse 2019 stage three". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  12. ^ "Geraint Thomas escapes serious injury in Tour de Suisse crash". Cycling News. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  13. ^ a b Fletcher, Patrick (18 June 2019). "Tour de Suisse: Viviani beats Matthews and Sagan to win stage 4". Cycling News. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  14. ^ a b Windsor, Richard (18 June 2019). "Elia Viviani sprints to victory on Tour de Suisse 2019 stage four". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  15. ^ a b Benson, Daniel (19 June 2019). "Tour de Suisse: Viviani takes second consecutive victory". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  16. ^ a b Ballinger, Alex (19 June 2019). "Elia Viviani doubles up with drag race victory on stage five of Tour de Suisse 2019". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  17. ^ a b Benson, Daniel (20 June 2019). "Tour de Suisse: Tolhoek wins stage 6". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  18. ^ a b Ballinger, Alex (20 June 2019). "Egan Bernal explodes into race lead at Tour de Suisse 2019 as Antwan Tolhoek holds on to win stage six". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  19. ^ a b Benson, Daniel (21 June 2019). "Tour de Suisse: Bernal victorious on San Gottardo". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  20. ^ a b Long, Jonny (21 June 2019). "Egan Bernal takes stage seven summit victory as he extends overall lead at the Tour de Suisse". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  21. ^ a b Ryan, Barry (22 June 2019). "Tour de Suisse: Lampaert wins stage 8 time trial". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  22. ^ a b Long, Jonny (22 June 2019). "Yves Lampaert wins stage eight time trial as Egan Bernal survives scare to keep race lead at the Tour de Suisse". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  23. ^ a b c Ryan, Barry (23 June 2019). "Tour de Suisse: Bernal secures overall victory". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  24. ^ a b c Long, Jonny (23 June 2019). "Hugh Carthy takes first WorldTour victory after thrilling solo breakaway on stage nine of the Tour de Suisse". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 24 June 2019.