The 2019 Tour de l'Avenir was the 56th edition of the

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independent ...

, a UCI 2.NCup stage race for riders aged 23 or younger. The race consisted of 10 stages. It started on 15 August in

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and concluded on 25 August in

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, with Norwegian Tobias Foss winning the

general classification The general classification (or the GC) in road bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for riders in multi- stage races. Each stage will have a stage winner, but the overall winner in the GC is the rider who has the fastest cumula ...

Race overview

A total of 153 riders, from 26 teams participated in the race. There were 23 national teams, two regional teams, and one international team. The Canadian team competed at the event for the first time in eight years. The event consisted of mostly hilly and mountainous stages, with one rest day between stages 6 and 7. Stage 2 of the race was a

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

. British rider

Ethan Hayter Ethan Edward Hayter (born 18 September 1998) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Hayter started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2012, aged 13. He raced for the VC Londres cycling club from 2012 to 2016, ...

won stage 3, before withdrawing from the race after breaking his

collarbone The clavicle, or collarbone, is a slender, S-shaped long bone approximately 6 inches (15 cm) long that serves as a strut between the scapula, shoulder blade and the sternum (breastbone). There are two clavicles, one on the left and one on ...

on the fourth stage. Fellow British cyclist Fred Wright won the fourth stage. Ben Healy won the fifth stage, after he broke away from Morten Hulgaard and Matteo Jorgenson around from the stage finish. Healy is an Irish rider, who was competing for the International team. Swiss cyclist

Stefan Bissegger Stefan Bissegger (born 13 September 1998) is a Swiss professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He rode in the men's individual pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Major resu ...

won the sixth stage. Briton

Tom Pidcock Thomas Pidcock (born 30 July 1999) is a British cyclist who currently competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport for UCI WorldTeam . After a prodigious junior and under-23 career with World Cha ...

withdrew from the race after crashing within the final of the stage. Stage 8 of the race included an ascent of the Col de la Loze, the seventh highest mountain pass in France. It was the first time that the mountain had been part of a professional cycle race. The route up the Col de la Loze started in the

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and involved a direct descent of the mountain. The stage was won by Australia's Alexander Evans. Hungary's Attila Valter won the ninth stage despite momentarily going the wrong way near to the finish. Going into Stage 10, Norway's Tobias Foss held a lead of 1:10. He managed to hold onto his race lead, finishing seventh at the summit of Le Corbier.

Route and stages

Classifications

Norwegian cyclist Tobias Foss won the

, ahead of Italian Giovanni Aleotti, and Belgian Ilan Van Wilder. Foss was the first Norwegian to win the race. American cyclist Matteo Jorgenson won the

points classification The points classification is a secondary award category in road bicycle racing. Points are given for high finishes and, in some cases, for winning sprints at certain places along the route, most often called ''intermediate sprints''. The points cl ...

, ahead of Foss and

Mathias Norsgaard Mathias Norsgaard Jørgensen (born 5 May 1997 in Silkeborg) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . His sister, Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen, is also a professional cyclist, riding for the women's . Major results ;2014 : 1st ...

. Spanish rider

Jon Agirre Jon Agirre Egaña (born 10 September 1997) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . Major results ;2019 : 1st Mountains classification, Tour de l'Avenir ;2021 : 4th Overall Alpes Isère Tour ;2023 : 8th Overall Tour de La ...

won the

mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...

ahead of Alexander Evans and

Michel Ries Michel Ries (born 11 March 1998) is a Luxembourgish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España. Major results ;2015 : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Champi ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tour De l'Avenir, 2019

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