The 2019 Tour de l'Avenir was the 56th edition of the Tour de l'Avenir, 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 La Corbière, with Norwegian

Tobias Foss Tobias Svendsen Foss (born 25 May 1997 in Vingrom) is a Norwegian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career In July 2019, it was announced that Foss would join UCI WorldTeam on a two-year contract from 2020. In August 2019, Foss ...

winning the general classification.

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

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. British rider Ethan Hayter won stage 3, before withdrawing from the race after breaking his collarbone 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

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won the sixth stage. Briton Tom Pidcock 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

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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

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won the ninth stage despite momentarily going the wrong way near to the finish. Going into Stage 10, Norway's

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

won the general classification, 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, ahead of Foss and Mathias Norsgaard. 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 ahead of Alexander Evans and Michel Ries.

References

External links

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

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