Tour De France 2019

Tour de France 2019: Egan Bernal sees lead trimmed by three seconds after mix-up in timekeeping during abandoned Stage 19

After climbing beyond his rivals in solo attacks on two consecutive Alpine stages, Bernal needs only survive a third one to seal victory in the 2019 Tour de France

Tour de France 2019: Egan Bernal takes yellow jersey from Julian Alaphilippe as hailstorm prematurely curtails Stage 19

Tour director Christian Prudhomme immediately announced that times would be taken at the top of the mountain, where Bernal was 2 minutes, 7 seconds faster than Alaphilippe, enough to wipe away the Frenchman's race lead

Tour de France 2019: Nairo Quintana wins stage 18 as compatriot Egan Bernal rises from fifth to second in overall standings

The Movistar captain Quintana blew his lines in the Pyrenees, but gained almost six minutes on the main contenders to finish the first full day in the Alps sixth overall

Tour de France 2019: Italian Matteo Trentin wins Stage 17 via solo attack; Julian Alaphilippe retains yellow jersey

The breakaway split when Dutch rider Bauke Mollema accelerated at the front, a move that reduced the leading group to 10 members before Trentin made his move

Tour de France 2019: Caleb Ewan notches up second win of tour as Julian Alaphilippe maintains overall lead after stage 16

Caleb Ewan sprinted to his second victory on the Tour de France on Tuesday as Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe kept the overall lead after stage 16, where Geraint Thomas fell but finished with all the main contenders.

Tour de France 2019: Julian Alaphilippe says yellow jersey 'hanging by a thread' as race heads into final week

The 27-year-old Deceuninck-Quick Step rider, looking to become the first Frenchman to win the Tour since Bernard Hinault in 1985, told reporters on Monday's rest day that "the toughest is yet to come".

Tour de France 2019: Simon Yates wins second stage in four days as Julian Alaphilippe keeps overall lead

Thomas struggled on the final climb into the clouds, but then closed the gap on the leader to 1min 35sec by dropping him with a late burst afer initially looking like he was going to lose precious time on the overall leader.

Tour de France 2019: Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 13 individual time-trial to extend lead atop standings, retain yellow jersey

As Alaphilippe made the 18 percent slope ahead of the home straight the noise was deafening as the victory over time-trial specialist Thomas unexpectedly materialised

Tour de France 2019: Britain's Simon Yates wins stage 12 as Geraint Thomas, Julian Alaphilippe finish together

Simon Yates is over an hour adrift in the overall standings, but punched the air in joy after outwitting his rivals to add this Tour de France stage to victories in the Vuelta and Giro

Tour de France 2019: Australian Caleb Ewan picks up first-ever stage win as Julian Alaphilippe retains yellow jersey

Ewan timed his explosive burst to perfection, catching and overtaking Dutch sprinter Dylan Groenewegen right on the line after a long home straight. Elia Viviani was third on a finish designed for the pure sprinters