Tour de France 2019: The key moments
Egan Bernal becomes the youngest winner of the Tour de France since 1909, overcoming the challenge of France's Julian Alaphilippe and extreme weather conditions on stage 19. Here's the key moments from this year's Tour.
We're off!
The 2019 Tour de France started with a bang in Belgium. A crash inside the final kilometer blew the race wide open and victory was seized by Dutchman Mike Teunissen, crossing the line narrowly ahead of Peter Sagan.
Enter, Alaphilippe
Teunissen couldn't hold the lead though, and Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe made his move for the first time on the Tour. A daring attack on the penultimate climb of stage 3 was ultimately enough to see him seize the yellow jersey.
Photo finish!
The first photo finish of this year's Tour occurred on stage 7. Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen, who crashed on stage 1, beat Caleb Ewan by the narrowest of margins after a tight pack finish after more than six hours of racing.
Alaphilippe reasserts himself
Hopes of a first home winner of the Tour de France since Bernard Hinault in 1985 were boosted when Alaphilippe restablished himself as the overall leader on stage 8. Thomas De Gendt won the stage after a solo break, but Alaphilippe is the man to watch.
Yates leaves it late
As the race enters the Pyrenees, stage 12 saw the 2018 Vuelta a Espana winner Simon Yates show his mettle. A three-man break led the charge and Yates made his move 100 meters from the finish.
Alaphilippe stays ahead
Still wearing the yellow jersey, Alaphilippe managed to keep it for a ninth day in succession as French cycling fans started to get excited. The stage was won by Italy's European Road champion Matteo Trentin, whose impressive solo attack left the field in his wake.
Race abandoned!
The penultimate competitive stage proved the most dramatic, and the one that handed the initiative to eventual winner Bernal. A freak hail storm prompted a mudslide in the Alps, with the conditions so bad that the stage was abandoned midway through. Contender Thibaut Pinot had to retire through injury.
Bernal's victory lap
Bernal's Tour de France victory is confirmed in Paris. At the age of 22, the Colombian becomes the youngest winner of the famous race for 110 years, establishing himself as the future of cycling.