Name: Tour de France 2019
Start: 2019-07-06T00:00:00Z
End: 2019-07-28T00:00:00Z
Location: France

Egan Bernal wins the 2019 Tour de France

What could have become a problematic situation for Team Ineos was anything but in the last few days of the Tour, as Thomas conceded that Bernal was the better rider at this year's race, while Bernal had a special thank you for his teammate on the final podium. the Tour, as Thomas conceded that Bernal was the better rider at this year's race, while Bernal had a special thank you for Thomason the final podium.

Ewan's third stage win came courtesy of a last-minute dash up the right side of the road next to the barriers, with Jumbo-Visma's Dylan Groenewegen making the same move on the other side of the road, but falling short of taking his second stage win. Total Direct Energie's Niccolò Bonifazio was third, while Max Richeze was fourth, having been forced into taking up the reins for Deceuninck-QuickStep, who appeared to be in disarray in the closing kilometres, unable to find their main sprinter, Elia Viviani.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal	3:04:08
2	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	André Greipel (Ger) Arkéa Samsic	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 9 - Cell 2

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Final general classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Egan Bernal (Col) Team Ineos	82:57:00
2	Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos	0:01:11
3	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma	0:01:31
4	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:01:56
5	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:04:05
6	Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team	0:04:23
7	Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First	0:05:15
8	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	0:05:30
9	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	0:06:12
10	Warren Barguil (Fra) Arkéa Samsic	0:07:32

In terms of the sprinters, Peter Sagan leads the way and, although he may not be the fastest rider in the flat bunch finishes, he will start the Tour de France as the favourite for the points classification, having won the green jersey in six of the past seven Tours. Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Vimsa) is arguably the strongest sprinter in the world at the moment, and he'll also face competition from debutant Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-QuickStep), Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates), and André Greipel (Arkéa-Samsic). There'll be no Mark Cavendish, who wasn't selected by Dimension Data, or Fernando Gaviria (UAE), who has a knee injury.

After the second rest day, the route heads to the Alps for three stages that include the Col d'Izoard, the Col du Galibier, and the Col d'Iseran – the highest paved road in Europe. The winner of the 2019 Tour de France will effectively be determined after one mammoth final climb to the finish line at Val Thorens on stage 20, before the race heads into Paris for the finale along the Champs-Elysées.