Summary

  • Stage 19 - 172.8km from Moirans-En-Montagne to Poligny

  • Lumpy stage perfect for a breakaway attempt

  • Jonas Vingegaard leads Tadej Pogacar by seven minutes and 35 seconds in general classification

  • Britain's Adam Yates third overall

Live Reporting

Chris Bevan

  1. 7km to go

    The chase group can see the front three. Can they catch them?

  2. 8km to go

    Kasper Asgreen, Ben O'Connor and Matej Mohoric are looking strong at the front. We know how fast Asgreen's finish is too, after yesterday's heroics. More of the same to come?

  3. 9km to go

    The gap is growing... the front three are 27 seconds clear of the nine-man group containing Pidcock, Philipsen, Laporte and Mathieu van der Poel.

  4. 11km to go

    Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) and Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) are up there too. This chase group needs to work together to catch the front three, but they know Philipsen or Laporte will probably win the sprint if they do. What do they do?

  5. 13km to go

    Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) is in the front chase group too, and could give Philipsen a run for his money if they get to sprint for the win... if!

  6. 15km to go

    The pace is full on now and the chase group keeps splintering. Jasper Philipsen and his lead-out man Mathieu van der Poel are together in the first of them, which must be worrying for the rest. Tom Pidcock is up there... the front three are 17 seconds ahead of them.

  7. 19km to go

    Corbin Strong (Israel-Premier Tech) crashed on that descent - he's back on his bike but he's no longer in the chase group, which consists of about 20 riders.

    By the way, the yellow jersey group, including race leader Jonas Vingegaard, is now more than eight minutes back. They won't be catching the men at the front.

  8. 20km to go

    The chase group, including Philipsen, is back together again as the race hurtles downhill. The gap to the front three is 23 seconds now - is Kasper Angreen going to repeat yesterday's heroics... what a double that would be, but a lot of work still left to do.

  9. 24km to go

    More gaps appearing in this break, which is now in at least three groups. The trio at the front now have a lead of 30 seconds.

  10. 28km to go

    Mads Pedersen attacks off the front of the break, to try to catch Asgreen, O'Connor and Mohoric. The pace is ferocious, with less than 1km to go to the top of Col d'Ivory.

  11. 29km to go

    Campenaerts sits up, he has run out of steam. So, three men at the front now... with more trying to come across to them. Can they drop Jasper Philipsen and the other fast men on this climb - it feels like they have to, if they want the stage win.

  12. 30km to go

    He's done it too. Asgreen, Ben O'Connor and Matej Mohoric catch up with Campenaerts as we head uphill.

  13. 31km to go

    This climb is going to shell a few riders out of the break... we've already seen a few splits. Kasper Asgreen has just burst off the front to try to be the first to catch Campenaerts.

  14. 32km to go

    Simon Clarke has cramp - ouch - and Victor Campenaerts has pedalled off into the distance. He is 22 seconds clear, but there are some VERY fast finishers in the group on his tail.

  15. 34km to go

    Clarke and Campenaerts are about to head up the biggest climb of today's lumpy stage, the category three Cote d'Ivory, and their lead is coming down... to 31 seconds, and falling fast.

  16. 43km to go

    Yesterday's stage winner, Kasper Asgreen is also in the 34-man break, so chapeau to him as well. Clarke and Campenaerts (pictured below) are currently 52 seconds clear off the front.

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  17. 47km to go

    Today is the last chance for a lot of teams and riders to get a stage win at this year's Tour - Tom Pidcock and Fred Wright were just on ITV Sport, shown speaking about trying to get in a break and do exactly that before this stage got started.

    This big break has worked out perfectly for them, and for us... no-one in the break will want Jasper Philipsen up there at the end, so Clarke and Campenaerts won't be the last to try to get away.

  18. 52km to go

    The gap from the break to the yellow jersey peloton is going up, to more than three minutes. No real chasing going on there, which bodes well for all of our escapees.

    There are 36 of them by the way, including Clarke and Campenaerts, so excuse my maths.

  19. 57km to go

    Blimey, Simon Clarke and Victor Campenaerts are now 30 seconds clear of the breakaway bunch.

    Not sure what Campenaerts had for breakfast the past couple of days, but I want some.

  20. 62km to go

    There are actually 37 riders in this break. So, no I'm not going to list them all just yet... especially because two of them, Simon Clarke and Victor Campenaerts, have just leapt off the front, and gone about seven seconds clear.