Key Takeaways: Tour de France Stage 19
Breaking down how the pace of modern racing once again turned a potential sprint stage on its head
Christophe Laporte won his first career Tour de France stage win after jumping clear from a heavily fatigued peloton inside an extremely hectic final two kilometers to foil the race’s top sprinters, who were forced to fight it out for minor placings behind.
Laporte’s win came thanks in part to an exhausted peloton expending an immense amount of energy w…
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