The 2019 route suits attacking riders, with five ascents in a dynamic circuit but has failed to build on momentum to expand the one-day race
The 2019 edition of La Course by the Tour de France turns the spotlight on the puncheurs, the explosive all-rounders who make the most of every attacking opportunity. Riders such as a resurgent Marianne Vos, or the Women’s World Tour leader Annemiek van Vleuten, will be looking to cross the finishing line in Pau before their rivals from the 15 Women’s World Tour teams who are slated to appear.
This year’s one-day race moves away from the pancake-flat cobbles of the first three editions and the high altitude theatrics of last year’s duel in the Alps to a more dynamic circuit course with the climb of the 307m Côte d’Esquillot likely to prove decisive. La Course will follow the route of the only time trial in the 2019 men’s Tour de France, riding the same testing circuit through the rolling hills around Pau. Shifting date to align with the men’s race on 19 July, La Course narrowly avoids an overlap with the Giro Rosa, the biggest stage race in the women’s cycling calendar.
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