Published: July 26, 2019
• Nineteenth stage was halted because of extreme weather
• Egan Bernal overtakes Julian Alaphilippe to wear yellow
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• Egan Bernal overtakes Julian Alaphilippe to wear yellow
Saturday’s 20th stage of the Tour de France will be cut short from 130km to 59km and will skip two significant climbs because of landslides, organisers said on Friday evening.
A hailstorm and a landslide forced the race jury and organisers to stop the 19th stage with the extreme weather conditions having damaged other roads. The peloton will now go straight from Albertville to the final 33km ascent to Val Thorens and the riders will not have to tackle the category two Côte de Longefoy or the category one Cormet de Roselend, a 19.9km ascent at 6%.
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