G1 Tête de la course + 00.00
- Tadej Pogacar (UEX)
LIVE: Tour de France 2026 Stage 19: Pogacar crushes rivals to claim victory and smash the Alpe d’Huez climbing record
Tour de France - Stage 19
Tour de France stage 19 runs from Gap to Alpe d'Huez over 128 kilometres and is the first of the back-to-back Alpe d'Huez summit finishes that close the 2026 race. The short and explosive Alpine stage takes on the Col Bayard (4.7km at 7.2%), Col du Noyer (7.2km at 8.5%), Col d'Ornon (5.4km at 6.4%) and 3,500m of climbing before the 21 iconic bends of Alpe d'Huez (13.8km at 8.1%). Follow our live report for live cycling coverage, race updates and the summit finish, with the stage starting at 14:00 CEST and the finish expected around 17:35 CEST.
Key info
Race situation
G2 Poursuivants + 00.08
- Richard Carapaz (EFE)
- Lenny Martinez (TBV)
G3 R. Evenepoel + 02.32
- Remco Evenepoel (RBH)
G4 I. del Toro + 02.32
- Isaac Del Toro Romero (UEX)
G5 Gr. Seixas + 00.50
- Mattias Skjelmose (LTK)
- Paul Seixas (DCT)
G6 Gr. Ayuso + 06.21
- Tiesj Benoot (DCT)
- Bruno Armirail (TVL)
- Michael Storer (TUD)
- Mattia Cattaneo (RBH)
- Nicolas Prodhomme (DCT)
- Tobias Foss (NCI)
- Davide Piganzoli (TVL)
- Juan Ayuso Pesquera (LTK)
- Adam Yates (UEX)
- Javier Romo Oliver (MOV)
- Matthew Riccitello (DCT)
- Tom Pidcock (PQT)
G7 Gr. Maillot Vert + 08.47
- Alex Baudin (EFE)
- Felix Engelhardt (JAY)
- Anders Johannessen (UXM)
- Matteo Vercher (TEN)
- Mads Pedersen (LTK)
- George Bennett (NSN)
- Derek James Gee (LTK)
- Maxim Van Gils (RBH)
- Jordan Jegat (TEN)
- Marc Hirschi (TUD)
- Mathias Vacek (LTK)
- Michael Matthews (JAY)
- Matteo Jorgenson (TVL)
- Aurélien Paret Peintre (DCT)
G8 Gr. Maillot à Pois + 20.40
- Jenthe Biermans (COF)
- Jonas Abrahamsen (UXM)
- Baptiste Veistroffer (LOI)
- Dorian Godon (NCI)
- Tim Wellens (UEX)
- Magnus Cort Nielsen (UXM)
- Michal Kwiatkowski (NCI)
- Kévin Vauquelin (NCI)
- Joshua Tarling (NCI)
- Max Kanter (XAT)
- Mauro Schmid (JAY)
- Xabier Azparren Irurzun (PQT)
- Joel Nicolau Beltran (CJR)
- Michael Valgren (EFE)
- Lorenzo Germani (GFC)
- Nils Politt (UEX)
- Krists Neilands (NSN)
- Jake Stewart (NSN)
- Carlos Verona Quintanilla (LTK)
- Max Walker (EFE)
- Tim Marsman (APT)
- Romain Gregoire (GFC)
- Vlad Van Mechelen (TBV)
- Alex Kirsch (COF)
- Kasper Asgreen (EFE)
- Anders Skaarseth (UXM)
- Robbe Dhondt (TPP)
- Tim Van Dijke (RBH)
- Liam Slock (LOI)
- Jan Tratnik (RBH)
- Egan Bernal Gomez (NCI)
- Stefano Oldani (CJR)
- Raul Garcia Pierna (MOV)
- Thibault Guernalec (TEN)
- Emiel Verstrynge (APT)
- Olav Kooij (DCT)
- Warren Barguil (TPP)
- Luke Durbridge (JAY)
- Jonas Rickaert (APT)
- Julius Van Den Berg (TPP)
- Lewis Askey (NSN)
- Soren WÆrenskjold (UXM)
- Ben Healy (EFE)
- Jakub Otruba (CJR)
- Mathieu Van Der Poel (APT)
- Clément Russo (GFC)
- Toms Skujins (LTK)
- Anthony Turgis (TEN)
- Filippo Ganna (NCI)
- Frank Van Den Broek (TPP)
- Benjamin Thomas (COF)
- Alexandre Delettre (TEN)
- Fred Wright (PQT)
- Phil Bauhaus (TBV)
- Alex Aranburu Deva (COF)
- Marco Haller (TUD)
- Georg Steinhauser (EFE)
- Jefferson Cepeda (MOV)
- Rick Pluimers (TUD)
- Matej Mohoric (TBV)
- Huub Artz (LOI)
- Hugo Page (COF)
- Nicolya Vinokurov (XAT)
- Mike Teunissen (XAT)
- Cees Bol (DCT)
- Victor Campenaerts (TVL)
- Pascal Ackermann (JAY)
- John Degenkolb (TPP)
- Michel Heßmann (MOV)
- Lennert Van Eetvelt (LOI)
- Silvan Dillier (APT)
- Florian Vermeersch (UEX)
- Ilan Van Wilder (SOQ)
- Matis Louvel (NSN)
- Nelson Oliveira (MOV)
- Jasper Stuyven (SOQ)
- Louis Vervaeke (SOQ)
- Luke Plapp (JAY)
- Aaron Murray Gate (XAT)
- Dylan Van Baarle (SOQ)
- Julian Alaphilippe (TUD)
- Biniam Girmay (NSN)
- Marco Frigo (NSN)
- Ewen Costiou (GFC)
- Jasper Philipsen (APT)
- Piet Allegaert (COF)
- Robert Stannard (TBV)
- Valentin Paret Peintre (SOQ)
- Kamil Gradek (TBV)
- Per Strand Hagenes (TVL)
- Davide Ballerini (XAT)
- Pavel Bittner (TPP)
- Pascal Eenkhoorn (SOQ)
- Niklas MÄrkl (TPP)
- Milan Fretin (COF)
- Mathis Le Berre (TEN)
Liveblog
It's Alpe d'Huez day!
Hello everybody and welcome to Domestique's live coverage for stage 19 of the 2026 Tour de France! This will be a good one, so set yourself down and enjoy!
Tour de France stage 19 preview: The legendary Alpe d’Huez awaits
The Tour de France reaches one of its defining moments on stage 19, with the peloton facing a relentless day in the Alps and a summit finish on the legendary Alpe d’Huez.
Tour de France stage 19 preview: The legendary Alpe d’Huez awaits
Key points
Col Bayard | 2nd category - 4.4km at 7.9% - 123km to go
Col du Noyer | 1st category - 7.5km at 8.1% - 103km to go
Intermediate sprint - 28.5km to go
Col d'Ornon | 2nd category - 5.1km at 6.5% - 29km to go
Alpe d'Huez | hors catégorie - 13.7km at 8% - 0km to go
Crazy circumstances
Let's hope all the riders stay safe.
The History of the mighty Alpe d'Huez
The situation at UAE
After the team had been battling with illness, Matxin gave some extra info in an interview with Sporza.
"Tim’s (Wellens) got a few aches and pains; it’ll be a case of just getting through it again."
"Adam is doing better. He’s making progress, and that’s good news. But overall, it’s pretty much business as usual, yes."
Pogacar and Del Toro seemingly are still healthy. Florian Vermeersch talked about an injury from yesterday's stage, but he didn't specify. McNulty had to abandon yesterday; Grosschartner and Politt also still seem healthy.
Jasper Philipsen about the green jersey
"To be honest, I reckon my chances are pretty slim. There might still be a chance in Paris, but I think we’ll be going for the stage win as a team there and then we’ll see how it turns out."
Remco Evenepoel pre-race
"UAE is the strongest team, and you wouldn’t want to see them struggling due to illness. We’re not going to get carried away or do anything crazy."
Neutral zone
C'est parti!
Super hard pace
As we're used to, nowadays.
Current breakaway
Tobias Halland Johannessen, Sean Quinn, Ben Healy and Derek Gee-West.
HUGE breakaway
And Lenny Martinez, 7th in GC, is in there!
VPP takes the KOM
What a sprint.
The biggest names in front
Yates, Kuss, Piganzoli, Gee-West, Arensman, Carapaz, Riccitello, Benoot, Martinez, Tiberi, Paret-Peintre, O'Connor, Johannessen, Rubio, Voisard, Martin,..
UAE chasing
Their plan is clear.
Gee-West doing an insane amount of work
Once more, VPP takes the KOM
Another banger of a sprint against Carapaz.
Del Toro misses his bidon
The scenes on the Alpe d'Huez
3'20
Will this be breakaway day or a GC day?
Horrible crash by Marco Haller
Fortunately, he seems all right, he's already back on the bike. Props to Edward Planckaert for helping Haller.
BORA riding
Visma doing a lot of work
They seem to have a lot of trust in Sepp Kuss, or maybe in Davide Piganzoli?
Abandon Afinni
Healy is done with his work on the front
Pinarello Q36.5 also starts riding
It's a special situation. Lidl-Trek is riding in front and, like that, is helping Martinez overtake their own riders, Ayuso and Skjelmose, in the GC.
Pidcock is 8" behind Martinez in the GC, so he puts his team on the front.
Pedersen takes his well earned points
Valentin Paret-Peintre dropped
Mohoric takes a Shimano bike
Where is his team car?
Ben O'Connor dropped
Yates and Tiberi dropped
In the meantime, Lidl-Trek starts riding in the peloton for Ayuso and Skjelmose now that Pedersen has his points.
High pace
Bruno Armirail is decimating the breakaway, even riders like Yannis Voisard and Davide Piganzoli are getting dropped.
With Paret-Peintre dropped, Carapaz gets the KOM for free
Grosschartner already reduces the peloton to 10 riders
Armirial and Foss guiding the breakaway to the Alpe d'Huez
Alpe d'Huez!
Lidl-Trek driving the pace in the peloton with Vacek
Attack Arensman!
ATTACK POGACAR
Ayuso and Pidcock dropped
Yates pacing Pogacar
In front, Kuss attacks, only Martinez and Carapaz can follow.
Yates done
It's Pogacar on his own again now.
Attack Carapaz
Only Martinez could initially react, but Kuss paces himself back.
Carapaz attacks again!
However, the other two can react.
1'!
Carapaz vs Kuss vs Martinez
What a fight!
*Insert Jaws music*
>2'
That's the advantage Pogacar has on the other GC men!
Attack Evenepoel!
But he is blocked by the motors!
Attack Carapaz!
Now, he can drop everyone, but Pogacar is close!
GRINTA
What a rider you are, Richie!
Del Toro attacks the group behind Evenepoel
Pogacar catches Carapaz
Lenny Martinez is still on his wheel. The steep parts are over now, will this be a sprint?
LAST KM!
POGACAR WINS
He drops Martinez (2nd) and Carapaz (3rd).
That's it for today!
Tomorrow, we are back with the queen stage. Enjoy your evening!
