2019 Tour de la Provence explained

2019 Tour de la Provence
Series:	2019 UCI Europe Tour
Date:	14 February–17 February 2019
Stages:	4
Distance:	543.8^[1]
Unit:	km
Time:	13h 18' 06"
First:	Gorka Izagirre
First Nat:	ESP
First Color:	Tour De La Provence Leader
Second:	Simon Clarke
Second Nat:	AUS
Third:	Tony Gallopin
Third Nat:	FRA
Previous:	2018
Next:	2020

The 2019 Tour de la Provence was a road cycling stage race that took place between 14 and 17 February 2019. The race was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2019 UCI Europe Tour, and was the fourth edition of the Tour de la Provence.^[2]

The race was won by Spanish rider Gorka Izagirre of the team, winning by less than a second ahead of Australian rider Simon Clarke.^[3]

Teams

Twenty-two teams of up to seven riders started the race:^[4]

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[5]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	14 February	Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer	8.9km (05.5miles)		Individual time trial
2	15 February	Istres to La Ciotat	191.6km (119.1miles)		Hilly stage
3	16 February	Aubagne to Circuit du Castellet	181.1km (112.5miles)		Hilly stage
4	17 February	Avignon to Aix en Provence	162.2km (100.8miles)		Flat stage

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 1 result and general classification after Stage 1^[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 9" 3 + 10" 4 + 15" 5 + 18" 6 + 19" 7 + 20" 8 + 21" 9 + 24" 10 + 25"

Stage 2

Stage 2 result^[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 + 16"

General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 + 6" 4 + 10" 5 + 11" 6 + 15" 7 s.t. 8 + 21" 9 + 26" 10 s.t.

Stage 3

Stage 3 result^[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 2" 3 s.t. 4 + 8" 5 + 10" 6 + 15" 7 s.t. 8 + 21" 9 + 26" 10 + 32"

Stage 4

Stage 4 result^[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Classifications

Final general classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 1" 4 + 2" 5 + 10" 6 + 15" 7 s.t. 8 + 21" 9 + 26" 10 + 29"

Final points classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 38 2 32 3 28 4 19 5 18 6 17 7 12 8 11 9 10 10 10

Final mountains classification Rank Rider Team Points 1 16 2 16 3 8 4 7 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 4 9 3 10 3

Final young rider classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 + 2' 11" 4 + 2' 54" 5 + 3' 14" 6 + 5' 27" 7 + 5' 36" 8 + 7' 55" 9 + 8' 49" 10 + 11' 42"

Final team classification Rank Team Time 1 2 + 1' 57" 3 + 3' 50" 4 + 4' 16" 5 + 5' 31" 6 + 5' 55" 7 + 6' 17" 8 + 10' 38" 9 + 11' 32" 10 + 12' 31"

Classification leadership table

scope=col width="1%"	Stage	scope=col width="14%"	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
1	Filippo Ganna	Filippo Ganna	Not awarded	Filippo Ganna	Filippo Ganna
2	Eduard Prades	Gorka Izagirre	Lilian Calmejane	Eduard Prades	David Gaudu
3	Philippe Gilbert		Dries De Bondt
4	John Degenkolb		Lilian Calmejane
Final		Gorka Izagirre	Lilian Calmejane	Simon Clarke	David Gaudu

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Tour de la Provence (2.1), France. BikeRaceInfo. 2 March 2019.
2. Web site: 2019 Tour de la Provence . ProCyclingStats . 18 February 2019.
3. News: Gorka Izagirre wins Tour de la Provence by 13 hundredths of a second. French. CyclingPub.com. 18 February 2019. 18 February 2019.
4. Web site: 2019 Tour Cycliste International La Provence. FirstCycling. 2 March 2019.
5. Web site: 2016 Le Tour de la Provence (2.1), France. BikeRaceInfo. 2 March 2019.
6. Web site: Ganna wins Tour de La Provence opening time trial. Cycling News. Jean-François. Quénet. 14 February 2019. 2 March 2019.
7. Web site: Prades wins Tour de la Provence stage 2. Cycling News. Jean-François. Quénet. 15 February 2019. 2 March 2019.
8. Web site: Gilbert wins Tour de la Provence stage 3. Cycling News. Jean-François. Quénet. 16 February 2019. 2 March 2019.
9. Web site: Gorka Izagirre wins 2019 Tour de La Provence. Cycling News. Jean-François. Quénet. 17 February 2019. 2 March 2019.