Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates honoured once again his yellow jersey at the Tour de France, this time by winning stage 19, Embrun-Isola 2000 (144.6 km with the climbs of the Col de la Bonnette and the summit arrival).
After UAE Team Emirates controlled the race in the first half of the stage, the Slovenian talent attacked at 29 km to the arrival, when there were 2.6 km to the summit of the Collada de San Isidre, obtaining immediately a large gap (around 55") on the immediate chasers, who were Mikel Landa
As expected, the first part of the Italian classic, the 288 kilometres from Pavia to Sanremo, featured a breakaway starting after 15 kilometres. However, it did not worry the top riders of the day, who always maintained a manageable gap from the breakaway.