Tour de France Stage 19 Preview

Stage 19 of the 2026 Tour de France on Friday, July 24 features the iconic Alpe d'Huez climb, with UAE Team Emirates aiming to set up Tadej Pogačar for a prestigious stage victory. In the preceding stage action, Mads Pedersen claimed 25 points at the intermediate sprint in Corps after 129km, while Valentin Paret-Peintre dominated the mountain sprint points. A late breakaway developed featuring Felix Engelhardt, Matteo Jorgenson, Tobias Halland Johannessen, Raul Garcia Pierna, and Mauro Schmid, with Engelhardt working to set up a win for his teammate Schmid.