2019 Tour de l'Avenir

A total of 153 riders,^[3] from 26 teams participated in the race.^[4] There were 23 national teams, two regional teams, and one international team.^[3] The Canadian team competed at the event for the first time in eight years.^[1] The event consisted of mostly hilly and mountainous stages, with one rest day between stages 6 and 7.^[3] Stage 2 of the race was a team time trial.^[5]

British rider Ethan Hayter won stage 3, before withdrawing from the race after breaking his collarbone on the fourth stage.^[6] Fellow British cyclist Fred Wright won the fourth stage.^[6] Ben Healy won the fifth stage, after he broke away from Morten Hulgaard and Matteo Jorgenson around 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the stage finish.^[7] Healy is an Irish rider, who was competing for the International team.^[8] Swiss cyclist Stefan Bissegger won the sixth stage. Briton Tom Pidcock withdrew from the race after crashing within the final 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) of the stage.^[9] Stage 8 of the race included an ascent of the Col de la Loze, the seventh highest mountain pass in France.^[10] It was the first time that the mountain had been part of a professional cycle race.^[11] The route up the Col de la Loze started in the valley and involved a direct descent of the mountain.^[11] The stage was won by Australia's Alexander Evans.^[11] Hungary's Attila Valter won the ninth stage despite momentarily going the wrong way near to the finish.^[12] Going into Stage 10, Norway's Tobias Foss held a lead of 1:10. He managed to hold onto his race lead, finishing seventh at the summit of Le Corbier.^[13]