2019 La Course by Le Tour de France

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2019 La Course by Le Tour de France
2019 UCI Women's World Tour, race 15 of 23
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Race details
Dates19 July 2019
Stages1
Distance121 km (75.19 mi)
Winning time3h 15' 20"
Results
  WinnerFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED) (CCC Liv)
  SecondFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Leah Kirchmann  (CAN) (Team Sunweb)
  ThirdFlag of Denmark.svg  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig  (DEN) (Bigla Pro Cycling)
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The 2019 La Course by Le Tour de France was the sixth edition of La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's cycling race held in France. It took place on 19 July 2019 and was the fifteenth event on the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour. The event was organised by ASO, which also organises the Tour de France. The race was won by Dutch rider Marianne Vos of CCC Liv. [1]

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Route

The race started and finished in Pau, taking in five laps of a hilly circuit covering 121 km. [2] It was held before stage 13 of the men's 2019 Tour de France, which used one lap of the circuit as an individual time trial. A similar course was subsequently used as the eighth stage of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes as an individual time trial. [3]

Results

The race was won by Dutch rider Marianne Vos of CCC Liv, who caught the solo breakaway rider Amanda Spratt of Mitchelton-Scott on the final slopes in Pau. [1]

Result [4] [5]
RankRiderTeamTime
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Marianne Vos  (NED) CCC Liv 3h 15' 20"
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Leah Kirchmann  (CAN) Team Sunweb + 3"
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig  (DEN) Bigla Pro Cycling + 3"
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lucinda Brand  (NED) Team Sunweb + 4"
5Flag of South Africa.svg  Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio  (RSA) CCC Liv + 6"
6Flag of Italy.svg  Elisa Longo Borghini  (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 6"
7Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Annemiek van Vleuten  (NED) Mitchelton–Scott + 7"
8Flag of Italy.svg  Soraya Paladin  (ITA) Alé–Cipollini + 7"
9Flag of Spain.svg  Ane Santesteban  (ESP) WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling + 7"
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anna van der Breggen  (NED) Boels–Dolmans + 7"

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