A livestock outbreak in the area of Col des Saisies changed the plans at the last minute.
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The Tour de France 2025 had to make last minute adjustments in one of its key stages. Day 19, which was going to cover 129.9 kilometers between Albertville y La Plagne95 kilometers will be cut for an unusual reason: an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatosis detected in a herd of cows near the Seizure collar. The organization, in coordination with the health authorities, decided to eliminate that section to avoid interference.
A surgical cut … in the middle of the mountain
The change is not less. He Seizure collara first category rise (13.7 km at 6.4%), will be out of the menu. And although the route loses mileage, the level of demand remains intact. The squad will come from Albertvillebut with an hour of delay with respect to the original schedule. After the seven regulatory kilometers, the Zero kilometer It will be set at the D925. From there, the runners will return to the planned layout just before Beaufort, at kilometer 52.4 of the original route.
Despite the cut, this is still the last great Alpine stage before arriving in Paris. And that means the wear will be brutal. The route includes four scoring ports: Col Du Pré (special category, 12.6 km at 7.7%), the Rosoend Cormet (2nd category, 5.9 km at 6.3%) and the very hard final rise to La Plagne (special category, 19.1 km to 7.2%).
The leadership seems to be firm. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates-XRG) sends with solvency: 4′26 ″ advantage over Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease to Bike) and more than eleven minutes on Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora). The suppression of Seizures I should not change the general dynamics, but it could alter tactical details that, in high mountain, sometimes they are everything.
General classification – Tour de France 2025
| Position | Corridor | Equipment | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | 66:55:42 |
| 2 | Jonas Vingegaard | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | +4:26 |
| 3 | Florian Lipowitz | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | +11:01 |
| 4 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | +11:23 |
| 5 | Primož Roglič | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | +12:49 |
| 6 | Felix Gall | DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM | +15:36 |
| 7 | Kévin Vauquelin | Arkéa – B&B Hotels | +16:15 |
| 8 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | Uno-X Mobility | +18:31 |
| 9 | Ben Healy | EF Education – EasyPost | +25:41 |
| 10 | Ben O’Connor | Team Jayco AlUla | +29:19 |
With a counterreloj even on the horizon and the classic arrival in Paris as a closure, this stage can mark a before and after. It is the last cartridge on the mountain. For those who still dream of the podium, it is time to attack. For leaders, it will be to resist or die.
The race can be seen, from 6:30 am, in Caracol HD2 and the free DITU application. TO 8:30 am starts on Caracol Televisión.
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