Vuelta a España 2019
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| General | |||
| output | 74. Vuelta a España | ||
| Racing series | UCI WorldTour 2019 2nd UWT | ||
| Stages | 21st | ||
| date | August 24 - September 15, 2019 | ||
| overall length | 3,290.7 km | ||
| Host countries |
 Spain  Andorra  France |
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| begin | Torrevieja | ||
| target | Madrid | ||
| Teams | 22nd | ||
| Driver at the start | 176 | ||
| Driver at the finish | 153 | ||
| Average speed | 39.587 km / h | ||
| Result | |||
| winner |
 Primož Roglič ( Jumbo Visma ) |
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| Second |
Alejandro Valverde ( Movistar ) |
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| Third |
Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) |
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| Scoring |
Primož Roglič ( Jumbo Visma ) |
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| Mountain scoring |
Geoffrey Bouchard ( AG2R La Mondiale ) |
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| Young talent evaluation |
Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) |
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| Most combative driver |
 Miguel Ángel López ( Astana ) |
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| Team evaluation |
Movistar
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| ◀ 2018 | 2020 ▶ | ||
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The 74th Vuelta a España 2019 took place from August 24th to September 15th, 2019.
Leading to the Grand Tours belonging cycling race was part of the UCI World Tour 2019 . It all started with a team time trial in Torrevieja . The tour ended with a mass start stage in Madrid .
The overall winner was Primož Roglič from Slovenia ( Team Jumbo-Visma ), who achieved his first overall victory in a major tour of the country. Alejandro Valverde ( Movistar Team ) finished second, 2:16 minutes behind, ahead of Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ), 2:38 minutes behind.
Roglič also won the points classification , Pogačar the junior classification. The French rider Geoffrey Bouchard ( Ag2r La Mondiale ) won the mountain classification . Miguel Ángel López ( Astana Pro Team ) was honored as the most combative driver of the tour . The team classification won the Movistar team.
Participating teams and drivers
The 18 UCI WorldTeams were entitled and obliged to participate . The UCI Professional Continental Teams Burgos-BH , Caja Rural-Seguros RGA , Cofidis, Solutions Crédits and Euskadi Basque Country-Murias also received a wildcard .
With Alejandro Valverde , Nairo Quintana (both Movistar Team ) and Fabio Aru ( UAE Team Emirates ) there were three former Vuelta winners in the field. In addition to them, the third of the Giro d'Italia 2019 , Primož Roglič , and the third of the Tour de France 2019 , Steven Kruijswijk (both Team Jumbo-Visma ), the third of the Vuelta last year , Miguel Ángel López ( Astana Pro Team ), and Rigoberto Urán ( EF Education First ) was one of the favorites for the overall win. Last year's winner Simon Yates and runner-up Enric Mas did not start.
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route
With a total of eight mountain arrivals, the course favored the mountain specialists. On six stages, the sprinters had a chance of a mass finish, even if these sections also regularly contained climbs. There were also two time trials , the team time trial at the beginning and a 36-kilometer individual time trial on stage 10 in Pau .
Regulations
| Scoring | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14th | 15th |
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| Milestone | 25th | 20th | 16 | 14th | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Intermediate sprint | 4th | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mountain scoring | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | |||||||||
| Cima Alberto Fernández | 20th | 15th | 10 | 6th | 4th | 2 | |||||||||
| Category Especial | 15th | 10 | 6th | 4th | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1st category | 10 | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2nd category | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3rd category | 3 | 2 | 1 |
- The leader of the overall standings wore the red jersey . As always in stage races, the overall ranking was the result of adding up the times driven. In addition, there were 10, 6 and 4 time bonuses for the first stages - except for the time trial stages - as well as 3, 2 and 1 second time bonuses for the intermediate sprints.
- The leader in the points classification wore the green jersey . The points evaluation resulted from the addition of the points of each stage and the intermediate sprints.
- The leader in the mountain classification wore the blue-dotted jersey . This evaluation resulted from the points awarded to the drivers who were the first to cross a classified climb.
- The leader in the junior ranking, which was reserved for drivers born after January 1, 1994 and which followed the rules of the overall ranking, wore the white jersey.
- The team ranking resulted from the addition of the times of the three best drivers of a team on each stage. The drivers of the leading team wore a red number on their backs.
- On the first 20 stages, the most combative driver was awarded a yellow number by a jury. This jury also chose the most combative driver of the tour.
Ratings in the course of the race
Overall rating
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Vuelta wild cards to three Spanish teams and Cofidis. In: radsport-news.com. May 7, 2019, accessed August 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Vuelta a Espana: All favorites for the overall victory. In: velomotion.de. August 21, 2019, accessed August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Vuelta a España 2019. In: radsport-news.com. August 25, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Vuelta a Espana 2019. In: cyclingnews.com. Retrieved August 25, 2019 .
Web links
- Official website (Spanish, English, French)
- Regulations (PDF, English)
- Official Roadbook (PDF, Spanish)
- Vuelta a España 2019 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
