Tour de France 2022 - How to watch Stage 19 on Friday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

Stage 19 of the Tour de France — an extra sprint two days from Paris — is a largely flat 188.3km ride from Castelnau-Magnoac to Cahors, and undoubtedly gave the sprinters an obvious incentive to drag their way through the Pyrenees. It’s only fair given the relative paucity of scope for bunch gallops in the preceding two-and-a-half weeks. Two Cat.

4 climbs shouldn’t prove too much of a problem on the road to Cahors where the focus will be on green more than yellow. Ad/> But the pure sprinters will be afraid of one man: unstoppable all-rounder Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma). The Belgian already has two wins in this year's race, and the green jersey, something the likes of Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) will be acutely aware of.

Tour de FranceOpinion: Indefatigable Van Aert must make Pogacar go green with envy9 HOURS AGO Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) strengthened his vice-like grip on the yellow jersey on Stage 18. He leads the general classification from Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) by 3'26" and is unlikely to be threatened on Friday. The Dane leads the overall battle by over three minutes with only a sprint stage, an individual time trial and a procession into Paris standing between him and a first yellow jersey.

He suffered a huge scare on the final descent as Pogacar attempted to force a mistake, swerving wildly across the road and unclipping his left shoe to avoid crashing. But he will grab headlines for another moment after he then eased up to wait for Pogacar, who had himself crashed after overcooking a corner just moments after the Dane’s wobble. 'This is just a stepping stone' — Froome backed for Tour return after untimely exit Opinion: Indefatigable Van Aert must