2019 Tour of California

For the women's race, see 2019 Tour of California (women's race).

The 2019 Tour of California was a road cycling stage race that took place between 12 and 18 May 2019 in the United States. It was the 14th and final edition of the Tour of California and the 24th race of the 2019 UCI World Tour.^[1]

2019 Tour of California

2019 UCI World Tour, race 24 of 38
Tadej Pogačar on Stage 1
Race details
Dates	12–18 May 2019
Stages	7
Distance	1,229 km (763.7 mi)
Winning time	32h 55' 12"
Results
Winner  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates)   Second  Sergio Higuita (COL) (EF Education First)   Third  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) Mountains  Davide Ballerini (ITA) (Astana) Youth  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates) Sprints  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)   Team EF Education First
← 2018

Teams

Nineteen teams, each with seven riders except for Bahrain–Merida with six, participated in the race. 112 of the 132 riders finished.^[2]

UCI WorldTeams

• Astana
• Bahrain–Merida
• Bora–Hansgrohe
• CCC Team
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• EF Education First
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Ineos
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• Team Sunweb
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Cofidis
• Hagens Berman Axeon
• Israel Cycling Academy
• Rally UHC Cycling
• Team Novo Nordisk

National teams

• United States

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	May 12	Sacramento to Sacramento	143 km (89 mi)		Flat stage	Peter Sagan (SVK)
2	May 13	Rancho Cordova to South Lake Tahoe	194.5 km (120.9 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Kasper Asgreen (DEN)
3	May 14	Stockton to Morgan Hill	207 km (129 mi)		Hilly stage	Rémi Cavagna (FRA)
4	May 15	WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to Morro Bay	212.5 km (132.0 mi)		Flat stage	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)
5	May 16	Pismo Beach to Ventura	218.5 km (135.8 mi)		Flat stage	Iván García Cortina (ESP)
6	May 17	Ontario to Mount Baldy	127.5 km (79.2 mi)		Mountain stage	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
7	May 18	Santa Clarita to Pasadena	126 km (78 mi)		Hilly stage	Cees Bol (NED)
Total		1,229 km (764 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

12 May 2019 — Sacramento to Sacramento, 143 km (89 mi)

Result of Stage 1[4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 14' 10" 2  Travis McCabe (USA) United States + 0" 3  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Sunweb + 0" 4  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Ineos + 0" 5  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 6  Owain Doull (GBR) Team Ineos + 0" 7  John Degenkolb (GER) Trek–Segafredo + 4" 8  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain–Merida + 4" 9  Erik Baška (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 10  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 4"

General classification after Stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 14' 00" 2  Travis McCabe (USA) United States + 4" 3  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Sunweb + 6" 4  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Ineos + 10" 5  Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 10" 6  Owain Doull (GBR) Team Ineos + 10" 7  Tyler Stites (USA) United States + 11" 8  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 12" 9  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 13" 10  Laurens De Vreese (BEL) Astana + 13"

Stage 2

13 May 2019 — Rancho Cordova to South Lake Tahoe, 194.5 km (120.9 mi)

Result of Stage 2[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 6h 17' 11" 2  Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First + 0" 3  Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Ineos + 4" 4  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 5  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 16" 6  Jonas Gregaard (DEN) Astana + 27" 7  Rob Britton (CAN) Rally UHC Cycling + 27" 8  Sergio Higuita (COL) EF Education First + 31" 9  Rigoberto Urán (COL) EF Education First + 31" 10  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 31"

General classification after Stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 9h 31' 19" 2  Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Ineos + 6" 3  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 7" 4  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 5  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 22" 6  Rob Britton (CAN) Rally UHC Cycling + 33" 7  Jonas Gregaard (DEN) Astana + 33" 8  David De La Cruz (ESP) Team Ineos + 34" 9  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 35" 10  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 36"

Stage 3

14 May 2019 — Stockton to Morgan Hill, 207 km (129 mi)

Result of Stage 3[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Rémi Cavagna (FRA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 5h 44' 22" 2  Ben King (USA) Team Dimension Data + 7' 11" 3  Simon Geschke (GER) CCC Team + 7' 11" 4  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 7' 47" 5  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 7' 47" 6  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 7' 47" 7  Nathan Haas (AUS) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 7' 47" 8  Davide Ballerini (ITA) Astana + 7' 47" 9  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 7' 47" 10  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 7' 47"

General classification after Stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 15h 23' 28" 2  Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Ineos + 6" 3  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 7" 4  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 5  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 22" 6  Rob Britton (CAN) Rally UHC Cycling + 33" 7  Jonas Gregaard (DEN) Astana + 33" 8  David De La Cruz (ESP) Team Ineos + 34" 9  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 35" 10  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 36"

Stage 4

15 May 2019 — WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to Morro Bay, 212.5 km (132.0 mi)

Result of Stage 4[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Fabio Jakobsen (NED) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 5h 53' 22" 2  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 4  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 5  Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (SAF) Team Dimension Data + 0" 6  Davide Ballerini (ITA) Astana + 0" 7  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain–Merida + 0" 8  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Ineos + 0" 9  Danny van Poppel (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma + 0" 10  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0"

General classification after Stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 21h 16' 50" 2  Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Ineos + 6" 3  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 7" 4  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 5  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 22" 6  Rob Britton (CAN) Rally UHC Cycling + 33" 7  Jonas Gregaard (DEN) Astana + 33" 8  David De La Cruz (ESP) Team Ineos + 34" 9  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 35" 10  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 36"

Stage 5

16 May 2019 — Pismo Beach to Ventura, 218.5 km (135.8 mi)

Result of Stage 5[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Iván García Cortina (ESP) Bahrain–Merida 4h 56' 11" 2  Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Sergio Higuita (COL) EF Education First + 0" 4  Joris Nieuwenhuis (NED) Team Sunweb + 0" 5  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 6  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 7  Paweł Bernas (POL) CCC Team + 0" 8  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 9  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 10  Hugo Houle (CAN) Astana + 0"

General classification after Stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 26h 13' 01" 2  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 4" 3  Gianni Moscon (ITA) Team Ineos + 6" 4  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 5  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 22" 6  Sergio Higuita (COL) EF Education First + 28" 7  Jonas Gregaard (DEN) Astana + 33" 8  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 34" 9  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 35" 10  Rigoberto Urán (COL) EF Education First + 36"

Stage 6

17 May 2019 — Ontario to Mount Baldy, 127.5 km (79.2 mi)

Result of Stage 6[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 3h 48' 49" 2  Sergio Higuita (COL) EF Education First + 0" 3  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 5" 4  Richie Porte (AUS) Trek–Segafredo + 10" 5  Riccardo Zoidl (AUT) CCC Team + 20" 6  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 22" 7  Simon Špilak (SLO) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 25" 8  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Bahrain–Merida + 47" 9  Rob Britton (CAN) Rally UHC Cycling + 47" 10  Jesper Hansen (DEN) Cofidis + 47"

General classification after Stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 30h 01' 56" 2  Sergio Higuita (COL) EF Education First + 16" 3  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 20" 4  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 29" 5  Richie Porte (AUS) Trek–Segafredo + 41" 6  Simon Špilak (SLO) CCC Team + 1' 03" 7  Jesper Hansen (DEN) Cofidis + 1' 18" 8  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 18" 9  Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First + 1' 22" 10  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Bahrain–Merida + 1' 23"

Stage 7

18 May 2019 — Santa Clarita to Pasadena, 126 km (78 mi)

Result of Stage 7[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Cees Bol (NED) Team Sunweb 2h 53' 16" 2  Peter Sagan (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain–Merida + 0" 5  Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 0" 6  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Ineos + 0" 7  Travis McCabe (USA) United States + 0" 8  Andrea Peron (ITA) Team Novo Nordisk + 0" 9  Jens Debusschere (BEL) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 0" 10  Edwin Ávila (COL) Israel Cycling Academy + 0"

General classification after Stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates 32h 55' 12" 2  Sergio Higuita (COL) EF Education First + 16" 3  Kasper Asgreen (DEN) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 17" 4  George Bennett (NZL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 29" 5  Richie Porte (AUS) Trek–Segafredo + 41" 6  Simon Špilak (SLO) CCC Team + 1' 03" 7  Jesper Hansen (DEN) Cofidis + 1' 18" 8  Felix Großschartner (AUT) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 18" 9  Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First + 1' 22" 10  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 23"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Sprints classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Most courageous rider	Team classification
1	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Not awarded	Tyler Stites	Charles Planet	Team Ineos
2	Kasper Asgreen	Tejay van Garderen	Kasper Asgreen	Davide Ballerini	Tadej Pogačar	Evan Huffman	EF Education First
3	Rémi Cavagna			Alex Hoehn		Rémi Cavagna
4	Fabio Jakobsen		Peter Sagan			Michael Hernandez
5	Iván García Cortina		Kasper Asgreen	Davide Ballerini		Matteo Badilatti
6	Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar				Mikkel Bjerg
7	Cees Bol					Alex Hoehn
Final		Tadej Pogačar	Kasper Asgreen	Davide Ballerini	Tadej Pogačar	not awarded	EF Education First

Final classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification		Denotes the winner of the mountains classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification		Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	32h 55' 12"
2	Sergio Higuita (COL)	EF Education First	+ 16"
3	Kasper Asgreen (DEN)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 17"
4	George Bennett (NZL)	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 29"
5	Richie Porte (AUS)	Trek–Segafredo	+ 41"
6	Simon Špilak (SLO)	CCC Team	+ 1' 03"
7	Jesper Hansen (DEN)	Cofidis	+ 1' 18"
8	Felix Großschartner (AUT)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1' 18"
9	Tejay van Garderen (USA)	EF Education First	+ 1' 22"
10	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1' 23"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Kasper Asgreen (DEN)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	40
2	Peter Sagan (SVK)	Bora–Hansgrohe	36
3	Sergio Higuita (COL)	EF Education First	29
4	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)	UAE Team Emirates	28
5	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	25
6	Rémi Cavagna (FRA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	22
7	Maximilian Schachmann (GER)	Bora–Hansgrohe	21
8	Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	20
9	Fabio Jakobsen (NED)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	18
10	Travis McCabe (USA)	United States	16

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Davide Ballerini (ITA)	Astana	51
2	Alex Hoehn (USA)	United States	35
3	Rémi Cavagna (FRA)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	31
4	Sergio Higuita (COL)	EF Education First	20
5	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	15
6	Kasper Asgreen (DEN)	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	14
7	Michael Hernandez (USA)	United States	13
8	Lachlan Morton (AUS)	EF Education First	13
9	Paweł Bernas (POL)	CCC Team	12
10	Hugo Houle (CAN)	Astana	11

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates	32h 55' 12"
2	Sergio Higuita (COL)	EF Education First	+ 16"
3	João Almeida (POR)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 12' 33"
4	Edward Anderson (USA)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 29' 19"
5	Alex Hoehn (USA)	United States	+ 39' 09"
6	Mikkel Bjerg (DEN)	Hagens Berman Axeon	+ 44' 00"
7	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)	UAE Team Emirates	+ 44' 58"
8	Michael Storer (AUS)	Team Sunweb	+ 1h 08' 38"
9	Szymon Sajnok (POL)	CCC Team	+ 1h 11' 48"
10	Michael Hernandez (USA)	United States	+ 1h 31' 04"

Teams classification

Final teams classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Time
1	EF Education First	98h 49' 34"
2	Cofidis	+ 2' 35"
3	Rally UHC Cycling	+ 4' 11"
4	Astana	+ 4' 28"
5	UAE Team Emirates	+ 13' 01"
6	Trek–Segafredo	+ 17' 07"
7	CCC Team	+ 21' 15"
8	Team Jumbo–Visma	+ 25' 57"
9	Team Katusha–Alpecin	+ 30' 07"
10	Deceuninck–Quick-Step	+ 32' 50"