| 2019 Tour de Wallonie | |
| Series: | 2019 UCI Europe Tour |
| Date: | 27 – 31 July 2019 |
| Stages: | 5 |
| Distance: | 931.7 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 22h 12' 13" |
| First: | Loïc Vliegen |
| First Nat: | BEL |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Second: | Tosh van der Sande |
| Second Nat: | BEL |
| Third: | Dries De Bondt |
| Third Nat: | BEL |
| Mountains: | Toon Aerts |
| Mountains Nat: | BEL |
| Mountains Color: | white |
| Points: | Bryan Coquard |
| Points Nat: | FRA |
| Points Color: | green |
| Sprints: | Emiel Vermeulen |
| Sprints Nat: | BEL |
| Sprints Color: | violet |
| Youth: | Chris Lawless |
| Youth Nat: | GBR |
| Youth Color: | red |
| Previous: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2020 |
The 2019 VOO-Tour de Wallonie was a five-stage men's professional road cycling race, held in Belgium as a 2.HC race on the 2019 UCI Europe Tour. It was the forty-sixth running of the Tour de Wallonie, starting on 27 July in Le Roeulx and finishing on 31 July in Thuin.
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 July | Le Roeulx to Dottignies | 186.4km (115.8miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 2 | 28 July | Waremme to Beyne-Heusay | 170.8km (106.1miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 3 | 29 July | La Roche-en-Ardenne to Verviers | 205.6km (127.8miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 4 | 30 July | Villers-le-Bouillet to Lierneux | 178.2km (110.7miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| 5 | 31 July | Couvin to Thuin | 190.7km (118.5miles) | Hilly stage | |||
| Total | 931.7km (578.9miles) | ||||||
Nineteen teams of seven riders entered the race. Of these teams, six were UCI WorldTour teams, ten were UCI Professional Continental teams, and three were UCI Continental teams.[1] [2]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental Teams
UCI Continental Teams
In the 2019 Tour de Wallonie, five different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints (three seconds to first, two seconds to second, and one second to third) and at the finish of all stages to the first three finishers: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. The leader of the classification received a yellow jersey; it was considered the most important of the 2019 Tour de Wallonie, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points for | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Points for | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||
Finally, the leader in the classification for young riders, wore a red bib number. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 28 July 1995 were eligible to be ranked in the classification. There was also a team classification, in which the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest total time. A combativity award was also given each day to the most aggressive rider on that stage.