US EditionTour De France Stage 19 Cut Short Due to Cattle Disease
SAVOIE, AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES, JUL 24 – Stage 19 was reduced from 130 km to 93 km after culling infected cattle to prevent spread of nodular dermatitis at Col des Saisies, race organizers said.
- The 19th stage of the 2025 Tour de France on July 25 was shortened to 93.1 kilometers from Albertville to La Plagne in France.
- Organizers shortened the stage and modified the route to avoid the Col des Saisies after culling cows infected by contagious nodular dermatitis in the area.
- Two climbs, including the 13.7-kilometer Col des Saisies, were removed, the start time was delayed by one hour to 2:30 p.m., and the expected finish time was around 5:30 p.m.
- Jonas Vingegaard, four minutes and 26 seconds behind three-time champion Tadej Pogačar, faced his last realistic chance to overtake the overall leader on the shortened stage.
- The modification maintained calm among concerned breeders while the race progressed with riders coping with challenging climbs and changing conditions on the shortened route.
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This Friday, the tour of the Tour de France was diverted due to the appearance of a outbreak of contagious nodular dermatosis in the Pass des Seizies. Provoking the incomprehension of some, the sadness of others.
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Culling of infected cows leads to shortened 19th stage of Tour de France
The 19th stage of the Tour de France has been shortened after cows infected by a contagious disease were culled in an area along the mountainous route.
Two major climbs are also being removed from the route because lumpy skin disease has been detected in one of the settlements where cattle must be slaughtered.
The route of the last mountain stage of the 112th edition of the Grande Boucle, between Albertville and La Plagne, in Savoie, has been modified due to the contamination of a herd of cattle on the route.
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