Le TOUR’19: Second Week Photo & Video Gallery

By Alastair Hamilton On Jul 7, 2020

Tour’19 Photo and Video Gallery: We have the virtual 2020 Tour de France on Zwift at the moment, but it’s not the same as the live excitement roadside in France. So we’ve trawled through all the Tour photos and videos from the second week for the best and unique images to keep you keen.

Time for the start of the second week

You can see the ‘First Week Photo and Video Gallery’ HERE and ‘Ed’s First Rest Day Rant in Albi’ HERE..

Click on the blue stage number for race report and more pics.

Stage 8:

The French Revolution of 1848 started with the reformists in July 1847 – Mural on the side of a house in the start town of Mâcon

Trek-Segafredo tried to defend the yellow jersey

A thirsty day

The peloton took it easy till the final climb

Julian Alaphilippe – Back in yellow

The attack by Alaphilippe:

Stage 9:

A serious Tweet for André

Flares for the Tour

The break passes the village Town Hall

Short sleeve suits!

Last kilometre stage 9:

Stage 10:

Lunch time

The World champion, Alejandro Valverde, joined in the echelons

Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos), Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Oliver Naesen (AG2R-La Mondiale) didn’t hold back

The big win for Wout Van Aert – Winning the World cross champs wasn’t too shabby

Onboard camera Emotions stage 10:

Rest Day:

Rest day ironing for De Gendt and Wellens

Coffee for Wout

In the break most days and then got sick – Yoann Offredo

New tape for this Bianchi

Alaphilippe on his new Specialized ebike

A colourful rest day for Deceuninck – Quick-Step pair Yves Lampaert and Dries Devenyns

Stage 11:

Lots of umbrellas, but no rain

Hinault and Merckx on the yellow jersey

Sunflower time!

Retro bike or garden fence decoration

No sunflowers here – Harvest time?

The win Caleb Ewan dreamt of

Last kilometre stage 11:

Stage 12:

Sagan reading his own book

The Pasqualon family at the start in Toulouse

The big break of stage 12

The break started to thin out on the first climb

Simon Yates now has stage wins in the Giro, Vuelta and the Tour

The other Yates, Adam, was happy for his brother

Will this be Alaphilippe’s last visit to the 2019 Tour podium?

Onboard camera Emotions stage 12:

Stage 13:

Skoda have a large presence at the Tour de France

Alberto Contador was on the moto today

Sad to see Wout Van Aert finish his first Tour in an ambulance

Julian Alaphilippe was very impressive

Geraint Thomas was surprised at not winning the time trial

Hot work for the win

The last time a Frenchman won a time trial in the Tour de France was in 1987, it was Jean-François Bernard. Bernard Hinault was the last French winner of the Tour in 1985, can Alaphilippe hang on to Paris?