Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race – a 93km route from Albertville to La Plagne truncated at short notice last night

Stage 19 of the 2025 Tour de France is being shortened due to a contagious outbreak in a local cattle herd along the originally planned route.

Friday's Stage 19 of the Tour de France has been shortened after an outbreak of contagious nodular dermatitis in cattle near the Col des Saisies forced authorities to cull livestock and restrict access to the area,

New route map and profile revealed after race altered to avoid cow culling - Tour de France organisers have trimmed the stage from 130km to only 95km and removed two significant climbs due ‘the distre

Stage 19 of the 2025 Tour de France has been shortened from 129.9 kilometres to just 95km and two classified climbs eliminated from the route, race organisers announced late on Thursday. Friday's stage was due to include five categorised climbs, beginning with the Côte d'Héry-sur-Ugine (11.3km at 5.1%) and Col des Saisies (13.7km at 6.4%.

Tour de France organizers have shortened Stage 19 of the competition to avoid a herd of cows which have suffered an outbreak of disease.

The 2025 Tour De France is all but over, with Slovenian superstar Tadej Pogacar looking like he's going to claim his fourth victory in the legendary race.

Stage 20 of the 2025 Tour de France is Saturday, offering breakaway riders one final shot at glory before the race heads to Paris for the grand finale.