The breakaway

Trek-Segafredo Takes on The Tour de France

Relive our team’s exciting performance, as tracked by our intrepid, Paris-based social media team.

We followed every climb, sprint and rest day throughout the Tour De France 2019 so that you didn't miss a thing. The Trek-Segafredo team experienced all the highs and lows of the Tour, ending with a strong overall peformance. Giulio Ciccone wore the yellow jersey for two days, and held the white "young riders" jersey for four, while the team brought Richie Porte home to an 11th-place finish in the general classification. All told, the team wore the yellow numbers for seven stages as they led the Team GC, finishing in second among a field of 22 teams. Take a look at all the reactions below as it happened.

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The #TDF2019 start in cycling-crazed Belgium. 📷 @gettysport

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An early highlight of the Tour: Jasper Stuyven placed third on the third day. The Belgian sprinter has been riding confidently through the early stages of the tour. Watch his post-race interview below.

#TDF2019 S3

Reaction from @Jasperstuyven (3rd). pic.twitter.com/PxxFhIN807
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 8, 2019

It's not all about the stage wins for Trek-Segafredo. Team Captain Koen de Kort spoke about his job of protecting the team's GC contender, Richie Porte, by keeping him safe in the field of competitive riders.

Although he didn't make the top three, Tomas Skujins was awarded the Most Combative rider in Stage 5 after leading a strong breakaway group before the finish line.

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A good effort by @tomashuuns was awarded with the Most Combative for stage 5. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Definitely it would be better to win the stage but at least there's some sort of recognition for the effort we did today. Even though there was just four us we were pretty strong. Keeping the peloton at bay is not that easy, especially in the Tour de France. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "I could feel I was the strongest [on the climb] in the break, and the peloton was closing in, so it was the moment to go. Then on the last climb the legs were pretty empty - I didn't have anything left." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📷 @gettysport

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From King of the Mountains at the Giro d'Italia to yellow jersey holder in his first Tour De France! Giulio Ciccone continued to impress as he climbed his way to the top of the GC in Stage 6 of the Tour after a gruelling first day in the mountains.

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Sure, the team looks solid in red and white, but we’re definitely digging the yellow! Huge congrats to @ciccone_giulio and the entire @treksegafredo team...amazing performance today in the #TDF2019. #powerwithin

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What an effort today from this guy! And now we know what to do in tomorrow’s stage: defend the yellow jersey with the whole @treksegafredo team! ⚔️ #TDF19 #AimHigher

A post shared by Jasper Stuyven (@jasperstuyven) on Jul 11, 2019 at 12:58pm PDT

After the day's race, Giulio discussed the unusual way he found out about his success — a roller-coaster ride after a powerful day's cycling.

We love to see such raw jubilation.
It is perfect!#TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/fUbeLDVYQv
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 11, 2019

See just how Giulio secured his first yellow jersey.

It's not just a one-day thing, either. Giulio and the team worked together to retain the jersey in Stage 7. Yellow's a good color on him, right?

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About my first day in yellow @letourdefrance @treksegafredo

A post shared by Giulio Ciccone (@ciccone_giulio) on Jul 12, 2019 at 1:14pm PDT

Check out Jasper Stuyven's candid assessment of his performance on Stage 9. He rode well, but finished wanting more.

I started this stage with a game plan: I managed to get in the breakaway group and I was all in for the win today, but unfortunately the final climb proved to be just too much. 5th it is! 😊🚴‍♂️ #TDF2019 #AimHigher

📸 @GettySport pic.twitter.com/aYLSu0CcSx
— Jasper Stuyven (@Jasperstuyven) July 14, 2019

But Stage 9 was also a clean leap over a mental hurdle for GC contender Richie Porte, who had crashed out on this stage in both 2017 and 2018

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After following an attack earlier, a feisty @richie_porte arrives safely.

It's a little bit of a big deal to get through today after crashing out the last 2 years on stage 9. pic.twitter.com/WREeuqEA62
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 14, 2019

Stage 11 was the final stage before a rest day, but it proved to be one stage too many as the Trek-Segafredo team got caught up in a crash!

#TDF2019 Stage 11@richie_porte on the crash that took down 5 of our riders: "In the grand scheme of things it wasn't a terrible crash, but I did hit my head fairly hard. We were up at the front so it was pretty indiscriminate the crash was here."
1/2 pic.twitter.com/dk6RnwMWfq
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 17, 2019

Luckily, most of the team came out with just a few cuts and bumps as Giulio Ciccone remained positive ahead of the mountain stages.

#TDF2019 S11@giuliocicco1 was involved in the large crash with 30kms to go and he's in some discomfort, but...

...well he can tell you! ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/XK0f91B8id
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 17, 2019

The first rest day of the Tour gave the team a chance to rest, reflect and repair after the previous day's crash. GC contender Richie Porte told Trek-Segafredo how he liked to spend his day off.

After a day of rest, it was into the mountains once more for Stage 12. Fabio Felline pieced together a top performance to finish fifth in the stage, and with Jasper Stuyven pulling over the line not far behind in 10th, it meant that Trek-Segafredo is back in the top spot for the Team GC classification.

#TDF2019 S12
5th place might not mean a lot for some, but for @FabioFelline it was significant: ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/opfiBrkIfR
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 18, 2019

#TDF2019 S12
We are back to leading the team GC again after @FabioFelline's and @Jasperstuyven's good ride in the breakaway! pic.twitter.com/HisbgLTgKD
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 18, 2019

Stage 13 was the next time trial of the tour, and though he's not a time trial specialist, Richie Porte left it all on the road and earned an unexpected fifth-place finish.

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🇫🇷#TDF2019 S13 "We’ve given enough time away, so it’s time to start taking some time back." - @Richie_Porte, 5th in the time trial. We have all the reactions and photos from S13 in our 📝race report found in the link in our bio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 📷 @gettysport

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After a tough finish up the famous Tourmalet at Stage 14, Richie Porte and the team had a better day on Stage 15, finishing with the top of the pack and pulling back some time in the GC.

"I had a better day today. I am happy to just keep chipping away at it. Guys are cracking - yesterday was so hard, and same as today." - @richie_porte.

More reactions in our #TDF2019 Stage 15 📝report → https://t.co/jGrhgpqxW6

📷 @GettySport pic.twitter.com/QIBIazU0JZ
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 22, 2019

It was finally the second rest day of the tour, and Trek-Segafredo checked in to find out how Jasper Stuyven likes to spend his day off. (Hint: It involves good food and plenty of sleep.)

A heatwave is making its way across Europe, and the riders had to endure soaring temperatures in France. But that didn't stop Jasper Stuyven, who powered through a huge final sprint to finish in eighth place. And that wasn't the only good news from Stage 16: Richie Porte moved his way up into 10th in the GC, with plenty more opportunities ahead in the next few days.

#TDF2019
S16 was a little hot. ☀️🔥 pic.twitter.com/dziirB7fXP
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 23, 2019

#TDF2019
8th place for @Jasperstuyven, another top 10 in a Tour stage against the pure sprinters, and, we may add, he's going it alone in these fast finishes. 👏 pic.twitter.com/A3eFGfatT7
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 23, 2019

In stark contrast to the previous few days' soaring heat, Stage 19 ground to a halt thanks to snow. Heavy snow in the mountains forced race organizers to call an early end to the stage, frustrating riders who didn't get to put their full race stategy to the test.

#TDF201 S19
This is why the race was stopped. pic.twitter.com/ky2hxe2X5R
— Trek-Segafredo (@TrekSegafredo) July 26, 2019

In the closing stages of the Tour, things became harder for Trek-Segafredo, which slipped from first to second in the Team GC as Richie Porte dropped out of the top 10 in GC contention. But team captain Koen De Kort was ready for the home sprint: Paris is still to come.

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Just Paris left now after finishing stage 20 on Val Thorens yesterday. One more stage! . #tdf2019 #trek #treksegafredo #trekbikes #cyclinglife #cyclist #cyclingshots #cyclingphotos #cycling #cyclingpics #outsideisfree #wymtm #tour #tourdefrance 📷@gettysport

A post shared by Koen de Kort (@koendekort1) on Jul 28, 2019 at 5:43am PDT

And just like that, the three weeks of racing finally drew to a close on the streets of Paris. With the sun descending on the beautiful city, the Trek-Segafredo team crossed the finish line with plenty to be proud of after a successful team effort on the tour.

There’s always the team behind the team! A big thanks to all for having joined me in this fantastic adventure. Great to know you guys are always by my side! @TrekSegafredo 🤝🙏 #TDF2019 #AimHigher pic.twitter.com/0eEqbUhvaW
— Jasper Stuyven (@Jasperstuyven) July 29, 2019

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The sun is setting and the Tour is coming to a close. Loved it! Thank you to all at @TrekSegafredo for a brilliant 3 weeks! And of course to everyone that followed us along ❤

A post shared by Toms Skujiņš (@tomashuuns) on Jul 28, 2019 at 2:19pm PDT

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