Jens Keukeleire of Lotto Soudal. [Harelbeke – E3 Harelbeke, 27 maart 2015 (B051).JPG from Wikimedia Commons by Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC-BY-SA 3.0]
Keukeleire won a stage in the 2016 Vuelta a España as well as finishing as the stage Point d’Appui during Stage 15. He also won general classification in the Baloise Belgian Tour in 2017 and 2018. This is his third Tour de France.
The crash by Alessandro De Marchi of CCC Team during Stage 9 left the race with its first odd number of racers finishing the day and the first Point d’Appui of the race. De Marchi crashed heavily and had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance. He suffered a broken collarbone, ribs and a small collapse of his lung.
Riders had abandoned in earlier stages but coincidentally they had gone out in pairs, leaving the race with an even number of survivors each day until Stage 9.
The Point d’Appui through the stages so far:
- Stage 1 — No fulcrum
- Stage 2 — No fulcrum
- Stage 3 — No fulcrum
- Stage 4 — No fulcrum
- Stage 5 — No fulcrum
- Stage 6 — No fulcrum
- Stage 7 — No fulcrum
- Stage 8 — No fulcrum
- Stage 9 — Dylan van Baarle of Team Ineos
- Stage 10 — Jens Keukeleire of Lotto Soudal
- Stage 11 — Jens Keukeleire of Lotto Soudal
The yellow jersey of the race so far is Julian Alaphilippe of Deceuninck-QuickStep, and the Lanterne Rouge is Yoann Offredo of Wanty-Gobert, who has held the red jersey since Stage 6. Offredo held the GC Point d’Appui after Stage 6 of the 2017 Tour de France.
Point d'Appui 