52nd Course de la Paix Juniors / Junior Peace Race

Date: Thursday, the 9th of May, 2019
Stage 1: Road race
Start: Mírové náměstí, Litoměřice – 2:40 p.m.
Finish: Mírové náměstí, Litoměřice - about 5:15 p.m.
Stage length: 100.7km
GPMs: 2x 
Intermediate sprints: 2x

Terezín - Cycling fans' attention once again turns to the famous Course de la Paix Juniors (Juniors Peace Race). Widely regarded as one of the most prestigious junior cycling events, the race is featured in the UCI Nation's Cup circuit. The starting line-up will boast the most talented junior riders in the world. They will compete for the traditional title for four days in the annual 48th Course de la Paix Juniors, taking place May 9-12, 2019. The race courses in the northern Bohemia will test the top cycling prospects who have the potential to become regular fixtures in the elite senior Grand Tour races, including the Tour de France.

Terezín – The end of the race saw a truly phenomenal performance - the yellow jersey wearer Remco Evenepoel from Belgium managed to drop everyone in the last kilometers, came all alone to the finish and left no doubt who was the king of the race. He became the first Belgium rider to win the race ever, and while at it he clamed all the awarded jerseys as well.

Třebenice – Remco Evenepoel from Belgium won in the ride against the chronometer. The Belgium current junior champion in this discipline took the yellow whit this performance, as he claimed already before the race that was his goal for the TT.

„Yesterday, when I finished in the lead group, I new I am capable of winning the TT and get into the yellow jersey. the plan worked out and now I am very happy as this is my first leaders jersey ever. I feel good, I think I could defend it in the mountains and wear it to the race end in Terezin.", said the Belgium rider Remco Evenepoel, who flew through the 11 km TT around Třebenice in fourteen minutes, the second fastest rider was Skjelmose Jensen od Denmark, just two hundreds of a second behind.