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Tour de France: Kasper Asgreen seizes stage 18 victory from all-day breakaway

Eenkhoorn and Abrahamsen complete podium as peloton closes down four escapees at finish

After a week in the Alps, stage 18 of the Tour de France to Bourg-en-Bresse was expected to be a welcome return for the sprinters of the peloton, though the breakaway and Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep) had other ideas, hanging on to win by metres at the end of 185km in the escape.

A clutch of sprinter’s teams, including green jersey Jasper Philipsen’s Alpecin-Deceuninck squad, led the peloton towards the finish, closing down the ever-increasing gap to the four men out front – one which had never extended to more than 1:30 during the day. However, the collective calculation was off, and Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) led the break into the final kilometre.

The Belgian worked for Pascal Eenkhoorn, who had bridged across 58km earlier, but it was Asgreen who came away with an unlikely victory. The Dane came off the wheel of Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X) after Campenaerts peeled off 300 metres out, and successfully held off Eenkhoorn in the dash to the line.

Abrahamsen rounded out the podium, while it was that man Philipsen who led the peloton home fractions of a second later for fourth ahead of Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), his bid for a fifth stage win this Tour on hold.

Asgreen’s win, the 12th of his career and first at a Grand Tour, saves the race for his Soudal-QuickStep team built around sprinter Fabio Jakobsen. The Dutchman was forced out of the race due to crash injuries ahead of stage 12, but he and every other member of the Belgian squad can now call their Tour a success.

“Obviously, the situation was not ideal. I would have preferred to have gone with six, seven or eight riders, but it’s also the last week of the Tour and we’re coming off some really hard weeks,” Asgreen said about the three-man-turned-four-man break after the finish. “We’ve seen it before that even a small group can manage to cheat the sprinters’ teams. I didn’t rule it out.

“It was a team time trial to the finish - I really couldn’t have done it without Pascal, Victor and Jonas. They all did amazing out there. We all deserved to win with the work we put out there. I’m really happy to come away with the win.

“It means so much,” he said of the victory. “With the period I had the last year with my crash in the Tour de Suisse and having to leave the Tour de France last year. I’ve come a long way.

“To cap it off with a victory like this… I want to dedicate it to all the people who helped me throughout the last year. I would also like to dedicate it to Dries Devenyns . I saw my teammate and it’s his last Tour in his last season. He was really emotional so I would like to dedicate it to him, his wife, his family and all the people who helped me in the last year.”

The stage may have produced an unexpected result, but the first man over the line was the only real surprise of the day. As expected, there were no changes in the general classification or any of the other jersey competitions on the largely flat stage. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) remains in the lead, while Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) are secure in the polka dot and white jerseys. Philipsen moves from 323 to 352 green jersey points, and his lead over Pedersen extended from 137 to 150 points, even if he missed out on another stage win.

A possible penultimate chance for the sprinters – or another for the breakaway – follows on stage 19 to Poligny on Friday, while Sunday’s finale in Paris will certainly be the last-chance saloon for the fast men left in the Tour.

How it unfolded

After the chaos and GC revelations of the previous two stages, taking in the time trial to Combloux and the brutal climb of the Col de la Loze, the Tour de France peloton faced a simpler, relatively gentler, task on stage 18 from Moûtiers to Bourg-en-Bresse.

The 185km stage featured just two fourth-category climbs and would be a welcome sight for the sprinters, with the largely flat stage heralding another bunch sprint finish, eight days on from the last.

With seemingly little real hope of a breakaway lasting to the end, there was, as expected, not a massive battle for the break after the peloton rolled through the long 16km neutral zone and began the stage.

Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep) jumped off the front soon after the flag was dropped for his fifth spell in the break this July. The Dane was swiftly joined in the move by Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) – for the fourth time – and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X) – his second escape.

If it wasn’t already obvious enough that it should be a stage for the fast men, the teams interested in sprinting were quick to seize control of the peloton and limit the breakaway’s advantage to a stingy 1:30.

The Alpecin-Deceuninck team of four-time stage winner and green jersey holder Jasper Philipsen were joined at the front by Jayco-AlUla, representing Dylan Groenewegen, and dsm-firmenich, for Sam Welsford.

The two classified climbs of the day – the Côte de Chambery-le-Haut at 117km to go, and the Côte de Boissieu 79km out – saw Abrahamsen take both points on offer to take his total for the Tour to three.

Meanwhile, the peloton had closed to within a minute, eager to not give the men out front any leeway or hope whatsoever. At the rear, Simon Geschke (Cofidis) was struggling to hold on. The German had beaten the time cut on Wednesday by just 1:20 but continued his battle with a stomach bug here.

The second of the two climbs brought at least some action at the front, with Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ), Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), and Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto-Dstny) among the riders giving it a nudge on the way up.

Giving Eenkhoorn a nudge was Philipsen himself, who jumped with the Lotto man in an attempt to block the attack. In the end, however, none of the moves would go clear, though Eenkhoorn would try again shortly afterwards.

In the meantime, Geschke’s Tour de France came to an end , the German climbing off the bike at 73km to go – Paris so close and yet so far – as his teammate Victor Lafay also struggled at the rear of the peloton on the hills.

As the group closed to within 30 seconds of the break with 65km to go, Eenkhoorn had a go again, darting off the front and linking up with the break 7km later as his teammate Campenaerts dropped back to help.

With an extra man bolstering the move and the intermediate sprint at Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey approaching, the break’s advantage grew out back close to a minute again, while Abrahamsen pipped Eenkhoorn at the line to grab another cash bonus for him and his team.

In the peloton, Alpecin-Deceuninck led it out for Philipsen, who took fifth with little contest to add 11 to his mammoth point total as second in competition Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) took 10, the Frenchman now 146 points in arrears.

Heading into the final 50km, the break had built their lead back to 1:05, though the peloton would kick it up a notch as the finish line neared, with Lidl-Trek and Bora-Hansgrohe also contributing on the run towards Bourg-en-Bresse.

The breakaway quartet persevered into headwinds of around 15kph, racing into the last 30km 45 seconds up on the chasing pack and hitting the short unclassified climb 17km out with a 35-second gap.

Campenaerts, voted the most aggressive rider of the day, and his three companions fought on into the final 10km, the time gap gradually reducing but the sprint squads reticent to commit too many of their men to the chase.

At 5km, the break still had 10 seconds as Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe) powered the chase, but it would surely be a matter of time before they were finally reabsorbed. More teams, including Bahrain Victorious and Astana Qazaqstan, flowed to the front in the final kilometres, though their progression towards the break appeared to have stalled.

Alpecin-Deceuninck were back up front under the flamme rouge, while up front Campenaerts was giving his all to make the move last.

By the time the powerful Belgian pulled off the front, with the finish line in sight, it was clear that the escape would cling on to contest the win. They did just that moments later, with Abrahamsen tentatively launching at 200 metres to go before Asgreen shot off his rear wheel.

The 2021 Tour of Flanders winner looked to be launching Eenkhoorn from his own rear wheel in the process, but the Dutchman couldn’t pull alongside him in the run to the line, leaving Asgreen to celebrate his first Tour stage win and a famous triumph for the breakaway.

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Tour de France: Vingegaard rides clear to win stage 18 and close on title – as it happened

The Danish rider successfully cracked Tadej Pogacar on the Hautacam following a gesture of great sportsmanship

• 21 Jul 2022 Jonas Vingegaard wins the 18th stage on the Hautacam!
• 21 Jul 2022 Pogacar has cracked!
• 21 Jul 2022 Van Aert attacks!
• 21 Jul 2022 Here comes the Hautacam
• 21 Jul 2022 Pogacar crashes on the descent!
• 21 Jul 2022 Thomas and Pogacar both attack
• 21 Jul 2022 Pogacar goes off at the front!
• 21 Jul 2022 Ciccone takes the mountain points on Col d'Aubisque
• 21 Jul 2022 Van Aert wins the intermediate sprint!
• 21 Jul 2022 A crash at the back of the field!
• 21 Jul 2022 And away we go!
• 21 Jul 2022 Chris Froome out of Le Tour with Covid
• 21 Jul 2022 Preamble

Here’s Jeremy Whittle’s report from the Hautacam

Stage 18 result

• 1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 3hrs 59mins 50secs
• 2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +1:04
• 3. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) +2:10
• 4. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +2:54
• 5. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +2:58
• 6. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana-Qazaqstan Team) +3:09
• 7. Daniel Martinez (Col/INEOS Grenadiers) same time
• 8. Sepp Kuss (US/Jumbo-Visma) +3:27
• 9. Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA-hansgrohe) +4:04
• 10. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +4:09

GC after stage 18

• 1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 71hrs 53mins 34secs
• 2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +3:26
• 3. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +8:00
• 4. David Gaudu (FRA/Groupama-FDJ) +11:05
• 5. Nairo Quintana (Col/Team Arkea-Samsic) +13:25
• 6. Louis Meintjes (RSA/Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) +13:43
• 7. Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA - hansgrohe) +14:10
• 8. Romain Bardet (Fra/Team DSM) +16:11
• 9. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana-Qazaqstan Team) +20:09
• 10. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +20:17

GC after stage 18 #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/9aRBXYFCHK — ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 21, 2022

Jonas Vingegaard speaks.

It’s incredible. This morning, I said to my girlfriend and my daughter that I wanted to win for them and I did. This one is for my two girls back home. I was just happy that it finally ended. I was just happy it finally ended. It was incredibly hard. I’m also really happy I won the stage. Now there’s still two more days to come before we are in Paris so we need to keep focus and we’ll take it day by day again. I am so really happy they I won the stage, now there is more days to come. I think [Pogacar] missed the corner and then he went down into the gravel and tried to steer it out and the bike disappeared under him. Then I waited for him. I have to thank all my teammates, they’re incredible. You see Wout van Aert dropping Tadej Pogacar in the end, Sepp Kuss was incredible, everyone was incredible, Tiejs, Christophe, Nathan, they were all incredible. Thanks so much to my teammates, I could never done this without them.

This is the first time in Tour de France history that three different riders have won a stage while wearing the Yellow Jersey 🟡 Jonas Vingegaard 🇩🇰 🟡 Tadej Pogacar 🇸🇮 🟡 Wout van Aert 🇧🇪 #TDF2022 — Cillian Kelly (@irishpeloton) July 21, 2022

Just like his compatriot , Bjarne Riis, in 1996, Jonas Vingegaard wins on the Hautacam, cracking a champion that had previously seemed impregnable. And that moment on the descent of the Col de Spandelles, when Pogacar came down, and Vingegaard waited for him, was a historic moment. Not least because Vingegaard had seemed to lose his chain before and Pogacar had attacked. As it turned out, Vingegaard was the better and stronger man, and Pogacar refused to attack more on the descent, telling his team car so.

Racers. Rivals. Respect. Pogacar and Vingegaard have both had incidents on the descent of Col de Spandelles but neither will take advantage of the other. #TDF2022 #ITVCycling pic.twitter.com/KQzHDCC7nQ — ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 21, 2022

These two. Privilege to watch. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/8uzx3SSjfu — ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 21, 2022

...Gaudu comes just behind Thomas , whose third place looks assured, if nothing goes too awry on Saturday’s time trial. Quite some ride from Thomas to finish fourth on that stage.

Pogacar comes in, his shirt open, blowing in the mountain air , he battles on bravely, his head sinking as he crossed the line. He got knocked down, and got up again, but he couldn’t overturn such a strong and inspired rival. Behind him, Van Aert comes in, having dominated the stage from start to finish and set up his teammate to win the stage, and probably Le Tour.

👏 To have deserved winner, you've got to have great competition. 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi is 2nd on the stage at 1'03"! 👏 Pour avoir un beau vainqueur, il faut un beau deuxième ! 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi prend la 2e place de l'étape à 1'03" ! #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/U9sgu76DsT — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 21, 2022

Jonas Vingegaard wins the 18th stage on the Hautacam!

The Dane is surely - surely - destined to win the Tour now. He does so having cracked Pogacar, something that until this year’s Tour was considered impossible. And today, perhaps more importantly, he did so having shown such sportsmanship when Pogacar crashed on that descent. What a moment, what a win. A brilliant ride from Vingegaard.

1km to go: Gaudu tries to drop Martinez and Thomas but ends up dragging them to the Sepp Kuss group, as Vingegaard looks back to see how far he has left Pogacar down the road. The flamme rouge arrives, and the agony will soon be converted to elation.

1.5km to go: Gaudu gets up to Thomas, and needs to take three minutes off him to claim third in GC. Next year, Gaudu may be France’s great hope. This time, it’s dazzling, it’s dynamic, it’s Denmark, as the gap between Pogacar and Vingegaard opens up to 40 seconds.

2.5km to go: Geraint Thomas needs a bike change, though has Martinez, his Ineos teammate, for company at least as Gaudu closes within seconds of him. That’s for the minor places since Vingegaard has smashed the rest of them, with 35 seconds on Pogacar, the rest almost in reverse as they climb the Hautacam.

3.5km to go: Pogacar and Van Aert join up, wordless between them, the gap to Vingegaard at 20 seconds, though it may as well be an hour. Pogacar has no way back. There will be no third successive Tour, barring an accident (or Covid).

Pogacar has cracked!

The green jersey of Van Aert leads the yellow of Vingegaard, ahead of the white jersey of Pogacar. Thomas is still a minute down, and Gaudu is on his tail. But here’s the moment the yellow jersey is decided, and Van Aert’s pacemaking leads to Pogacar being unable to live with the Jumbo-Visma pair. He drops off the back, and is immediately distanced. Vingegaard and Van Aert have the stage and the Tour in their grasp.

5km to go: Geraint Thomas starting to lose nearly a minute on the two leaders, while David Gaudu is going to get fourth from Nairo Quintana if it stays this way. Looking back down the road from the green jersey, the yellow jersey is visible, and Van Aert drops back take over from Kuss as pacemaker. Vingegaard will take polka if he finishes first or second at the summit. Poor Simon Geschke back in the grupetto is set to lose his prized possession.

6km to go: Van Aert seems to slow up, Martinez clinging on behind him, the gap at 36 seconds, with Kuss finally running out of gas. The longer this group stays together, the less chance Pogacar has to attack. But the plan seems to be for Vingegaard to attack. He has the manpower around him to engineer that but Jumbo-Visma may be setting up Van Aert for the stage win, too. They have plenty of cards to play.

7km to go: Thomas is dropping off Kuss, Vingegaard and Pogacar, as that trio speeds uop the Hautacam, passing a stricken Thibaut Pinot. The French are not going to end their stage-win drought here.

8km to go: Van Aert flips his elbow, and asks Martinez to do his turn. The Colombian acquiesces. Van Aert wants polka dot as well as the green jersey he can already call his own.

🏔 Here are the 6 men who can claim the polka dots👇 At the front 🇫🇷 @ThibautPinot and🇧🇪 @WoutvanAert are the best placed. #TDF2022 ⚪️🔴 https://t.co/Rxrkr5zF86 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 21, 2022

Van Aert attacks!

9km to go: The pace Kuss is riding along may soon see the GC group catch up the trio at the front. It’s running Pogacar into the red zone, draining his ability to chase down Vingegaard, to mount another of those wildcat attacks. Van Aert though decides to go off the front, and with that, Pinot’s chance looks to have gone, and it’s only Martinez who can stay with him.

10km to go: Pinot asks his fellow travellers up the top to race alongside him, to take a turn. He drenches himself in water, but Van Aert and Martinez sit grim-faced behind him as he tries to ride them away. Is he bluffing? Does he have the legs? Behind him down the mountain, Sepp Kuss is pacing Vingegaard along and it’s Pogacar’s turn to hold the wheel. The gap is closing, Pinot’s pace is far slower than that of Kuss. Louis Meintjes will not be troubling Geraint Thomas for the podium; he’s toiling back down the hill.

12km to go: Meintjes goes off the back, but only to collect a bottle ahead of the climb. Thomas will be watching him like a hawk. Benoot and Kuss sit up the front of that group, Jumbo-Visma setting the pace. Up at the top, Pinot has a turn off the front, testing the legs of Martinez and Van Aert. Two races at one here, though Benoot’s day is done.

Here comes the Hautacam

Dani Martinez, Thibaut Pinot and Wout van Aert reach the bottom of the hill, and there is a stage win, a polka jersey and perhaps, in Van Aert’s case, the chance to land a GC win for Vingegaard. Louis Meintjes, chasing down Geraint Thomas’s third place, has joined the group of GC contenders.

15km to go: Up ahead, Van Aert, with two minutes on the chasing GC contenders, has a chance of the polka-dot jersey if he wins the stage. So too does Thibaut Pinot, to rescue something from a disappointing Tour. Vingegaard and Pogacar are joined soon enough by Kuss, Benoot and Thomas, who continues to hang on limpet-like to his place on the podium.

17km to go: All credit goes to Vingegaard and Pogacar seems to recognise that, even if his team aren’t so empathetic. They reach the bottom of the hill, and soon enough the Hautacam will beckon. Their slow pace down the descent has pulled backed in the likes of Kuss and Tiesj Benoot, in Jumbo jerseys, to push Vingegaard along.

22km to go: Pogacar is on his radio, possibly requesting a new bike, his steed looks to have failed him. And the team care comes alongside him, offering a bottle after a short discussion. He seems to be angry with his team, as if they are asking him to attack someone he has just enjoyed a moment of brotherhood with. Ironically enough, Eurosport have turned to Alberto Contador for expert summarising. He describes it as a “historic moment”, but then says falling off is part of the race and the risk.

Pogacar crashes on the descent!

28km to go: Oh dear, that was almost very nasty, as Vingegaard almost comes a cropper, but then Pogacar actually comes off, and there will be road rash. Pogacar gets back on, gingerly, though rides like a demon to get back on, and Vingegaard sits up for his rival, and when they meet, there is a touch of hands

This was no Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador scenario. There is clear respect between the riders and they ease off in their chase down the hill, both recognising the danger involved. What a moment of sportsmanship.

33km to go: Pogacar’s pace means Tiesj Benoot, who had gone up the road to assist his leader, can’t keep up, and gets cracked. Meintjes, who had designs on a podium finish, with Thomas behind him on the road, also fails to live with the speed. Sepp Kuss can also offer little more in the way of assistance.

Van Aert, Dani Martinez and Thibaut Pinot are the three riders who go over top of the climb, Van Aert taking the mountain points and speeding down the Col de Spandelles. Through a hairpin bend covered by trees, Pogacar, with Vingegaard on his tail, go over the brow and they can begin their descent. The Hautacam is where it will be decided.

Thomas and Pogacar both attack

35km to go: Pogacar, once Kuss joins them, is hosed down by a rider he passes by, and then once Thomas joins the group, speeds on, and tries his best to shed Kuss, who then catches up again. The aim seems to be the speed up and slow down to shed Vingegaard and Kuss, in a game of cat and mouse. Then he slows down, allows Kuss and Thomas to rejoin him. Then off goes Thomas, up the hill, and stretching the field. Vingegaard looks highly stressed by all this happening around him. But can he be cracked? Pogacar goes off, and speeds past Thomas, with Vingegaard on the limit as he chases. Ciccone, the king of the mountains that never was, gets eaten up. The pace is relentless, deadly for those around them.

Pogacar goes off at the front!

38km to go: Van Aert has clearly been on the radio, and is doing his best to get over the top so that he can be there to aid Vingegaard later on. The result of that is that Ciccone has cracked, and that means Geschke, at the back of the field now and suffering, may yet find himself in polka at the end of the day. Ciccone is looking for Mollema, but no avail, the best-laid plans have been skewered by Van Aert. With McNulty winding it up in the GC group, the likes of Thomas and Yates are clinging on for dear life.

McNulty lifts the pace, but then sits back as his team leader goes away. Vingegaard reads the move, and sits off Pogacar, as the rest of the field is blown away as the dynamic duo power on. Pogacar is trying to isolate Vingegaard from his teammates. A glance back tells him Sepp Kuss can catch him up, and that he has Vingegaard out of the saddle, but that he is all on his own up this climb and then the Hautacam.

40km to go: It’s a 10km to go, a category one, and Ciccone and Mollema continue together, and Ciccone needs to finish fourth at the summit to overtake Geschke to take the mountains jersey. That looks more than likely. Back in the overall GC race, this is where the pack is likely to be split. Brandon McNulty takes up the pace, and attempts to do what he did yesterday, to shred the field. An early victim is Tom Pidcock, who soon spins off the back, unable to hold any wheels. McNulty blasts along, and plenty of bottles are being shed, with Jumbo-Visma’s people offering up bottles to their own men, but Geraint Thomas gets refused when asking for one. Gamesmanship. Vlasov’s dreams of climbing the GC are crushed by the pace of McNulty.

45km to go: The Col de Spandelles approaches, and perhaps this is the moment for Pogacar.

⛰ And now : the Col de Spandelles ⛰ Et maintenant : le Col de Spandelles #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/kGkquvNV9X — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 21, 2022

50km to go: The peloton is led over the Col du Soulor by Nathan Van Hooydonck of the Jumbotron, with Pogacar and Vingegaard at close quarters. Ciccone is having a dig off the front of the leading pack while Nairo Quintana, a daredevil descender, is leading an attack on the descent. Pogacar goes with him, Vingegaard asked to follow.

55km to go: Down they fly to another short climb. The view of the mountains at the top of the Col D’Aubisque was truly awesome but there is no time to rest, this is a nasty, exacting test of mettle. This is the Col du Soulor, offering very little respite. Louis Meintjes continues to attempt to bridge the gap to the leading pack, but is getting no help from the riders around him. Bauke Mollema, the veteran, leads Ciccone over the top, lending vital help to his Trek-Segafredo teammate. And the descent can resume.

Ciccone takes the mountain points on Col d'Aubisque

66km to go: Louis Meintjes, who came second on Alpe D’Huez, chases the leading group led by Van Aert, as the climb twists itself round and round the hairpin bends, and slowly. Meintjes is about a minute behind, and on GC virtuel, he has ridden himself up to fourth. Long way to go yet today. Adam Yates, of Team Ineos, has been suffering today but the slow pace of the peloton has allowed him back on.

The group who will begin their descent together: Giulio Ciccone, Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) Tiesj Benoot, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Bob Jungels (Ag2r-Citröen), Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Enric Mas, Carlos Verona, Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), Valentin Madouas, Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan), Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM), Rigoberto Uran (EF Education-EasyPost).

Ciccone is unchallenged as he goes over the summit first, and is now within three points of Geschke, who is sweating blood back down the hill. Ciccone will fancy picking up some more on the next hill.

The other news is that the two motorbikes that caused the accident including Jack Bauer have both been kicked off Le Tour.

70km to go: Luis Leon Sanchez, a wily old fox, sets off from the front of the peloton, and eats the ground between him and Simon Geschke, who can’t stay with him and seems highly unlikely to be in polka tomorrow. A long long afternoon awaits, and there’s still around 5km of the Col d’Aubisque to go. The yellow jersey group is getting smaller, down to barer bones. Vingegaard is out of his saddle, no pressure as yet.

On this famous hill, from this article on the Basque Country.

Col d’Aubisque (1,700m) is next up, with pine and birch forests, hairpin bends and spectacular views. We stop to attempt to cycle the pass (I give up part way up!). Nerves of steel are needed for the road cut into near-vertical cliffs around Col du Soulor (1,474m). It’s narrow, with a couple of tunnels, so you’ll need to drive it in the afternoon if your vehicle is over three tonnes (east to west in the morning). The scenery is sublime: the valley floor seems miles below – with nothing but a few concrete blocks between you – while impossible peaks loom above. This beautiful section of road is another favourite of diehard cyclists.

This climb has only ever been a summit finish three times, with the winners Bernard Labourdette in 1971, Stephen Roche in 1985 and Michael Rasmussen in 2007.

The latter was kicked out of the race while in yellow, only the second time that’s happened.

75km to go: Tom Pidcock, the hero of Alpe D’Huez, is up riding with Geschke, and has two teammates off him, only for Geschke to drop off the back. His polka dot jersey has been endangered by the Cofidis team’s failed efforts to get him up there, and his own lack of form. Giulio Ciccone, the Trek-Segafredo rider at the front, could close to within three points of Geschke if he takes the points at the top. All to play for. Jumbo-Visma have Tiesj Benoot up the front with Van Aert, to act as a launchpad if Vingegaard needs them later on. At the back of the field, Quick-Step are doing their best to save Fabio Jakobsen missing the time limit. He made it by just 15 seconds yesterday.

Today's ascent up Hautacam is the last climbing challenge of @LeTour for the men. Riders will need to conquer the Col d'Aubisque and the Col de Spandelles before the final climb, which covers 13.41 km at an average incline of 7.74%. Follow along at: https://t.co/09B9vnCM82 pic.twitter.com/vGD2vSeJm9 — Strava (@Strava) July 21, 2022

80km to go: The chase is on on that first big climb. Geschke gives chase as that 30-man group soon breaks up, 21 seconds behind, and back in the peloton, the only UAE rider sat with Pogacar is Brandon McNulty, who led his man right to the finish yesterday.

Van Aert wins the intermediate sprint!

84km to go: Some calm? Seems like it for now, with an intermediate sprint and climb soon to come and a sizeable group away in front, though the gap is only around 20 seconds.

The makeup, a movable feast was this: Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma), Dani Martinez and Luke Rowe (Ineos Grenadiers), Stan Dewulf (Ag2R-Citroen), Marco Haller (Bora-Hansgrohe), Mattia Cattaneo (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar), Matej Mohoric 9(Bahrain Victorious), Alberto Dainese (Team DSM), Alexandr Ribsushenko (Astana-Qazaqstan), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost), Amaury Capiot (Arkea-Samsic), Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal), Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Dylan Groenewegen (BikeExchange-Jayco) and Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels-KTM), Nils Politt and Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Florian Senechal (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Rigo Uran (EF), Matis Louvel (Arkea), Tony Gallopin (Trek-Segafredo), Edvald Boasson Hagen and Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) and Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech)

Van Aert idles them home, nobody looking like they fancy challenging him. The green jersey is his, barring accident/Covid. The first climb approaches, and those 30 or so men will never be mentioned in the same breath again.

A crash at the back of the field!

95km to go: Van Aert joins up to make it a 30-man group up away at the front. A dog barks loudly as a bottle is lobbed. And at the back of the field, there’s a prang, A press motorbike took a tight street too keenly and Jack Bauer ended up going into the back of the UAE team car. That was ugly and Bauer was furious as he splatted off the back of that team car. Up ahead, Nils Eekhoff, the Team DSM rider, has a cut elbow. That was entirely the fault of the motorbike. Bauer takes some wipes to his elbow, it looks nasty.

Ridiculous, avoidable crash. Thankfully Jack Bauer and Nils Eekhoff are ok. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/N8DZMzrHCZ — ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 21, 2022

100km to go: It remains eventful, and there’s another break formed, only for it to splinter. Luke Rowe and Danny Martinez of Team Ineos are involved. There are signals made to work harder from within the group. Simon Geschke hasn’t managed to bridge the gap, it seems, as the gap goes up to just over 20 seconds.

110km to go: Mikkel Berg, who rode a big ride for Pogacar, is sat off the back of the peloton and looks to be suffering for yesterday’s efforts. Simon Geschke, the leader of the mountains points, is chasing down the breakaway, in an attempt to close off any other contenders for the polka pots on the first climb, the Col d’Aubisque. Eventually, the chase closes down the break and the pack is soon enough back together. Van Aert resumes the role of stalking horse up at the front. The pace is high, no rest ahead of the humps to come. Though as soon he rests, other attempt to make their escape.

Three weeks of daily Classics is quite something isn't it @JohnBrewin_ ? We really should be rolling through unknown villages and meadows now while David Duffield talks about last night's dinner and Christi Anderson updates us on Tyler Hamilton's dog's flea problem. — Gary Naylor (@garynaylor999) July 21, 2022

David Duffield’s already featured today in the preamble.

115km to go: That break is made up of as follows: Stan Dewulf (Ag2R-Citroen), Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM), Stefan Bisseger (EF Education-EasyPost), Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Soudal) and Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco). The gap is teetering around 30 seconds.

120km to go: Van Aert is back in the pack and it’s left to others to chase the break. Christophe Laporte is on the front, replicating the actions of Van Aert, his Jumbo teammate. Michael Matthews is in this leading quintet, with Aleksandr Anatolyevich Vlasov, in eighth on GC, trying to join up. Van Aert then leads an expeditionary force from the peloton in an attempt to get within the break.

130km to go: No energy being saved for the climbs ahead, as Nils Pollit and Dylan Teuns chased after Van Aert as he makes a descent down the first hill of the day, they have nine seconds to make up on him, the peloton around 20 seconds behind but then the gap begins to go down, as a UAE-led peloton zip after him. Vingegaard and Pogacar are almost joined at the hip in the depths of the peloton, both covered up ahead of the battle to come up the road. Pollit and Teuns are pulled back in. Even Van Aert is struggling to live with the pace, the gap dwindling to five seconds. Stan Dewulf of AG2R catches him and overtakes him. Could this be the formation of a breakaway group?

140km to go: A reminder of what the stage looks like. Lumpy, in short and up the front, Van Aert drops Powless and flies away from the field. The man is relentless.

🚲 Stage 18 / Étape 18 🚲 🚩 Lourdes 🏁 Hautacam 📏 143,2 km ⏰ 13:30 CEST > 17:25 CEST ⛰ 1x 1⃣c, 2x HC 💚 km 58,5 #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/ejDsjghEWu — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 21, 2022

And away we go!

The peloton flies along to Kilometre Zero and off goes Wout van Aert goes off up ahead, the race is on immediately. Looks like the Jumbo-Visma plan is for him to go up ahead, take the intermediate sprint and then work with Vingegaard later on in the stage. Nelson Powless, a regular in the breakaways, joins him up there. A powerful duo to pull away so early.

🇬🇧 @chrisfroome , 🇪🇸 @ImanolErviti and 🇮🇹 @CarusoDamiano have not started today. 🇬🇧 @chrisfroome , 🇪🇸 @ImanolErviti et 🇮🇹 @CarusoDamiano sont non partants. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/bexKOGhQBA — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 21, 2022

Two further Covid withdrawals here.

🏥 Unfortunately, @CarusoDamiano will not start stage 18 of @LeTour following a positive Covid-19 test after showing mild symptoms. All other riders and staff returned negative tests. Get well soon Damiano! #RideAsOne #TDF2022 📸 @therussellellis pic.twitter.com/J7kuo2KpPT — Team Bahrain Victorious (@BHRVictorious) July 21, 2022

Este jueves no tendremos en la 18ª etapa del #TDF2022 a @ImanolErviti , tras haber dado positivo por covid. Nuestro capi se encuentra en buen estado de salud. ¡Nos vemos pronto! 💙🙏 Imanol Erviti has returned a positive covid test, will not start @LeTour s18. Get well soon mate! pic.twitter.com/3yYWhy4tZg — Movistar Team (@Movistar_Team) July 21, 2022

Chris Froome out of Le Tour with Covid

The four-time winner has tested positive, and will take no further part for the Israel–Premier Tech team, for whom he rode to third on Alpe D’Huez. Will we see him again on Le Tour? The plan is for him to go for the Vuelta next month.

Unfortunately I won’t be taking the start today due to covid-19 😔 #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/RJziNXG52d — Chris Froome (@chrisfroome) July 21, 2022

More retro action from 2000 , watch Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani do battle in a rather rainier Hautacam, including comms from Phil Liggett and the much missed Paul Sherwen.

All over for “G” in terms of winning a second Tour but a podium finish is still on, he was cracked yesterday by Pogacar’s UAE teammates.

Thomas said: “I didn’t really expect that, especially from Berg. He put in a hell of a shift for the rider he is. It’s cracking me actually, that he was hurting me so much on a climb. But fair play: they really took it on.” Asked if Berg’s and particularly McNulty’s performance, which saw the American leading Pogacar into the final 200m, were what he had have expected, Thomas said: “Not at all, no. Fair play, both of them, and whatever they had for breakfast, because they were going.”

Tadej Pogacar’s teammate, Mikkel Berg , on the final chance to crack Vingegaard.

Everything is possible. Tadej, he had one bad day and lost the yellow jersey, so we need to put the pressure on and see if Jonas has a bad day. It’s one of the hardest stages in this year’s Tour. Tadej has good legs, we all feel confident and good that we can try to do something.

A third and final day in the Pyrenees, and a last chance for Tadej Pogacar to land a blow ahead of Saturday’s time trial. The stage win went his way on Wednesday but Jonas Vingegaard was not for the cracking as the two leaders made their way together to Peyragudes’ finish line.

A path well known but not necessarily well travelled on Le Tour, the Hautacam has serious history. The last winner on its peak was Vincenzo Nibali, who rode in the yellow jersey into Paris, while its most famous day was in 1996 when Miguel Indurain, the winner of five consecutive Tours, cracked as Bjarne Riis appeared to be riding a hematocrit-powered motorbike up ahead of Big Mig. And talking of suspicious wins, it was in 2000 that Lance Armstrong cracked Jan Ullrich, taking four minutes from the big, friendly giant.

Only one Frenchman has won on Hautacam, in 1994 when Luc Leblanc, that year’s world road race champion, crested the summit with Indurain just rwo seconds back and Marco Pantani 18 seconds back, the rest of the field splintered into smithereens. It’s a place where the big boys come out to play.

Per William Fotheringham in our pre-race preview:

Another stage that is too short for a break to gain much time before the big names get moving. It’s a brutal course covering the legendary Col d’Aubisque and the unknown Col de Spandelles before the final haul to a bleak plateau. The winner will probably be in the top six overall, and he will be odds on to take the final victory. Think Pogacar, Roglic, Vingegaard or, from the left field, the Australian Ben O’Connor.

NB: Such is this Tour’s attrition that O’Connor and Roglic are long gone from the peloton. Instead, they will be aiming for this year’s Vuelta.

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After a long, tiresome day of racing, stage 18 of the 2023 Tour de France completed on July 20 in Bourg-En-Bresse, France. 

Kasper Asgreen , the Danish cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step, emerged as the winner of the stage. This was his first stage win of the 2023 Tour de France and he is now ranked 87th in the Tour de France current standings. 

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The Tour de France leader, Jonas Vingegaard , has been wearing the yellow jersey since stage 6. He rides for Jumbo Visma, and his teammate, Sepp Kuss ,  follows him in the 9th place for the Tour de France general standings. 

Here are the full results and Tour de France Standings after stage 18. 

Tour de France General Classifications After Stage 18 

• J. VINGEGAARD - 72h 04' 39''
• T. POGAČAR - 72h 12' 14''
• A. YATES - 72h 15' 24''
• C. RODRIGUEZ CANO - 72h 16' 40''
• S. YATES - 72h 16' 58''
• P. BILBAO LOPEZ - 72h 17' 29''
• J. HINDLEY - 72h 18' 29''
• F. GALL - 72h 20' 50''
• S. KUSS - 72h 21' 28''
• D. GAUDU - 72h 22' 36''
• G. MARTIN - 72h 27' 32''
• T. PINOT - 72h 32' 05''
• J. CASTROVIEJO - 72h 51' 36''
• C. HARPER - 72h 59' 10''
• R. MAJKA - 72h 59' 54''
• T. PIDCOCK - 73h 02' 27''
• M. LANDA - 73h 07' 40''
• W. KELDERMAN - 73h 08' 21''
• E. BUCHMANN - 73h 09' 51''
• V. MADOUAS - 73h 13' 33''
• B. O'CONNOR - 73h 18' 08''
• W. BARGUIL - 73h 33' 04''
• F. GROSSSCHARTNER - 73h 42' 30''
• C. BERTHET - 73h 47' 28''
• B. JUNGELS - 73h 50' 54''
• T. BENOOT - 73h 52' 07''
• S. JENSEN - 73h 59' 23''
• W. POELS - 74h 04' 35''
• M. BURGAUDEAU - 74h 06' 29''
• J. HAIG - 74h 14' 40''
• T. JOHANNESSEN - 74h 16' 16''
• J. ALAPHILIPPE - 74h 16' 52''
• G. CICCONE - 74h 19' 20''
• H. TEJADA CANACUE - 74h 19' 43''
• K. GENIETS - 74h 25' 58''
• G. IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI - 74h 26' 50''
• E. BERNAL - 74h 27' 08''
• D. TEUNS - 74h 33' 09''
• D. VAN BAARLE - 74h 33' 13''
• M. KWIATKOWSKI - 74h 35' 27''
• M. WOODS - 74h 35' 41''
• A. LUTSENKO - 74h 38' 32''
• C. HAMILTON - 74h 40' 06''
• G. MÜHLBERGER - 74h 43' 29''
• G. WILSLY - 74h 43' 33''
• N. SCHULTZ - 74h 45' 15''
• H. HOULE - 74h 46' 13''
• M. SOLER - 74h 49' 50''
• I. IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI - 74h 50' 06''
• C. CHAMPOUSSIN - 74h 50' 15''
• G. ZIMMERMANN - 74h 51' 05''
• A. PARET PEINTRE - 74h 51' 15''
• K. NEILANDS - 74h 52' 17''
• S. KÜNG - 74h 56' 26''
• N. OLIVEIRA - 75h 00' 34''
• A. ARANBURU DEBA - 75h 02' 27''
• M. DINHAM - 75h 03' 42''
• M. VAN GILS - 75h 09' 46''
• M. VAN DER POEL - 75h 12' 21''
• N. POLITT - 75h 14' 11''
• V. CAMPENAERTS - 75h 17' 19''
• N. POWLESS - 75h 17' 25''
• O. FRAILE MATARRANZ - 75h 18' 30''
• K. VERMAERKE - 75h 20' 46''
• M. LOUVEL - 75h 21' 25''
• A. DELAPLACE - 75h 25' 33''
• Q. PACHER - 75h 26' 55''
• L. VAN DEN BERG - 75h 32' 36''
• J. LOPEZ PEREZ - 75h 35' 33''
• R. COSTA - 75h 37' 05''
• J. STUYVEN - 75h 37' 57''
• M. MOHORIC - 75h 38' 08''
• P. LATOUR - 75h 40' 20''
• R. URAN - 75h 42' 16''
• S. GUGLIELMI - 75h 42' 50''
• N. PETERS - 75h 45' 03''
• L. CALMEJANE - 75h 45' 58''
• P. KONRAD - 75h 50' 05''
• G. CRADDOCK - 75h 53' 25''
• O. NAESEN - 75h 54' 01''
• J. ABRAHAMSEN - 75h 54' 21''
• P. EENKHOORN - 75h 55' 05''
• S. DEWULF - 75h 55' 39''
• M. HALLER - 75h 58' 35''
• T. GALLOPIN - 75h 58' 45''
• N. VAN HOOYDONCK - 76
• K. ASGREEN - 76h 03' 40''
• V. FERRON - 76h 04' 10''
• T. TRÆEN - 76h 04' 14''
• A. BETTIOL - 76h 05' 58''
• C. LAPORTE - 76h 05' 59''
• M. NIELSEN - 76h 08' 32''
• V. LAFAY - 76h 12' 06''
• D. OSS - 76h 12' 13''
• C. STRONG - 76h 13' 14''
• M. TEUNISSEN - 76h 14' 45''
• A. TURGIS - 76h 15' 41''
• E. BOASSON-HAGEN - 76h 15' 45''
• A. CHARMIG - 76h 17' 11''
• B. COQUARD - 76h 17' 11''
• F. WRIGHT - 76h 18' 47''
• R. CAVAGNA - 76h 20' 18''
• J. PHILIPSEN - 76h 20' 23''
• B. COSNEFROY - 76h 21' 06''
• V. LAENGEN - 76h 22' 37''
• S. CLARKE - 76h 23' 43''
• Y. LAMPAERT - 76h 26' 32''
• D. SMITH - 76h 28' 46''
• M. PEDERSEN - 76h 30' 04''
• Q. HERMANS - 76h 30' 13''
• J. RICKAERT - 76h 30' 31''
• M. TRENTIN - 76h 30' 48''
• A. KIRSCH - 76h 31' 03''
• R. TILLER - 76h 33' 11''
• A. AMADOR - 76h 33' 26''
• D. VAN POPPEL - 76h 34' 44''
• N. ARNDT - 76h 41' 17''
• S. KRAGH ANDERSEN - 76h 41' 48''
• L. MEZGEC - 76h 42' 46''
• B. GIRMAY - 76h 43' 30''
• G. BOIVIN - 76h 44' 11''
• J. JENSEN - 76h 44' 38''
• F. VERMEERSCH - 76h 45' 57''
• D. DEVENYNS - 76h 46' 03''
• S. DILLIER - 76h 46' 37''
• O. LE GAC - 76h 48' 40''
• J. BIERMANS - 76h 48' 57''
• T. DECLERCQ - 76h 49' 14''
• M. GOGL - 76h 49' 52''
• M. BJERG - 76h 49' 56''
• P. SAGAN - 76h 50' 34''
• A. KRISTOFF - 76h 53' 59''
• L. DURBRIDGE - 76h 56' 13''
• L. MOZZATO - 76h 56' 41''
• L. PICHON - 77h 00' 14''
• G. MOSCON - 77h 00' 58''
• J. DE BUYST - 77h 01' 28''
• N. EEKHOFF - 77h 03' 26''
• S. WÆRENSKJOLD - 77h 08' 25''
• E. REINDERS - 77h 08' 27''
• A. PETIT - 77h 11' 22''
• S. WELSFORD - 77h 12' 28''
• D. GROENEWEGEN - 77h 12' 31''
• J. DEGENKOLB - 77h 14' 17''
• J. MEEUS - 77h 14' 58''
• A. EDMONDSON - 77h 17' 49''
• A. ZINGLE - 77h 20' 17''
• F. FRISON - 77h 26' 13''
• Y. FEDOROV - 77h 26' 45''
• C. BOL - 77h 27' 52''
• M. MØRKØV - 77h 37' 19''

Tour de France Stage 18 Results 

• K. ASGREEN - 04h 06' 48'' (B : 10'')
• Pascal EENKHOORN - 04h 06' 48'' (B : 6'')
• Jonas ABRAHAMSEN - 04h 06' 48'' (B : 4'')
• J. PHILIPSEN - 04h 06' 48''
• M. PEDERSEN - 04h 06' 48''
• C. BOL - 04h 06' 48''
• J. MEEUS - 04h 06' 48''
• M. TRENTIN - 04h 06' 48''
• C. LAPORTE - 04h 06' 48''
• L. MOZZATO - 04h 06' 48''
• A. KRISTOFF - 04h 06' 48''
• J. DE BUYST - 04h 06' 48''
• C. STRONG - 04h 06' 48''
• A. ARANBURU DEBA - 04h 06' 48''
• P. SAGAN - 04h 06' 48''
• V. CAMPENAERTS - 04h 06' 48''
• D. GROENEWEGEN - 04h 06' 48''
• N. ARNDT - 04h 06' 48''
• B. GIRMAY - 04h 06' 48''
• S. WELSFORD - 04h 06' 48''
• B. COQUARD - 04h 06' 48''
• J. STUYVEN - 04h 06' 48''
• S. WÆRENSKJOLD - 04h 06' 48''
• G. BOIVIN - 04h 06' 48''
• L. MEZGEC - 04h 06' 48''
• T. POGAČAR - 04h 06' 48''
• M. MØRKØV - 04h 06' 48''
• J. VINGEGAARD - 04h 06' 48''
• F. WRIGHT - 04h 06' 48''
• D. VAN POPPEL - 04h 06' 48''
• T. BENOOT - 04h 06' 48''
• O. NAESEN - 04h 06' 48''
• F. GALL - 04h 06' 48''
• G. IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI - 04h 06' 48''
• H. HOULE - 04h 06' 48''
• D. GAUDU - 04h 06' 48''
• S. DEWULF - 04h 06' 48''
• B. COSNEFROY - 04h 06' 48''
• C. RODRIGUEZ CANO - 04h 06' 48''
• M. KWIATKOWSKI - 04h 06' 48''
• A. EDMONDSON - 04h 06' 48''
• B. JUNGELS - 04h 06' 48''
• A. YATES - 04h 06' 48''
• V. MADOUAS - 04h 06' 48''
• J. HINDLEY - 04h 06' 48''
• D. SMITH - 04h 06' 48''
• R. MAJKA - 04h 06' 48''
• G. MARTIN - 04h 06' 48''
• S. KUSS - 04h 06' 48''
• A. TURGIS - 04h 06' 48''
• S. YATES - 04h 06' 48''
• P. BILBAO LOPEZ - 04h 06' 48''
• Y. LAMPAERT - 04h 06' 48''
• M. VAN DER POEL - 04h 06' 48''
• G. ZIMMERMANN - 04h 06' 48''
• M. TEUNISSEN - 04h 06' 48''
• J. BIERMANS - 04h 06' 48''
• S. KÜNG - 04h 06' 48''
• J. CASTROVIEJO - 04h 06' 48''
• K. GENIETS - 04h 06' 48''
• C. HARPER - 04h 06' 48''
• D. OSS - 04h 06' 48''
• W. KELDERMAN - 04h 06' 48''
• T. PINOT - 04h 06' 48''
• F. VERMEERSCH - 04h 06' 48''
• A. ZINGLE - 04h 06' 48''
• M. LANDA - 04h 06' 48''
• J. DEGENKOLB - 04h 06' 48''
• E. BOASSON-HAGEN - 04h 06' 48''
• R. CAVAGNA - 04h 06' 48''
• A. DELAPLACE - 04h 06' 48''
• L. VAN DEN BERG - 04h 06' 48''
• C. BERTHET - 04h 06' 48''
• W. BARGUIL - 04h 06' 48''
• R. TILLER - 04h 06' 48''
• B. O'CONNOR - 04h 06' 48''
• A. KIRSCH - 04h 07' 11'' 
• N. EEKHOFF - 04h 07' 14'' 
• K. NEILANDS - 04h 07' 16''
• M. LOUVEL - 04h 07' 16''
• J. ALAPHILIPPE - 04h 07' 16''
• J. RICKAERT - 04h 07' 22''
• D. DEVENYNS - 04h 07' 26''
• M. BURGAUDEAU - 04h 07' 26''
• O. LE GAC - 04h 07' 26''
• F. GROSSSCHARTNER - 04h 07' 26''
• G. MOSCON - 04h 07' 26''
• N. POWLESS - 04h 07' 35''
• M. MOHORIC - 04h 07' 36''
• N. VAN HOOYDONCK - 04h 07' 38''
• Q. PACHER - 04h 07' 38''
• A. PARET PEINTRE - 04h 07' 38''
• N. PETERS - 04h 07' 38''
• A. PETIT - 04h 07' 38''
• E. REINDERS - 04h 07' 38''
• G. WILSLY - 04h 07' 38''
• N. POLITT - 04h 07' 38''
• L. CALMEJANE - 04h 07' 38''
• M. HALLER - 04h 07' 38''
• N. OLIVEIRA - 04h 07' 38''
• A. CHARMIG - 04h 07' 38''
• T. DECLERCQ - 04h 07' 38''
• M. VAN GILS - 04h 07' 38''
• V. LAENGEN - 04h 07' 38''
• F. FRISON - 04h 07' 38''
• A. AMADOR - 04h 07' 38''
• M. BJERG - 04h 07' 38''
• T. JOHANNESSEN - 04h 07' 38''
• M. DINHAM - 04h 07' 38''
• L. PICHON - 04h 07' 38''
• D. TEUNS - 04h 07' 38''
• N. SCHULTZ - 04h 07' 38''
• M. WOODS - 04h 07' 38''
• E. BUCHMANN - 04h 07' 38''
• P. LATOUR - 04h 07' 38''
• T. TRÆEN - 04h 07' 38''
• G. MÜHLBERGER - 04h 07' 38''
• V. FERRON - 04h 07' 38''
• S. GUGLIELMI - 04h 07' 38''
• W. POELS - 04h 07' 47''
• D. VAN BAARLE - 04h 07' 47''
• J. HAIG - 04h 07' 57''
• T. PIDCOCK - 04h 07' 57''
• R. COSTA - 04h 08' 04''
• G. CICCONE - 04h 08' 04''
• A. BETTIOL - 04h 08' 04''
• C. CHAMPOUSSIN - 04h 08' 04''
• O. FRAILE MATARRANZ - 04h 08' 04''
• I. IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI - 04h 08' 04''
• S. CLARKE - 04h 08' 12''
• Y. FEDOROV - 04h 08' 15''
• A. LUTSENKO - 04h 08' 15''
• S. KRAGH ANDERSEN - 04h 08' 39''
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• H. TEJADA CANACUE - 04h 08' 56''
• E. BERNAL - 04h 08' 56''
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Tour de France 2023 Schedule

The Tour de France begins July 1 and finishes July 23 at the Champ-Elyees. The complete route is divided into 21 stages featuring different types of terrain and distance. Stages 1-3 are completed. 

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Tour de France 2023 Stage 18: How to watch on Thursday, TV and live stream details, start time, route map

Updated 20/07/2023 at 10:26 GMT

And breathe. After a wild two days in the Alps, the sprinters come to the fore again on Stage 18 at the Tour de France. Jonas Vingegaard need only stay upright on the remaining four stages and he will surely win a second yellow jersey, with the Dane holding a 7'35 lead over Tadej Pogacar in the general classification. So how can you watch the action unfold on Thursday? Here's all you need to know.

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Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2023 18. Etappe: Moûtiers - Bourg-en-Bresse (185 km)

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Profil und Einschätzung - die 18. Etappe der Tour de France 2023 im Überblick

Einschätzung: Einen Tag nach den Alpen wird den Gesamtklassement-Fahrern eine wohlverdiente Ruhepause auf dem Rad gegönnt: Der 18. Abschnitt geht sehr flach dahin, es stehen lediglich zwei "Hügel" der vierten Kategorie auf dem Plan sowie eine anschließende Sprintwertung. Was bedeutet, dass ein Großteil des Pelotons Interesse daran haben wird, das Feld so lange wie möglich beisammenzuhalten. Viele Teams werden in die Führungsarbeit involviert sein, Ausreißer haben es da schwer. Womöglich wird diese Konstellation dazu führen, dass wir es mit einem sehr schnellen Tagesabschnitt zu tun bekommen. Das Ziel in Bourg-en-Bresse verspricht einen Massensprint.

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Étape 17 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > Superdévoluy

Longueur 178 km

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Étape 18 Gap > Barcelonnette

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Tour de France 2024 Route stage 18: Gap - Barcelonnette

A start at breakneck speeds is to be expected as the first 17 kilometres run false flat downhill. The riders then enter the first and longest climb of the day, Col du Festre, which starts out at moderate gradients and gradually gets steeper. The Festre totals 13.8 kilometres and the average gradient sits at 4.3%. A long downhill then leads to the foot of the Côte de Corps (3.3 kilometres at 4.5%), and on it goes to the Côte de Costes (2.6 kilometres at 6%).

The riders are 75 kilometres into the race after the Costes. In fact, from the Festre onwards they are on the parcours of 2020’s 4th stage, which went to ski station Orcières-Merlette and was won by Primoz Roglic in a group sprint ahead of Tadej Pogacar.

The route goes its own way after moving through Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur and then enters the Col de Manse (6.3 kilometres at 3.7%). A long descent brings the riders back in the valley before they climb to Chorges and continue onto the Côte de Saint-Apollinaire (7.9 kilometres at 5.2%). Right after the descent they cross a reservoir, Lac du Serre-Ponçon, before the Côte de Demoiselles Coiffées (6.4 kilometres at 3.8%) presents the umpteenth obstacle.

A rolling section of 5 kilometre precedes a short descent and flat section along the Ubaye. After crossing the river the route climbs for 2.7 kilometres at 4.5% before the rest of the route follows the rivers further upstream at very shallow gradients. This final section is almost 25 kilometres long – most of it is false flat, although the last 5 kilometres are effectually flat.

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Tour de France 2023, étape 18 : Profil et parcours détaillés

Ce jeudi, les sprinteurs vont être de retour sur le devant de la scène du Tour de France 2023 à l’occasion de la 18e étape. Au programme du parcours de l’étape du jour les coureurs toujours en course vont avoir quelque 184,9 kilomètres légèrement accidentés à parcourir et un profil de 1.216 mètres de dénivelé positif à grimper. Au départ de Moûtiers, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) est le grandissime favori dans le cadre d’une arrivée au sprint à Bourg-en-Bresse.

Le peloton va s’élancer de Moûtiers à 13h05 pour le traditionnel défilé neutralisé. Et c’est à 13h35 que les coureurs vont arriver au kilomètre zéro et que Christian Prudhomme va donner le départ de cette 18e étape direction Bourg-en-Bresse. Les sprinteurs sont attendus en vainqueurs sur la ligne d’arrivée aux alentours de 17h30 (47 km/h de moyenne). Le peloton va d’abord évoluer dans le département de la Savoie pour en terminer par le département de l’Ain.

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La passe de 5 victoires pour Jasper Philipsen à Bourg-en-Bresse ?

Au regard des quatre victoires d’étapes déjà obtenues par Jasper Philipsen depuis le départ de Bilbao, force est de constater qu’à une seule reprise il s’est incliné face à plus fort, et en l’occurrence face à un certain Mads Pedersen. Cependant, sur ce type de final, il y a fort à parier que le sprinteur de l’équipe Alpecin-Fenix a toutes les chances de remporter un cinquième succès sur cette Grande Boucle 2023, et en attendant peut-être encore mieux sur les Champs-Elysées.

Du côté du parcours et du profil de l’étape du jour , pas de quoi inquiéter les spécialistes de la dernière ligne droite. Une fois la mi-parcours passée, le peloton pourra se mettre en ordre de marche en vue de l’emballage final. Mais auparavant, tout ce petit monde, peloton et échappée, auront été freinés successivement par dans un premier temps la Côte de Chambéry-le-Haut (1,6km à 4,1%) suivie de la Côte de Boissieu (2,4km à 4,7%) , situées respectivement aux kilomètres 62,1 et 105,2. Ces deux ascensions sont classées en 4e catégorie.

Le s print intermédiaire va avoir lieu une fois les deux difficultés du jour arpentées, au kilomètre 132,9 à Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey. Les Philipsen, Pedersen, Coquard et consorts pourront se tester et prendre des points au classement distinctif en attendant l’emballage final.

Le programme TV du jeudi 20 juillet

Ce jeudi 20 juillet et à l’occasion de la 18e étape du Tour de France 2023 vous allez avoir rendez-vous avec soit Alexandre Pasteur, Yoann Offredo, Laurent Jalabert, Marion Rousse et Thomas Vockler sur France 3 à partir de 12h55 puis France 2 à partir de 15h . Du côté de la chaine payante par abonnement, les images seront diffusées en direct à partir de 13h35 et jusqu’à 17h45 sur Eurosport 1 . Et dans ce cas les commentaires seront assurés par Guillaume di Grazia assisté de ses consultants TV que sont Jacky Durand et Steve Chainel. L’émission « Les Rois de la Pédale » précèdera et succèdera l’étape du jour. Toujours sur la même chaine, une rediffusion du résumé est proposée à partir de 21h00 (120 minutes).

Les favoris de la 18e étape du Tour de France 2023

***  Jasper Philipsen ** Phil Bauhaus , Biniam Girmay , Bryan Coquard , Mads Pedersen * Alexander Kristoff , Sam Welsford , Wout Van Aert , Dylan Groenewegen , Peter Sagan, Luca Mozzato, Jordi Meeus, Danny van Poppel, Nils Eekhoff, Jasper De Buyst

Carte du parcours de la 18e étape du Tour de France 2023 (Moûtiers / Bourg-en-Bresse)

Classement général du Tour de France 2023 au départ de la 18e étape

1 – VINGEGAARD Jonas (Jumbo-Visma) en 67:57:51 2 – POGACAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) + 7:35 3 – YATES Adam (UAE Team Emirates) + 10:45 4 – RODRÍGUEZ Carlos (INEOS Grenadiers) + 12:01 5 – YATES Simon (Team Jayco AlUla) + 12:19 6 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain – Victorious) + 12:50 7 – HINDLEY Jai (BORA – hansgrohe) + 13:50 8 – GALL Felix (AG2R Citroën Team) + 16:11 9 – KUSS Sepp (Jumbo-Visma) + 16:49 10 – GAUDU David (Groupama – FDJ) + 17:57

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11 – MARTIN Guillaume (Cofidis) + 22:53 12 – PINOT Thibaut (Groupama – FDJ) + 27:26 13 – CASTROVIEJO Jonathan (INEOS Grenadiers) + 46:57 14 – HARPER Chris (Team Jayco AlUla) + 54:31 15 – MAJKA Rafał (UAE Team Emirates) + 55:15 16 – KELDERMAN Wilco (Jumbo-Visma) + 1:03:42 17 – MADOUAS Valentin (Groupama – FDJ) + 1:08:54 18 – O’CONNOR Ben (AG2R Citroën Team) + 1:13:29 19 – BARGUIL Warren (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 1:28:25 20 – GROßSCHARTNER Felix (UAE Team Emirates) + 1:37:13

21 – VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo-Visma) + 1:32:57 22 – GROßSCHARTNER Felix (UAE Team Emirates) + 1:37:13 23 – JUNGELS Bob (BORA – hansgrohe) + 1:46:15 24 – BENOOT Tiesj (Jumbo-Visma) + 1:47:28 25 – SKJELMOSE Mattias (Lidl – Trek) + 1:51:28 26 – POELS Wout (Bahrain – Victorious) + 1:58:57 27 – HAIG Jack (Bahrain – Victorious) + 2:08:52 28 – JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 2:10:47 29 – ALAPHILIPPE Julian (Soudal – Quick Step) + 2:11:45 30 – CICCONE Giulio (Lidl – Trek) + 2:13:25 31 – GENIETS Kevin (Groupama – FDJ) + 2:21:19 32 – VAN BAARLE Dylan (Jumbo-Visma) + 2:27:35 33 – KWIATKOWSKI Michał (INEOS Grenadiers) + 2:30:48 34 – LUTSENKO Alexey (Astana Qazaqstan Team) + 2:32:26 35 – MÜHLBERGER Gregor (Movistar Team) + 2:38:00 36 – GREGAARD Jonas (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 2:38:04 37 – SCHULTZ Nick (Israel – Premier Tech) + 2:39:46 38 – HOULE Hugo (Israel – Premier Tech) + 2:41:34 39 – SOLER Marc (UAE Team Emirates) + 2:43:03 40 – CHAMPOUSSIN Clément (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 2:44:20

41 – PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien (AG2R Citroën Team) + 2:45:46 42 – ZIMMERMANN Georg (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) + 2:46:26 43 – KÜNG Stefan (Groupama – FDJ) + 2:51:47 44 – OLIVEIRA Nelson (Movistar Team) + 2:55:05 45 – DINHAM Matthew (Team dsm – firmenich) + 2:58:13 46 – VERMAERKE Kevin (Team dsm – firmenich) + 3:07:06 47 – VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 3:07:42 48 – POLITT Nils (BORA – hansgrohe) + 3:08:42 49 – FRAILE Omar (INEOS Grenadiers) + 3:12:35 50 – VAN DEN BERG Lars (Groupama – FDJ) + 3:27:57 51 – CHAMPOUSSIN Clément (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 2:44:20 52 – PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien (AG2R Citroën Team) + 2:45:46 53 – ZIMMERMANN Georg (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) + 2:46:26 54 – NEILANDS Krists (Israel – Premier Tech) + 2:47:10 55 – KÜNG Stefan (Groupama – FDJ) + 2:51:47 56 – OLIVEIRA Nelson (Movistar Team) + 2:55:05 57 – ARANBURU Alex (Movistar Team) + 2:57:48 58 – DINHAM Matthew (Team dsm – firmenich) + 2:58:13 59 – VAN GILS Maxim (Lotto Dstny) + 3:04:17 60 – VERMAERKE Kevin (Team dsm – firmenich) + 3:07:06

61 – VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 3:07:42 62 – POLITT Nils (BORA – hansgrohe) + 3:08:42 63 – POWLESS Neilson (EF Education-EasyPost) + 3:11:59 64 – FRAILE Omar (INEOS Grenadiers) + 3:12:35 65 – CAMPENAERTS Victor (Lotto Dstny) + 3:12:40 66 – LOUVEL Matis (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 3:16:18 67 – GESCHKE Simon (Cofidis) + 3:17:54 68 – DELAPLACE Anthony (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 3:20:54 69 – PACHER Quentin (Groupama – FDJ) + 3:21:26 70 – LÓPEZ Juan Pedro (Lidl – Trek) + 3:25:59 71 – VAN DEN BERG Lars (Groupama – FDJ) + 3:27:57 72 – PEREZ Anthony (Cofidis) + 3:30:55 73 – COSTA Rui (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) + 3:31:10 74 – MOHORIČ Matej (Bahrain – Victorious) + 3:32:41 75 – STUYVEN Jasper (Lidl – Trek) + 3:33:18 76 – LATOUR Pierre (TotalEnergies) + 3:34:51 77 – URÁN Rigoberto (EF Education-EasyPost) + 3:35:29 78 – GUGLIELMI Simon (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 3:37:21 79 – PETERS Nans (AG2R Citroën Team) + 3:39:34 80 – CRADDOCK Lawson (Team Jayco AlUla) + 3:39:45

81 – CALMEJANE Lilian (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) + 3:40:29 82 – KONRAD Patrick (BORA – hansgrohe) + 3:43:18 83 – GALLOPIN Tony (Lidl – Trek) + 3:45:05 84 – NAESEN Oliver (AG2R Citroën Team) + 3:49:22 85 – ABRAHAMSEN Jonas (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 3:49:46 86 – EENKHOORN Pascal (Lotto Dstny) + 3:50:32 87 – DEWULF Stan (AG2R Citroën Team) + 3:51:00 88 – HALLER Marco (BORA – hansgrohe) + 3:53:06 89 – VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan (Jumbo-Visma) + 3:57:40 90 – LAFAY Victor (Cofidis) + 3:58:26 91 – FERRON Valentin (TotalEnergies) + 3:58:41 92 – TRÆEN Torstein (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 3:58:45 93 – ASGREEN Kasper (Soudal – Quick Step) + 3:59:11 94 – BETTIOL Alberto (EF Education-EasyPost) + 4:00:03 95 – LAPORTE Christophe (Jumbo-Visma) + 4:01:20 96 – CORT Magnus (EF Education-EasyPost) + 4:01:45 97 – OSS Daniel (TotalEnergies) + 4:07:34 98 – STRONG Corbin (Israel – Premier Tech) + 4:08:35 99 – TEUNISSEN Mike (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) + 4:10:06 100 – TURGIS Anthony (TotalEnergies) + 4:11:02

101 – BOASSON HAGEN Edvald (TotalEnergies) + 4:11:06 102 – CHARMIG Anthon (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 4:11:42 103 – COQUARD Bryan (Cofidis) + 4:12:32 104 – WRIGHT Fred (Bahrain – Victorious) + 4:14:08 105 – CAVAGNA Rémi (Soudal – Quick Step) + 4:15:39 106 – PHILIPSEN Jasper (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 4:15:44 107 – COSNEFROY Benoît (AG2R Citroën Team) + 4:16:27 108 – HERMANS QuintenvAlpecin-Deceuninck) + 4:16:33 109 – LAENGEN Vegard Stake (UAE Team Emirates) + 4:17:08 110 – CLARKE Simon (Israel – Premier Tech) + 4:17:40 111 – LAMPAERT Yves (Soudal – Quick Step) + 4:21:53 112 – SMITH Dion (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) + 4:24:07 113 – RICKAERT Jonas (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 4:25:18 114 – PEDERSEN Mads (Lidl – Trek) + 4:25:25 115 – KIRSCH Alex (Lidl – Trek) + 4:26:01 116 – TRENTIN Matteo (UAE Team Emirates) + 4:26:09 117 – AMADOR Andrey (EF Education-EasyPost) + 4:27:57 118 – TILLER Rasmus (Uno-X Pro Cycling Teamv4:28:32 119 – VAN POPPEL Danny (BORA – hansgrohe) + 4:30:05 120 – JUUL-JENSEN Christopher (Team Jayco AlUla) + 4:30:58

121 – DILLIER Silvan (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 4:32:57 122 – KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 4:35:18 123 – ARNDT Nikias (Bahrain – Victorious) + 4:36:38 124 – MEZGEC Luka (Team Jayco AlUla) + 4:38:07 125 – GIRMAY Biniam (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) + 4:38:51 126 – BOIVIN Guillaume (Israel – Premier Tech) + 4:39:32 127 – GOGL Michael (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 4:40:19 128 – DEVENYNS Dries (Soudal – Quick Step) + 4:40:46 129 – VERMEERSCH Florian (Lotto Dstny) + 4:41:18 130 – DURBRIDGE Luke (Team Jayco AlUla) + 4:42:33 131 – LE GAC Olivier (Groupama – FDJ) + 4:43:23 132 – DECLERCQ Tim (Soudal – Quick Step) + 4:43:45 133 – BIERMANS Jenthe (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 4:44:18 134 – BJERG Mikkel (UAE Team Emirates) + 4:44:27 135 – SAGAN Peter (TotalEnergies) + 4:45:55 136 – KRISTOFF Alexander (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 4:49:20 137 – MOZZATO Luca (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 4:52:02 138 – PICHON Laurent (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 4:54:45 139 – MOSCON Gianni (Astana Qazaqstan Team) + 4:55:41 140 – DE BUYST Jasper (Lotto Dstny) + 4:56:49

141 – EEKHOFF Nils (Team dsm – firmenich) + 4:58:21 142 – REINDERS Elmar (Team Jayco AlUla) + 5:02:58 143 – WÆRENSKJOLD Søren (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 5:03:46 144 – PETIT Adrien (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) + 5:05:53 145 – WELSFORD Sam (Team dsm – firmenich) + 5:07:49 146 – GROENEWEGEN Dylan (Team Jayco AlUla) + 5:07:52 147 – DEGENKOLB John (Team dsm – firmenich) + 5:09:38 148 – MEEUS Jordi (BORA – hansgrohe) + 5:10:19 149 – EDMONDSON Alex (Team dsm – firmenich) + 5:13:10 150 – ZINGLE Axel (Cofidis) + 5:15:38 151 – FEDOROV Yevgeniy (Astana Qazaqstan Team) + 5:20:39 152 – FRISON Frederik (Lotto Dstny) + 5:20:44 153 – BOL Cees (Astana Qazaqstan Team) + 5:23:13 154 – MØRKØV Michael (Soudal – Quick Step) + 5:32:40

Classement par points – Top 10

1 – PHILIPSEN Jasper (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 323 points 2 – PEDERSEN Mads (Lidl – Trek) 186 points 3 – COQUARD Bryan (Cofidis) 178 points 4 – VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo-Visma) 154 points 5 – POGAČAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) 146 points 6 – VINGEGAARD Jonas (Jumbo-Visma) 107 points 7 – MEEUS Jordi (BORA – hansgrohe) 96 points 8 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain – Victorious) 95 points 9 – GROENEWEGEN Dylan (Team Jayco AlUla) 92 points 10 – GIRMAY Biniam (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) 90 points

Classement meilleur grimpeur – Top 10

1 – CICCONE Giulio (Lidl – Trek) 88 points 2 – GALL Felix (AG2R Citroën Team) 82 points 3 – VINGEGAARD Jonas (Jumbo-Visma) 81 points 4 – POWLESS NeilsonvEF Education-EasyPost) 58 points 5 – POGAČAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) 49 points 6 – VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo-Visma) 47 points 7 – YATES Simon (Team Jayco AlUla) 40 points 8 – JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) 38 points 9 – HINDLEY Jai (BORA – hansgrohe) 31 points 10 – KWIATKOWSKI Michał (INEOS Grenadiers) 30 points

Classement meilleur jeune – Top 10

1 – POGAČAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) en 68:05:26 2 – RODRÍGUEZ Carlos (INEOS Grenadiers) + 4:26 3 – GALL Felix (AG2R Citroën Team) + 8:36 4 – PIDCOCK Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) + 49:04 5 – SKJELMOSE Mattias (Lidl – Trek) + 1:43:53 6 – BURGAUDEAU Mathieu (TotalEnergies) + 1:53:37 7 – JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) + 2:03:12 8 – CHAMPOUSSIN Clément (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 2:36:45 9 – DINHAM Matthew (Team dsm – firmenich) + 2:50:38 10 – VAN GILS Maxim (Lotto Dstny) + 2:56:42

Classement par équipes – Top 10

1 – Jumbo-Visma en 204:45:10 2 – UAE Team Emirates + 15:15 3 – INEOS Grenadiers + 20:56 4 – Bahrain – Victorious + 42:48 5 – Groupama – FDJ + 47:47 6 – AG2R Citroën Team + 1:53:23 7 – BORA – hansgrohe + 1:53:43 8 – Team Jayco AlUla + 3:12:59 9 – Movistar Team + 4:01:02 10 – Cofidis + 4:27:12

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WorldTour, Grand Tour, 18th stage, 20th July 2023, France

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18th stage | 184.9 km

Moûtiers -> Bourg-en-Bresse

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De sidste to kilometer. Der kommer tre skarpe sving fra 1700 til 800 meter fra målstregen, hvor der vil være kæmpe kamp om at ramme sektionen helt forrest i feltet.

Dagens dansker

Det er efterhånden over en uge siden, at der var en etape, som virkelig lå til Mads Pedersen . I dag og de kommende dage kommer der heldigvis flere muligheder for ham og de ryttere, der ikke er alt for glade for bjergene.

Det bliver med stor sandsynlighed en massespurt, og nu er vi så langt inde i løbet, at det altså er nogle trætte ben, der skal spurtes med i Bourg-en-Bresse – og det er vand på Mads' mølle.

Betydning for Vingegaard

Løbet har for længst sat sig, og uanset om Vingegaard er i den gule trøje eller ej, så bliver det en dag, hvor det handler om at spare på kræfterne så meget som overhovedet muligt. Det har været nogle meget hårde dage for alle rytterne og især klassementsrytterne.

Og der venter stadig en svær og tricky 20. etape, så disse dage handler for Vingegaard om at lade op til dén – men selvfølgelig sidde rigtigt i feltet og bruge sit hold på den korrekte måde, så han holder sig ude af problemer.

Det er en dag, der lægger op til massespurt.

Hvis etapen havde ligget i løbets første uge, ville jeg være 100 procent sikker på en spurt, men her i sidste uge af Touren kan flere sprintere være udgået, og der vil derfor være færre hold til at tage føringen i feltet.

Det åbner en spinkel mulighed for, at et udbrud kan køre hjem, hvis de rigtige hold er involveret i det. Men med 95 procents sandsynlighed bliver det en massespurt.

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Cyclisme : Lotte Kopecky, championne du monde et lauréate de Paris-Roubaix, renonce au Tour de France

La cycliste belge a choisi de renoncer à la Grande Boucle afin de se concentrer sur la préparation des Jeux olympiques de Paris, cet été.

La championne du monde en titre a décidé de faire une croix sur le Tour de France (du 12 au 18 août). La cycliste belge Lotte Kopecky souhaite se consacrer entièrement à la préparation des Jeux olympiques de Paris , comme l’a annoncé son équipe SD Worx, ce mardi.

Danny Stam, le manager de la formation néerlandaise, a expliqué ce choix : « Combiner les deux événements impliquerait une trop grosse charge mentale. Si elle est championne olympique, elle va lâcher trop d’influx nerveux pour être compétitive dès le lendemain. Et il lui sera en outre impossible de se rendre à Rotterdam en soirée. »

Un enchaînement trop rapide

Le départ du Tour de France féminin est en effet prévu depuis Rotterdam cette année, le lendemain de l’omnium sur route des Jeux olympiques. Lors de l’édition 2023 de la Grande Boucle, Lotte Kopecky avait brillé . La Belge s’était adjugé une victoire d’étape, avait remporté le maillot vert et terminé deuxième du général après avoir porté six jours le maillot jaune.

La cycliste de 28 ans réalise un superbe début de saison, puisqu’elle a déjà gagné les Strade Bianche, mais aussi Paris-Roubaix . Avant les Jeux olympiques, elle devrait prendre part au Tour d’Angleterre (6-9 juin) et au Giro (7-14 juillet).

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Cyclisme Lotte Kopecky renonce au Tour de France pour se concentrer sur les JO 2024

La cycliste belge Lotte Kopecky, championne du monde en titre, ne disputera pas le prochain Tour de France (12-18 août) pour se consacrer exclusivement aux Jeux olympiques de Paris, a annoncé son équipe, SD Worx, mardi.

Kopecky avait été l'une des grandes animatrices de la Grande Boucle 2023 ( 1 victoire d'étape , maillot vert, 2e place finale après avoir porté le maillot jaune pendant 6 jours).

Le Tour s'élancera de Rotterdam aux Pays-Bas le 12 août soit au lendemain de l'épreuve des JO, l'omnium sur piste, où la coureuse flamande visera la médaille d'or.

«Trop d'influx nerveux »

« Combiner les deux événements impliquerait une trop grosse charge mentale », a expliqué Danny Stam, le manager sportif de l'équipe néerlandaise. « Si elle est championne olympique, elle va lâcher trop d'influx nerveux pour être compétitive dès le lendemain. Et il lui sera en outre impossible de se rendre à Rotterdam en soirée », a-t-il poursuivi.

Cette annéee, Kopecky a remporté les Strade Bianche et Paris-Roubaix. Pour préparer les Jeux, elle s'alignera sur le Tour d'Angleterre (6-9 juin) et au Giro (7-14 juillet).

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