Tour de France stage 18 summary
 

Stage 18 - Meribel La Roche-sur-Foron

1 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) INEOS Grenadiers 4:47:33
2 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) INEOS Grenadiers 0:00
3 Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:51
4 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:53
5 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE-Team Emirates 1:53
6 Richie Porte (Aus) Trek - Segafredo 1:54
7 Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar Team 1:54
8 Mikel Landa (Spa) Bahrain - McLaren 1:54
9 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain - McLaren 1:54
10 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:54


Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+9 Jan Hirt
+8 Nans Peters
+8 Michal Kwiatkowski
+8 Marc Hirschi
+7 Pierre-Luc Perichon
+6 Luis Leon Sanchez
+6 Casper Pedersen
+5 Simon Geschke
+5 David de la Cruz
+4 Tiesj Benoot

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Cyril Gautier
-8 Dan Martin
-8 Greg Van Avermaet
-7 Julian Alaphilippe
-7 Matteo Trentin
-6 Dario Cataldo
-6 Toms Skujins
-5 Neilson Powless
-5 Quentin Pacher
-4 Harold Tejada
-4 Jasper Stuyven

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:08 Michal Kwiatkowski
+2:07 Richard Carapaz

Biggest losers by time :
-29:39 Alexander Kristoff
-29:39 Amund Grondahl Jansen
-29:39 Caleb Ewan
-29:39 Cees Bol
-29:39 Christophe Laporte
-29:39 Dries Devenyns
-29:39 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-29:39 Edward Theuns
-29:39 Elia Viviani
-29:39 Fabien Grellier
-29:39 Frederik Frison

Favourites by position :
+2 Enric Mas
+1 Thibaut Pinot
-2 Rigoberto Uran
-2 Nairo Quintana
-2 Adam Yates
-3 Emanuel Buchmann
-7 Julian Alaphilippe

Favourites by time :
+2:07 Richard Carapaz
-0:01 Tom Dumoulin
-0:01 Richie Porte
-0:01 Miguel Angel Lopez
-0:01 Enric Mas
-2:41 Rigoberto Uran
-2:41 Alejandro Valverde
-2:41 Adam Yates
-11:18 Thibaut Pinot
-17:34 Emanuel Buchmann
-26:58 Nairo Quintana
-29:39 Julian Alaphilippe

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Primoz Roglic 79:45:30 (unchanged)
2 Tadej Pogacar 0:57 (unchanged)
3 Miguel Angel Lopez 1:27 (was 3rd at 1:26)
4 Richie Porte 3:06 (was 4th at 3:05)
5 Mikel Landa 3:28 (was 7th at 3:27)
6 Enric Mas 4:19 (was 8th at 4:18)
7 Adam Yates 5:55 (was 5th at 3:14)
8 Rigoberto Uran 6:05 (was 6th at 3:24)
9 Tom Dumoulin 7:24 (was 9th at 7:23)
10 Alejandro Valverde 12:12 (was 10th at 9:31)
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13 Richard Carapaz 17:48 (was 13th at 19:55)
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17 Nairo Quintana 57:49 (was 15th at 30:51)
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30 Thibaut Pinot 1:56:21 (was 31st at 1:45:03)
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36 Julian Alaphilippe 2:11:36 (was 29th at 1:41:57)
.....
38 Emanuel Buchmann 2:13:24 (was 35th at 1:55:50)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Sam Bennett 298 (was 1st with 278 points)
2 Peter Sagan 246 (was 2nd with 231 points)
3 Matteo Trentin 235 (was 3rd with 218 points)
4 Bryan Coquard 171 (unchanged)
5 Caleb Ewan 158 (unchanged)
6 Julian Alaphilippe 150 (unchanged)
7 Wout van Aert 142 (was 7th with 131 points)
8 Tadej Pogacar 123 (was 9th with 112 points)
9 Michael Morkov 120 (was 8th with 120 points)
10 Primoz Roglic 101 (was 13th with 88 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Richard Carapaz 74 (was 7th with 32 points)
2 Tadej Pogacar 72 (was 1st with 66 points)
3 Primoz Roglic 67 (was 2nd with 63 points)
4 Marc Hirschi 62 (was 8th with 31 points)
5 Miguel Angel Lopez 51 (was 3rd with 51 points)
6 Benoit Cosnefroy 36 (was 4th with 36 points)
7 Pierre Rolland 36 (was 5th with 36 points)
8 Nans Peters 32 (was 6th with 32 points)
9 Richie Porte 28 (unchanged)
10 Lennard Kamna 27 (unchanged)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Movistar Team 39:23:11 (was 1st at 224:49:23)
2 Team Jumbo-Visma 24:36 (was 2nd at 30:07)
3 Bahrain - McLaren 58:47 (was 4th at 1:04:04)
4 EF Pro Cycling 1:15:27 (was 3rd at 1:03:21)
5 INEOS Grenadiers 1:26:17 (was 5th at 1:17:59)
6 Trek - Segafredo 1:39:28 (was 6th at 1:28:37)
7 Astana Pro Team 1:39:58 (was 7th at 1:33:59)
8 AG2R La Mondiale 2:53:41 (was 8th at 2:37:56)
9 UAE-Team Emirates 3:10:46 (was 9th at 2:49:25)
10 Groupama - FDJ 3:19:59 (was 11th at 3:06:28)
11 Mitchelton-Scott 3:32:29 (was 12th at 3:12:37)
12 Team Arkea Samsic 3:36:51 (was 10th at 2:55:08)
13 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4:18:41 (was 13th at 3:58:42)
14 CCC Team 5:07:32 (was 15th at 4:50:08)
15 BORA - hansgrohe 5:07:44 (was 14th at 4:20:32)
16 B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM 6:43:08 (was 16th at 5:50:18)
17 Team Sunweb 7:19:56 (was 18th at 6:50:07)
18 Deceuninck - Quick Step 7:38:23 (was 17th at 6:37:23)
19 Israel Start-Up Nation 8:29:45 (was 19th at 7:06:39)
20 NTT Pro Cycling 9:47:37 (was 20th at 8:27:05)
21 Team Total Direct Energie 10:13:46 (was 21th at 9:09:02)
22 Lotto Soudal 13:23:39 (was 22th at 12:23:10)

Retirements to date : Stage
Andre Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation) 18
Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) 17
Jens Debusschere (B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM) 17
Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton-Scott) 17
Stefan Kung (Groupama - FDJ) 17
David Gaudu (Groupama - FDJ) 16
Jerome Cousin (Team Total Direct Energie) 16
Sergio Higuita (EF Pro Cycling) 15
Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) 14
Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) 14
Bauke Mollema (Trek - Segafredo) 13
Ilnur Zakarin (CCC Team) 12
Davide Formolo (UAE-Team Emirates) 11
Gregor Muhlberger (BORA - hansgrohe) 11
Ion Izagirre (Astana Pro Team) 11
Domenico Pozzovivo (NTT Pro Cycling) 10
Sam Bewley (Mitchelton-Scott) 10
Fabio Aru (UAE-Team Emirates) 9
Steff Cras (Lotto Soudal) 9
Diego Rosa (Team Arkea Samsic) 8
Giacomo Nizzolo (NTT Pro Cycling) 8
Lilian Calmejane (Team Total Direct Energie) 8
William Bonnet (Groupama - FDJ) 8
Anthony Perez (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 3
Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal) 2
Rafael Valls (Bahrain - McLaren) 2
John Degenkolb (Lotto Soudal) 1
Toms Skujiss (Trek - Segafredo) 1
Total retirements : 28


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