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Thursday, July 26: Stage 18, Trie sur Baïse - Pau, 171 km

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Arnaud Demare wins stage eighteen.

Rated ascents:

• Km 53.5: Côte de Madiran, 1.2 km @ 7% average gradient, Cat. 4
• Km 152.5: Côte d'Anos, 2.1 km @ 4.6%, Cat. 4

Weather at the finish city of Pau at 1:30 PM, local time: 28C (83F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 7 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Peter Sagan, who crashed in yesterday's stage, was one of the 146 riders who began today's stage at 2:04.

Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing:

Arnaud Démare of Groupama-FDJ won the bunch gallop ahead of Christophe Laporte from Cofidis to deliver a 1-2 for French riders in Pau after several sprinters had quit the Tour. It’s the second Tour de France victory for the former French champion. Geraint Thomas retained the yellow jersey.

146 riders started stage 18 in Trie-sur-Baïse. Five riders went clear after 1.5km: Niki Tersptra (Quick Step), Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Luke Durbridge and Matthew Hayman (Mitchelton-Scott) and Thomas Boudat (Direct Energie). At km 25, the peloton stopped chasing and gave them the green light for a long lasting breakaway. It was a very fast first hour of racing with 48.8km covered. UAE Emirates, Groupama-FDJ and Bora-Hansgrohe kept the distance between the leading five and the peloton around 1’30’’ until Michael Gogl and Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) and Sep Vanmarcke (EF) attacked from the peloton at km 65, just before the crash involving stage 17 winner Nairo Quintana (Movistar). Calm was reinstated after the storm and sprinters’ teams were back in control. The maximum time gap was recorded at km 81: 2’21’’.

Rory Sutherland and Darwin Atapuma (UAE Team Emirates), Tobias Ludvigsson (Groupama-FDJ) and Anthony Perez (Cofidis) were the most active riders at the helm of the peloton. The five leading riders waited for the last hour of racing to seriously speed up. Their advantage was down to 30’’ with 22km to go. It was all together again after the côte d’Anos 16.5km before the finish in Pau. The Groupama-FDJ team was the most visible after the regrouping. Bora-Hansgrohe took over in the last 10km.

Jacopo Guarnieri managed to get Arnaud Démare back in an ideal position to launch his sprint 250 metres before the line. The Frenchman fended off his compatriot Christophe Laporte. The time French sprinters took the first two positions since Jacques Esclassan ahead of Yvon Bertin who preceded Belgians Freddy Maertens and Walter Planckaert in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 40 years ago. Therefore, despite a difficult time in the Pyrenees and the second last place in stage 17, Démare confirmed his win in Vittel last year. The last French sprinter to bag two Tour de France sprint victories was Jean-Patrick Nazon in 2003 and 2004.

Here are our live updates:

Km 50: Five riders are 1min 25sec ahead of the field: Thomas Boudat, Niki Terpstra, Matthew Hayman, Guillaume van Keirsbulck & Luke Durbridge.

Km 95: The five escapees are 1min 40sec ahead of the field. There had been a crash in the peloton, taking down Nairo Quintana among others. They were soon back up and back in the field. Guillaume van Keirsbulck won the intermediate sprint.

Km 108: The break of fiver riders is being kept on a short leash. The gap is just 83 seconds.

Km 116: No real change. Gap is 77 seconds.

Km 151: The gap is a mere 11 seconds. Interesting, two of the riders in the break are Paris-Roubaix winners Niki Terpstra and Matthew Hayman.

Km 155: With just 16 kilometers to go the break has been caught. Peter Sagan is still there. He said, "My back is full of bruises. It's going to be hard. My only goal is to complete the race." He said that, but he is up with the sprinters, behind Sonny Colbrelli.

The finish: Bora-hansgrohe went to the front with five kilometers to go. But it was Groupama's Arnaud Démare who took the stage.

Complete Results:

Stage 18 photos

171 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.231 km/hr

1	ARNAUD DEMARE	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 46min 50sec
2	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	Cofidis	s.t.
3	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
4	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	s.t.
5	SONNY COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	MAXIMILIANO ARIEL RICHEZE	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
7	JOHN DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	TAYLOR PHINNEY	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
10	TIMOTHY DUPONT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
11	YVES LAMPAERT	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
12	JASPER DE BUYST	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	OLIVER NAESEN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
14	REINARDT VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	s.t.
15	JACOPO GUARNIERI	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	MICHAEL HEPBURN	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
17	ANDREA PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
18	LILIAN CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	s.t.
19	NILS POLITT	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
20	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	Astana	s.t.
21	KEVIN LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
22	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
23	JEROME COUSIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
24	KOEN DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
25	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
26	STEFAN KÜNG	BMC	s.t.
27	TOM DUMOULIN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
28	JASPER STUYVEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
29	SYLVAIN CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	s.t.
30	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
31	GERAINT THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
32	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	s.t.
33	CHRIS FROOME	Sky	s.t.
34	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
35	JACK BAUER	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
36	EDWARD THEUNS	Team Sunweb	s.t.
37	MIKEL LANDA	Movistar	s.t.
38	ROMAIN BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
39	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	TIMO ROOSEN	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
41	PAUL MARTENS	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
42	PRIMOŽ ROGLIC	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
43	PIERRE ROGER LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
44	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
45	JAKOB FUGLSANG	Astana	s.t.
46	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
47	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
48	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
49	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
50	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	BMC	s.t.
51	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
52	GUILLAUME MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
53	TANEL KANGERT	Astana	s.t.
54	SILVAN DILLIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	BOB JUNGELS	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
56	WARREN BARGUIL	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
57	ARTHUR VICHOT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	KRISTIJAN ÐURASEK	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
59	ROBERT GESINK	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
60	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	Sky	s.t.
61	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
62	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	s.t.
63	DION SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
64	NIKIAS ARNDT	Team Sunweb	s.t.
65	ANTHONY TURGIS	Cofidis	s.t.
66	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
67	JULIEN BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
68	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
69	LAURENS TEN DAM	Team Sunweb	s.t.
70	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	s.t.
71	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	s.t.
72	MAXIME BOUET	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
73	LAURENT PICHON	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
74	JAY ROBERT THOMSON	Dimension Data	s.t.
75	AMAEL MOINARD	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
76	MACIEJ BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	YOANN OFFREDO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
78	MATHIAS FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
79	THOMAS DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
80	MARCO MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
81	JULIEN VERMOTE	Dimension Data	s.t.
82	JULIEN SIMON	Cofidis	s.t.
83	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
84	DARYL IMPEY	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
85	SIMON GERRANS	BMC	s.t.
86	KRISTIJAN KOREN	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
87	LUKE ROWE	Sky	s.t.
88	DANIEL OSS	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	DAVID GAUDU	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 52sec
91	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 01' 01''
92	TOM SCULLY	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 01' 03''
93	TOMS SKUJINS	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
94	SEP VANMARCKE	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
95	RAMON SINKELDAM	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01' 08''
96	GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01' 10''
97	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	+ 01' 13''
98	CHAD HAGA	Team Sunweb	+ 01' 17''
99	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+ 01' 19''
100	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
101	DIMITRI CLAEYS	Cofidis	s.t.
102	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 01' 23''
103	FLORIAN VACHON	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01' 30''
104	DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 01' 53''
105	TOMASZ MARCZYNSKI	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
106	ROMAIN HARDY	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
107	MICHAEL GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	+ 02' 03''
108	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
109	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 02' 11''
110	OLIVIER LE GAC	Groupama-FDJ	+ 02' 21''
111	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
112	ANTWAN TOLHOEK	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
113	NICOLAS EDET	Cofidis	s.t.
114	GREGOR MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
115	JESPER HANSEN	Astana	s.t.
116	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
118	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
119	MIKEL NIEVE	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
120	PAWEL POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
121	DANIEL NAVARRO	Cofidis	s.t.
122	ANTHONY PEREZ	Cofidis	+ 02' 26''
123	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
124	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	+ 02' 34''
125	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
126	ROMAIN SICARD	Direct Energie	s.t.
127	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
128	DAMIEN GAUDIN	Direct Energie	s.t.
129	FABIEN GRELLIER	Direct Energie	s.t.
130	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
131	MARC SOLER	Movistar	s.t.
132	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	s.t.
133	ELIE GESBERT	Fortuneo-Samsic	s.t.
134	JELLE VANENDERT	Lotto-Soudal	+ 03' 06''
135	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
136	TOM-JELTE SLAGTER	Dimension Data	s.t.
137	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
138	WOUT POELS	Sky	+ 03' 32''
139	NIKI TERPSTRA	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
140	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+ 03' 38''
141	MATHEW HAYMAN	Mitchelton-Scott	+ 03' 45''
142	LUKE DURBRIDGE	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
143	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 03' 56''
144	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
145	TOBIAS LUDVIGSSON	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
146	LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 04' 38''

GC after stage 18:

• GC leader: Geraint Thomas (Team Sky)
• Mountains classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors)
• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe)
• Best young rider: Pierre Roger Latour (Ag2r La Mondiale)
• Team classification leader: Movistar Team

3,001.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.370

1	GERAINT THOMAS	Sky	74hr 21min 1sec
2	TOM DUMOULIN	Team Sunweb	@ 1min 59sec
3	CHRIS FROOME	Sky	+ 02' 31''
4	PRIMOŽ ROGLIC	LottoNL-Jumbo	+ 02' 47''
5	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	+ 03' 30''
6	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	+ 04' 19''
7	MIKEL LANDA	Movistar	+ 04' 34''
8	ROMAIN BARDET	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 05' 13''
9	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 06' 33''
10	JAKOB FUGLSANG	Astana	+ 09' 31''
11	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	+ 11' 25''
12	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 11' 31''
13	BOB JUNGELS	Quick-Step Floors	+ 14' 20''
14	PIERRE ROGER LATOUR	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 16' 03''
15	GUILLAUME MARTIN	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 22' 30''
16	EGAN ARLEY BERNAL	Sky	+ 24' 34''
17	WARREN BARGUIL	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 26' 54''
18	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	+ 27' 22''
19	TANEL KANGERT	Astana	+ 27' 35''
20	DOMENICO POZZOVIVO	Bahrain-Merida	+ 33' 11''
21	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+ 33' 47''
22	DAMIANO CARUSO	BMC	+ 34' 09''
23	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 37' 29''
24	MIKEL NIEVE	Mitchelton-Scott	+ 38' 34''
25	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	+ 39' 58''
26	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	+ 41' 04''
27	LILIAN CALMEJANE	Direct Energie	+ 43' 03''
28	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	+ 45' 17''
29	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	+ 46' 26''
30	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 47' 06''
31	DANIEL FELIPE MARTINEZ	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 01H 04' 44''
32	ROBERT GESINK	LottoNL-Jumbo	+ 01H 05' 09''
33	JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE	Quick-Step Floors	+ 01H 05' 55''
34	JULIEN BERNARD	Trek-Segafredo	+ 01H 07' 25''
35	TEJAY VAN GARDEREN	BMC	+ 01H 08' 39''
36	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01H 12' 06''
37	SYLVAIN CHAVANEL	Direct Energie	+ 01H 13' 29''
38	DAVID GAUDU	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01H 14' 08''
39	ARTHUR VICHOT	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01H 15' 37''
40	AMAEL MOINARD	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01H 21' 22''
41	MICHAEL VALGREN ANDERSEN	Astana	+ 01H 22' 20''
42	NICOLAS EDET	Cofidis	+ 01H 23' 47''
43	DARYL IMPEY	Mitchelton-Scott	+ 01H 23' 54''
44	KRISTIJAN ÐURASEK	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 01H 25' 42''
45	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	+ 01H 26' 22''
46	ANTWAN TOLHOEK	LottoNL-Jumbo	+ 01H 28' 23''
47	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	+ 01H 28' 40''
48	MATHIAS FRANK	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 01H 31' 42''
49	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	Team Sunweb	+ 01H 34' 04''
50	STEFAN KÜNG	BMC	+ 01H 34' 20''
51	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	+ 01H 35' 15''
52	THOMAS DEGAND	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01H 35' 24''
53	MAXIME BOUET	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 01H 36' 36''
54	WOUT POELS	Sky	+ 01H 39' 32''
55	LAURENS TEN DAM	Team Sunweb	+ 01H 40' 14''
56	JASPER STUYVEN	Trek-Segafredo	+ 01H 40' 16''
57	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	+ 01H 40' 36''
58	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 01H 41' 19''
59	DANIEL NAVARRO	Cofidis	+ 01H 42' 30''
60	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	+ 01H 43' 17''
61	MARCO MINNAARD	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 01H 43' 57''
62	TOM-JELTE SLAGTER	Dimension Data	+ 01H 44' 55''
63	JESPER HANSEN	Astana	+ 01H 49' 36''
64	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	+ 01H 50' 30''
65	OLIVER NAESEN	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 01H 52' 43''
66	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 01H 53' 01''
67	MARC SOLER	Movistar	+ 01H 54' 39''
68	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	Astana	+ 01H 54' 53''
69	JHON DARWIN ATAPUMA	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 01H 57' 32''
70	NIKIAS ARNDT	Team Sunweb	+ 01H 58' 33''
71	TOBIAS LUDVIGSSON	Groupama-FDJ	+ 02H 05' 58''
72	CHAD HAGA	Team Sunweb	+ 02H 06' 05''
73	ROMAIN SICARD	Direct Energie	+ 02H 06' 25''
74	GREGOR MÜHLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 02H 07' 18''
75	YVES LAMPAERT	Quick-Step Floors	+ 02H 09' 43''
76	JULIEN VERMOTE	Dimension Data	+ 02H 10' 29''
77	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	+ 02H 12' 51''
78	KOEN DE KORT	Trek-Segafredo	+ 02H 12' 54''
79	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 02H 13' 24''
80	PAUL MARTENS	LottoNL-Jumbo	+ 02H 15' 09''
81	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	+ 02H 15' 32''
82	SILVAN DILLIER	Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 02H 16' 26''
83	JELLE VANENDERT	Lotto-Soudal	+ 02H 16' 30''
84	TOMS SKUJINS	Trek-Segafredo	+ 02H 16' 52''
85	ANTHONY PEREZ	Cofidis	+ 02H 18' 34''
86	EDVALD BOASSON HAGEN	Dimension Data	+ 02H 18' 54''
87	EDWARD THEUNS	Team Sunweb	+ 02H 20' 42''
88	ELIE GESBERT	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 02H 22' 41''
89	ANDREA PASQUALON	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 02H 23' 04''
90	NILS POLITT	Katusha-Alpecin	+ 02H 24' 05''
91	YOANN OFFREDO	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 02H 25' 37''
92	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	+ 02H 25' 37''
93	THOMAS BOUDAT	Direct Energie	+ 02H 26' 02''
94	JEROME COUSIN	Direct Energie	+ 02H 29' 11''
95	PAWEL POLJANSKI	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 02H 29' 20''
96	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 02H 30' 15''
97	KRISTIJAN KOREN	Bahrain-Merida	+ 02H 32' 50''
98	JULIEN SIMON	Cofidis	+ 02H 33' 10''
99	KEVIN LEDANOIS	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 02H 34' 21''
100	DION SMITH	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 02H 36' 10''
101	FLORIAN VACHON	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 02H 36' 25''
102	LAURENT PICHON	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 02H 36' 34''
103	SONNY COLBRELLI	Bahrain-Merida	+ 02H 38' 15''
104	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 02H 38' 39''
105	REINARDT VAN RENSBURG	Dimension Data	+ 02H 39' 41''
106	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	+ 02H 40' 39''
107	ROMAIN HARDY	Fortuneo-Samsic	+ 02H 41' 05''
108	RORY SUTHERLAND	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 02H 41' 15''
109	TOMASZ MARCZYNSKI	Lotto-Soudal	+ 02H 43' 20''
110	JOHN DEGENKOLB	Trek-Segafredo	+ 02H 43' 21''
111	SIMON GERRANS	BMC	+ 02H 44' 29''
112	MATHEW HAYMAN	Mitchelton-Scott	+ 02H 45' 20''
113	MICHAEL GOGL	Trek-Segafredo	+ 02H 47' 10''
114	DANIEL OSS	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 02H 47' 40''
115	SEP VANMARCKE	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 02H 48' 09''
116	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 02H 48' 30''
117	NIKI TERPSTRA	Quick-Step Floors	+ 02H 49' 44''
118	JACK BAUER	Mitchelton-Scott	+ 02H 54' 59''
119	LUKE DURBRIDGE	Mitchelton-Scott	+ 02H 55' 50''
120	MICHAEL HEPBURN	Mitchelton-Scott	+ 02H 57' 11''
121	MACIEJ BODNAR	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 02H 57' 50''
122	HEINRICH HAUSSLER	Bahrain-Merida	+ 02H 58' 12''
123	ANTHONY TURGIS	Cofidis	+ 02H 58' 41''
124	GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 02H 59' 28''
125	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 02H 59' 28''
126	FABIEN GRELLIER	Direct Energie	+ 02H 59' 50''
127	OLIVIER LE GAC	Groupama-FDJ	+ 03H 03' 44''
128	CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE	Cofidis	+ 03H 03' 50''
129	TOM SCULLY	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 03H 06' 35''
130	TIMOTHY DUPONT	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	+ 03H 07' 05''
131	TAYLOR PHINNEY	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 03H 07' 08''
132	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	+ 03H 07' 44''
133	LUKE ROWE	Sky	+ 03H 08' 35''
134	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 03H 10' 06''
135	DIMITRI CLAEYS	Cofidis	+ 03H 10' 41''
136	RAMON SINKELDAM	Groupama-FDJ	+ 03H 12' 22''
137	DAMIEN GAUDIN	Direct Energie	+ 03H 14' 02''
138	MAXIMILIANO ARIEL RICHEZE	Quick-Step Floors	+ 03H 14' 31''
139	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-Team Emirates	+ 03H 16' 15''
140	ARNAUD DEMARE	Groupama-FDJ	+ 03H 22' 13''
141	JASPER DE BUYST	Lotto-Soudal	+ 03H 22' 58''
142	TIMO ROOSEN	LottoNL-Jumbo	+ 03H 23' 24''
143	AMUND GRØNDAHL JANSEN	LottoNL-Jumbo	+ 03H 25' 54''
144	JAY ROBERT THOMSON	Dimension Data	+ 03H 26' 06''
145	JACOPO GUARNIERI	Groupama-FDJ	+ 03H 27' 34''
146	LAWSON CRADDOCK	EF Education First-Drapac	+ 03H 46' 18''

Stage 18 map:

Stage 18 profile:

Stage 18 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Chris Froome & Geraint Thomas before the stage start.

Best young rider Pierre Roger Latour

Bauke Mollema

Geraint Thomas heads to the start line.

The peloton enjoys a little flat pavement before the mountains of stage nineteen.

The day's break: Thomas Boudat, Niki Terpstra, Matthew Hayman, Guillaume van Keirsbulck & Luke Durbridge

Nairo Quintana restarting after his crash.

Team Sky taking good care of Geraint Thomas

Arnaud Demare wins the stage.

Stage winner Arnaud Demare

Peter Sagan seems to be OK after his crash. He was ninth today.

Geraint Thomas will head into Friday's mountains in yellow.

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