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Thursday, September 13: Stage 18: Ejea de los Caballeros - Lleida, 186.1 km

Stage 18 map & profile | Stage 18 photos

Jelle Wallays takes the stage ahead of Sven Bystrom & Peter Sagan. Photo: Gomez Sport

Weather at the finish city of Lleida at 2:30 PM, local time: 28C (82F), sunny, with the wind from the WSW at 11 km/hr (7mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Stage 18 began at 1:16 PM. It is a flat stage with no rated climbs.

Here's the race organizer's stage summary:

Stage 18 of La Vuelta 18 was designed for the sprinters but Jelle Wallays (Lotto Soudal) snatched the prizes on the line after a long and fast day at the front. The Belgian attacker went from the start with Sven Erik Bystrom (UAE Team Emirates) and Jetse Bol (Burgos-BH) and took the stage wins only metres ahead of Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), the first sprinter on the line after a spectacular effort in the final kilometre. Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) keeps the red jersey ahead of two mountainous days in Andorra.

With 186.1 mostly flat kilometres ahead, it didn’t take long for three attackers to jump ahead of the bunch. Jelle Wallays (Lotto Soudal), Sven Erik Bystrom (UAE Team Emirates) and Jetse Bol (Burgos-BH) were already 11’’ ahead of the pack after 3km. The peloton let them go but sprinters’ teams quickly took the front position to control the gap. With Elia Viviani’s Quick-Step Floors and Giacomo Nizzolo’s Trek-Segafredo already pulling after 12 kilometre, it never got higher than 3’02’’ despite the very fast pace set by the attackers on the windy roads aragonese roads leading to Catalonia.

After three hours at 45.2km/h, the attackers only enjoyed a lead of 2’15’’ as the race entered the last 50km. Peter Sagan’s Bora-Hansgrohe also participated at the front of the bunch but the gap stabilised until 25km to go. The pack then picked up the pace in the last 20km.

Jetse Bol was dropped by his two companions with 7km to go. The bunch was still trailing by 37’’ and the leading duo kept working together to battle it out in the final kilometre. Jelle Wallays eventually proved to be the strongest in the sprint. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) produced a major effort but finished right behind Sven Erik Bystrom

Complete results:

Stage 18 photos

186.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.104 km/hr

1	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	3hr 57min 3sec
2	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
3	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
5	IVAN GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
6	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
7	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
8	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
9	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
10	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
11	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
12	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
13	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
14	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
16	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
17	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	s.t.
18	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
19	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
20	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
21	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
23	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
25	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
26	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
28	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
29	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
30	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
32	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
33	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
35	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
36	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
37	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
38	EDUARD PRADES	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
39	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
40	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	s.t.
41	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 17sec
43	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
44	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	00' 20''
45	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	00' 21''
46	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	00' 24''
47	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	00' 30''
48	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
49	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	00' 36''
50	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
51	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
52	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
54	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	s.t.
55	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	s.t.
56	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	s.t.
58	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	s.t.
59	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	00' 40''
60	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
61	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
62	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
63	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
64	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	s.t.
65	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
66	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	LARS BOOM	LottoNL-Jumbo	00' 51''
68	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	00' 55''
69	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	01' 06''
70	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	01' 09''
71	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	01' 11''
72	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	01' 13''
73	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01' 17''
74	JORGE CUBERO	Burgos BH	s.t.
75	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
76	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
77	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
78	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	01' 28''
79	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	01' 34''
80	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	01' 57''
81	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	02' 10''
82	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	02' 18''
83	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	02' 21''
84	JETSE BOL	Burgos BH	s.t.
85	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	02' 24''
86	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
87	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	02' 38''
88	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
89	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	02' 46''
90	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	02' 48''
91	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
92	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
93	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos BH	03' 06''
94	PABLO TORRES	Burgos BH	s.t.
95	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
96	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
98	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
99	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
100	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	s.t.
101	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
102	IGOR ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
103	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	s.t.
104	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
105	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
106	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
107	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
108	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	s.t.
109	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
110	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
111	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
112	GARIKOITZ BRAVO	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
113	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
114	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
115	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
116	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
117	ALEX ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
118	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
119	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
120	ANTONIO MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
121	JONATHAN LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
122	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
123	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	s.t.
124	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
125	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
126	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	s.t.
127	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	s.t.
128	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
129	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
130	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
132	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	s.t.
133	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
134	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	s.t.
135	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
136	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
137	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
138	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	s.t.
139	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
140	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
141	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
142	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	04' 33''
143	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	04' 38''
144	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	s.t.
145	JAN HIRT	Astana	s.t.
146	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
147	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos BH	s.t.
148	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	s.t.
149	OSCAR CABEDO	Burgos BH	s.t.
150	DIEGO RUBIO	Burgos BH	s.t.
151	HECTOR SAEZ	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
152	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
153	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
154	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
155	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
156	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
157	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	05' 13''
158	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	06' 13''
159	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	07' 46''
160	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.

GC after stage 18:

• GC leader: Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Mountains classification leader: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
• Points classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Combination classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Team classification leader: Movistar

2,896.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.653 km/hr

1	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	73hr 2min 37sec
2	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	@ 25sec
3	ENRIC MAS	Quick-Step Floors	01' 22''
4	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	01' 36''
5	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	01' 48''
6	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	02' 11''
7	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	04' 09''
8	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	04' 36''
9	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	05' 31''
10	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	06' 05''
11	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	06' 33''
12	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	09' 15''
13	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	09' 55''
14	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	10' 27''
15	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	11' 35''
16	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	14' 40''
17	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	17' 31''
18	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	25' 06''
19	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi-Murias	27' 45''
20	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	31' 22''
21	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	34' 40''
22	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	34' 48''
23	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	37' 44''
24	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	40' 43''
25	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	42' 24''
26	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	42' 36''
27	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	45' 59''
28	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	46' 32''
29	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	48' 00''
30	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	49' 22''
31	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	52' 49''
32	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	55' 56''
33	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	56' 18''
34	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	59' 05''
35	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	1H 01' 16''
36	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	1H 01' 24''
37	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 03' 08''
38	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	1H 03' 37''
39	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	1H 06' 09''
40	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	1H 06' 47''
41	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	1H 07' 05''
42	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	1H 11' 51''
43	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	1H 15' 57''
44	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	1H 18' 09''
45	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 18' 14''
46	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	1H 19' 43''
47	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	1H 19' 48''
48	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	1H 20' 02''
49	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	1H 25' 27''
50	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	1H 27' 00''
51	IGOR ANTON	Dimension Data	1H 27' 19''
52	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi-Murias	1H 29' 42''
53	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	1H 31' 52''
54	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 31' 53''
55	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	1H 32' 25''
56	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	1H 33' 09''
57	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	1H 33' 15''
58	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	1H 36' 46''
59	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	1H 36' 55''
60	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	1H 37' 12''
61	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	1H 39' 32''
62	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	1H 40' 04''
63	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 40' 30''
64	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	1H 40' 46''
65	EDUARD PRADES	Euskadi-Murias	1H 41' 58''
66	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 42' 57''
67	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	1H 43' 33''
68	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	1H 45' 54''
69	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 48' 48''
70	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	1H 50' 02''
71	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	1H 52' 50''
72	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	1H 53' 34''
73	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	1H 54' 43''
74	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 58' 24''
75	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	2H 05' 33''
76	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi-Murias	2H 05' 53''
77	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	2H 07' 01''
78	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	2H 09' 32''
79	JAN HIRT	Astana	2H 10' 48''
80	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	2H 11' 17''
81	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	2H 12' 47''
82	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	2H 17' 22''
83	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	2H 18' 03''
84	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	2H 18' 19''
85	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	2H 19' 48''
86	HECTOR SAEZ	Euskadi-Murias	2H 19' 51''
87	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	2H 20' 10''
88	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	2H 23' 14''
89	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	2H 26' 15''
90	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	2H 27' 39''
91	OSCAR CABEDO	Burgos BH	2H 28' 22''
92	JORGE CUBERO	Burgos BH	2H 29' 36''
93	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	2H 31' 43''
94	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	2H 33' 55''
95	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos BH	2H 34' 09''
96	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	2H 37' 46''
97	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	2H 39' 27''
98	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos BH	2H 42' 54''
99	IVAN GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	2H 43' 17''
100	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	2H 50' 47''
101	JETSE BOL	Burgos BH	2H 52' 06''
102	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	2H 55' 40''
103	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	3H 04' 01''
104	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	3H 06' 07''
105	ALEX ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3H 06' 43''
106	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	3H 11' 25''
107	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	3H 12' 43''
108	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	3H 13' 29''
109	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	3H 14' 28''
110	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	3H 15' 00''
111	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	3H 16' 17''
112	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	3H 16' 41''
113	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	3H 18' 20''
114	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	3H 20' 29''
115	ANTONIO MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3H 20' 46''
116	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi-Murias	3H 21' 57''
117	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	3H 22' 10''
118	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	3H 23' 02''
119	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	3H 29' 12''
120	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	3H 29' 39''
121	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	3H 30' 30''
122	GARIKOITZ BRAVO	Euskadi-Murias	3H 30' 31''
123	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	3H 30' 58''
124	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	3H 31' 27''
125	JONATHAN LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3H 32' 30''
126	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	3H 32' 50''
127	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	3H 39' 40''
128	PABLO TORRES MUIÑO	Burgos BH	3H 39' 42''
129	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	3H 40' 15''
130	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	3H 41' 48''
131	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	3H 43' 21''
132	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	3H 44' 39''
133	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	3H 46' 19''
134	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	3H 46' 19''
135	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	3H 47' 19''
136	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	3H 49' 00''
137	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	3H 51' 29''
138	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	3H 56' 14''
139	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	3H 56' 27''
140	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	3H 57' 24''
141	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	3H 58' 17''
142	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	4H 02' 55''
143	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	4H 03' 49''
144	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	4H 03' 58''
145	DIEGO RUBIO	Burgos BH	4H 04' 34''
146	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	4H 05' 03''
147	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	4H 06' 37''
148	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	4H 08' 43''
149	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi-Murias	4H 09' 10''
150	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	4H 10' 19''
151	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	4H 10' 39''
152	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	4H 11' 14''
153	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	4H 15' 15''
154	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	4H 19' 56''
155	LARS BOOM	LottoNL-Jumbo	4H 21' 08''
156	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4H 22' 26''
157	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	4H 26' 22''
158	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	4H 27' 55''
159	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	4H 43' 37''
160	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	4H 52' 31''

Stage 18 map & profile:

Vuelta stage 18 map

Vuelta stage 18 profile

Stage 18 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Richie Porte picks up his bike.

Race leader Simon Yates heads to the start.

Thibaut Pinot

Nairo Quintana talks with some fans

Peter Sagan's form continues to improve. Here he heads to the start.

Here they come. The pack couldn't quite catch the two escapees.

Jelle Wallays is first across the line.

Jelle Wallays celebrates his hard-earned win.

Wallays right after the stage finish

Stage winner Jelle Wallays

Simon Yates will start stage nineteen in red

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