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1️⃣ Breakaway: Matteo Jorgenson and Wilco Kelderman (Team Visma), Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla), Jai Hindley (RedBull BORA – Hansgrohe), Richard Carapaz (EF Education – EasyPost) and Cristian Rodríguez (Arkéa – B&B Hotels).
2️⃣ Favorites group: Pavel Sivakov, Marc Soler, Adam Yates, Joao Almeida and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma), Jan Hirt, Mikel Landa and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal – Quick Step), Laurens de Plus, Egan Bernal and Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers), Carlos Verona and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), Derek Gee (Israel – Premier Tech), Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), Enric Mas (Movistar) and Romain Bardet (Team DSM).
3️⃣ Pursuers: Felix Gall and Nicolas Prodhomme (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Steff Cras, Jordan Jegat, (TotalEnergies), Julien Bernard (Lidl-Trek) and Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers).
The group of favorites, with Pogacar, Vingegaard and others, is made up of 19 riders. Further back comes Guillaume Martin; then comes a group led by Felix Gall.
The other two groups are one with most of the sprinters and further back comes Arnaud Démare.
There are 50 kilometers to go to the end of the stage. There is a group of six riders that has formed the breakaway of the day, having four minutes of difference over the group where the favorites come. The rest of the peloton has split up during the course of the day, which has already seen two climbs. Right now the first groups are descending after passing the Cime de la Bonette.
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🟢 Points: Biniam Girmay (Intermarché – Wanty)
⭕ Mountain: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) – Worn by: Jonas Abrahamsen (UNO-X Mobility)
⚪ Youth: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick – Step)
| Top 10 – Overall Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 74h 45’27” | |
| 2 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Team Visma) | + 03’11” | |
| 3 | Remco Evenepoel (Belgium / Soudal Quick – Step) | + 05’09” | |
| 4 | Joao Almeida (Portugal / UAE Team Emirates) | + 12’57” | |
| 5 | Mikel Landa (Spain / Soudal Quick – Step) | + 13’24” | |
| 6 | Carlos Rodriguez (Spain / INEOS Grenadiers) | + 13’30” | |
| 7 | Adam Yates (Great Britain / UAE Team Emirates) | + 15’41” | |
| 8 | Giulio Ciccone (Italy / Lidl-Trek) | + 17’51” | |
| 9 | Derek Gee (Canada / Israel – Premier Tech) | + 18’15” | |
| 10 | Santiago Buitrago (Colombia / Bahrain Victorious) | + 18’35” | |
| Top 10 – Stage 18 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Victor Campenaerts (Belgium / Lotto Dstny) | 04h 10’20” | |
| 2 | Mateo Vercher (France / TotalEnergies) | + 00’00” | |
| 3 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland / INEOS Grenadiers) | + 00’00” | |
| 4 | Tom Skujins (Latvia / Lidl-Trek) | + 00’22” | |
| 5 | Oier Lazkano (Spain / Movistar) | + 00’22” | |
| 6 | Bart Lemmen (Netherlands / Team Visma) | + 00’22” | |
| 7 | Krists Neilands (Latvia / Israel – Premier Tech) | + 00’22” | |
| 8 | Jai Hindley (Australia / RedBull – BORA Hansgrohe) | + 00’37” | |
| 9 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Team Visma) | + 00’37” | |
| 10 | Michael Matthews (Australia / Jayco AlUla) | + 00’37” | |
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