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Thursday, July 20: Stage 18, Briançon - Izoard, 179.5 km

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Warren Barguil wins stage 18. Photo © ASO/Alex Broadway

Weather at Arvieux, 10 km from the finish: 23C (73F), partly cloudy with the wind from the SW at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

Rated ascents:

• Km 60.0: Côte des Demoiselles Coiffées, 3.9 km @ 5.2% - cat. 3
• Km 129.5: Col de Vars, 9.3 km @ 7.5% - cat. 1
• Km 179.5: Col d'Izoard, 14.1 km @ 7.3% - cat. H

The race: 169 riders began stage 18 at 12:58 PM, local time. The real racing began almost at the gun. Four riders jumped away after five kilometers and the pack was split by the chase. The result was a group of 50 riders that went tearing after the little break. They were together by kilometer 15 and made a breakaway of 54 riders

Km 40: The 54 riders are 4min 36sec ahead of the peloton, which still has the yellow, green, white and polka-dot jerseys. Three teams don't have riders in the break: Sky, Bora-hansgrohe and LottoNL-Jumbo. None of the escaping riders are a threat. The best-placed of them is Brice Feillu, 16th at 33min 32sec.

Km 46: Sky leads the pack, which is quite strung out.

Km 60: It was inevitable that such a large breakaway group would fracture and on the third-category Côte des Demoiselles Coiffées it happened. Nicolas Edet, Thomas de Gendt and Lilian Calmejane went clear and crested with a 15-second lead. The peloton is 5min 37sec behind the lead trio.

And the trio is quickly retrieved on the descent.

As Sky leads the pack up the hill, Rigoberto Uran's Cannondale-Drapac team sits right behind them.

Km 82: Seven riders went clear from the big break: Clarke, Brambilla, Vachon, Swift, Chavanel, Tulik and Pauwels. They are 38 seconds ahead of the now 47-man break and 7 minutes ahead of the pack.

Km 90: The seven escapees were caught and we're back to a 54-man break. The gap back to the peloton has grown to eight minutes.

Km 100: Sonny Colbrelli won the intermediate sprint. The 54 lead riders still remain together, 8min 26sec ahead of the peloton.

Km 119: Approaching the Col de Vars, the break has split in half with 22 riders 1min 5sec ahead of 32 chasers. The peloton is 7min 10sec behind the front break.

Km 126: Sky leads the peloton on the beginning of the slopes of the Col de Vars with Rigoberto Uran's Cannondale-Drapac team right behind. Riders are starting to get dropped. Up front things have come together a bit, with 31 riders 7min ahead of the peloton.

Km 149: Alexey Lutsenko was first over the Col de Vars. At this point, providing he finishes the race, Warren Barguil has won the 2017 Tour's King of the Mountains competition. As the riders pass through the town of Guillestre, there are eight riders in the lead. The there are 23 riders between the eight and the peloton, which is 5min 49sec behind the leaders.

Ag2r leads the peloton. On to the Col d'Izoard!

21 km to go: There are three riders off the front: Lutsenko, Hardy and Edet. They have a 10-second gap on a chasing group of 7 riders. The peloton is getting closer, 4min 51sec back.

Though the Tour has gone over the Izoard 34 times, it has never been used for a hilltop stage finish. This 35th trip up the mountain will be a first.

16 km to go: Nicolas Edet and Alexey Lutsenko are in the lead. Eight riders are a half-minute back and the peloton is 4min 20sec behind the leading duo.

14 km to go: At the official start of the Izoard ascent Alexey Lutsenko has gone clear. The peloton is 4min 13sec behind with 37 riders between.

12 km to go: Four Ag2r riders lead the peloton with Froome's Sky team riding right behind. Lutsenko is 50sec ahead of a 6-man chase group. Now the peloton is 3min 53sec behind Lutsenko.

9 km to go: Lutsenko is 46sec ahead of Gallopin, Navarro and Atapuma. The peloton keeps getting closer (and smaller) and is now 3min 18sec behind Lutsenko.

Darwin Atapuma has gone clear and is chasing Lutsenko.

6 km to go: Atapuma is only 10 seconds behind Lutsenko. Ag2r is hammering away at the front of the peloton. Sky has taken over leading the peloton.

Atapuma has dropped Lutsenko.

Barguil has taken off from the peloton with Contador chasing.

5 km to go: The Sky-led group is just 1min 45sec behind Atapuma.

Now Dan Martin accelerates and Sky is right on him.

4 km to go: Atapuma is only 1min 19sec ahead of the Froome group. Mikel Landa (Sky) takes off. Sky is surely trying to put two men on the podium.

3 km to go: The long-awaited attack from Romain Bardet finally happened. Froome closes up to him with Uran on his wheel.

Bam! Froome attacks and no one can respond. But Uran goes deep and brings Bardet with him up to Froome. Landa is caught by the Froome trio.

Up at the front, Warren Barguil has caught Atapuma

1 km to go: Barguil & Atapuma are 25sec ahead of the Froome group. And now Barguil has dropped Atapuma.

The finish: Warren Barguil gets a clean win at the top of the Izoard in polka-dots. Atapuma follows in at 20 seconds.

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

Warren Barguil claimed his second stage victory and the fifth for French riders at col d'Izoard (2360m) after passing Darwin Atapuma on Colombia's national day. Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey albeit losing four seconds onto Romain Bardet who is again the runner up.

169 riders started stage 18 in Briançon. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Alessandro De Marchi (BMC), Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) and Elie Gesbert (Fortuneo-Oscaro) rode away after 5km of racing. They were rejoined nine kilometers further by 50 other to make it a group of 54: Jan Bakelants and Cyril Gautier (AG2R-La Mondiale), Carlos Betancur and Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), De Marchi, Amaël Moinard and Nicolas Roche (BMC), Andrei Grivko, Bakhtiar Kozhatayev, Alexei Lutsenko and Michael Valgren (Astana), Darwin Atapuma, Kristjian Durasek, Marco Marcato, Ben Swift and Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates), Rudy Molard (FDJ), Daryl Impey (Orica), Stephen Cummings, Serge Pauwels and Jaco Venter (Dimension Data), Gianluca Brambilla and Zdenek Stybar (Quick-Step Floors), Robert Kiserlovski, Maurits Lammertink, Tiago Machado and Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin), Tiejs Benoot, De Gendt, Tony Gallopin and Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Soudal), Simon Geschke (Sunweb), Dimitri Claeys, Nicolas Edet and Dani Navarro (Cofidis), Thomas Voeckler, Calmejane, Sylvain Chavanel, Romain Sicard and Angelo Tulik (Direct Energie), Pierre Rolland, Simon Clarke and Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Drapac), Sonny Colbrelli and Tsgabu Grmay (Bahrain-Merida), Guillaume Martin, Marco Minnaard and Dion Smith (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Brice Feillu, Gesbert, Romain Hardy, Eduardo Sepulveda and Florian Vachon (Fortuneo-Oscaro).

After the côte des Demoiselles Coiffées (km 60) that gave De Gendt the occasion to score two more KOM points, seven riders rode away: Swift, Pauwels, Brambilla, Clarke, Vachon, Chavanel and Tulik. They were reeled in before the intermediate sprint won by Colbrelli at km 91 where a maximum time difference was recorded: 8.15. Bora-Hansgrohe took over from Team Sky in the lead of the peloton and it was the turn of AG2R-La Mondiale to bring the deficit down to 6.15 atop the col de Vars where Lutsenko, Atapuma and Sicard composed a leading quartet. They were reinforced with 28km to go by Edet, Navarro, Grmay and Hardy, and later by Molard and Ulissi. Lutsenko and Edet forged on with 20km to go while AG2R-La Mondiale was pulling the bunch with a deficit of 4.50. Lutsenko rode away solo with 15km as the ascent to col d'Izoard was starting.

6.5km before the summit, Atapuma passed Lutsenko while Warren Barguil (Sunweb) and Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) attacked from the yellow jersey group. Barguil continued chasing on his own. 1.5km to go, Barguil caught Atapuma and rode him off to take his revenge from the 2016 Tour de Suisse when he finished second to the Colombian in a stage. Barguil soloed to the most beautiful victory of his career at the col d'Izoard, wearing the polka dot jersey that he already mathematically secured at col de Vars.

Fighting for the yellow jersey, Romain Bardet attacked under the 3km to go banner. Chris Froome countered him but they were reunited with Rigoberto Uran and Mikel Landa to sprint to third place behind Barguil and Atapuma. With the time bonus, Bardet returned to second place overall, 23 seconds down on Froome and six seconds ahead of Uran while Fabio Aru dropped to fifth with three stages to go including the individual time trial in Marseille on the penultimate day.

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179.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.389 km/hr

1	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	4hr 40min 33sec
2	ATAPUMA JOHN DARWIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	@ 20sec
3	BARDET ROMAIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
4	FROOME CHRISTOPHER	SKY	s.t.
5	URAN RIGOBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 22''
6	LANDA MIKEL	SKY	+ 00' 32''
7	MEINTJES LOUIS	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 00' 37''
8	MARTIN DANIEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 00' 39''
9	YATES SIMON	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 00' 59''
10	CONTADOR ALBERTO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 09''
11	QUINTANA NAIRO	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 18''
12	BETANCUR CARLOS ALBERTO	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 22''
13	ARU FABIO	ASTANA	+ 01' 22''
14	GALLOPIN TONY	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01' 37''
15	FEILLU BRICE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01' 54''
16	NIEVE MIKEL	SKY	+ 02' 15''
17	LUTSENKO ALEXEY	ASTANA	+ 02' 54''
18	TALANSKY ANDREW	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03' 01''
19	MOLLEMA BAUKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
20	PAUWELS SERGE	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03' 04''
21	VUILLERMOZ ALEXIS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 17''
22	BENOOT TIESJ	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03' 23''
23	MINNAARD MARCO	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03' 34''
24	KOZHATAYEV BAKHTIYAR	ASTANA	+ 03' 49''
25	NAVARRO DANIEL	COFIDIS	+ 03' 54''
26	HARDY ROMAIN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
27	CARUSO DAMIANO	BMC	+ 03' 58''
28	KREUZIGER ROMAN	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 04' 08''
29	BAKELANTS JAN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 13''
30	MOINARD AMAËL	BMC	+ 04' 15''
31	BUCHMANN EMANUEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
32	MOLARD RUDY	FDJ	+ 04' 40''
33	ROCHE NICOLAS	BMC	+ 04' 59''
34	BRAMBILLA GIANLUCA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 06' 21''
35	SEPULVEDA EDUARDO	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 06' 41''
36	IMPEY DARYL	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
37	KISERLOVSKI ROBERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
38	FRANK MATHIAS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
39	ROLLAND PIERRE	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
40	MARTIN GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 07' 20''
41	DEGAND THOMAS	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 07' 41''
42	HENAO SERGIO LUIS	SKY	+ 08' 12''
43	BRAJKOVIC JANEZ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 08' 30''
44	GRMAY TSGABU GEBREMARYAM	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
45	LAMMERTINK MAURITS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 08' 43''
46	ULISSI DIEGO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 08' 48''
47	GESCHKE SIMON	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 09' 27''
48	CHAVANEL SYLVAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 10' 34''
49	VOECKLER THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
50	DURASEK KRISTIJAN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 10' 46''
51	SICARD ROMAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 10' 57''
52	ZEITS ANDREY	ASTANA	+ 11' 30''
53	GASTAUER BEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 11' 37''
54	PANTANO JARLINSON	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 12' 01''
55	VALGREN ANDERSEN MICHAEL	ASTANA	s.t.
56	ZUBELDIA HAIMAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
57	TEN DAM LAURENS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 12' 07''
58	DE GENDT THOMAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 12' 48''
59	ROOSEN TIMO	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 13' 00''
60	GAUTIER CYRIL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 13' 40''
61	STYBAR ZDENEK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 13' 41''
62	KWIATKOWSKI MICHAL	SKY	s.t.
63	SCHÄR MICHAEL	BMC	s.t.
64	MATE MARDONES LUIS ANGEL	COFIDIS	+ 14' 40''
65	EDET NICOLAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
66	HOWSON DAMIEN	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 16' 10''
67	CLARKE SIMON	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
68	MARTIN TONY	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 16' 39''
69	ROELANDTS JURGEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 16' 52''
70	DOMONT AXEL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 17' 42''
71	NAESEN OLIVER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
72	PICHON LAURENT	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
73	KEUKELEIRE JENS	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
74	DE KORT KOEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
75	SÜTTERLIN JASHA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
76	MACHADO TIAGO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
77	BAK LARS YTTING	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
78	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 17' 50''
79	MARTENS PAUL	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 18' 26''
80	GESBERT ELIE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
81	BOUET MAXIME	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
82	WYSS DANILO	BMC	+ 18' 44''
83	VAN AVERMAET GREG	BMC	s.t.
84	PERICHON PIERRE-LUC	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 19' 42''
85	VACHON FLORIAN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
86	GRUZDEV DMITRIY	ASTANA	+ 20' 03''
87	BONO MATTEO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 22' 19''
88	CHAVES JOHAN ESTEBAN	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
89	BROWN NATHAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 22' 43''
90	KIRYIENKA VASILI	SKY	+ 23' 50''
91	GRIVKO ANDRIY	ASTANA	s.t.
92	SMITH DION	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
93	BAUER JACK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
94	SWIFT BEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
95	CUMMINGS STEPHEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
96	ERVITI IMANOL	MOVISTAR	s.t.
97	VAN KEIRSBULCK GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
98	VANSPEYBROUCK PIETER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
99	AMADOR ANDREY	MOVISTAR	s.t.
100	QUEMENEUR PERRIG	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
101	LATOUR PIERRE-ROGER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
102	CALMEJANE LILIAN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
103	HERRADA JESÚS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
104	VAN BAARLE DYLAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
105	ARASHIRO YUKIYA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
106	CLAEYS DIMITRI	COFIDIS	+ 24' 19''
107	POLITT NILS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
108	MARCATO MARCO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 25' 46''
109	MORENO BAZAN JAVIER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
110	CINK ONDREJ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
111	COLBRELLI SONNY	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 25' 48''
112	DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO	BMC	+ 26' 05''
113	KÜNG STEFAN	BMC	+ 26' 26''
114	ROGLIC PRIMOZ	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
115	BETTIOL ALBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 27' 28''
116	KNEES CHRISTIAN	SKY	+ 28' 33''
117	SINKELDAM RAMON	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
118	MATTHEWS MICHAEL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
119	VERMOTE JULIEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
120	SABATINI FABIO	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
121	OFFREDO YOANN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
122	MC CARTHY JAY	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
123	ROWE LUKE	SKY	s.t.
124	THWAITES SCOTT	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
125	CURVERS ROY	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
126	BOLE GREGA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
127	BACKAERT FREDERIK	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
128	HANSEN ADAM	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
129	HOLLENSTEIN RETO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
130	BEVIN PATRICK	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
131	LE GAC OLIVIER	FDJ	s.t.
132	WAGNER ROBERT	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
133	PASQUALON ANDREA	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
134	GREIPEL ANDRÉ	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
135	JANSE VAN RENSBURG REINARDT	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
136	SENECHAL FLORIAN	COFIDIS	s.t.
137	ALBASINI MICHAEL	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
138	BOASSON HAGEN EDVALD	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
139	POLJANSKI PAWEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
140	SELIG RÜDIGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
141	BODNAR MACIEJ	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
142	LAENGEN VEGARD STAKE	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
143	GROENEWEGEN DYLAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
144	CASTROVIEJO JONATHAN	MOVISTAR	s.t.
145	LEEZER TOM	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
146	VENTER JACOBUS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
147	HAYMAN MATHEW	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
148	PHINNEY TAYLOR	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
149	BENNATI DANIELE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
150	TIMMER ALBERT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
151	TEUNISSEN MIKE	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
152	ARNDT NIKIAS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
153	ZABEL RICK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
154	BOZIC BORUT	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
155	GENE YOHANN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 29' 02''
156	BOUDAT THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 29' 18''
157	IRIZAR MARKEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 29' 56''
158	EISEL BERNHARD	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
159	DEGENKOLB JOHN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
160	HALLER MARCO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
161	GOGL MICHAEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
162	KRISTOFF ALEXANDER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
163	PETIT ADRIEN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
164	BURGHARDT MARCUS	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 30' 43''
165	CIMOLAI DAVIDE	FDJ	+ 31' 40''
166	SIMON JULIEN	COFIDIS	+ 31' 53''
167	BOUHANNI NACER	COFIDIS	s.t.
168	LEMOINE CYRIL	COFIDIS	s.t.
169	LAPORTE CHRISTOPHE	COFIDIS	+ 31' 57''

GC after Stage 18:

• GC leader: Christopher Froome (Sky)
• Points classification leader: Michael Matthews (Sunweb)
• Mountains classification leader: Warren Barguil (Sunweb)
• Best young rider: Simon Yates (Orica-Scott)
• Team classification leader: Team Sky

3,192 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.850 km/hr

1	FROOME CHRISTOPHER	SKY	78hr 8min 19sec
2	BARDET ROMAIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 23sec
3	URAN RIGOBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 29''
4	LANDA MIKEL	SKY	+ 01' 36''
5	ARU FABIO	ASTANA	+ 01' 55''
6	MARTIN DANIEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02' 56''
7	YATES SIMON	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 04' 46''
8	MEINTJES LOUIS	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 06' 52''
9	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 08' 22''
10	CONTADOR ALBERTO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 08' 34''
11	CARUSO DAMIANO	BMC	+ 13' 41''
12	QUINTANA NAIRO	MOVISTAR	+ 13' 52''
13	NIEVE MIKEL	SKY	+ 23' 11''
14	VUILLERMOZ ALEXIS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 23' 33''
15	BUCHMANN EMANUEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 31' 01''
16	FEILLU BRICE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 35' 06''
17	BETANCUR CARLOS ALBERTO	MOVISTAR	+ 36' 25''
18	PAUWELS SERGE	DIMENSION DATA	+ 37' 31''
19	BENOOT TIESJ	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 40' 49''
20	MOLLEMA BAUKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 47' 03''
21	MARTIN GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 50' 53''
22	GALLOPIN TONY	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 52' 39''
23	KREUZIGER ROMAN	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 57' 45''
24	BAKELANTS JAN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 00' 19''
25	LATOUR PIERRE-ROGER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 10' 34''
26	NAVARRO DANIEL	COFIDIS	+ 01H 11' 36''
27	HENAO SERGIO LUIS	SKY	+ 01H 13' 11''
28	CHAVANEL SYLVAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01H 16' 01''
29	FRANK MATHIAS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 18' 14''
30	HARDY ROMAIN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01H 21' 28''
31	MOINARD AMAËL	BMC	+ 01H 30' 00''
32	ROCHE NICOLAS	BMC	+ 01H 31' 16''
33	DEGAND THOMAS	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01H 31' 43''
34	KISERLOVSKI ROBERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01H 32' 50''
35	GASTAUER BEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 36' 47''
36	ROGLIC PRIMOZ	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01H 39' 06''
37	ULISSI DIEGO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01H 43' 37''
38	MOLARD RUDY	FDJ	+ 01H 44' 07''
39	CALMEJANE LILIAN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01H 44' 45''
40	MINNAARD MARCO	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01H 45' 02''
41	ATAPUMA JOHN DARWIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01H 45' 40''
42	BROWN NATHAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 54' 33''
43	PANTANO JARLINSON	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01H 56' 26''
44	ZEITS ANDREY	ASTANA	+ 01H 57' 17''
45	BRAJKOVIC JANEZ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01H 57' 22''
46	GAUTIER CYRIL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02H 00' 34''
47	TALANSKY ANDREW	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02H 01' 13''
48	DURASEK KRISTIJAN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02H 01' 32''
49	IMPEY DARYL	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02H 01' 45''
50	ZUBELDIA HAIMAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02H 04' 40''
51	PERICHON PIERRE-LUC	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 02H 05' 56''
52	ROLLAND PIERRE	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02H 06' 40''
53	BOUET MAXIME	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 02H 11' 37''
54	MATE MARDONES LUIS ANGEL	COFIDIS	+ 02H 12' 19''
55	DE GENDT THOMAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 15' 15''
56	BRAMBILLA GIANLUCA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02H 15' 18''
57	VAN AVERMAET GREG	BMC	+ 02H 16' 44''
58	KWIATKOWSKI MICHAL	SKY	+ 02H 17' 53''
59	CASTROVIEJO JONATHAN	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 20' 07''
60	GESCHKE SIMON	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 21' 24''
61	CHAVES JOHAN ESTEBAN	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02H 23' 29''
62	VALGREN ANDERSEN MICHAEL	ASTANA	+ 02H 23' 32''
63	NAESEN OLIVER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02H 24' 27''
64	TEN DAM LAURENS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 26' 39''
65	SEPULVEDA EDUARDO	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 02H 28' 01''
66	CINK ONDREJ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 31' 50''
67	KEUKELEIRE JENS	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02H 32' 18''
68	DOMONT AXEL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02H 33' 14''
69	MATTHEWS MICHAEL	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 34' 12''
70	DE KORT KOEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02H 35' 54''
71	LUTSENKO ALEXEY	ASTANA	+ 02H 36' 09''
72	GRMAY TSGABU GEBREMARYAM	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 36' 25''
73	SICARD ROMAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 38' 41''
74	SCHÄR MICHAEL	BMC	+ 02H 38' 56''
75	LAMMERTINK MAURITS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 40' 44''
76	MACHADO TIAGO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 41' 17''
77	EDET NICOLAS	COFIDIS	+ 02H 42' 32''
78	VAN BAARLE DYLAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02H 45' 55''
79	MARTENS PAUL	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02H 46' 52''
80	KÜNG STEFAN	BMC	+ 02H 48' 49''
81	POLJANSKI PAWEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 02H 51' 04''
82	VOECKLER THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 51' 39''
83	WYSS DANILO	BMC	+ 02H 52' 05''
84	CLARKE SIMON	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02H 52' 11''
85	AMADOR ANDREY	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 52' 24''
86	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 53' 46''
87	HOWSON DAMIEN	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02H 55' 07''
88	BETTIOL ALBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02H 55' 26''
89	BOASSON HAGEN EDVALD	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02H 57' 52''
90	ERVITI IMANOL	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 59' 01''
91	KOZHATAYEV BAKHTIYAR	ASTANA	+ 03H 00' 52''
92	SWIFT BEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 03H 01' 45''
93	HERRADA JESÚS	MOVISTAR	+ 03H 01' 46''
94	DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO	BMC	+ 03H 02' 41''
95	POLITT NILS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03H 02' 51''
96	MARCATO MARCO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 03H 03' 48''
97	MC CARTHY JAY	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 03H 03' 51''
98	GESBERT ELIE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 03H 05' 13''
99	ARNDT NIKIAS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03H 07' 00''
100	VANSPEYBROUCK PIETER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03H 07' 11''
101	MARTIN TONY	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03H 08' 05''
102	STYBAR ZDENEK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 03H 08' 07''
103	QUEMENEUR PERRIG	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 03H 11' 05''
104	VACHON FLORIAN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 03H 11' 09''
105	THWAITES SCOTT	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03H 12' 32''
106	BAUER JACK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 03H 14' 38''
107	BONO MATTEO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 03H 14' 42''
108	ARASHIRO YUKIYA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 03H 15' 17''
109	ALBASINI MICHAEL	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 03H 16' 43''
110	SÜTTERLIN JASHA	MOVISTAR	+ 03H 17' 17''
111	OFFREDO YOANN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03H 17' 35''
112	HANSEN ADAM	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03H 18' 39''
113	BEVIN PATRICK	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03H 19' 46''
114	KIRYIENKA VASILI	SKY	+ 03H 20' 14''
115	ROOSEN TIMO	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03H 22' 21''
116	GRUZDEV DMITRIY	ASTANA	+ 03H 22' 35''
117	BENNATI DANIELE	MOVISTAR	+ 03H 23' 10''
118	BODNAR MACIEJ	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 03H 25' 04''
119	JANSE VAN RENSBURG REINARDT	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03H 27' 09''
120	MORENO BAZAN JAVIER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 03H 27' 34''
121	DEGENKOLB JOHN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03H 29' 21''
122	GRIVKO ANDRIY	ASTANA	+ 03H 30' 10''
123	COLBRELLI SONNY	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 03H 33' 28''
124	BAK LARS YTTING	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03H 34' 52''
125	SMITH DION	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03H 36' 03''
126	PICHON LAURENT	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 03H 36' 44''
127	SIMON JULIEN	COFIDIS	+ 03H 37' 50''
128	PETIT ADRIEN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 03H 37' 51''
129	LAENGEN VEGARD STAKE	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 03H 38' 31''
130	LEMOINE CYRIL	COFIDIS	+ 03H 41' 04''
131	BURGHARDT MARCUS	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 03H 41' 13''
132	KRISTOFF ALEXANDER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03H 41' 14''
133	TEUNISSEN MIKE	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03H 41' 24''
134	GENE YOHANN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 03H 43' 09''
135	LAPORTE CHRISTOPHE	COFIDIS	+ 03H 43' 59''
136	BACKAERT FREDERIK	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03H 44' 12''
137	ROELANDTS JURGEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03H 44' 15''
138	IRIZAR MARKEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03H 44' 48''
139	CUMMINGS STEPHEN	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03H 44' 54''
140	BOUHANNI NACER	COFIDIS	+ 03H 47' 12''
141	PASQUALON ANDREA	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03H 47' 58''
142	CURVERS ROY	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03H 48' 29''
143	BOUDAT THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 03H 49' 21''
144	VERMOTE JULIEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 03H 49' 41''
145	ZABEL RICK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03H 51' 58''
146	KNEES CHRISTIAN	SKY	+ 03H 52' 30''
147	BOLE GREGA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 03H 52' 41''
148	GOGL MICHAEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03H 55' 48''
149	VAN KEIRSBULCK GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03H 56' 50''
150	SINKELDAM RAMON	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03H 59' 16''
151	GREIPEL ANDRÉ	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03H 59' 44''
152	HAYMAN MATHEW	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 04H 00' 10''
153	HOLLENSTEIN RETO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 04H 01' 19''
154	CIMOLAI DAVIDE	FDJ	+ 04H 02' 49''
155	EISEL BERNHARD	DIMENSION DATA	+ 04H 05' 11''
156	SABATINI FABIO	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 04H 07' 41''
157	HALLER MARCO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 04H 09' 58''
158	VENTER JACOBUS	DIMENSION DATA	+ 04H 11' 50''
159	GROENEWEGEN DYLAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 04H 12' 31''
160	TIMMER ALBERT	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 04H 12' 53''
161	LE GAC OLIVIER	FDJ	+ 04H 14' 02''
162	SENECHAL FLORIAN	COFIDIS	+ 04H 14' 18''
163	CLAEYS DIMITRI	COFIDIS	+ 04H 14' 52''
164	BOZIC BORUT	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 04H 15' 09''
165	PHINNEY TAYLOR	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 04H 17' 15''
166	WAGNER ROBERT	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 04H 22' 00''
167	SELIG RÜDIGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 04H 23' 42''
168	LEEZER TOM	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 04H 25' 58''
169	ROWE LUKE	SKY	+ 04H 33' 04''

Stage 18 map and profile:

Stage 18 map

Stage 18 profile

Stage 18 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

A stunning backdrop for the final mountain stage.

The caravan preceedes the riders.

Warren Barguil is alone and away.

Rigoberto Uran is closing up to Chris Froome

Romain Bardet tried to get away, but he was reeled in.

Warren Barguil rode a perfect race to win the stage. This photo © ASO/Alex Broadway

Darwin Atapuma leads Romain Bardet & Chris Froome over the line.

Mikel Landa tried for the stage win but finished 6th

Dan Martin didn't leave anything on the table after this stage. He finished 8th today.

Nairo Quintana finished 11th, ahead of Carlos Betancur and Fabio Aru

Fabio Aru doesn't look to have enjoyed his day in the Alps.

Warren Barguil has won the King of the Mountains classification if he finishes the Tour.

After the high mountains Chris Froome is still in yellow.

Organizer's stage 18 preview:

In recent years, col d'Aubisque (2007), col du Tourmalet (2010) and col du Galibier (2011) have hosted extraordinary stage finishes whereas the Tour de France usually crests those summits and proceed to another destination. It's a mission to logistically organize stage finishes atop those legendary climbs. They aren't ski resorts but natural beauties.

This year, it's the turn of the Izoard as the Grande Boucle celebrates the 40th anniversary of Bernard Thévenet's second victory. In everyone's mind, the Frenchman's first overall win in 1975 was more touching because the day after he dethroned Eddy Merckx in Pra-Loup, he received the visit of the first French three times winner of the Tour. Louison Bobet instructed him to enter the Casse Déserte alone and pass the Izoard first. It was something a Maillot Jaune HAD to do. Thévenet did it. Bobet was three times first at the Izoard and Fausto Coppi twice [in the Tour de France]. On 22 July 1953, instead of defending his title, Coppi was on the road side to take a photograph of Bobet alone in the lead. Two kilometers before the top, in the most arid part of the grueling climb, Coppi and Bobet share a stele.

If Chris Froome cares about the legend, he'll do his best to win with the yellow jersey in a solo effort atop the Izoard. It'll be his first time racing on this climb as it was the case at the Galibier on stage 17. He's got the team to help him achieve the maximum result but Rigoberto Uran and Romain Bardet who are only 27 seconds down on him on GC probably have other ideas. The grand finale in the mountains this year is an unprecedented one.

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