Stage 1 : June 04, 2018 Valence - Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert 179 km 1 Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 4.24.26 2 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 3 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 4 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 5 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 6 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 7 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 8 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 9 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 10 Jaime Roson Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team Changes in GC, stage 1 compared to stage 0 : Biggest gainers by position : +86 Romain Hardy +82 Odd Christian Eiking +76 Warren Barguil +75 Marco Minnaard +75 Ian Boswell +75 Daniel Navarro Garcia +75 Amael Moinard +74 Serge Pauwels +74 Guillaume Martin +70 Thomas Degand Biggest losers by position : -110 Jos van Emden -109 Patrick Bevin -108 Corentin Ermenault -106 Lawson Craddock -102 Niki Terpstra -98 Benjamin Thomas -98 Lars Boom -95 Jelle Wallays -90 Sebastian Langeveld -85 Martijn Tusveld -82 Matthias Brandle Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Daryl Impey +0:06 Julian Alaphilippe +0:04 Pascal Ackermann Biggest losers by time : -21:20 Ruben Guerreiro -12:09 Kiel Reijnen -9:45 Johan Le Bon -8:52 Bruno Armirail -8:52 David Gaudu -8:52 Luka Pibernik -6:51 James Knox -6:46 Axel Domont -6:46 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev -6:46 Manuele Mori -6:46 Martijn Tusveld Favourites by position : +63 Daniel Moreno Fernandez +38 Emanuel Buchmann +36 Daniel Martin +30 Vincenzo Nibali +30 Tiesj Benoot +23 Romain Bardet +20 Pello Bilbao +20 Marc Soler +20 Geraint Thomas +20 Adam Yates +13 Ilnur Zakarin +12 Julian Alaphilippe +11 Damiano Caruso +3 Bob Jungels Favourites by time : +0:06 Julian Alaphilippe -0:22 Daniel Moreno Fernandez Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Michal Kwiatkowski 4:31:51 (unchanged) 2 Daryl Impey 0:02 (was 12th at 0:12) 3 Gianni Moscon 0:03 (unchanged) 4 Bob Jungels 0:07 (was 7th at 0:07) 5 Julian Alaphilippe 0:08 (was 17th at 0:14) 6 Jens Keukeleire 0:09 (was 8th at 0:09) 7 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas 0:09 (was 9th at 0:09) 8 Brent Bookwalter 0:11 (was 10th at 0:11) 9 Mike Teunissen 0:13 (was 14th at 0:13) 10 Damiano Caruso 0:15 (was 21st at 0:15) ..... 16 Ilnur Zakarin 0:18 (was 29th at 0:18) ..... 19 Marc Soler 0:20 (was 39th at 0:20) ..... 21 Pello Bilbao 0:21 (was 41st at 0:21) 22 Adam Yates 0:21 (was 42nd at 0:21) 23 Geraint Thomas 0:21 (was 43rd at 0:21) ..... 25 Romain Bardet 0:23 (was 48th at 0:23) ..... 28 Vincenzo Nibali 0:24 (was 58th at 0:24) 29 Tiesj Benoot 0:24 (was 59th at 0:24) ..... 37 Daniel Martin 0:29 (was 73rd at 0:29) ..... 44 Emanuel Buchmann 0:32 (was 82nd at 0:32) ..... 68 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:07 (was 131st at 0:45) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Michal Kwiatkowski 31 (was 1st with 15 points) 2 Daryl Impey 25 (was 0 points) 3 Julian Alaphilippe 22 (was 0 points) 4 Pascal Ackermann 20 (was 0 points) 5 Tiesj Benoot 18 (was 0 points) 6 Jesus Herrada Lopez 14 (was 0 points) 7 Damiano Caruso 12 (was 0 points) 8 Jos van Emden 12 (was 2nd with 12 points) 9 Gianni Moscon 10 (was 3rd with 10 points) 10 Xandro Meurisse 10 (was 0 points) Top 10 on Mountains table 1 Brice Feillu 9 2 Nicolas Edet 8 3 Lawson Craddock 2 4 Geraint Thomas 1 5 Daniel Teklehaimanot 1 Retirements to date : Stage Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 1 <<< Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 1 <<< Total retirements : 2