Stage 18 : July 26, 2018 Trie-sur-Baise - Pau 171 km
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 3.46.50
2 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
5 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
6 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
7 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
10 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Silvan Dillier
+3 Anthony Turgis
+2 Sonny Colbrelli
+2 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg
+2 Paul Martens
+2 Maciej Bodnar
+2 Laurens ten Dam
+2 Jerome Cousin
+2 Jasper Stuyven
+2 Heinrich Haussler
Biggest losers by position :
-5 Fabien Grellier
-4 Ian Boswell
-4 Rory Sutherland
-4 Thomas Boudat
-3 Daniel Navarro Garcia
-3 Lukas Postlberger
-3 Marco Marcato
-3 Niki Terpstra
-2 Damiano Caruso
-2 Franco Pellizotti
-2 Jelle Vanendert
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Arnaud Demare
+0:06 Christophe Laporte
+0:04 Alexander Kristoff
Biggest losers by time :
-4:38 Lawson Craddock
-3:56 Ian Boswell
-3:56 Rory Sutherland
-3:56 Tobias Ludvigsson
-3:45 Luke Durbridge
-3:45 Mathew Hayman
-3:38 Thomas Boudat
-3:32 Niki Terpstra
-3:32 Wout Poels
-3:06 Darwin Atapuma
-3:06 Jelle Vanendert
Favourites by position :
+1 Domenico Pozzovivo
+1 Daniel Martinez
-2 Damiano Caruso
Favourites by time :
-1:13 Damiano Caruso
-1:53 Daniel Martinez
-2:34 Jon Izagirre Insausti
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Geraint Thomas 74:21:01 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 1:59 (unchanged)
3 Christopher Froome 2:31 (unchanged)
4 Primoz Roglic 2:47 (unchanged)
5 Nairo Quintana 3:30 (unchanged)
6 Steven Kruijswijk 4:19 (unchanged)
7 Mikel Landa Meana 4:34 (unchanged)
8 Romain Bardet 5:13 (unchanged)
9 Daniel Martin 6:33 (unchanged)
10 Jakob Fuglsang 9:31 (unchanged)
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12 Ilnur Zakarin 11:31 (unchanged)
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20 Domenico Pozzovivo 33:11 (was 21st at 33:11)
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22 Damiano Caruso 34:09 (was 20th at 32:56)
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25 Jon Izagirre Insausti 39:58 (was 25th at 37:24)
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31 Daniel Martinez 1:04:44 (was 32nd at 1:02:51)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 467 (was 1st with 452 points)
2 Alexander Kristoff 196 (was 2nd with 170 points)
3 Arnaud Demare 183 (was 4th with 133 points)
4 John Degenkolb 148 (was 6th with 128 points)
5 Julian Alaphilippe 134 (was 3rd with 134 points)
6 Greg Van Avermaet 134 (was 5th with 130 points)
7 Andrea Pasqualon 107 (was 7th with 100 points)
8 Sonny Colbrelli 92 (was 11th with 76 points)
9 Daniel Martin 85 (was 8th with 85 points)
10 Christophe Laporte 82 (was 21st with 52 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Julian Alaphilippe 140 (unchanged)
2 Warren Barguil 73 (unchanged)
3 Geraint Thomas 54 (unchanged)
4 Nairo Quintana 40 (unchanged)
5 Tom Dumoulin 39 (unchanged)
6 Daniel Martin 33 (unchanged)
7 Steven Kruijswijk 32 (unchanged)
8 Rafal Majka 31 (unchanged)
9 Bauke Mollema 29 (unchanged)
10 Primoz Roglic 26 (unchanged)
Retirements to date : Stage
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 17
Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 16
Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 16
Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 16
Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 15
Patrick Bevin (Nzl) BMC Racing Team 14
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 13
Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 12
Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 12
Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 12
Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 12
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 12
Rein Taaramae (Est) Direct Energie 12
Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 12
Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 12
Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 11
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 11
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 11
Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10
Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 10
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 9
Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 9
Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 5
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 5
Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 5
Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4
Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 2
Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo 2
Total retirements : 30