Stage 18 : July 25, 2019 Embrun - Valloire 208 km
1 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 5.34.15
2 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.35
3 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2.28
4 Lennard Kamna (Ger) Team Sunweb 2.58
5 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 3.00
6 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 4.46
7 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First
8 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos
9 Serge Pauwels (Bel) CCC Team
10 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 5.18
Changes in GC, stage 18 compared to stage 17 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+18 Tiesj Benoot
+18 Stephane Rossetto
+18 Serge Pauwels
+18 Damiano Caruso
+16 Lennard Kamna
+13 Simon Geschke
+13 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
+11 Amund Grondahl Jansen
+10 Paul Ourselin
+10 Michael Woods
Biggest losers by position :
-11 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-10 Matteo Trentin
-9 Rein Taaramae
-8 Omar Fraile Matarranza
-8 Peter Sagan
-7 Andrea Pasqualon
-7 Jack Haig
-7 Michael Matthews
-7 Simon Clarke
-7 Thomas De Gendt
-6 Jasper Stuyven
Biggest gainers by time :
+5:36 Nairo Quintana
+3:54 Romain Bardet
+2:56 Alexey Lutsenko
+2:20 Lennard Kamna
+2:18 Damiano Caruso
+0:32 Tiesj Benoot
+0:32 Serge Pauwels
+0:32 Michael Woods
+0:32 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez
Biggest losers by time :
-36:44 Michael Morkov
-31:18 Elia Viviani
-31:18 Marcus Burghardt
-31:18 Peter Sagan
-31:18 Sebastian Langeveld
-30:29 Lars Ytting Bak
-30:06 Matteo Trentin
-29:33 Rein Taaramae
-29:28 Anthony Turgis
-29:28 Caleb Ewan
-29:28 Ivan Garcia Cortina
Favourites by position :
+5 Nairo Quintana
+3 Romain Bardet
+3 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez
+2 Ilnur Zakarin
+1 Enric Mas
+1 Adam Yates
-1 Thibaut Pinot
-1 Steven Kruijswijk
-1 Patrick Konrad
-1 Mikel Landa Meana
-1 Geraint Thomas
-5 Simon Yates
Favourites by time :
+5:36 Nairo Quintana
+3:54 Romain Bardet
+0:32 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez
-5:39 Enric Mas
-7:53 Adam Yates
-17:22 Vincenzo Nibali
-17:22 Patrick Konrad
-17:22 Ilnur Zakarin
-24:41 Simon Yates
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Julian Alaphilippe 75:18:49 (unchanged)
2 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez 1:30 (was 5th at 2:02)
3 Geraint Thomas 1:35 (was 2nd at 1:35)
4 Steven Kruijswijk 1:47 (was 3rd at 1:47)
5 Thibaut Pinot 1:50 (was 4th at 1:50)
6 Emanuel Buchmann 2:14 (unchanged)
7 Nairo Quintana 3:54 (was 12th at 9:30)
8 Mikel Landa Meana 4:54 (was 7th at 4:54)
9 Rigoberto Uran 5:33 (unchanged)
10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 5:58 (was 8th at 5:00)
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18 Romain Bardet 23:39 (was 21st at 27:33)
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27 Adam Yates 49:35 (was 28th at 41:42)
28 Enric Mas 49:41 (was 29th at 44:02)
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31 Patrick Konrad 1:03:23 (was 30th at 46:01)
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55 Vincenzo Nibali 1:37:12 (was 55th at 1:19:50)
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61 Ilnur Zakarin 1:44:40 (was 63rd at 1:27:18)
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70 Simon Yates 1:52:42 (was 65th at 1:28:01)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 309 (unchanged)
2 Elia Viviani 224 (unchanged)
3 Sonny Colbrelli 203 (unchanged)
4 Michael Matthews 201 (unchanged)
5 Caleb Ewan 198 (unchanged)
6 Matteo Trentin 180 (unchanged)
7 Jasper Stuyven 157 (unchanged)
8 Greg Van Avermaet 149 (was 8th with 134 points)
9 Julian Alaphilippe 119 (was 9th with 117 points)
10 Dylan Groenewegen 116 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Romain Bardet 86 (was 11th with 18 points)
2 Tim Wellens 74 (was 1st with 64 points)
3 Damiano Caruso 60 (was 0 points)
4 Nairo Quintana 58 (was 42nd with 2 points)
5 Thibaut Pinot 50 (was 2nd with 50 points)
6 Alexey Lutsenko 45 (was 33rd with 5 points)
7 Thomas De Gendt 38 (was 3rd with 38 points)
8 Julian Alaphilippe 33 (was 4th with 33 points)
9 Michael Woods 31 (was 26th with 7 points)
10 Giulio Ciccone 30 (was 5th with 30 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Lukas Postlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 18 <<<
Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Ineos 18 <<<
Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 18 <<<
Tony Martin (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 18 <<<
Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 17
Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 17
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 16
Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 16
Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 14
Wout Van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 13
Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data 12
Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 12
Rohan Dennis (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 12
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Direct Energie 11
Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 11
Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) CCC Team 9
Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 8
Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 8
Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 6
Patrick Bevin (Nzl) CCC Team 6
Total retirements : 20