Stage 17 winner, Felix Gall (AG2R)
Stage 18 Favorites
Jasper Phillipsen, Mads Pedersen, Matej Mohorič, Dylan Groenewegen, Biniam Girmay.
Stage 18 Profile
Tour Talk
“A lead of more than 7 minutes is formidable. But as I have often said: we are not yet in Paris. There are still tricky stages to follow. I think Tadej Pogacar will never give up. He’ll definitely try something else. I have to be ready. This Tour will continue to be exciting. Saturday is a particularly tough day.” – Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).
“I don’t know what happened. I felt completely drained at the bottom of the last ascent. I ate a lot throughout the day but it didn’t get to my legs. It’s a huge disappointment not to have been able to attack as I wanted. At the bottom of the last climb, I was thinking that I might lose my place on the podium, but I had great support from the team.” – Tadej Pogacar (UAE).
“I’m gone. I’m dead.” – Tadej Pogacar (UAE) speaking to his team after being dropped on the Col de la Loze in stage 17.
The Tadej we saw today is not Tadej. And Vingegaard was himself today. He was very strong, also with his team.” – Mauro Gianetti, team manager (UAE).
General Classification
- Jonas Vingegaard (DEN, Jumbo-Visma) 67h 57’51”
- Tadej Pogacar (SLO, UAE Team Emirates) +7:35″
- Adam Yates (GBR, UAE Team Emirates) +10:45″
- Carlos Rodriguez Cano (ESP, Ineos Grenadiers) +12:01″
- Simon Yates (GBR, Team Jayco AlUla) +12:19″
- Pello Bilbao (ESP, Bahrain – Victorious) +12:50″
- Jai Hindley (AUS, BORA – hansgrohe) +13:50″
- Felix Gall (AUT, AG2R Citroën Team) +16:11″
- Sepp Kuss (USA, Jumbo-Visma) +16:49″
- David Gaudu (FRA, Groupama) +17:57″
