Tour de France 2019/18. stage

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		Nairo Quintana (MOV)	5:34:15 h (37.337 km / h)
2.		Romain Bardet (ALM)	+ 1:35 min
3.		Alexei Lutsenko (AST)	+ 2:28 min
4th		Lennard Kämna (SUN)	+ 2:58 min
5.		Damiano Caruso (TBM)	+ 3:00 min
6th		Tiesj Benoot (LTS)	+ 4:46 min
7th		Michael Woods (EF1)	equal time
8th.		Egan Bernal (INS)	equal time
9.		Serge Pauwels (CCC)	equal time
10.		Steven Kruijswijk (TJV)	+ 5:18 min
		Greg Van Avermaet (CCC)
Intermediate results after the 18th stage
		Julian Alaphilippe (DQT)	75:18:49 h
2.		Egan Bernal (INS)	+ 1:30 min
3.		Geraint Thomas (INS)	+ 1:35 min
		Peter Sagan (BOH)	309 pts.
2.		Elia Viviani (DQT)	224 pts.
3.		Sonny Colbrelli (TBM)	203 pts.
		Romain Bardet (ALM)	86 pts.
2.		Tim Wellens (LTS)	74 pts.
3.		Damiano Caruso (TBM)	60 pts.
		Egan Bernal (INS)	75:20:19 h
2.		David Gaudu (GFC)	+ 17:07 min
3.		Enric Mas (DQT)	+ 48:11 min
		Movistar team	226: 02: 13 h
2.		Trek-Segafredo	+ 20:38 min
3.		EF Education First	+ 59:11 min

The 18th stage of the Tour de France 2019 took place on July 25, 2019. The 208-kilometer mountain stage led from Embrun to Valloire . The field of drivers had to cross the Col de Vars , Col d'Izoard and the Col du Galibier and overcome around 5200 meters in altitude, the most difficult stage of the tour. The Dane Søren Kragh Andersen ( Team Sunweb ) did not participate in the tour due to seat problems. The Austrian Lukas Pöstlberger from Bora-hansgrohe also stopped participating in the tour. The stage start was at 11:10 a.m. on the Plan d'eau d'Embrun on the banks of Lac de Serre-Ponçon , the sharp start took place at 11:29 a.m. northeast of Crots .

Race course

There were several unsuccessful attempts to break away. In the intermediate sprint in Les Thuiles , a 34-strong breakaway group was able to form: Dylan Van Baarle , Maximiliano Richeze , Romain Bardet , Mickaël Chérel , Mathias Frank , Damiano Caruso , Matthieu Ladagnous , Nairo Quintana , Andrey Amador , Carlos Verona , Gorka Izagirre , Alexei Luzenko , Amund Grøndahl Jansen , Mike Teunissen , Alberto Bettiol , Michael Woods , Adam Yates , Daryl Impey , Christopher Juul-Jensen , Greg Van Avermaet , Simon Geschke , Serge Pauwels , Sergio Henao , Julien Bernard , Nikias Arndt , Lennard Kämna , Pierre-Luc Périchon , Stéphane Rossetto , Tiesj Benoot , Jasper De Buyst , Tim Wellens , Paul Ourselin , Nils Politt and Amaël Moinard . When climbing to the Col de Vars , the leading group had a lead of almost 6 minutes and the peloton crossed the Col de Vars with a gap of 7:30 minutes.

Around 93 kilometers from the finish, Greg Van Avermaet and Julien Bernard decided to go on the offensive and pulled away from the leading group. With the climb to the Col d'Izoard , the third mountain classification of the stage, the top duo had a lead of over a minute over the group of pursuers. On the way to the third mountain classification, Van Avermaet couldn't keep up with the pace and Bernard drove the rest of the mountain climb as a soloist. In the meantime, a new chasing group of nine drivers formed: Quintana, Bardet, Luzenko, Adam Yates, Woods, Pauwels, Bennoot, Caruso and Kämna tried to catch up with the two drivers. The main field, however, became smaller as the teams Bora-hansgrohe and Movistar accelerated the pace. Bernard had a lead of about half a minute on the chasing group, the main field was about 5 minutes behind the leader. Shortly before the summit, Bernand's solo attempt was put to an end. The Italian Damiano Caruso and the French Romain Bardet overtook him.

At the foot of the Col du Galibier , the last mountain classification of the stage, a top group of eleven now drove with Bardet, Chérel, Caruso, Quintana, Lutsenko, Woods, Adam Yates, Pauwels, Kämna, Benoot and Bernard. The group of favorites around Julian Alaphilippe , Egan Bernal , Emanuel Buchmann , Geraint Thomas , Mikel Landa , Thibaut Pinot and Steven Kruijswijk were about 5:30 minutes behind. During the climb to the last mountain classification, several groups split up, the leading group reduced to seven drivers. Then Caruso increased the pace around 9 kilometers before the summit. While Bardet, Lutsenko, Woods and Quintana were able to follow him, Kämna and Adam Yates lost touch. Then Lutsenko attacked about 8 kilometers from the summit, his pursuers were able to catch him again. Shortly thereafter, Quintana was able to break away from the top group with a quick start. Bardet and Lutsenko tried to catch up with him. When crossing the summit, Quintana had a lead of about 1:30 minutes on Bardet, the pursuers tried to keep the distance small. In the favorites group, Bernal attacked and was able to pull away successfully. About 1 kilometer before the summit, his teammate Geraint Thomas went on the offensive and tried to pull away, but Buchmann, Kruijswijk, Landa and Pinot were able to beat him again. Alaphilippe had problems, however, a gap of several seconds opened up. At the summit, Bardet was 1:45 minutes behind the leader, Lutsenko a few seconds behind. Bernal was about 5:30 minutes behind the leader, the favorites group was more than 6 minutes behind and Alaphilippe crossed the summit almost 20 seconds later. Alaphilippe was able to reconnect with the favorites group in the descent.

The Colombian Nairo Quintana won the stage, his solo run was successful. Romain Bardet came second (+ 1:35 minutes), Alexei Lutsenko crossed the finish line in third (+ 2:28 minutes). Egan Bernal (8th place, + 4:46 minutes), who made up 32 seconds over Alaphilippe, improved to 2nd place in the overall standings - 1:30 minutes behind the leader of the yellow jersey . The favorite group reached the goal together with Alaphilippe. The Frenchman Romain Bardet took over the dotted jersey . The Belgian Greg Van Avermaet was named the most combative driver of the stage by the jury . The Movistar Team was again the leader in the team classification .

Time bonus

Time bonus at the Col du Galibier driver Time bonus  Nairo Quintana (MOV) 8 seconds  Romain Bardet (ALM) 5 seconds  Alexei Lutsenko (AST) 2 seconds

Time bonus at the stage destination driver Time bonus  Nairo Quintana (MOV) 10 seconds  Romain Bardet (ALM) 6 seconds  Alexei Lutsenko (AST) 4 seconds

Scoring

Intermediate sprint in Les Thuiles after 45 km at 1121  m
1.		Jasper De Buyst (LTS)	20 pts.
2.		Nikias Arndt (SUN)	17 pts.
3.		Greg Van Avermaet (CCC)	15 pts.
4th		Stéphane Rossetto (COF)	13 pts.
5.		Mike Teunissen (TJV)	11 pts.
6th		Christopher Juul-Jensen (MTS)	10 pts.
7th		Damiano Caruso (TBM)	9 pts.
8th.		Andrey Amador (MOV)	8 pts.
9.		Nairo Quintana (MOV)	7 pts.
10.		Gorka Izagirre (AST)	6 pts.
11.		Alberto Bettiol (EF1)	5 pts.
12.		Michael Woods (EF1)	4 pts.
13.		Nils Politt (TKA)	3 pts.
14th		Sergio Henao (UAD)	2 pts.
15th		Simon Geschke (CCC)	1 point

Stage finish in Valloire after 208 km at 1419  m
1.		Nairo Quintana (MOV)	20 pts.
2.		Romain Bardet (ALM)	17 pts.
3.		Alexei Lutsenko (AST)	15 pts.
4th		Lennard Kämna (SUN)	13 pts.
5.		Damiano Caruso (TBM)	11 pts.
6th		Tiesj Benoot (LTS)	10 pts.
7th		Michael Woods (EF1)	9 pts.
8th.		Egan Bernal (INS)	8 pts.
9.		Serge Pauwels (CCC)	7 pts.
10.		Steven Kruijswijk (TJV)	6 pts.
11.		Emanuel Buchmann (BOH)	5 pts.
12.		Thibaut Pinot (GFC)	4 pts.
13.		Geraint Thomas (INS)	3 pts.
14th		Julian Alaphilippe (DQT)	2 pts.
15th		Rigoberto Urán (EF1)	1 point

Mountain ratings

Côte des Demoiselles Coiffées Category 3 after 13 km over 1024  m 3.9 km at 5.2%
1.		Alexei Lutsenko (AST)	2 pts.
2.		Pierre-Luc Périchon (COF)	1 point

Col de Vars Category 1 after 82.5 km at 2109  m 9.3 km at 7.5%
1.		Tim Wellens (LTS)	10 pts.
2.		Romain Bardet (ALM)	8 pts.
3.		Alexei Lutsenko (AST)	6 pts.
4th		Nairo Quintana (MOV)	4 pts.
5.		Jasper De Buyst (LTS)	2 pts.
6th		Stéphane Rossetto (COF)	1 point

Col d'Izoard category HC after 133 km at 2360  m 14.1 km at 7.3%
1.		Damiano Caruso (TBM)	40 pts.
2.		Romain Bardet (ALM)	30 pts.
3.		Julien Bernard (TFS)	24 pts.
4th		Adam Yates (MTS)	20 pts.
5.		Michael Woods (EF1)	16 pts.
6th		Nairo Quintana (MOV)	12 pts.
7th		Alexei Lutsenko (AST)	8 pts.
8th.		Lennard Kämna (SUN)	4 pts.

Col du Galibier category HC after 189 km at 2642  m 23.0 km at 5.1%
1.		Nairo Quintana (MOV)	40 pts.
2.		Romain Bardet (ALM)	30 pts.
3.		Alexei Lutsenko (AST)	24 pts.
4th		Damiano Caruso (TBM)	20 pts.
5.		Lennard Kämna (SUN)	16 pts.
6th		Tiesj Benoot (LTS)	10 pts.
7th		Michael Woods (EF1)	8 pts.
8th.		Serge Pauwels (CCC)	4 pts.

tasks

•  Lukas Pöstlberger (BOH): Did not start the stage
•  Søren Kragh Andersen (SUN): Did not start the stage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Quintana uses his altitude advantage to win solo in Valloire. In: radsport-news.com. July 25, 2019, accessed July 25, 2019 . 

Web links

• 18th stage of the Tour de France 2019 on letour.fr
• Race course of the 18th stage on letour.fr (see dispatches)
• Tour de France 2019/18. Stage in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Tour de France: Summary - Stage 18 - Tour de France 2019 on YouTube (Length: 4:48 min).
• Press kit and final result of the 18th stage provided by tissottiming.com (PDF; 2.8 MB)