Tour de France 2025 Stage 18 LIVE - No separating Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard as Ben O'Connor soars to glory on the Col de la Loze

Don't expect the usual ceremonial finish. You're not going to want to miss this one.

1000m less climbing but about 40km less horizontal two. Don't tell me the Tour de France is over. I think tomorrow could be a cracker.

The studio think not. "They threw the kitchen sink at them" says Matt White. "It didn't work out." On the other hand, my friend Tom texts to say he thinks Red Bull did drop the ball. Indeed Lipowitz didn't need to attack early on the Col de La Loze. He ended up going nowhere, then paid for his effort later. It might end up costing him a podium and the jersey.

Forgive the bias, but hasn't he done well?

He's lost 1'39 to Oscar Onley. It's so close for the podium.

Onley 4th. How big will be the damage he's inflicted on Lipowitz?

And he does enough to put time into the Dane, coming past Rubio for second place and bonus seconds. In the end there was nothing Visma could do about the best bike rider in the world.

The first non-European winner in this edition.

The fireworks we were promised from the yellow jersey fight haven't materialised, but it tells you how hard this race has been. They go under the flamme rouge as a trio.

Too little, too late? Pogacar follows, of course, but Onley isn't going anywhere either.

We've only seen his backside for a while, so I can't tell you how much pain he's wearing on his face, but he has plenty of time in hand and can afford to slide.

Not yet enough to move onto the podium, but he doesn't need to do it all today.

That's a surprise, but he has been riding hard since the start, let's not forget. He recovers enough to drag himself back as the group reaches the bike path.

Gall is fighting to keep on Roglic's wheel. He lost it briefly but dug deep. O'Connor has lost a few seconds, but he can afford this rate of attrition.

Oscar Onley is rock solid fourth in line. How much time will this cost the white jersey? Can Onley move up?

Up to 15% gradient here, and you can see it from the angle of the crowds. He's holding firm but it will be, as Rob Hatch says, interesting to see what happens when the yellow jersey group reaches the same slopes. Narvaez is done. It'll be Adam Yates to launch Pogacar if he goes.

Is Pogacar about to bring the thunder?

Can he stay there? One eye on Onley now to see if he might be able to take advantage when the time comes.