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Tour de France Stage 18 LIVE – Can Pogacar defend yellow jersey in the Alps?
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Tour de France

Stage 18 | Mountain

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Voiron → Orcières-Merlette / 185.2 km
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20.832 km
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185.2 km
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12:17
Time
172KM TO GO: 40 SECONDS FOR LEADERS
The five riders out ahead are slowly building up a decent lead ahead of the climb, but it’s bound to come whittling down as soon as the road heads uphill. It’s worth remembering that the climb continues for around 10km after the summit, too.
It’s the pink jerseys of EF Education-EasyPost who are driving the pace on the front of the peloton, working for their man Richard Carapaz, who might be eyeing up a win and some polka dot jersey points today.
12:11
Attack
175KM TO GO: FIVE GO CLEAR
Aaron Gate and Nicolas Vinokurov (both XDS Astana), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X), Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling Team) and Mathis Le Berre (TotalEnergies) have opened up a small gap off the front of the pack.
12:06
178KM TO GO: ATTACKS APLENTY BUT NOTHING STICKING
Uno-X, NSN, Tudor and Lotto Intermarche have all been sniffing around at the start of this stage but the peloton is still riding together as one.

12:00
Flag - Yellow
184KM TO GO: STAGE 18 IS UNDER WAY
After a slight delay – while Milan Frentin (Cofidis) sorted out a mechanical issue – the flag goes down and the race is on.
11:49
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LUKE ROWE TARGETTING WHITE JERSEY FOR SEIXAS, PODIUM AND WIN IN PARIS
Quizzed about Paul Seixas ahead of today’s stage, the Frenchman’s DS at Decathlon CMA CGM was full of confidence ahead of the Alps:
He’s great – he’s chilled. We’re in a position where we can’t really fail. He’s fourth, just 20 seconds off the podium, and we have a stage win [through Olav Kooij]. So the Tour has already been a success for us. Having said that, the goal has to be the podium. He wants it, we want it as a team. We want the white jersey, a podium, and a stage win in Paris. It’s not impossible.
Pushed about how today might pan out, Rowe referenced the illness going around the UAE camp and suggested that Isaac del Toro – currently third in the standings – might find himself under pressure today.
”If I was a betting man, I would say breakaway today. The only way I see it not being a breakaway is if Del Toro is struggling and teams look to put him under pressure. The rumours going around is that he is sick, and if that’s the case, UAE might look to control it. But they obviously have some sickness in the camp so I think it will be a breakaway. You have to let the road decide on the first climb after 25km and we will see how the legs are. The race will explode there and you then have some decisions to make.”
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