Overview

• Tadej Pogacar increased his overall advantage to 4 minutes 26 seconds over Jonas Vingegaard after Stage 18’s Col de la Loze summit finish
• Florian Lipowitz endured a late collapse yet preserved third place and the white jersey by just 22 seconds over Oscar Onley
• Ben O'Connor won the brutal Stage 18 summit finish to Col de la Loze, crossing the line ahead of Pogacar and Vingegaard
• Oscar Onley trimmed his deficit to Lipowitz to 22 seconds in the general classification by finishing fourth on the day
• Stage 19’s 129.9 km route to La Plagne includes five categorized climbs and a 19.1 km final ascent with 4,550 meters of elevation gain