Overview

• Tadej Pogacar matched Jonas Vingegaard’s 71 km attack on Stage 18 and then dropped him to extend his overall lead to 4 minutes 26 seconds.
• Australian Ben O’Connor broke clear 15 km from the finish to win the 171.5 km queen stage from Vif to Courchevel.
• Oscar Onley stayed with the GC favourites until the final metres to move within 22 seconds of the podium in third overall.
• Ineos‐Grenadiers climber Carlos Rodriguez abandoned the Tour before Stage 18 with a fractured pelvis sustained in a Stage 17 crash.
• Stage 19’s 129.9 km route to La Plagne is the last major mountain challenge for riders aiming to chip away at Pogacar’s advantage.