2023-07-20 16:11:46
The essential
The Top 20 of the general classification
1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TJV)
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO / UAD) at 7:35.
3. Adam Yates (GBR/UAD) 10:45.
4. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP/IGD) 12:01.
5. Simon Yates (GBR/JAY) 12:19.
6. Pello Bilbao (ESP/TBV) 12:50.
7. Jai Hindley (AUS/BOH) 13:50.
8. Felix Gall (AUT/ACT) 16:11.
9. Sepp Kuss (USA/TJV) 16:49.
10. David Gaudu (FRA/GFC) 17:57.
11. Guillaume Martin (FRA/COF) 22:53.
12. Thibaut Pinot (FRA/GFC) 27:26.
13. Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP/IGD) 46:57.
14. Chris Harper (AUS/JAY) 54:31.
15. Rafal Majka (POL/UAD) 55:15.
16. Thomas Pidcock (GBR/IGD) 57:48.
17. Mikel Landa (ESP/TBV) 1 h 03:01.
18. Wilco Kelderman (NED/TJV) 1 h 03:42.
19. Emanuel Buchmann (GER/BOH) 1 h 05:12.
20. Valentin Madouas (FRA/GFC) 1 h 08:54.
The Top 5 of the stage
1. Kasper Asgreen
2. Pascal Unicorn
3. Jonas Abrahamsen
4. Jasper Philipsen
5. Mads Pedersen
Vingegaard will relax “when we get to Paris”
???? Jonas Vingegaard, yellow jersey at the finish: “It was a day not too stressful but fast. I wouldn’t say it was an easy day, but the sprinter teams tried to go for the win. Bad luck for them, they couldn’t get the breakaway. I manage to stay focused and I will relax when we get to Paris, not before. Days like these are the days when you can really lose the lap, you really have to stay focused.”
Pogacar: “I was quite moved”
???? Tadej Pogacar, 2nd overall, on arrival: “I slept pretty well, the day went well. I got over it, it was difficult at the beginning. I was quite emotional but everyone in the peloton cheered me up. It was good to be in the peloton for a calmer day. I can’t believe all the support I received, already yesterday during the whole climb. along the way too, I’m grateful to have all these fans supporting me.”
Asgreen : “J’y eat cru”
???? Kasper Asgreen : “Obviously the situation wasn’t ideal, I would have liked to leave with more riders but it’s the last week of the Tour, it’s not the first time that a small group has managed to beat the sprinter teams. I believed in it! It was a combination of factors that made us win with also good legs, all the same, for the four breakaways. The Tour was difficult for us, Fabio (Jakobsen) had to retire after his crash. has been beaten in the last few weeks, we were still not far away but we were never able to grab a victory. I had checked off today and tomorrow. I was very motivated to give something back to the whole team, my teammates, all the people who help us. I wanted to go for the stage victory.
Relive the 18th stage as if you were there
18h10 – ???? Thank you all for watching this live! See you tomorrow for the 19th stage in the Jura between Moirans-en-Montagne and Poligny. The route to discover here.
6:02 p.m. – ???? Relive the last mile of madness from the red flame
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5:53 p.m. – At 28, Asgreen rules the Dutchman Pascal Eenkhoorn and the Norwegian Jonas Abrahamsen who had also taken their place in the breakaway of the day, just like the Belgian Victor Campenaerts.
5:49 p.m. – ???? Kasper Asgreen wins the sprint! The Dane resisted the return of the peloton back to a few meters!
Dane Kasper Asgreen won in the sprint during the 18th stage between Moûtiers and Bourg-en-Bresse on July 20, 2023 © AFP – Thomas SAMSON
5:48 p.m. – They will go all the way! Victory will be decided in a four-way sprint!
5:47 p.m. – The four leading men under the red flame!
17h45 – The breakaway only has a 10 second lead!
5:43 p.m. – There are 5 km left!
17h42 – Campenaerts is elected combative of the day! Deserved!
17h39 – The four leading men have a 20″ lead! Enough to go all the way?
5:38 p.m. – Only 10km left before the finish!
17h33 – ???? The four leading men are only 30″ ahead!
17h32 – 15km left!
5:30 p.m. – ???? Bourg-en-Bresse is a stage city for the 6th time. The prefecture of Ain has 40,000 inhabitants.
17h25 – Several riders dropped in the peloton as they approached the finish and the potential sprint like Victor Lafay, the only French victory on this Tour.
17h15 – The breakaway is 45″ ahead of the peloton.
17h12 – There are 30km of racing left! Will the four leading men go to the end of this stage which now looks like a team time trial against the peloton?
4:55 p.m. – ???? Intermediate sprint ranking:
1. Abrahamsen, 20 pts
2. Unicorn, 17 pts
3. Campenaerts, 15 pts
4. Asgreen, 13 pts
… 1’05”
5. Philipsen, 11 pts
6. Coquard, 10 pts
7. Meeus, 9 pts
8. Van der Poel, 8 pts
9. Squirrel, 7 pts
10. Girmay, 6 points
11. Politt, 5 points
12. Kragh Andersen, 4 pts
13. Gogl, 3 pts
14. Durbridge, 2 pts
15. Dillier, 1 pt
16h51 – ???? Abrahamsen wins the intermediate sprint in Saint-Rambert-en-Bugey
16h40 – There are now four men leading the race: Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step), Victor Campenaerts, Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto Dstny) and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X),
16h36 – Eenkhoorn with Campenaerts: the breakaway rider picked up to bring his teammate to the head of the race.
The abandonment of Simon Geschke
16h24 – ???? France Bleu was in the broom car yesterday and had followed Simon Geschke until he arrived one minute from elimination. Report in photos and videos to be found here.
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4:20 p.m. – ❌ Simon Geschke retires! The German rider was already in difficulty yesterday to reach the Courchevel stage on time!
4:11 p.m. – ???? As for the first climb, Abrahamsen takes the lead at the top and earns a point in the best climber classification.
16h06 – The riders are on the Côte de Boissieu, the second and last difficulty of the day.
16h04 – The three riders Asgreen, Abrahamssen and Campenaerts are still in the lead with 45″ ahead of the peloton.
Three riders in the lead during the 18th stage between Moûtiers and Bourg-en-Bresse on July 20, 2023 © AFP – Anne-Christine POUJOULAT
4:01 p.m. – More beautiful landscapes today with La Chartreuse de Pierre-Châtel ????
15h47 – The peloton enters the department of Ain.
15h43 – The gendarmes of Saint-Tropez on the road to the Tour with the mythical Louis de Funès ????
15h31 – ????♀ The arrival of the Grande Boucle is scheduled in Paris this Sunday evening… and the same day will be the start of the Tour de France Women from Clermont-Ferrand for its 2nd edition. You want to know more ? Here is our dedicated file.
3:10 p.m. – ???? Abrahamsen takes the lead at the top of the Chambéry-le-Haut hill! The runner collects a point in the classification of the best climber.
15h02 – The peloton is in Chambéry! The city has hosted the Tour de France three times, for departures in 1996 and 2010, and in 2017, for an arrival which saw Rigoberto Uran win.
15h01 – France Bleu Nord met Eddy Merckx last April for the Paris-Roubaix, the opportunity to look back on the exploits of the “Cannibal” on the Tour de France which the Belgian rider won five times.
14h51 – The Vingegaard yellow jersey is casual ????
14h38 – The coast of Chambéry awaiting the runners.
The coast of Chambéry © Radio France The coast of Chambéry © Radio France
14h36 – In Chambéry, spectators await the runners
In Chambéry, spectators await the runners © Radio France – Isabelle Gaudin
14h30 – The motorcycle of Thomas Voeckler, coach of the French team and consultant for France Télévisions, was excluded with its pilot from the stage of the day by the commissioners of the International Cycling Union (UCI).
14h27 – The Tour de France will “putting oneself in question” et “think about solutions” to avoid incidents created by motorcycles in the passes where a “new” public takes place, the technical director of the Grand Boucle, Thierry Gouvenou, told AFP. While two motorcycles had already slowed down Tadej Pogacar at the top of Joux Plane last Saturday, a new incident occurred on Wednesday in the Col de la Loze where yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard and other riders were delayed by a motorcycle blocked by the public which caused a traffic jam.
The victorious breakaway
14h00 – The three leading men are one minute ahead of the peloton.
1:47 p.m. – Three riders in the lead: Asgreen, Abrahamssen and Campenaerts.
Three riders in the lead during the 18th stage between Moûtiers and Bourg-en-Bresse on July 20, 2023 © AFP – Marco BERTORELLO
13h45 – A stage promised to sprinters… a week after the last sprint finish in Moulins.
13h40 – ???? Here we go! The actual start is given from Moûtiers!
13h27 – There are 152 riders left at the start of this stage! As we told you this morning, Wout van Aert left the race to join his wife who was about to give birth. Frenchman Anthony Perez is also a non-starter.
1:10 p.m. – Moûtiers, a Savoie town of 3,600 inhabitants, is a stopover town for the 4th time.
1:05 p.m. – ???? The fictitious start is given in the streets of Moûtiers!
Thibaut Pinot in the streets of Moûtiers during the 18th stage between Moûtiers and Bourg-en-Bresse © AFP – JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG Jasper Philipsen, the green jersey, in the streets of Moûtiers © AFP – JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG
12h51 – A 12-year-old girl hit by a Tour de France car around 11:30 a.m. in Saint-Pierre-d’Albigny (Savoie). According to information from France Bleu Pays de Savoie, the teenager was slightly injured. His vital prognosis is not engaged. Article to read here.
The route of the day
12h45 – The finish line behind the Royal Monastery of Brou for the 18th stage between Moûtiers and Bourg-en-Bresse
The finish line behind the Royal Monastery of Brou for the 18th stage between Moûtiers and Bourg-en-Bresse © Maxppp – Catherine AULAZ
12h35 – ???? The actual departure is scheduled in an hour, at 1:35 p.m.!
12h17 – When do the runners refuel on the race? Some like the Belgian Frederik Frison have marked everything on their bike #tips
12h05 – ???? The fictitious departure in the streets of Moûtiers is scheduled in an hour, at 1:05 p.m.!
11:55 a.m. – ???? Checking the bikes before departure
11h42 – Spectators already present in the streets of Chambéry waiting for the Tour caravan and the peloton to pass.
Spectators already present in the streets of Chambéry waiting for the Tour caravan and the peloton to pass. © Radio France
11h39 – For several hours, the teams have been working to “create” the finish line in Bourg-en-Bresse near the monastery of Brou.
11h32 – Detailed schedules and passage of runners near you ⤵
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11h23 – ???? We told you about it in our live yesterday, vehicles were blocking the road in one of the bends of the Col de la Loze. Back to this scene up close with the video of a journalist on a motorcycle who sees the yellow jersey Vingegaard sneaking past a few centimeters from him.
11:05 a.m. – The Tour caravan sets off! Find all the timetables in our article here.
11h02 – ???? “The intensity of the doping controls is extreme” on the Tour de France and these checks are carried out “by an independent entity”, indicates Amélie Oudea-Castéra Minister of Sports on franceinfo this Thursday. In the face of doping, “you have to constantly adapt”she said after Jonas Vingegaard’s performance in the time trial.
10h41 – The arrival at the royal monastery of Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse looks splendid ????
The issue of the day
10h22 – The possibilities of adding small or large passes were endless in the area. But, apart from two easy fourth category climbs, the route carefully avoids all the bumps. With a last kilometer in a straight line for the finish in Bourg-en-Bresse to do the sprint. Because it is also a question, three days before the finish in Paris, of rewarding the sprinters who have succeeded in crossing the Alps.
10h10 – ???? “We did everything to make it as flat as possible. We go through Chambéry. We go to the end of Lac du Bourget. And we cut the Montagne du Chat through the tunnel to avoid climbing it“, explains Thierry Gouvenou, technical director of the Grande Boucle.
10h06 – The route of the day in an infographic (which sometimes says more than long explanations)
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9h58 – ???? In his daily column, Christian Prudhomme details today’s stage: “On paper, it’s a stage made for sprinters. Now, we have sometimes seen, in recent years in particular, that the stages drawn on the blackboard for sprinters after passing through mountain ranges are obviously much more difficult for them. “
9h34 – Wout van Aert will not take the start of this 18th stage! But for a good reason: the Belgian rider joins his wife who is about to give birth. If he has not won any stage on the Tour this year, the hardest part has been done: Vingegaard – the leader of his Jumbo-Visma team – is 7’35 ” ahead of his runner-up Pogacar.
► Our article to read here.
9h17 – A look back at yesterday’s stage with “L’Échappée Bleu” and the opinion of our journalists and our consultant Jean-François Bernard. Is it a victory for Vingegaard or a failure for Pogacar? “Both, we thought of a reaction from Pogacar but it doesn’t always work. He remains above all human” he continues. Tadej Pogacar who has not had the face of the good days lately: “He has been marked since yesterday (Wednesday) already, in the last 500 meters, we saw that he was not the usual runner, explains our consultant, Vingegaard also has the psychological ascendancy”.
9h07 – The Tour de France returns to the plain on Thursday during the 18th stage between Moûtiers and Bourg-en-Bresse on a 184.9 km course that the organizers wanted “as flat as possible” after several trying days in the Alps.
9h04 – Jonas Vingegaard consolidated his yellow jersey to head for the final victory after widening the gap to more than seven minutes over his rival Tadej Pogacar the day before in Courchevel and his terrible Col de la Loze.
9h00 – ???? Hello everybody ! Thank you for joining us in this live for this 18th stage between Moûtiers (Savoie) and Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain)!
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