2019 Tour de France Stage 18 Results

Julian Alaphilippe valiantly held on to the overall lead as Nairo Quintana held off the breakaway and the GC contenders during Thursday’s stage 18 as he crossed the line in 5:34:15. Egan Bernal moved up 3 spots into second overall 1:30 behind Alaphilippe and 5 seconds ahead of his Ineos teammate Geraint Thomas. Romain Bardet who’s had a disapointing Tour thus far fought for second place on the stage 1:35 behind Quintana.

STAGE RESULTS

1	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	5:34:15
2	BARDET Romain	AG2R La Mondiale	1:35
3	LUTSENKO Alexey	Astana Pro Team	2:28
4	KÄMNA Lennard	Team Sunweb	2:58
5	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Merida	3:00
6	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto Soudal	4:46
7	WOODS Michael	EF Education First	,,
8	BERNAL Egan	Team INEOS	,,
9	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	,,
10	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Jumbo-Visma	5:18

 

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RBA/AFP Photos: Bettini