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Tour de France 2019 stage 18

Tour de France 2019: Quintana solos to victory, Alaphilippe retains lead

Nairo Quintana wins the first stage in the Alps with an impressive solo. The Colombian was part of the early break. He attacked on the Galibier to continue in the descent to the stage win. Julian Alaphilippe holds on to the yellow jersey, while Egan Bernal is the only GC rider to gain time and he moves up to second place overall.

Tour de France 2019 stage 18: Route map, height profiles, and more

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Tour de France 2019: All stages - source: letour.fr

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Tour de France 2019 stage 18: Details Col de Vars - source: letour.fr

Details Col de Vars

Tour de France 2019 stage 18: Details Col d'Izoard - source: letour.fr

Details Col d’Izoard

Tour de France 2019 stage 18: Details Col du Galibier - source: letour.fr

Details Col du Galibier

Tour de France 2019 stage 18: Embrun and Valloire at Google Maps

Embrun and Valloire at Google maps

Tour de France 2019: Presentation of the route

Presentation of the route

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Tour de France 2019 Route stage 18: Embrun – Valloire

Thursday 25 July - The 18th stage of the Tour de France is the first race in the Alps. Following the start in Embrun the 208 kilometres route takes in the Col de Vars, Col d'Izoard and Col du Galibier before a flying descent into ski resort Valloire.

Tour de France 2019 Favourites stage 18: Fly down the Galibier

The last 75 kilometres of the 18th stage on the Tour de France pass over two hors-catégorie cols. The last one is the infamous Galibier - 23 kilometres at 5.1% -, before the riders plunge down a fast descent of 19 kilometres into Valloire. Are we going to see more Pinot Power?

Tour de France 2019 KOM classification stage 18: Bardet new leader

Tour de France 2019 KOM classification stage 18: Bardet new leader

The 18th stage of the Tour de France is the most interesting race in terms of the mountains classification. There are 228 KOM points available, while the first rider over both the Izoard and the Galibier gains 40 points.

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