The second stage of the weekend ended up like the first one with a Tour de France debutant from Astana taking his first stage victory as Magnus Cort Nielsen mimicked Omar Fraile in Carcassonne, also at the end of a long breakaway. For the first time, the Kazakh team claimed back to back victories (since
With a splendid victory at the tough mountain trails Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas, earned the yellow jersey. He won stage 11 to La Rosière-Espace San Bernardo as he overtook breakaway rider Mikel Nieve in the last few hundred meters. His team-mate and defending champion Chris Froome moves into second overall. 165 riders started stage 11
Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe earned a splendid victory on stage 10 while Greg van Avermaet extended his overall lead in the Tour de France 2018. After a long‑range attack in the mountains, Alaphilippe went clear with just under 30km to go and held his advantage over the final climb to take his first Tour stage win
Two and half years after a life-threatening accident, John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) took his first Tour de France victory following six second places in six participations. A Paris-Roubaix winner in 2015, he achieved his goal in Roubaix as he outsprinted yellow jersey Greg Van Avermaet and Belgian champion Yves Lampaert. Pre-race challenger Richie Porte abandoned the
Fernando Gaviria claimed his second Tour de France 2018 stage victory in just four days as he outsprinted Peter Sagan and André Greipel on the spectacular 4-km long finishing line of Sarzeau. Greg Van Avermaet retained the yellow jersey. 174 riders took the start of stage 4 in La Baule. The enfant du pays Jérôme
BMC Racing Team confirmed their status as the world’s leading team time trial specialists to win the 35-km effort in Cholet. Richie Porte and his team-mates, five of which were already in the team who won a TTT on the Tour in 2015, clocked 38:46, to upstage pre-stage favorites Team Sky by four seconds. Third