2018 Tour de France
2018 UCI World Tour, race 25 of 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | 7–29 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 3,351 km (2,082 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 83h 17' 13" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2018 Tour de France was the 105th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's three Grand Tours. The 3,351 km (2,082 mi)-long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 7 July in Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, in western France, and concluding on 29 July with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris. A total of 176 riders from 22 teams participated in the race. The overall general classification was won by Geraint Thomas of Team Sky. Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) placed second, with Thomas's teammate and four-time Tour winner Chris Froome coming third.
The opening stage was won by Fernando Gaviria of Quick-Step Floors, who became the Tour's first rider to wear the general classification leader's yellow jersey. Peter Sagan (Bora–Hansgrohe) then took the race lead on the following stage. BMC Racing Team won stage three's team time trial, putting their rider Greg Van Avermaet in yellow. He held the jersey for eight days until the second stage of the three Alpine stages, which Thomas won and took the lead in. He successfully defended it from Dumoulin for the rest of the Tour, which included three stages in the Pyrenees and the penultimate stage's individual time trial, the latter won by Dumoulin.
Sagan, who won three stages, was placed first in the points classification for the sixth time. Julian Alaphilippe of Quick-Step Floors, winner of two mountain stages, won the mountains classification, and AG2R La Mondiale's Pierre Latour won the young rider classification. The team classification was won by Movistar Team, and Dan Martin of UAE Team Emirates won the combativity award.
Teams
The 2018 edition of the Tour de France consisted of 22
New rules by the cycling's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), reduced the number of riders per team for Grand Tours from 9 to 8, resulting in a start list total of 176,[7] instead of 198, which had been the number of starters since 2010.[8] Of these, 35 competed in their first Tour de France.[9] The riders came from 30 countries. Seven countries had more than 10 riders in the race: France (35), Belgium (19), the Netherlands (13), Italy (13), Australia (11), Germany (11) and Spain (11).[1] The average age of riders in the race was 29.37 years,[10] ranging from the 21-year-old Egan Bernal (Team Sky) to the 40-year-old Franco Pellizotti (Bahrain–Merida).[11][12] Groupama–FDJ had the youngest average age while Bahrain–Merida had the oldest.[13]
The teams entering the race were:[1]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
Pre-race favourites
In the lead up to the Tour, the favourite for the general classification was Chris Froome of Team Sky.[14][15][16][17][18] Froome had won the 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions of the Tour, and was also the current defending champion at both other Grand Tours, the Vuelta a España and the Giro d'Italia.[16] However, Froome's participation was unconfirmed due to an ongoing anti-doping investigation that began in December 2017, when it was announced that he had returned a urine sample taken at the Vuelta (which had taken place two months earlier) which contained twice his allowed amount of the asthma drug salbutamol. This was considered not as a positive doping result, but as an "Adverse Analytical Finding" (AAF), meaning that he was allowed to continue racing until the case was resolved. He did however face the possibility of losing his Vuelta victory and all subsequent results.[19] The ASO were unhappy with the situation, which was very similar to that of the 2011 Tour pre-race favourite Alberto Contador, who started the tour with his case over a positive test for clenbuterol still unresolved.[20] The UCI conducted an investigation into the AAF, which was still unresolved at the time that Froome won the Giro in May 2018. With an outcome before the start of the Tour unlikely, the ASO attempted to bar Froome from starting the race, citing article 28 of the race's rules, saying that the organiser "expressly reserves the right to refuse participation in – or to exclude from – the event, a team or any of its members whose presence would be such as to damage the image or reputation of ASO or the event".[21] Froome was cleared by the UCI on 2 July, five days before the start of the Tour, with a press statement reading that the authorities had found sufficient evidence "that Mr Froome's sample results do not constitute an AAF".[22] He was thereafter cleared to start the Tour by the ASO as well.[23]
The closest rivals of Froome were thought to be
Some of the other riders considered as contenders for the general classification were Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale), Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) and Primož Roglič (LottoNL–Jumbo).[14][15][17][18][30]
The
Route and stages
On 12 February 2017, at a
Stage one began in the village of
There were 21 stages in the race, covering a total distance of 3,351 km (2,082 mi), the shortest of the 21st century up to that point.[47][8] There were two time trial events, stage three's 35.5 km (22 mi) team time trial and stage twenty's 31 km (19 mi) individual time trial.[47] Of the remaining nineteen stages, eight were officially classified as flat, five as hilly and six as mountainous.[47] The longest mass-start stage was stage seven, at 231 km (144 mi), and the shortest was stage seventeen, at 65 km (40 mi).[47] The aforementioned, a mountain stage, was the shortest since 1996 and began with a standing start grid formation, with positions based on riders general classification ranking. The grid formation was an innovation for the Tour, and with shorter distance, was beforehand universally welcomed, but it was thought to have made little effect on the race.[48][49] There were summit finishes on stages stage eleven to La Rosière, stage twelve to Alpe d'Huez, and stage seventeen to the Col de Portet.[46] The highest point of elevation in the race was the 2,215 m (7,267 ft)-high Col de Portet Pyrenean pass, the first time it had been used in the Tour.[50] It was among nine hors catégorie (English: "beyond category") rated climbs in the race.[46] There were nine new stage start or finish locations. The rest days were after stage nine, in Annecy, and fifteen, in Carcassonne.[47]
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Stage type | Winner | |||
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1 | 7 July | Noirmoutier-en-l'Île to Fontenay-le-Comte | 201 km (125 mi) | Flat stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | |||
2 | 8 July | Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon | 182.5 km (113 mi) | Flat stage | Peter Sagan (SVK) | |||
3 | 9 July | Cholet to Cholet | 35.5 km (22 mi) | Team time trial | BMC Racing Team | |||
4 | 10 July | La Baule to Sarzeau | 195 km (121 mi) | Flat stage | Fernando Gaviria (COL) | |||
5 | 11 July | Lorient to Quimper | 204.5 km (127 mi) | Hilly stage | Peter Sagan (SVK) | |||
6 | 12 July | Brest to Mûr-de-Bretagne | 181 km (112 mi) | Hilly stage | Dan Martin (IRL) | |||
7 | 13 July | Fougères to Chartres | 231 km (144 mi) | Flat stage | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | |||
8 | 14 July | Dreux to Amiens | 181 km (112 mi) | Flat stage | Dylan Groenewegen (NED) | |||
9 | 15 July | Arras to Roubaix | 156.5 km (97 mi) | Hilly stage | John Degenkolb (GER) | |||
16 July | Annecy | Rest day | ||||||
10 | 17 July | Annecy to Le Grand-Bornand | 158.5 km (98 mi) | Mountain stage | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | |||
11 | 18 July | Albertville to La Rosière | 108.5 km (67 mi) | Mountain stage | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | |||
12 | 19 July | Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Alpe d'Huez | 175.5 km (109 mi) | Mountain stage | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | |||
13 | 20 July | Valence
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169.5 km (105 mi) | Flat stage | Peter Sagan (SVK) | |||
14 | 21 July | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Mende | 188 km (117 mi) | Hilly stage | Omar Fraile (ESP) | |||
15 | 22 July | Millau to Carcassonne | 181.5 km (113 mi) | Hilly stage | Magnus Cort Nielsen (DEN) | |||
23 July | Carcassonne | Rest day | ||||||
16 | 24 July | Carcassonne to Bagnères-de-Luchon | 218 km (135 mi) | Mountain stage | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | |||
17 | 25 July | Bagnères-de-Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulan (Col de Portet) | 65 km (40 mi) | Mountain stage | Nairo Quintana (COL) | |||
18 | 26 July | Trie-sur-Baïse to Pau | 171 km (106 mi) | Flat | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | |||
19 | 27 July | Lourdes to Laruns | 200.5 km (125 mi) | Mountain stage | Primož Roglič (SLO) | |||
20 | 28 July | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle to Espelette | 31 km (19 mi) | Individual time trial | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | |||
21 | 29 July | Houilles to Paris (Champs-Élysées) | 116 km (72 mi) | Flat stage | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | |||
Total | 3,351 km (2,082 mi) |
Race overview
First week: Northern stages
Stage one's bunch sprint was won by Fernando Gaviria, with Peter Sagan coming in second place and Marcel Kittel in third. Gaviria took the yellow and green jerseys as the leader of the general and points classifications respectively. Breakaway rider Kévin Ledanois (Fortuneo–Samsic) collected the most mountains classification points to take the first polka dot jersey as the leader of the classification.[52] Sagan won stage two from a sprint to take the yellow and green jerseys, with Dion Smith of Wanty–Groupe Gobert claiming the lead in the mountains classification.[53] Stage three's team time trial was won by BMC Racing Team whose riders Tejay van Garderen and Greg Van Avermaet became tied for the overall lead,[54] with Van Avermaet moving into yellow for the second time in his career due to him crossing the finish line ahead of Van Garderen in the first two stages being as there was not yet an individual time trial to measure their times down to the 1000th of a second.[55] Stage four was won by Gaviria from a bunch sprint.[56] Sagan further extended his lead in the points competition by winning stage five's uphill sprint finish in Quimper. Also in stage five, Toms Skujiņš of Trek–Segafredo won the mountains points which gave him the polka dot jersey, becoming the first from Latvia to ever lead the mountains classification.[57]
In stage six, which ended atop the Mûr-de-Bretagne climb, Dan Martin attacked with a kilometre remaining and was able to stay away take the victory one second ahead of a large group that the contained the general classification contenders. In the closing kilometres of the stage, Geraint Thomas won a three-second time bonus sprint that brought him to three seconds behind Van Avermaet in the general classification. Overall favourites Romain Bardet and Tom Dumoulin lost time as their tyres punctured late in the stage.[58] The seventh stage was won by Dylan Groenewegen from a bunch sprint.[59] There were multiple crashes in the first week of the Tour with six riders abandoning the race for various reasons, including the 2017 Tour points classification winner Michael Matthews.[60] Groenewegen won a further bunch sprint in the eighth stage. In the sprint, André Greipel and Gaviria were penalised for headbutting each other and lost their stage placing and green jersey points.[61] Stage nine's sett-paving sections caused many issues for the riders, including leading sprinters and two of the classification contenders. Richie Porte abandoned for the second year in a row after crashing in the opening 10 km (6.2 mi).[62] Rigoberto Urán initially tried to continue the race despite injuries sustained during a crash, but was forced to quit the race on the following stage.[63] Chris Froome, his teammate Egan Bernal, Jakob Fuglsang, and Mikel Landa, crashed in the stage along with many other riders; numerous riders had tyre punctures as well, including three for Bardet.[64] His teammate Alexis Vuillermoz was forced to abandon the stage after colliding with a spectator taking photographs.[65] Meanwhile, Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floors), John Degenkolb, and Van Avermaet were able escape the remaining riders from the peloton (main group) and together they contested a sprint finish, which was won by Degenkolb. Van Avermaet gained time, as well winning the time bonus sprint, to extend his lead in the general classification.[66] The following day was the Tour's first rest day.[47]
Second week: Alps and transition west
The first stage in the high mountains and first in the Alps, the tenth, was won by Quick-Step Floors rider
Sagan won stage thirteen with a surprise attack in the closing meters of the bunch sprint finish, while Alexander Kristoff and Arnaud Démare were together sprinting for the finish line.[79] In stage fourteen, Omar Fraile of Astana launched a late move from the large breakaway after the final climb to win at the Mende aerodrome; the breakaway finished eighteen minutes ahead of the peloton.[80] Stage fifteen, the start of the final week, was once again a breakaway victory, with Magnus Cort taking Astana's second win in two days.[81] The next day was the second rest day of the race.[47] Following the stage, controversy arose around Team Sky rider Gianni Moscon, who had allegedly punched Fortune-Samsic rider Élie Gesbert during the opening part of the stage. After reviewing footage of the incident, the race jury disqualified him for 'particularly serious aggression'.[82][83] A non-racing incident occurred during the sixteenth stage when hay bales were placed across the road by local farmers protesting about reductions to their subsidies. The police used tear gas to disperse them, and as the riders rode passed this area, there was still gas in the air. The race was subsequently neutralized for about fifteen minutes because several riders had problems with their eyes and had to rinse them.[84] After the restart, a large breakaway escaped, and Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors), while in the lead on a descent, lost control of his bicycle and crashed into and over a wall. Later, Adam Yates, having taken the lead, also fell. Gilbert finished the stage and collected the most combative rider award, but would not start the following day. Yates carried on, but was overtaken by Alaphilippe, who took his second stage victory.[85][86]
Third week: Pyrenees and finale in Paris
The first of three stages in the Pyrenees, the seventeenth, opened with an uneventful grid formation, which saw the customary early formation of a breakaway group. Froome's challenge faded on the approach to the summit of the Col de Portet and he dropped to third position in the general classification, 2 min 31 s behind Thomas. Dumoulin moved into second place, 1 min 59 s off the lead. Nairo Quintana won the stage after attacking at the bottom of the final climb, moving himself up to fifth overall, behind Primož Roglič.[87] The flat stage eighteen was won by Démare from a bunch sprint. By this point of the Tour, most of the top sprinters had left, and Démare had come close to missing the time cut in the previous stage along with Sagan, who had crashed heavily and was suffering with injuries.[88] On the mountainous stage nineteen, Roglič attacked on the descent following the final climb, to a misty Col d'Aubisque, and soloed to the finish line nineteen seconds ahead of the chasing small group of overall favourites. Roglič took third place from Froome. Thomas was able to consolidate his overall position by picking up six bonus seconds by winning the sprint for second place, thereby extending his lead over Dumoulin to 2 min 5 s.[89] The penultimate stage's 31 km (19.3 mi) individual time trial was won by Dumoulin, who finished one second ahead of Froome. Froome in turn managed to retake third place from Roglič. Thomas came third after surviving a scare when his back wheel locked, but completed the stage successfully, finishing fourteen seconds behind Dumoulin, taking a lead of 1 min 51 s into the final stage.[90]
The final stage in Paris was won by Kristoff in a bunch sprint on the Champs-Élysées.[91] Thomas won the race with no changes in the final stage. Froome came third overall, 2 min 24 s down on Thomas. Sagan won the points classification with a total of 477, 231 ahead of Kristoff in second. Alaphilippe won the mountains classification with 169 points, with the 2017 winner and French compatriot Warren Barguil (Fortuneo–Samsic) second with 80 points. The best young rider was thirteenth-placed overall Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale), with fifteenth-placed overall Bernal second. Movistar Team finished as the winners of the team classification, 12 min 33 s ahead of second-placed Team Sky. Of the 176 starters, 145 reached the finish of the last stage in Paris.[92]
Classification leadership and minor prizes
Four main individual classifications were contested in the 2018 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.[93] Time bonuses (time subtracted) were awarded at the end of every stage apart from the time trial stages. The first three riders received 10, 6, and 4 seconds, respectively. Time bonuses of three, two and one seconds, were given to the first three riders to cross a "bonus point" in each of the first nine mass-start stages of the race. It would affect the general, but not the points classification.[94] For crashes within the final 3 km (1.9 mi) of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, any rider involved received the same time as the group he was in when the crash occurred.[95] The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered to be the overall winner of the Tour.[93] The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.[96]
Type | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | |
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Flat stage | 50 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Hilly stage | 30 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | |||||||
Mountain stage | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Individual time trial | ||||||||||||||||
Intermediate sprint
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The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in
The third classification was the mountains classification. Points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit of the most difficult climbs first. The climbs were categorised, in order of increasing difficulty, as fourth-, third-, second-, and first-category and hors catégorie. Double points were awarded at the top of the last mountains in the three mountain stages in the three Pyreneean stages (the Col du Portillon, the Col de Portet and the Col d'Aubisque).[97] The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.[96]
The final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but was restricted to riders born on or after 1 January 1993.[97] The leader wore a white jersey.[96]
The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie.[97] The riders on the team that lead this classification are identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys and yellow helmets.[98]
In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the greatest effort and who demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship".[94] No combativity awards were given for the time trials and the final stage.[99] The winner wore a red number bib the following stage.[100] At the conclusion of the Tour, Dan Martin won the overall super-combativity award which was, again, awarded by a jury.[92][94]
A total of €2,287,750 was awarded in cash prizes in the race.[99] The overall winner of the general classification received €500,000, with the second and third placed riders getting €200,000 and €100,000 respectively.[101] All finishers in the top 160 were awarded money.[101] The holders of the classifications benefited on each stage they led; the final winners of the points and mountains were given €25,000, while the best young rider and most combative rider got €20,000.[102] The team classification winners were given €50,000.[103] €11,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2–20.[101] There were also two special awards each with a prize of €5000.[99] The Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given to first rider to pass the summit of the highest climb in the Tour, the Col du Portet on stage seventeen,[104] and the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, given to the first rider to pass Goddet's memorial at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet in stage nineteen.[99] Nairo Quintana won the Henri Desgrange and Julian Alaphilippe won the Jacques Goddet.[105][106]
- On stage two, Marcel Kittel, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Fernando Gaviria wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification and Peter Sagan, who was second in the points classification, wore the rainbow jersey of the world champion.[109]
- On stage two, Dylan Groenewegen, who was second in the best young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first placed Fernando Gaviria wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification.[109]
- On stage three, Alexander Kristoff, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Peter Sagan wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification, and second placed Fernando Gaviria wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification.[110]
- On stage seventeen Philippe Gilbert did not start, so no rider wore the red bib as the most combative rider of previous stage.[111]
Final standings
Denotes the winner of the general classification[96] | Denotes the winner of the mountains classification[96] | ||
Denotes the winner of the points classification[96] | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification[96] | ||
Denotes the winner of the team classification[96] | Denotes the winner of the combativity award[96] |
General classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | 83h 17' 13" |
2 | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | Team Sunweb | + 1' 51" |
3 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | + 2' 24" |
4 | Primož Roglič (SVN) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 3' 22" |
5 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 6' 08" |
6 | Romain Bardet (FRA) | AG2R La Mondiale | + 6' 57" |
7 | Mikel Landa (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 7' 37" |
8 | Dan Martin (IRL) | UAE Team Emirates | + 9' 05" |
9 | Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) | Team Katusha–Alpecin | + 12' 37" |
10 | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Movistar Team | + 14' 18" |
Points classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Bora–Hansgrohe | 477 |
2 | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | UAE Team Emirates | 246 |
3 | Arnaud Démare (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 203 |
4 | John Degenkolb (GER) | Trek–Segafredo | 178 |
5 | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Quick-Step Floors | 143 |
6 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | 134 |
7 | Andrea Pasqualon (ITA) | Wanty–Groupe Gobert | 115 |
8 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | 110 |
9 | Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) | Bahrain–Merida | 104 |
10 | Dan Martin (IRL) | UAE Team Emirates | 98 |
Mountains classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Quick-Step Floors | 170 |
2 | Warren Barguil (FRA) | Fortuneo–Samsic | 91 |
3 | Rafał Majka (POL) | Bora–Hansgrohe | 76 |
4 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | 74 |
5 | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | Team Sunweb | 63 |
6 | Primož Roglič (SVN) | LottoNL–Jumbo | 56 |
7 | Dan Martin (IRL) | UAE Team Emirates | 41 |
8 | Nairo Quintana (COL) | Movistar Team | 40 |
9 | Tanel Kangert (EST) | Astana | 39 |
10 | Steven Kruijswijk (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | 36 |
Young rider classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | Pierre Latour (FRA) | AG2R La Mondiale | 83h 39' 26" |
2 | Egan Bernal (COL) | Team Sky | + 5' 39" |
3 | Guillaume Martin (FRA) | Wanty–Groupe Gobert | + 22' 05" |
4 | David Gaudu (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | + 1h 07' 18" |
5 | Daniel Martínez (COL)
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EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale | + 1h 16' 01" |
6 | Antwan Tolhoek (NED) | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 1h 16' 48" |
7 | Søren Kragh Andersen (DEN) | Team Sunweb | + 1h 44' 10" |
8 | Stefan Küng (SUI) | BMC Racing Team | + 1h 45' 01" |
9 | Marc Soler (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 1h 56' 14" |
10 | Magnus Cort (DEN) | Astana | + 2h 10' 13" |
Team classification
Rank | Team | Time |
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1 | Movistar Team | 250h 24' 53" |
2 | Bahrain–Merida | + 12' 33" |
3 | Team Sky | + 31' 14" |
4 | LottoNL–Jumbo | + 47' 24" |
5 | Astana | + 1h 15' 32" |
6 | Team Sunweb | + 1h 58' 54" |
7 | AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h 15' 49" |
8 | BMC Racing Team | + 2h 35' 45" |
9 | Quick-Step Floors | + 3h 06' 17" |
10 | Mitchelton–Scott | + 3h 13' 41" |
UCI rankings
Riders from the WorldTeams competed individually and for their teams for points that contributed towards the World Tour rankings.
Rank | Prev. | Name | Team | Points |
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1 | 1 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Bora–Hansgrohe | 2684.00 |
2 | 20 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | 2534.25 |
3 | 10 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | 1976.68 |
4 | 18 | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | Team Sunweb | 1975.62 |
5 | 9 | Primož Roglič (SVN) | LottoNL–Jumbo | 1921.00 |
6 | 2 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Movistar Team | 1807.00 |
7 | 6 | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Quick-Step Floors | 1761.12 |
8 | 4 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Quick-Step Floors | 1647.00 |
9 | 11 | Romain Bardet (FRA) | AG2R La Mondiale | 1530.00 |
10 | 3 | Simon Yates (GBR) | Mitchelton–Scott | 1472.00 |
Rank | Prev. | Name | Team | Points |
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1 | 1 | Peter Sagan (SVK) | Bora–Hansgrohe | 4358.00 |
2 | 3 | Chris Froome (GBR) | Team Sky | 3939.68 |
3 | 2 | Elia Viviani (ITA) | Quick-Step Floors | 3746.00 |
4 | 41 | Geraint Thomas (GBR) | Team Sky | 2834.25 |
5 | 11 | Tom Dumoulin (NED) | Team Sunweb | 2828.19 |
6 | 4 | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | UAE Team Emirates | 2706.00 |
7 | 9 | Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) | Quick-Step Floors | 2668.12 |
8 | 5 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Movistar Team | 2631.00 |
9 | 8 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | 2623.47 |
10 | 6 | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 2458.00 |
See also
Notes
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