Tour de France 2020, the 18th stage: Carapaz and Hirschi in command | The Direct

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14.18 – 5 in command

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When there are 107 km to the finish there are five riders in the lead with a margin of 31 “over their pursuers and 3’53” on the yellow jersey group pulled by Jumbo-Visma. The five are Carapaz, Pello Bilbao, Kwiatkowski, Edet and Hirschi.

14.12 – Second Gpm

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The riders tackle the Cote de la route des Villes (third category, 3.2 km at 6.6%), the second roughness of the day.

14.01 – Carapaz and Hirschi take advantage on the descent

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After crossing the finish line of the GPM with a slight advantage over their pursuers, Carapaz and Hirschi gain ground on the descent. The two have 24 “on the rest of the athletes on the run and 3’02” on the yellow jersey group when there are 117 km to the finish. The sprinters have already lost contact from the main group, the average of the race is 36.8 km / h.

13.53 – Hirschi first on the GPM

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Marc Hirschi (Sunweb) is the first to cross the finish line at the top of the GPM, behind him Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers).

13.38 – Caruso reaches the treads

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Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-McLaren) has joined the riders in the lead. 133 km from the finish line, the 19 leaders have an advantage of 1’45 “over the yellow jersey group. The members of the leading group are: Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-McLaren), Jonathan Castroviejo, Richard Carapaz, Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), Nans Peters (Ag2r La Mondiale), Bob Jungels (Deceuninck-Quick Step), Rudy Molard, Sebastien Reichenbach (Groupama-FDJ), Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-McLaren), Dario Cataldo, Nelson Oliveira, Carlos Verona (Movistar Team), Simon Geschke (CCC Team), Nicolas Edet, Jesús Herrada (Cofidis), Luis León Sánchez (Astana Pro Team), Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Marc Hirschi, Nicholas Roche (Sunweb).

13.33 – Greipel retires

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André Greipel (Team Israel Start-up Nation) left the race.

13.25 – the attackers

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I 19 battistrada are Carapaz, Pello Bilbao, Verona, Reichenbach, Kwiatkowski, Luis Leon Sanchez, Castoviejo, Molard, Herrada, Jungels, Edet, Geschke, Oliveira, De Gendt, Hirschi, Roche, Peters, Cataldo, D. Quintana.

13.21 – counterattacks

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At 139 km from the finish, the 27 leaders have a 1’05 “advantage over the counterattackers Caruso, Rolland, Alaphilippe, Kämna, Sicard, Pacher and Cavagna. 1’20” the margin of the treads on the yellow jersey group.

1.15 pm – the attackers are 29

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The runners face the Cormet de Roselend (first category, 18.6 km at 6.1%) and some of the fugitives lose contact with the other forwards. Sam Bennett is picked up by the yellow jersey group when there are 142 km to go. The advantage of the 29 leads is 1’27 “. Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) tries to gain ground on the yellow jersey group.

13.10 – 32 on the run

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The green Sam Bennett jersey (Deceuninck-Quick Step) precedes Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Matteo Trentin (CCC Team) at the intermediate finish. In addition to these three there are 29 other riders in the first hour breakaway. Among the fugitives we find Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers), who sought victory without success in the previous two stages.

Today’s stage

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In the eighteenth stage the riders will have to cover 175 km from Méribel to La Roche sur Foron, with five mountain grand prizes. After the battle on the Col de la Loze which confirmed Primoz Roglic’s leadership and saw the first sign of failure by Tadej Pogacar, today’s stage could be characterized by a distant escape or by a new fierce confrontation between the big names, with Miguel Angel Lopez called to confirm himself after the victory in front of the yellow jersey.

The climbs

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Runners will have to face, in order: the Cormet de Roselend (first category, 18.6 km at 6.1%), the Cote de la route des Villes (third category, 3.2 km at 6.6%), the Col de Saisies (second category, 14.6 km at 6.4%), the Col des Aravis (first category, 6.7 km at 7%), the Montée du plateau des Glieres (Hors catégorie, 6 km at 11.2%) before the descent and the last roughness, not very demanding, in view of the finish line.

The ranking

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1. Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) 74h 56 ’04’ ‘2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +57 “3. Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) + 1’26” 4. Richie Porte + 3’05 “5. Adam Yates + 3’14 “6. Rigoberto Uran + 3’24” 7. Mikel Landa + 3’27 “8. Enric Mas + 4’18” 9. Tom Dumoulin + 7’23 “10. Alejandro Valverde +9 ‘ 31 “