2021 Tour de France Stage 18 Results & Recap
Stage 18 of the 2021 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Pogacar wins stage 18
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) won the 18th stage of the Tour de France with a strong attack in the final kilometres up the Luz Ardiden that none of his rivals, if you could call them that, could follow.
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) finished second and Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) took third.
“It’s unbelievable," Pogacar said. "After yesterday, today I felt good. I’m really happy with the win. It’s crazy. Cycling is a game for me since I started. I’m enjoying playing it and I’m super happy. 50% of the victory in this Tour de France is already mine - you never know! There are some stages left, but it’s good. Why should I be worried about Vingegaard on the time trial? It can happen that I lose six minutes on the ITT - let’s hope not! It’s a discipline on which I always give my 100%. It will be a new experience [to ride an ITT in the yellow jersey] and I can’t wait to do it. The stage today was super hard. The pace was really high already in the Tourmalet. I kind of forgot about everything to focus on the last climb and to give my maximum all the way to the finish.”
Heading into tomorrow's stage, Pogacar is 5:45 ahead of Vingegaard. Carapaz is a close third at 5:51.
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