2024 Tour de France Stage 18 Results & Recap
Stage 18 of the 2024 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
Campenaerts wins stage 18
Michal Kwiatkowski attacked from the lead breakaway in the last of five climbs in the foothills of the Alps. Mattéo Vecher and Victor Campenaerts tracked him down. It came down to the sprint, with Campenaerts taking the win with a powerful kick. Tadej Pogacar stays in yellow.
The breakaway did not take shape until the Col du Festre. Then a huge group – with Richard Carapaz, Ben Healy, Wout Poels, Oier Lazkano, Michael Matthews, Geraint Thomas, Oier Lazkano, Michal Kwiatkowski, Mattéo Vecher, Victor Campenaerts, and Wout van Aert – distanced the peloton.
Several riders were dropped from the lead group on the Côte de Saint-Apollinaire while Michal Kwiatkowski struck just before the summit of the Côte de Demoiselles Coiffées. Mattéo Vecher and Victor Campenaerts rejoined the Pole with 36 kilometres remaining. By then, the peloton was over 10 minutes adrift.
The three worked perfectly together to keep the first chasers—Bart Lemmen, Toms Skujins, Jai Hindley, Krists Neilands, and Oier Lazkano—at bay. In contrast, the group's cooperation with Wout van Aert was lacking.
It came down to a three-up sprint in Barcelonnette. Campenaerts kicked hard in the last few hundred metres and powered to the best win in his career.
The peloton crossed the line together, so Tadej Pogacar keeps the yellow jersey.
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