Tour de France 2018: Results, standings, and more after each stage

Tour de France 2018: Results, standings, and more after each stage

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Follow as the yellow jersey, green jersey, and polka-dot jersey all exchange hands across 2,100 miles in France.

The competition for the 2018 Tour de France yellow jersey is going to be as tight as it has been in years. Chris Froome is still the favorite — he’s won four of these, after all — but he is also attempting a Giro-Tour double, which may be too much even for him, and his opponents are stronger than ever.

Not only will Froome have to combat the likes of Romain Bardet, Vincenzo Nibali, Nairo Quintana, and Richie Porte, but he’ll also be taking on a difficult and varied course. This year’s Tour covers nearly 2,100 miles, and includes team and individual trials, a brutal cobbles stage, and mountains stages both long and very short over devilish climbs old and new.

There is going to be a ton of ways to fall in love with this Tour, from the white jersey competition and a glimpse at cycling’s future, to the green jersey competition, in which young gun Fernando Gaviria will try to dethrone Peter Sagan. You can keep up with all of it below.

General classification (yellow jersey)

1. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) - 32h 43’ 00”

2. Geraint Thomas (Sky) - + 7”

3. Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing) - + 9“

4. Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) - + 16”

5. Bob Jungels (Quick-Step Floors) - + 22”

6. Rigoberto Uran (Education First-Drapac) - + 49”

7. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) - + 55”

8. Rafael Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) - + 56”

9. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) - + 57”

10. Richie Porte (BMC Racing) - + 57”

Points classification (green jersey)

1. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) - 265 points

2. Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) - 234 points

3. Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) - 132 points

4. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) - 125 points

5. Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) - 119 points

6. Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) - 102 points

7. Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - 70 points

8. John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) - 66 points

9. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) - 62 points

10. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) - 53 points

Mountains classification (polka-dot jersey)

1. Toms Skujns (Trek-Segafredo) - 6 points

2. Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie) - 4 points

3. Dion Smith (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - 4 points

4. Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie) - 3 points

5. Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) - 2 points

6. Fabien Grellier (Direct Energie) - 2 points

7. Kevin Ledanois (Fortuneo–Samsic) - 1 point

8. Anthony Perez (Cofidis) - 1 point

9. Marco Minnaard (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - 1 point

10. Yoann Offredo (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - 1 point

Stage results

Stage 8, 181 kilometers from Dreux to Amiens Métropole

Saturday, July 14

Summary: Dylan Groenewegen won a hectic sprint on Bastille Day. Peter Sagan broke early for the line after leadout trains never materialized. André Greipel and Fernando Gaviria chased and rubbed shoulders when Gaviria tried to pass in the collapsing space between the lefthand barriers and Greipel’s meaty shoulders. Gaviria tried to make the Gorilla move over with a head butt — which is probably not the smartest thing to do at 60-plus kilometers an hour, but thankfully this wasn’t Sagan-Cavendish redux. Race commisaires will have a look, though.

Further back, Stage 6 winner Dan Martin suffered a one-minute, 16-second setback because of a hard fall with roughly 17 kilometers to go, continuing the week’s big theme of yellow jersey contenders shooting themselves in the foot.

1. Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) - 4h 23’ 36”

2. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) - “

3. Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) - “

4. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) - “

5. John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) - “

6. Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) - “

7. Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) - “

8. Thomas Boudat (Direct Energie) - “

9. Nikias Arndt (Sunweb) - “

10. Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) - “

Stage 7, 231 kilometers from Fougères to Chartres

Friday, July 13

Summary: The longest stage of the 2018 Tour de France was also its least eventful. At least Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen broke up the Gaviria-Sagan hegemony, outdueling both in an uphill sprint for his first stage win of the 2018 Tour. There no changes in the general classification. We have one more transition stage Saturday before COBBLES.

1. Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) - 5h 43’ 42”

2. Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) - “

3. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) - “

4. Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) - “

5. Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) - “

6. John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) - “

7. Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) - “

8. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) - “

9. Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - “

10. Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) - “

Stage 6, 181 kilometers from Brest to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan

Thursday, July 12

Summary: Dan Martin launched a long solo attack near the bottom of the second turn up the Mûr de Bretagne to win Stage 6, perhaps solidifying his general classification hopes while others faltered. Chris Froome suffered somewhat, finishing eight seconds back. Worse off were Romain Bardet and Tom Dumoulin, who lost 31 seconds and 53 seconds, respectively. Both riders suffered mechanicals late in the stage. Dumoulin had to time trial with two other teammates to limit his losses. Bardet was able to get back with the bunch, but fell back as the pace picked up on the final climb.

1. Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) - 4h 13’ 43”

2. Pierre Latour (AG2R La Mondiale) - + 1”

3. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) - + 3”

4. Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) - + 3”

5. Rafael Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) - + 3”

6. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) - + 3”

7. Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) - + 3”

8. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) - + 3”

9. Geraint Thomas (Sky) - + 3”

10. Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo) - +3”

Stage 5, 204.5 kilometers from Lorient to Quimper

Wednesday, July 11

Summary: Peter Sagan won his second stage of the 2018 Tour de France, following Philippe Gilbert’s attack on the final climb to the finish in Quimper and ultimately pulling away from Sonny Colbrelli at the line. There was little change to the general classification — many of the biggest contenders finished in a group two seconds back of the stage leaders. (Full recap).

1. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) - 4h 48’ 06”

2. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain-Merida) - “

3. Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) - “

4. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) - “

5. Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) - “

6. Daniel Martin (UAE Team Emirates) - “

7. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) - “

8. Søren Kragh Andersen (Sunweb) - “

9. Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - “

10. Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) - “

Stage 4, 195 kilometers from La Baule to Sarzeau

Tuesday, July 10

Summary: A four-man breakaway nearly went the distance, which would have been fun, because it consisted of two Frenchmen — Jerome Cousin and Anthony Pereze — and two Belgians — Guillaume van Keirsbulck and Dimitri Claeys — on the same day as the France-Belgium World Cup semifinal. The break was fully roped in with just under one kilometer to go, setting up a traditional sprint that Fernando Gaviria won in a near-photo finish for his second stage win of the 2018 Tour.

1. Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) - 4h 25’ 01”

2. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) - “

3. André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) - “

4. Dylan Groenewegen (Lotto NL-Jumbo) - “

5. Marcel Kittel (Katusha Alpecin) - “

6. Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - “

7. Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) - “

8. John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) - “

9. Dion Smith (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - “

10. Timothy Dupont (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - “

Stage 3, 35.5 kilometers in Cholet

Monday, July 9

Summary: BMC Racing won the stage, putting classics-specialist and defending Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet in a much-deserved yellow jersey. Richie Porte (BMC), Chris Froome (Sky), and Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) all made up a significant chunk of the time they lost on Stage 1 crashes. (Full recap).

1. BMC Racing - 38’ 46”

2. Team Sky - + 4”

3. Quick-Step Floors - + 7”

4. Mitchelton-Scott - + 9”

5. Team Sunweb - + 12”

6. Education First-Drapac - + 35”

7. Bora-Hansgrohe - + 50”

8. Astana - + 52”

9. Katusha-Alpecin - + 53”

10. Movistar - + 54”

11. Bahrain-Merida - + 1’ 06”

12. AG2R La Mondiale - + 1’ 15”

13. Lotto NL-Jumbo - + 1’ 16”

14. Trek-Segafredo - +1 16”

15. UAE Team Emirates - + 1’ 39”

16. Groupama-FDJ - + 1’ 42”

17. Fortuneo-Samsic - + 1’ 47”

18. Direct-Energie - + 1’ 52”

19. Lotto Soudal - + 1’ 52”

20. Dimension Data - + 1’ 53”

21. Wanty-Groupe Gobert - + 2’ 24”

22. Cofidis - + 3’ 23”

Stage 2, 182.5 kilometers from Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon

Sunday, July 8

Summary: Peter Sagan won his first (and not likely last) stage of the 2018 Tour de France, edging out a charging Sonny Colbrelli on a false flat finish. The final bunch sprint was smaller than expected because of a crash on a hard right bend with approximately one kilometer to go that took out Stage 1 winner Fernando Gaviria, among many others. Sagan will wear yellow for the team time trial on Stage 3.

1. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) - 4h 06’ 37”

2. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Merida) - “

3. Arnaud Demare (Groupama-FDJ) - “

4. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) - “

5. Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) - “

6. Timothy Dupont (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - “

7. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) - “

8. Andrea Pasqualon (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) - “

9. John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) - “

10. Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) - “

Stage 1, 201 kilometers from Noirmoutier-en-L’île to Fontenary-le-Comte

Saturday, July 7

Summary: The first breakaway of the Tour de France consisted of French riders Yoann Offredo, Jerome Cousin, and Kevin Ledanois. Ledanois won the polka-dot jersey on a dinky climb. They all gave a valiant effort under the sun, but the were completely closed down with 10 kilometers to go.

Young Colombian star Fernando Gaviria won a bunch sprint over Peter Sagan, but the big story will be the crashes that took place in the final kilometers, taking out several general classification contenders. Chris Froome, Richie Porte, Nairo Quintana, and Adam Yates all lost siginificant time. (Recap).

1. Fernando Gaviria (Quick-Step Floors) - 4h 23’ 32”

2. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) - “

3. Marcel Kittel (Katusha Alpecin) - “

4. Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) - “

5. Cristophe Laporte (Cofidis) - “

6. Dylan Groenewegen (Lotto NL-Jumbo) - “

7. Michael Matthews (Sunweb) - “

8. John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo) - “

9. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) - “

10. Rafael Majka (Quick-Step Floors) - “

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