France’s Romain Bardet of AG2r-La Mondiale won the 18th stage of the 2015 Tour de France, a 186.5-km trek from Gap on Thursday.
His compatriot Pierre Rolland was second for the Europcar team with Colombian Winner Anacona of Movistar finishing third.
Briton Chris Froome of Team Sky retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey.
Stage 18 Brief Results:
- Romain Bardet (France / AG2R) 5:03:40″
- Pierre Rolland (France / Europcar) +33″
- Winner Anacona (Colombia / Movistar) +59″
- Bob Jungels (Luxembourg / Trek)
- Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark / Astana)
- Serge Pauwels (Belgium / Team MTN) +1:01″
- Cyril Gautier (France / Europcar) +1:50″
- Damiano Caruso (Italy / BMC Racing)
- Andrew Talansky (U.S. / Cannondale) +1:55″
- Warren Barguil (France / Giant) +3:02″
General Classification After Stage 18:
- Chris Froome (Britain / Team Sky) 74:13:31″
- Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Movistar) +3:10″
- Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) +4:09″
- Geraint Thomas (Britain / Team Sky) +6:34″
- Alberto Contador (Spain / Tinkoff – Saxo) +6:40″
- Robert Gesink (Netherlands / LottoNL) +7:39″
- Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) +8:04″
- Mathias Frank (Switzerland / IAM Cycling) +8:47″
- Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek) +12:06″
- Romain Bardet (France / AG2R) +12:52″
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