Stage 18

The road

At the start

Roglič at 57 seconds, one Alpine day left

The Col de la Loze cost Pogačar another seventeen seconds and, it looks like, the Tour: Roglič leads him by 57, with Miguel Ángel López third at 1:26 after winning up there. Pogačar has at least taken the polka-dot jersey. Today is the last day in the mountains — the Cormet de Roselend, the Saisies, the Aravis, and the gravel of the Plateau des Glières before the drop to La Roche-sur-Foron.

How it was won

1. 184 km to go

   The break over the Saisies

   On the last day in the Alps a strong break clears the Col des Saisies, Ineos placing Kwiatkowski and Carapaz up the road as insurance and ambition.

2. 257 km to go

   Ineos light it up

   Over the Col des Aravis, with 57km to go, Kwiatkowski and Carapaz drive clear together, an Ineos one-two forging an unassailable lead on the descent.

3. 325 km to go

   The pair ride away

   Kwiatkowski and Carapaz work in perfect harmony through the final valleys, their advantage ballooning as the GC teams look at one another.

4. 4At the line

   Kwiatkowski leads home Carapaz

   In La Roche-sur-Foron Kwiatkowski sits up to salute and lets Carapaz take the line honours behind him, a poignant Ineos one-two after a chastening Tour for the team.

The result