Tour de France: O’Connor climbs to stage 18 victory as Pogacar keeps grip on yellow

Australian wins 171.5km stage for Jayco AlUla teamTadej Pogacar finishes second on stage and stretches leadTadej Pogacar conquered his demons on the Col de la Loze to stretch his advantage in yellow as Ben O’Connor won stage 18 of the Tour de France in a hailstorm. On the mountain where Pogacar famously cracked in 2023 as Jonas Vingegaard rode away to his second Tour crown, Pogacar was the one gaining time two years later as a late dig at the summit saw him add 11sec to an overall lead that now stands at 4min 26sec over Vingegaard.Oscar Onley, the 22-year-old Scot, hung with the two main favourites until the last 500m of this brutal 171.5km stage from Vif, which took in three hors catègorie climbs, gaining 39sec on Florian Lipowitz to move to within 22sec of the podium with one mountain stage left. Continue reading...

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