Tour de France stage 18 LIVE – A battle for the yellow jersey on the Tour’s savage Queen stage

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2025-07-24T09:53:22.291Z

Jonas Vingegaard was quiet but perhaps determined when he signed on.

“Today will probably be one of the hardest Tour de France stages that we will ever see…” – 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard. We’re in for a good stage 🤩« Aujourd’hui sera probablement l’une des étapes les plus difficiles que l’on a vu sur le Tour… » – 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard. C’est une… pic.twitter.com/7ox0cZntIWJuly 24, 2025

2025-07-24T09:46:09.202Z

The finish of the Tour in Paris will be an emotional moment for Geraint Thomas.

To reflect on one of the Welshman’s Tour career, Cyclingnews spoke to people that know Thomas best to look on the last 18 years, and discuss his legacy.

Read what Steve Cummings, Rod Ellingworth, Simon Yates and more had to say about Thomas in this special feature celebrating his Tour career.

Click here to read to read the full feature.

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2025-07-24T09:36:49.552Z

Geraint Thomas just signed on in Vif and spoke briefly about the day ahead and his final days of racing at the Tour.

“It’s going to be a tough day, especially at this point in the race and with the bad weather too. Lets see what’s in store,” he said.

“It’s nice,” he said of his final days on the Tour as a rider.

“Its been tough but I’ve been trying to soak it up, enjoy the racing with the guys and I hope to enjoy Paris too.”

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2025-07-24T09:22:49.546Z

The Tour appears to ended any debate about which stage is the Queen stage.

👑 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 👑#TDF2025 pic.twitter.com/YQVX4nti3ZJuly 24, 2025

2025-07-24T09:20:40.675Z

It’s great to see Biniam Girmay smiling on the sign-on podium. He crashed yesterday and seemed to hurt his wrist but is ready to race on in the Tour.

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2025-07-24T09:13:04.991Z

There is always debate abut which stage is the ‘Queen stage’ of each Tour but today’s stage is special, super hard – to quote most riders, and ends on the highest point of this year’s race, the Col de la Loze at 2304m.

As Alasdair Fotheringham wrote in his special preview feature “This is crunch time with a capital C in the 2025 Tour de France.”

Click here to read the full stage 18 feature.

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2025-07-24T09:09:06.278Z

There is an hour to the start of the stage but the riders are already signing on in Vif.

2025-07-03T13:28:19.905Z

Bonjour et bienvenue to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of stage 18 of the 2025 Tour de France !