{"id":287614,"date":"2025-07-24T09:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/287614\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:58:16","slug":"tour-de-france-stage-18-live-a-battle-for-the-yellow-jersey-on-the-tours-savage-queen-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/287614\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France stage 18 LIVE – A battle for the yellow jersey on the Tour’s savage Queen stage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2025-07-24T09:53:22.291Z<\/p>\n

Jonas Vingegaard was quiet but perhaps determined when he signed on.<\/p>\n

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“Today will probably be one of the hardest Tour de France stages that we will ever see…” – \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Jonas Vingegaard. We’re in for a good stage \ud83e\udd29\u00ab Aujourd’hui sera probablement l’une des \u00e9tapes les plus difficiles que l’on a vu sur le Tour… \u00bb – \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0 Jonas Vingegaard. C’est une\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/7ox0cZntIWJuly 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

2025-07-24T09:46:09.202Z<\/p>\n

The finish of the Tour in Paris will be an emotional moment for Geraint Thomas.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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

Click here to read<\/a> to read the full feature.<\/p>\n

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2025-07-24T09:36:49.552Z<\/p>\n

Geraint Thomas just signed on in Vif and spoke briefly about the day ahead and his final days of racing at the Tour.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“It’s nice,” he said of his final days on the Tour as a rider.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

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2025-07-24T09:22:49.546Z<\/p>\n

The Tour appears to ended any debate about which stage is the Queen stage.<\/p>\n

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2025-07-24T09:20:40.675Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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2025-07-24T09:13:04.991Z<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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

Click here<\/a> to read the full stage 18 feature.<\/p>\n

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2025-07-24T09:09:06.278Z<\/p>\n

There is an hour to the start of the stage but the riders are already signing on in Vif.<\/p>\n

2025-07-03T13:28:19.905Z<\/p>\n

Bonjour et bienvenue to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of stage 18 of the 2025 Tour de France !<\/p>\n