During the 18th stage of the Tour de France, disputed at a slow pace, it was finally the Dane Kasper Asgreen, present in the breakaway, who won in Bourg-en-Bresse on Thursday 20 th July when the sprinters were expected. Check out the full race standings.
It is an unexpected winner who raised his arms this Thursday 20th July in Bourg-en-Bresse during the 18th stage of the Tour de France. Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step) has indeed crossed the line after a breakaway of 181 kilometres. The Dane is ahead of Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto-Dstny) and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X).
The sprinters were however expected but the peloton was trapped and Jasper Philipsen only had to settle for fourth place, he who has already raised his arms four times in this 2023 edition.
The classification of the 18th stage:
1. Kasper Asgreen (Soudal – Quick Step) 4h06’48’’
2. Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto-Dstny) mt
3. Jonas Abrahamsen (One-X) mt
4. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) mt
5. Mads Pedersen (Lidl – Trek) m.t.
6. Cees Bol (Astana Qazaqstan) mt
7. Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) mt
8. Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) mt
9. Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) m.t.
10. Luca Mozzato (Arkéa Samsic) mt
11. Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) mt
12. Jasper De Buyst (Lotto-Dstny) m.t.
13. Corbin Strong (Israel – Premier Tech) m.t.
14. Alex Aranburu (Movistar Team) m.t.
15. Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies) m.t.
16. Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) m.t.
17. Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco AlUla) mt
18. Nikias Arndt (Bahrain Victorious) m.t.
19. Biniam Girmay (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) mt
20. Sam Welsford (dsm – firmenich) m.t.
21. Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) m.t.
22. Jasper Stuyven (Lidl – Trek) mt
23. Soren Warrenshield (Uno-X) mt
24. Guillaume Boivin (Israel – Premier Tech) m.t.
25. Luka Mezgec (Jayco AlUla) mt
26. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) m.t.
27. Michael Morkov (Soudal – Quick Step) m.t.
28. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) mt
29. Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) m.t.
30. Danny Van Poppel (Bora-Hansgrohe) mt
31. Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) mt
32. Oliver Naesen (AG2R Citroën Team) mt
33. Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën Team) m.t.
34. Gorka Izagirre (Movistar Team) m.t.
35. Hugo Houle (Israel – Premier Tech) m.t.
36. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) mt
37. Stan Dewulf (AG2R Citroen Team) mt
38. Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën Team) m.t.
39. Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) m.t.
40. Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers) m.t.
41. Alex Edmondson (dsm – firmenich) m.t.
42. Bob Jungels (Bora-Hansgrohe) mt
43. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) m.t.
44. Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) m.t.
45. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) Mt
46. Dion Smith (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) mt
47. Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) m.t.
48. Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) m.t.
49. Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) mt
50. Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) m.t.
51. Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla) m.t.
52. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) m.t.
53. Yves Lampaert (Soudal – Quick Step) m.t.
54. Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) mt
55. Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) mt
56. Mike Teunissen (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) mt
57. Jenthe Biermans (Arkéa Samsic) mt
58. Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ) m.t.
59. Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers) m.t.
60. Kevin Enjoys (Groupama-FDJ) mt
61. Chris Harper (Jayco AlUla) m.t.
62. Daniel Oss (TotalEnergies) m.t.
63. Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma) mt
64. Thibaut Pinot (FDJ Group) Mt
65. Florian Vermeersch (Lotto-Dstny) mt
66. Axel Zingle (Cofidis) m.t.
67. Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious) m.t.
68. John Degenkolb (dsm – firmenich) mt
69. Edvald Boasson Hagen (TotalEnergies) mt
70. Rémi Cavagna (Soudal – Quick Step) m.t.
71. Anthony Delaplace (Arkéa Samsic) mt
72. Lars Van den Berg (Groupama-FDJ) mt
73. Clément Berthet (AG2R Citroën Team) mt
74. Warren Barguil (Arkéa Samsic) mt
75. Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X) m.t.
76. Ben O’Connor (AG2R Citroën Team) m.t.
77. Alex Kirsch (Lidl – Trek) at 0’23”
78. Nils Eekhoff (dsm – firmenich) à 0’26”
79. Krist Neiland (Israel – Premier Tech) à 0’28”
80. Matis Louvel (Arkéa Samsic) at 0’28”
81. Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal – Quick Step) at 0’28”
82. Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck) à 0’34”
83. Dries Devenyns (Soudal – Quick Step) at 0’38”
84. Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) at 0’38”
85. Olivier Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ) at 0’38”
86. Felix Grossschartner (UAE Team Emirates) at 0’38”
87. Gianni Moscon (Astana Qazaqstan) at 0’38”
88. Neilson Powless (EF Education – Easy Post) à 0’47’’
89. Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) at 0’48”
90. Nathan Van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma) at 0’50”
91. Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ) at 0’50”
92. Aurélien Paret-Peintre (AG2R Citroën Team) at 0’50”
93. Nans Peters (AG2R Citroën Team) à 0’50”
94. Adrien Petit (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) at 0’50”
95. Elmar Reinders (Jayco AlUla) à 0’50’’
96. Jonas Gregaard Wilsly (Uno-X) at 0’50”
97. Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 0’50”
98. Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) at 0’50”
99. Marco Haller (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 0’50”
100. Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team) at 0’50”
101. Anthon Charmig (Uno-X) at 0’50”
102. Tim Declercq (Soudal – Quick Step) at 0’50”
103. Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny) at 0’50”
104. Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE Team Emirates) à 0’50”
105. Frederik Frison (Lotto-Dstny) at 0’50”
106. Andrey Amador (EF Education – Easy Post) à 0’50’’
107. Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) à 0’50”
108. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) à 0’50”
109. Matthew Dinham (dsm – firmenich) à 0’50’’
110. Laurent Pichon (Arkéa Samsic) at 0’50”
111. Dylan Teuns (Israel – Premier Tech) at 0’50”
112. Nick Schultz (Israel – Premier Tech) at 0’50”
113. Michael Woods (Israel – Premier Tech) at 0’50”
114. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 0’50”
115. Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) at 0’50”
116. Torstein Traeen (Uno-X) at 0’50”
117. Gregor Muhlberger (Movistar Team) at 0’50”
118. Valentin Ferron (TotalEnergies) at 0’50”
119. Simon Guglielmi (Arkéa Samsic) at 0’50”
120. Wouter Poels (Bahrain Victorious) at 0’59”
121. Dylan Van Baarle (Jumbo-Visma) at 0’59”
122. Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) à 1’09’’
123. Thomas Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) at 1’09”
124. Rui Costa (Intermarché – Circus – Wanty) at 1’16”
125. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl – Trek) at 1’16”
126. Alberto Bettiol (EF Education – Easy Post) à 1’16’’
127. Clément Champoussin (Arkéa Samsic) at 1’16”
128. Omar Fraile (Ineos Grenadiers) at 1’16”
129. Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) at 1’16”
130. Simon Clarke (Israel – Premier Tech) at 1’24”
131. Yevgeny Fedorov (Astana Qazaqstan) à 1’27”
132. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Kazakhstan) at 1:2
133. Soren Kragh Andersen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) à 1’51”
134. Magnus Cort Nielsen (EF Education – Easy Post) at 2’08”
135. Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe) at 2’08”
136. Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan) at 2’08”
137. Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) at 2’08”
138. Rigoberto Uran (EF Education – Easy Post) at 2:0
139. Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) at 2’08”
140. Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (Lidl – Trek) à 3’16”
141. Chris Hamilton (dsm – firmenich) à 4’54’’
142. Michael Gogl (Alpecin-Deceuninck) à 4’54”
143. Juan Pedro Lopez (Lidl – Trek) at 4’55”
144. Luke Durbridge (Jayco AlUla) at 9’01”
145. Lawson Craddock (Jayco AlUla) à 9’01’’
146. Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Deceuninck) at 9’01”
147. Christopher Juul Jensen (Jayco AlUla) at 9’01”
148. Tony Gallopin (Lidl – Trek) at 9’01”
149. Victor Lafay (Cofidis) at 9’01”
150. Kevin Vermaerke (dsm – firmenich) à 9’01”
151. Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck) at 9’01”
