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Tour de France 2026: stage 18 heads for summit finish at Orcières-Merlette – live

Stage leaves from Voiron at 12.35pm CEST/1.35pm BST
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This Tour’s most prestigious mountain stage finish; with a stage this short, it will be touch and go for the day’s escape to make it to the finish. That said, the opening 25km over the Cols Bayard and du Noyer are tough enough to allow a decent move to get established and then there are 60km until the Col d’Ornon, where Pogacar and Vingegaard will probably get their teams moving. If the big two give a move some leeway, the 21 hairpins to the finish will suit a pure climber such as Netcompany’s Thymen Arensman, a double stage winner last year.

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Jul 23, 2026 Tour de France 2026 Tour de France Cycling

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