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The stage from Albertville to La Plagne was meant to be 129.9 kilometers (80.5 miles) long but was trimmed to 93.1 kilometers (57.7 miles), according to the official Tour website’s stage map on Friday.
Ineos-Grenadiers soigneur David Rozman has left the Tour de France in the wake of media reports linking him to disgraced German doctor Mark Schmidt, the convicted head of an international blood doping ring.
Stage 18 featured three extremely difficult ascents, including the 26.4-kilometer daunting climb of the Col de La Loze up to the finish. At 2,304 meters of altitude, La Loze is the highest summit in this year’s Tour.
Lizzie Deignan, who was the first British athlete to win a medal on home soil at the 2012 London Olympics, previously had announced that she would call it quits at the end of the season.
Rodriguez crashed on Wednesday and hospital scans confirmed the fracture, his team said in a statement a few hours before the start of Stage 18.
There was no significant change in the overall standings with three-time Tour champion Pogačar maintaining his lead of 4 minutes, 15 seconds over main rival Jonas Vingegaard.
Every stage of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes airs live on Peacock from July 26-Aug. 3.
Valentin Paret Peintre triumphed on Mont Ventoux to become the first home rider to win a stage at this year’s Tour de France while Tadej Pogačar consolidated his overall lead on Tuesday.
The versatile Dutchman, Mathieu van der Poel, who wore the yellow jersey and won a stage during the opening week of Tour de France, has withdrawn from the race.
Live coverage of all 21 stages of the 2025 Tour de France will be available on Peacock.
