Tadej Pogačar didn’t win the hardest stage of the 2025 Tour de France on Thursday, but the defending champion and this year’s favorite showed again that there’s likely nobody capable of taking the yellow jersey from him.
Australian Ben O’Connor won Stage 18 of the Tour de France to vault into the top 10 of the overall standings as riders had to overcome 5,450 meters in climbs up three different summits, including the toughest one to the finish line at Courchevel Col de la Loze. But Pogačar’s ability to maintain his sizable lead over chief rival Jonas Vingegaard is leaving little room for drama with just three stages remaining in this year’s Tour de France.
Vingegaard made several attacks throughout the day to try to shake loose of Pogačar, who he trailed by more than four minutes for the overall lead entering Stage 18. But the three-time Tour de France champion never allowed Vingegaard from his sight, and then left his chief rival behind once again in the final kilometer to take second place in the stage.
Here’s a look at the complete stage 18 results and 2025 Tour de France standings after Thursday, July 24, as well as what’s coming up for cycling’s biggest race:
2025 TOUR DE FRANCE: How to watch, schedule and standings for cycling race
Stage 18 results
Here are the final results of the 171.5-kilometer Stage 18 course from Vif to Courchevel Col de la Loze in the French Alps at the 2025 Tour de France on Thursday, July 24 (with position, rider, team, time):
Ben O’Connor, Team Jayco Alula (5 hours, 3 minutes, 47 seconds)
Tadej Pogačar, UAE Team Emirates XRG (5:05.32)
Jonas Vingegaard, Team Visma | Lease A Bike (5:05.41)
Oscar Onley, Team Picnic Postnl (5:05.45)
Einer Rubio Reyes, Movistar Team (5:05.47)
Felix Gall, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team (5:06.12)
Primoz Roglic, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe (5:06.33)
Adam Yates, UAE Team Emirates XRG (5:06.50)
Tobias Johannessen, Uno-X Mobility (5:06.56)
Sepp Kuss, Team Visma | Lease A Bike (5:07.13)
Tour de France 2025 standings
Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia: 66 hours, 55 minutes, 42 seconds
Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark: 67:00.08 (4 minutes, 26 seconds behind)
Florian Lipowitz, Germany: 67:06.43 (11 minutes, 1 second)
Oscar Onley, Great Britain: 67:07.05 (11 minutes, 23 seconds)
Primoz Roglic, Slovenia: 67:08.31 (12 minutes, 49 seconds)
Felix Gall, Austria: 67:11.18 (15 minutes, 36 seconds)
Kevin Vauquelin, France: 67:11.57 (16 minutes, 15 seconds)
Tobias Johannessen, Norway: 67:14.13 (18 minutes, 31 second)
Ben Healy, Ireland: 67:21.23 (25 minutes, 41 seconds)
Ben O’Connor, Australia: 67:25.01 (29 minutes, 19 seconds)
2025 Tour de France jersey leaders
Yellow (overall race leader): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
Green (points): Jonathan Milan, Italy
Polka dot (mountains): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
White (young rider): Florian Lipowitz, Germany
Who’s wearing the rainbow jersey at 2025 Tour de France?
In addition to the four traditional colored jerseys at the Tour de France, the reigning world road race champion wears a rainbow-colored jersey. It’s white with five colored stripes – blue, red, black, yellow and green (same as the colors of the Olympic rings) – and is currently worn by Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia.
2025 Tour de France next stage
Stage 19 of the 2025 Tour de France is a 129.9-kilometer course on mountain terrain from Albertville to La Plagne in the French Alps on Thursday, July 24.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tour de France standings: Tadej Pogacar’s lead grows in French Alps
