Tadej Pogacar is three days away from a fourth Tour de France title - but admitted he was fed up with the three-week race

Ben O'Connor stormed to a sensational victory in Stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday, as Jonas Vingegaard's attempt to dethrone Tadej Pogacar imploded in spectacular fashion on the race's most brutal Alpine battleground.

Jonas Vingegaard remains adamant that he is still in with a chance of beating Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar despite losing a further nine seconds to the UAE Team Emirates-XRG racer in the closing metres of the brutally difficult Col de la Loze ascent on stage 18 on Thursday.

Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - 171km from Montpellier up to the summit of the iconic Mont Ventoux

A yellow jersey wasn't always the tradition; in the early years of La Grande Boucle, the race leader was given a green armband for journalists to identify him

Jonas Vingegaard loses back wheel of race leader near top of final hors categorie climb and relinquishes more time

Brent Bookwalter and Tejay Van Garderen look ahead to Stage 18 of the 2025 Tour de France, where Tadej Pogacar will look to avoid a repeat of 2023 Stage 17 and stave off Jonas Vingegaard in a climb-heavy day.

Sprint specialist Jonathan Milan timed his break to perfection to win the Tour de France’s 17th stage after a crash in the last kilometer derailed rivals’ hopes