The 105th Tour de France, the most popular of cycling's three Grand Tours, is complete. Team Sky's Geraint Thomas won the 2018 race.
The race began the first weekend of July and went on for three weeks. It consisted of 21 stages across those three weeks and featured 176 riders across 22 teams.
This year the Tour started on the western coast of France in the Vendée department for the fifth time in its history. It had its traditional finish at the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The 2018 race marked the shortest race of the century at 2,069 miles long.
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Below you'll find everything you need to know about the 2018 Tour de France, including schedule, stages and results.
2018 Tour de France results
1. Geraint Thomas (Team Sky), 83 hours, 17 minutes, 13 seconds
2. Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb), +1 minutes, 51 seconds
3. Chris Froome (Team Sky), +2:24
4. Primoz Roglic (Team Lotto NL Jumbo), +3:22
5. Steven Kruijswijk (Team Lotto NL Jumbo), +6:08
When is the 2018 Tour de France?
The Tour de France began July 7 in the Vendée department, in the Pays de la Loire region. It is scheduled to conclude July 29 at the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
How to watch the Tour de France live
You can watch live TV coverage of the 2018 Tour de France on NBC Sports. You can also live-stream the Tour de France on nbcsports.com or the NBC Sports app with NBC Sports Gold's Cycling Pass. A subscription for Cycling Pass costs $49.99 and runs from June 7, 2018, to June 10, 2019.
You can also live-stream the Tour de France with fuboTV (7-day free trial).
What are the Tour de France stages?
The route of the 2018 Tour de France includes 21 stages that cover 2,069 miles (3,329 kilometers). There are nine flat stages, four hilly stages, six mountain stages, one team time-trial stage, one individual time trial stage and two rest days. Here is a complete list of each stage with results.
The 2018 Tour de France began in the Vendée department of France for the fifth time. It also features a section of unpaved roads on the Plateau des Glières for the first in 60 years.
| Stage 1: Flat – Saturday, July 7 – Noirmoutier-en-l'Île to Fontenay-le-Comte – 117 mi – Winner: Fernando Gaviria |
| Stage 2: Flat – Sunday, July 8 – Mouilleron-Saint-Germain to La Roche-sur-Yon – 114 mi – Winner: Peter Sagan – Overall: Peter Sagan |
| Stage 3: Team Time Trial – Monday, July 9 – Cholet – 22 mi – Winner: Greg van Avermaet – Overall: Greg van Avermaet |
| Stage 4: Flat – Tuesday, July 10 – La Baule to Sarzeau – 119 mi – Winner: Fernando Gaviria – Overall: Greg Van Avermaet |
| Stage 5: Hilly – Wednesday, July 11 – Lorient to Quimper – 126 mi – Winner: Pete Sagan – Overall: Greg Van Avermaet |
| Stage 6: Hilly – Thursday, July 12 – Brest to Mûr-de-Bretagne – 112 mi Winner: Dan Martin – Overall: Greg Van Avermaet |
| Stage 7: Flat – Friday, July 13 – Fougères to Chartres – 144 mi Winner: Dylan Groenewegen — Overall: Greg Van Avermaet |
| Stage 8: Flat – Saturday, July 14 – Dreux to Amiens – 112 mi Winner: Dylan Groenewegen — Overall: Greg Van Avermaet |
| Stage 9: Flat – Sunday, July 15 – Arras to Roubaix – 96 mi Winner: John Degenkolb — Overall: Greg Van Avermaet |
| Rest Day – Monday, July 16 – Annecy |
| Stage 10: Mountain – Tuesday, July 17 – Annecy to Le Grand-Bornand – 99 mi Winner: Julian Alaphilippe — Overall: Greg Van Avermaet |
| Stage 11: Mountain – Wednesday, July 18 – Albertville to La Rosière – 67 mi Winner: Geraint Thomas — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Stage 12: Mountain – Thursday, July 19 – Bourg-Saint-Maurice to Alpe d'Huez – 109 mi Winner: Geraint Thomas — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Stage 13: Flat – Friday, July 20 – Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Valence – 105 mi Winner: Peter Sagan — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Stage 14: Hilly – Saturday, July 21 – Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Mende – 116 mi Winner: Omar Fraile Matarranz — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Stage 15: Hilly – Sunday, July 22 – Millau to Carcassonne – 112 mi Winner: Magnus Cort Nielsen — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Rest Day – Monday, July 23 – Carcassonne |
| Stage 16: Mountain – Tuesday, July 24 – Carcassonne to Bagnères-de-Luchon – 135 mi Winner: Julian Alaphilippe — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Stage 17: Mountain – Wednesday, July 25 – Bagnères-de-Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulan – 40 mi Winner: Nairo Quintana — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Stage 18: Flat – Thursday, July 26 – Trie-sur-Baïse to Pau – 107 mi Winner: Arnaud Demare — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Stage 19: Mountain – Friday, July 27 – Lourdes to Laruns – 124 mi Winner: Primoz Roglic — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Stage 20: Individual Time Trial – Saturday, July 28 – Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle to Espelette – 19 mi Winner: Tom Domoulin — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
| Stage 21: Flat – Sunday, July 29 – Houilles to Paris (Champs-Élysées) – 71 mi Winner: Alexander Kristoff — Overall: Geraint Thomas |
Tour de France 2018 map
The route map for the 2018 Tour de France can be found here.
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2018 Tour de France teams
| AG2R La Mondiale (France) |
| Astana Pro Team (Kazakhstan) |
| Bahrain - Merida (Bahrein) |
| BMC Racing Team (United States) |
| Bora - Hansgrohe (Germany) |
| Cannondale Drapac Professional Cycling Team (United States) |
| Cofidis, Solutions Credits (France) |
| Direct Energie (France) |
| FDJ (France) |
| Fortuneo - Samsic (France) |
| Lotto Soudal (Belgium) |
| Mitchelton - Scott (Australia |
| Movistar Team (Spain) |
| Quick - Step Floors (Belgium) |
| Team Dimension Data (South Africa) |
| Team Katusha Alpecin (Switzerland) |
| Team Lotto NL - Jumbo (Netherlands) |
| Team Sky (Great Britain) |
| Team Sunweb (Netherlands) |
| Terk - Segafredo (United States) |
| UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates) |
| Wanty - Groupe Gobert (Belgium) |
Tour de France winners
Here's a list of Tour de France general classification winners from the last 10 years; you can see the full list of winners here:
| Year | Country | Cyclist | Sponsor/Team |
| 2008 | Spain | Carlos Sastre | Team CSC |
| 2009 | Spain | Alberto Contador | Astana |
| 2010 | Luxembourg | Andy Schleck | Team Saxo Bank |
| 2011 | Australia | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team |
| 2012 | Great Britain | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky |
| 2013 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky |
| 2014 | Italy | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana |
| 2015 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky |
| 2016 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky |
| 2017 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky |