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Tour de France 2018: Geraint Thomas stretches yellow jersey lead as Slovenia's Primoz Roglic wins 19th stage

Britain's Geraint Thomas stretched his Tour de France yellow jersey lead on Friday as Slovenian Primoz Roglic won the 19th stage on the final day in the mountains to push Chris Froome off the virtual podium.

Tour de France 2018: Race leader Geraint Thomas warns rivals of squandering podium finish if they try to close down on him

Thomas moved a step closer to becoming Wales's first Tour champion when he came through the 18th stage to Pau unhindered and with his lead of 1min 59sec on Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.

Tour de France 2018: Frenchman Arnaud Demare wins 18th stage with sprint finish, Geraint Thomas retains lead

Arnaud Demare took advantage of one of the last sprint sections in the race during Thursday's stage 18 to win with a sprint finish, with Geraint Thomas retaining the yellow jersey.

Tour de France 2018: Movistar's Nairo Quintana runs textbook perfect race as Chris Froome cracks under pressure

It was Quintana who rode a courageous solo attack over the final climb, to earn a much deserved stage victory. This being the highest climb of this year’s route, meant the Colombian also earned the Souvenir Henri Desgrange for his efforts.

Tour de France 2018: Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe wins dramatic 16th stage after farmer protests forces 15-minute stoppage

Climbing specialist Alaphilippe finished nearly 20 seconds ahead of a small group of chasers on the first of four days in the Pyrenees.

Tour de France 2018: Geraint Thomas soars to victory in 11th stage to take the leader's yellow jersey

Geraint Thomas, of Team Sky, completed an impressive ride on the 108.5km stage from Albertville to the summit of La Rosiere by overtaking Spaniard Mikel Nieve (Mitchelton) in the closing metres.

Tour de France 2018: From Richie Porte's premature end to Chris Froome's comeback and other talking points

At the end of a hard week of racing, the Tour is evenly poised with no single rider having a distinct advantage, and all but one of the top contenders still in the race.

Tour de France 2018: Vincenzo Nibali, Tom Dumoulin lead challengers to Chris Froome’s throne at 105th edition

Froome is not coming to the Tour this year in ideal conditions.His legal troubles notwithstanding, defeating the Brit cyclist will not be easy as he demonstrated in the Giro recently.

Tour de France 2018: From Chris Froome to Vincenzo Nibali - here's the strengths and flaws of top five contenders

Here's a look at possible contenders for Tour de France 2018, which will begin on 7 July and span a length of 3329 kilometres from Noirmoutier-en-l'Ile to Champs-Elysees.

Tour de France: From veteran Richie Porte to driven Mikel Landa, riders who can stun Chris Froome in 2018

After Chris Froome's shaky victory this time around, Firstpost looks at five riders who have the potential to end the Sky rider's juggernaut next year.