Tour De France 2015 Stage 18

Romain Bardet delivered a second home win in this year's Tour de France as leader Chris Froome remained unscathed by a second day of climbs in the Alps.

AG2R rider Bardet beat a breakaway group to the top of the 1,924m Col du Glandon and, with 34km remaining of stage 18, eked out a decisive lead.



Pierre Rolland finished 33 seconds behind to complete a French one-two.



Britain's Froome stays three minutes 10 seconds ahead of Colombia's Nairo Quintana with three stages remaining.



As happened during stage 17, Froome and Team Sky withstood several attacks, with Alberto Contador attempting to gain some time on the Briton up the penultimate climb of the day - the hors category Col du Glandon.



But with the Spanish rider six minutes 40 seconds off the pace, there was little panic among Froome's disciplined team. The Team Sky leader looks confident of repeating his 2013 triumph.



Alejandro Valverde remains third with Team Sky's Geraint Thomas fourth.



"It was a perfect stage, ideal really," Thomas told ITV4 afterwards. "Again the team was really strong. We had good numbers and didn't panic when guys were attacking. Contador is six minutes down, so he has more to worry about than us.


"The last climb was tough with all hairpins but we only have two more days to go."

Stage 18 result

1. Romain Bardet (France) AG2R 5hrs 3mins 40secs

2. Pierre Rolland (France) Europcar +33secs

3. Winner Anacona (Colombia) Movistar +59secs

4. Bob Jungels (Luxembourg) Trek same time

5. Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) Astana same time

6. Serge Pauwels (Belgium) Team MTN +1min 1secs

7. Cyril Gautier (France) Europcar +1min 50secs

8. Damiano Caruso (Italy) BMC Racing same time

9. Andrew Talansky (US) Cannondale +1min 55secs

10. Warren Barguil (France) Giant +3mins 2secs

11. Robert Gesink (Netherlands) LottoNL

12. Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky same time

General classification after stage 18

1. Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky 74hrs 13mins 31secs

2. Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Movistar +3mins 10secs

3. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Movistar +4mins 9secs

4. Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky +6mins 34secs

5. Alberto Contador (Spain) Tinkoff - Saxo +6mins 40secs

6. Robert Gesink (Netherlands) LottoNL +7mins 39secs

7. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Astana +8mins 4secs

8. Mathias Frank (Switzerland) IAM Cycling +8mins 47secs

9. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands) Trek +12mins 6secs

10. Romain Bardet (France) AG2R +12mins 52secs