Tour de France 2018 - stage 19 LIVE: Geraint Thomas extends lead as Primoz Roglic overtakes Chris Froome with victory

Follow all the action as the peloton take on the final day in the moutains

Tour de France stage 18 summary

The 2018 Tour de France is reaching its climax and the final day of mountain racing promises to be a thriller.

While it is set to be a dramatic day of racing it will also be a brute as the peloton take on three of the four climbs considered part of the Pyrénean 'circle of death': the Col d’Aspin and Col d’Aubisque sit either side of the highest pass in the French Pyrénées and one of the great Tour de France climbs, the Col du Tourmalet.

Race leader Geraint Thomas has three stages between him and the greatest win of his career. Saturday's time trial will favour world champion Tom Dumoulin but today won't be without problems either as he faces attacks from all sides. Team Sky will hope to shut it down and create a snoozefest, of course, but there is enough there for it to produce fireworks – if enough riders are prepared to gamble.

We will have all the latest throughout the day.

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Key Points

• Stage 19 is final mountain day of the 2018 Tour de France
• Stage will see riders tackle three of the four climbs considered part of the Pyrénean 'circle of death'
• Team Sky's Geraint Thomas leads Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin by nearly two minutes overall

[27 July 2018 16:44 · Jack de Menezes]

1km to goPrimoz Roglic looks like he's got this one. The lead is stretched to 20 seconds with a kilometre to go, and Thomas looks like he's going to avoid any troubles.

[27 July 2018 16:45 · Jack de Menezes]

FINISHPrimoz Roglic wins stage 19!

[27 July 2018 16:47 · Jack de Menezes]

FinishGeraint Thomas utilises his sprint power to come home second, securing a healthy haul of points to extend his lead. Froome follows him home, with Dumoulin in close company, meaning that Thomas just needs to negotiate tomorrow's time trial to claim a maiden Tour de France victory.

[27 July 2018 16:51 · Jack de Menezes]

Finish

Thomas claims six bonus seconds that will extend his lead to more than two minutes by the time tomorrow's time trial gets underway.

It was a dominant display from Slovenian Roglic though, and his stage 19 victory should put him in front of Froome in third as reward for his efforts.

[27 July 2018 16:51 · Jack de Menezes]

Result

1. Primoz Roglic
2. Geraint Thomas
3. Romain Bardet
4. Dan Martin
5. Rafal Majka
6. Tom Dumoulin
7. Mikel Landa
8. Chris Froome
9. Steven Kruijswijk
10. Ilnur Zakarin

[27 July 2018 16:51 · Jack de Menezes]

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[27 July 2018 16:58 · Jack de Menezes]

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[27 July 2018 16:59 · Jack de Menezes]

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