The Tour de France comes to a head with one final Alpine stage - and it’s now or never for Jonas Vingegaard to seize Tadej Pogacar’s crown

The 19th stage of the Tour de France has been shortened after cows infected by a contagious disease were culled in an area along the mountainous route.

It was O'Connor's second stage win at the Tour, four years after his victory in Tignes. The team Jayco AlUla leader dropped his last breakaway companion, Einer Rubio, with 16 kilometers to go and then held off the return of the main contenders.

The Tour de France features one final day in the Alps for the general classification contenders to launch an all-out assault for yellow. Stage 18 of the Tour de France promised high drama and it delivered,

Ben O'Connor won Thursday's monster Alpine stage to the ski resort of Courchevel as three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar responded to attacks from archrival Jonas Vingegaard and dropped him to cement his grip on the yellow jersey.

When the reigning champion suffered a 40 mph crash, his title defense was in jeopardy. Until a man in blue overalls jumped off his motorbike and leapt into action.

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.