18th stage of the Tour de France 2007

|- | colspan=" 3" bgcolor=" white" align=" center" | |- |----- bgcolor=" #EFEFEF" ! colspan=" 3" | Classification of the stage |----- bgcolor=" #90D0EA" align=" center" | align=" center" | Victorious || align=" left" | Sandy Casar || 5:13: 31
|----- bgcolor=" #D5E5EC" align=" center" | align=" center" | Second || align=" left" | Axel Merckx || + 0:01 min |----- bgcolor=" #D5E5EC" align=" center" | align=" center" | Third || align=" left" | Laurent Lefèvre || even time |----- bgcolor=" #EFEFEF" ! colspan=" 3" | Classifications at the conclusion of the stage |----- bgcolor=" #FFFF00" align=" center" | align=" center" | Yellow jersey || align=" left" | Alberto Contador || 86h04: 16 |----- bgcolor=" #FFFF80" align=" center" | align=" center" | Second || align=" left" | Cadel Evans || + 1:50 min |----- bgcolor=" #FFFF80" align=" center" | align=" center" | Third || align=" left" | Levi Leipheimer || + 2:49 min |----- bgcolor=" #54FF54" align=" center" | align=" center" | green Shirt || align=" left" | Tom Boonen || 234 Pts |----- bgcolor=" #FF8666" align=" center" | align=" center" | Shirt with pea || align=" left" | Mauricio Soler || 206 Pts |----- bgcolor=" #FFFFFF" align=" center" | align=" center" | white Shirt || align=" left" | Alberto Contador || 86h04: 16 |----- bgcolor=" #90D0EA" align=" center" | Teams || align=" left" | || 258h27: 02 |} The 18th stage of the Tour de France 2007 takes place the July 27th. The course of 210 kilometers connects Cahors to Angouleme.

Profile of the stage

The course does not present a notable difficulty, with only four coasts of 4th category at the beginning of the stage.

Account

The departure of the race was animated enough. Several attacks followed one another until an escaped decisive, carried out initially by two runners, Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank). They are quickly joined by Sandy Casar (French of the Plays) and Frederik Willems (Liquigas). Sandy Casar and Frederik Willems are victims of a fall following a collision with a black Labrador which crossed the road. Sandy Casar manages to again join the head of race in company of Axel Merckx (T-Mobile). The escaped ones count then up to sixteen minutes in advance with the semi-race. It is finally the French Sandy Casar which carries it with the sprint in front of his/her three companions of escape.

The leader Alberto Contador (Discovery Channel) arrives with the group at 8 ' 37" of the winner of the stage and his Yellow jersey preserves but loses 3" on Cadel Evans, second, following a break in the group.

Classification of the stage

General classification

Additional classifications

Points score

Classification of the mountain

Classification of the best young person

Classification by teams

External bonds

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