The Glandon, the Madeleine, the Col de la Loze... The queen stage of the Tour de France is one for the ages. With 5,600 meters of elevation, the battle between Visma | Lease a Bike and UAE Team Emirates-XRG is set to reach its peak.

Tour de France overall leader Tadej Pogacar suffered a big scare on Thursday when he bumped into the team car of his chief rival Jonas Vingegaard before the start of the 18th stage, a brutal mountain trek from Vif to the Col de la Loze.

Tadej Pogacar takes a huge step towards winning his fourth Tour de France by racing clear of rival Jonas Vingegaard, as Ben O'Connor wins stage 18.