18 stages and almost all of the mountains down,
Sepp Kuss leads the race by 17 seconds from his Jumbo-Visma teammate,
Jonas Vingegaard. Surely now, the well-liked American will take a first career Grand Tour success.
After the heavy criticism of Jumbo-Visma's tactics over the past few days, both Vingegaard and
Primoz Roglic were noticeably reigned in on stage 18, working in the service of Kuss. Late attacks from
Juan Ayuso and
Enric Mas were responded to well by Kuss who actually extended the gap to Vingegaard. Despite changes in the time gaps down the line, there was actually no changes in positions within the top 10.