Vuelta a Espana 2024 stage 18 GC Update | Mikel Landa falls out of GC contention but Ben O'Connor survives GC attacks

Stage 18 was not exactly the day in which the biggest differences were expected in the overall classification, but because of EF Education-EasyPost and Richard Carapaz this was not the case. Ben O'Connor and a few others were distanced in the Puerto Herrera but got back; but fifth placed Mikel Landa did not and lost several minutes.

Ben O'Connor suffered, lost a few meters at the end of the climb, but came back on the descent and will enter the final 3 stages of the Vuelta as the red jersey with those 5 seconds on Primoz Roglic and 1:25 on Enric Mas. Carapaz remains fourth and those improving are David Gaudu (5th), Carlos Rodriguez (6th), Mattias Skjelmose (7th), Florian Lipowitz (8th) and Pavel Sivakov (9th). Mikel Landa fell to 10th place after losing over 3 minutes on the day.

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Vuelta a España overall classification after stage 18

1	O'CONNOR Ben	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	72:48:46
2	ROGLIC Primoz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 05
3	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	+ 01:25
4	CARAPAZ Richard	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:46
5	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 03:48
6	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 03:53
7	SKJELMOSE Mattias	Lidl-Trek	+ 04:00
8	LIPOWITZ Florian	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 04:27
9	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 05:19
10	LANDA Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 05:38
11	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates	+ 08:40
12	KUSS Sepp	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 09:45
13	DUNBAR Edward	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 12:25
14	RODRIGUEZ Cristian	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 14:02
15	VLASOV Aleksandr	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 17:12
16	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 21:07
17	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 21:41
18	HAIG Jack	Bahrain Victorious	+ 33:34
19	PARRA José Félix	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 38:00
20	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 48:11
21	BERTHET Clément	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 54:16
22	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 54:42
23	CATTANEO Mattia	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 58:53
24	VALTER Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 58:55
25	PACHER Quentin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 59:03
26	MEINTJES Louis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 01:04:03
27	POOLE Max	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:09:35
28	RICCITELLO Matthew	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:11:19
29	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 01:13:58
30	OOMEN Sam	Lidl-Trek	+ 01:16:49
31	IZAGIRRE Ion	Cofidis	+ 01:19:29
32	GALL Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:19:42
33	BENNETT George	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:20:07
34	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:22:19
35	TEJADA Harold	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:23:24
36	SOLER Marc	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:24:47
37	RUBIO Einer	Movistar Team	+ 01:26:29
38	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	+ 01:28:36
39	VERONA Carlos	Lidl-Trek	+ 01:34:02
40	ALEOTTI Giovanni	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:35:18
41	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:35:57
42	DEL TORO Isaac	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:39:16
43	MCNULTY Brandon	UAE Team Emirates	+ 01:40:41
44	VANSEVENANT Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:40:48
45	CEPEDA Alexander	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:41:07
46	MARTINEZ Daniel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:41:46
47	NARVAEZ Jhonnatan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:47:10
48	MARTÍN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 01:47:16
49	GUGLIELMI Simon	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 01:47:18
50	LECERF William Junior	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:49:15
51	BERRADE Urko	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 01:54:26
52	ADRIÀ Roger	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:54:28
53	GAROFOLI Gianmarco	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:54:30
54	VERVAEKE Louis	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:54:50
55	MEURISSE Xandro	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 01:56:32
56	FRIGO Marco	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 02:01:15
57	ZANA Filippo	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 02:03:41
58	TUSVELD Martijn	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 02:03:44
59	TRÆEN Torstein	Bahrain Victorious	+ 02:06:17
60	VACEK Mathias	Lidl-Trek	+ 02:08:35
61	GESINK Robert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 02:10:01
62	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Lidl-Trek	+ 02:10:51
63	CASTRILLO Pablo	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 02:14:41
64	VINE Jay	UAE Team Emirates	+ 02:15:38
65	MIQUEL DELGADO Pau	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 02:19:00
66	MATE Luis Angel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 02:20:44
67	SCHMID Mauro	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 02:20:50
68	KNOX James	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 02:21:26
69	HAMILTON Chris	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 02:24:27
70	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 02:26:39
71	BARONCINI Filippo	UAE Team Emirates	+ 02:26:47
72	CANAL Carlos	Movistar Team	+ 02:28:16
73	LE BERRE Mathis	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 02:30:07
74	RAFFERTY Darren	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 02:32:44
75	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	+ 02:34:54
76	TEUNS Dylan	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 02:35:03
77	GREGAARD Jonas	Lotto Dstny	+ 02:37:45
78	HUYS Laurens	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 02:41:07
79	HERMANS Quinten	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 02:42:04
80	LEEMREIZE Gijs	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 02:44:10
81	BRAET Vito	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 02:50:47
82	BOU Joan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 02:51:21
83	IRIBAR Unai	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 02:53:47
84	MIHOLJEVIC Fran	Bahrain Victorious	+ 02:53:48
85	HERRADA Jesus	Cofidis	+ 02:55:40
86	SWEENY Harry	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 02:56:12
87	LIVYNS Arjen	Lotto Dstny	+ 02:56:13
88	OWSIAN Lukasz	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 02:59:32
89	PETILLI Simone	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 03:01:33
90	VERGAERDE Otto	Lidl-Trek	+ 03:01:43
91	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	Lotto Dstny	+ 03:03:21
92	CHAMPION Thomas	Cofidis	+ 03:06:06
93	LAZKANO Oier	Movistar Team	+ 03:07:34
94	RIVERA Brandon	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 03:08:15
95	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Dstny	+ 03:11:18
96	HOLLMANN Juri	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 03:13:21
97	DENZ Nico	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 03:13:58
98	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 03:14:58
99	GROVES Kaden	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 03:15:06
100	ENGELHARDT Felix	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 03:15:29