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.
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 |