Vincenzo Nibali takes his fourth stage victory at the Tour de France

Stage 18, Pau-Hautacam: Yellow jersey asserts his dominance; Pinot and Peraud move up as Valverde loses more time.

Vincenzo Nibali wins Stage 18 of the 2014 Tour de France

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) stormed to a fourth stage victory in this year's Tour de France atop of Hautacam this afternoon while the other podium positions took a reshuffle.

The Italian went solo on the lower slopes of the Pyrenean climb to win by over a minute from Thibaut Pinot (FDJ.fr). The Frenchman in turn moved up to second overall while compatriot Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r) rose to third, both at the expense at Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) who slipped to fourth overall.

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