Ben O'Connor conquers the Col de la Loze to win stage 18 of the Tour de France

Tadej Pogačar takes second after late attack in the final kilometre drops Jonas Vingegaard

Ben O'Connor
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Ben O'Connor climbed to glory on the slopes of the Col de la Loze to win stage 18 of the Tour de France.

The Australian distanced Einer Rubio (Movistar) on the brutal final climb and rode away to a memorable solo win in the mist at the highest point of this year’s race above Courchevel in the French Alps.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.

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