Tour de France 2018: Favourites

Geraint Thomas won the Tour de France in the 105th edition of the race. The podium was rounded out by Tom Dumoulin and four-time champion Chris Froome, while Julian Alaphilippe took the polka dot jersey, Peter Sagan his sixth green jersey, and Pierre Latour was the best young rider. (Slideshow route/profile)

Read about the overall contenders or click links in underneath table for the favourites to win individual stages. Obviously, all these articles were written before the start of the race(s).

Favourites 2018 Tour de France – per stage:

	Date	Favourites	Length	Type
1	Sa 7-7	Sprint for first maillot jaune	201.0km	flat
2	Su 8-7	Fast men again	182.5 km	flat
3	Mo 9-7	Teams clash on trying course	35.5 km	TTT
4	Tu 10-7	False flat sprint to the line	195.0 km	flat
5	We 11-7	For Classics riders	204.5 km	hills
6	Th 12-7	Puncheurs on Mûr-de-Bretagne	181.0 km	hills
7	Fr 13-7	Fast men in longest race	231.0 km	flat
8	Sa 14-7	Sprint on Bastille Day	181.0 km	flat
9	Su 15-7	King of the Cobbles	156.5 km	cobbles
	Mo 16-7	Rest day
10	Tu 17-7	Mountain stage with downhill finale	158.5 km	mountains
11	We 18-7	Stellar climbers in explosive race	108.5 km	mountains
12	Th 19-7	Attackers on legendary switchbacks to Alpe d’Huez	175.5 km	mountains
13	Fr 20-7	Sprinters or attackers in transition stage	169.5 km	flat
14	Sa 21-7	Power to the punchers	188.0 km	hilly, flat start
15	Su 22-7	Breakaway boys with fast descent	181.5 km	hilly
	Mo 23-7	Rest day
16	Tu 24-7	For daredevil descenders	218.0 km	mountains, flat start
17	We 25-7	Pure climbers fest	65.0 km	mountains
18	Th 26-7	Back to the fast men	171.0 km	flat
19	Fr 27-7	Queen Stage for climbers and descenders	200.5 km	mountains
20	Sa 28-7	Dumoulin to strike in hilly ITT	31.0 km	ITT (hills)
21	Su 29-7	Elysium sprint of the heroic	116.0 km	flat