Tour de France stage 18: Nairo Quintana and Egan Bernal rule on Galibier

Nairo on his own on the Galibier. Photo: A.S.O Pauline Ballet

Colombians set the pace in the first of three mountain stages in the Alps as Nairo Quintana takes the stage win and Egan Bernal climbs to second place in the general classification. 


After days of difficulties for Nairo Quintana, the 29-year-old Colombian is back with a cracking stage victory in Valloire. In the stage with three big mountains to climb, Nairo joined the breakaway before the first climb and was the best in the general classification in the chunky group.

Freek Huigen: Freek Huigen has been in Colombia since 2012 and the sports editor at The Bogotá Post printed edition since founding the paper. Whether it is football, cycling, boxing or athletics, Freek will tell the world what is going on.