July 15, 2018 (Roubaix, FRA) – Two and half years after a life-threatening accident, John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo took his first Tour de France victory following six second-place finishes at six previous Tours.

A Paris-Roubaix winner in 2015, Degenkolb achieved his goal on Stage 9 from Arras Citadelle to Roubaix. 156.5km, as he out-sprinted yellow jersey. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team, and Belgian champion Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floors). Top contender, Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team abandoned the Tour de France in a crash before the cobblestone sections.

“Pure happiness,” answered Degenkolb when asked what was going through his mind when he had won. “I was chasing this victory for so long, and it’s really hard to describe. It was a really hard fight the whole day. It’s also a victory of the team. We really had a plan to stay out for the trouble all the time and it really worked out really well. It’s unbelievable.”

Results

1. John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 3:24:26
2. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
3. Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
4. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:19
5. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
6. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
7. Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
8. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:27
9. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
10. Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
11. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
12. Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
13. Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors
14. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie
15. Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
16. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky
17. Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
18. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team
19. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
20. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
21. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
22. Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky
23. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
24. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
25. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
26. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo
27. Adam Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott
28. Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
29. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
30. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
31. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
32. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates
33. Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
34. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
35. Mikel Landa (Esp) Movistar Team 0:34
36. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
37. Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
38. Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:36
39. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:38
40. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal
41. Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
42. Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
43. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
44. Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:42
45. Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb
46. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
47. Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo
48. Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:47
49. Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:48
50. Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:55
51. Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 1:02
52. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Dimension Data 1:12
53. Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
54. Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team 1:23
55. Andrey Amador (Crc) Movistar Team
56. Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 1:30
57. Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 1:50
58. Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 1:55
59. Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
60. Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
61. Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
62. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
63. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb
64. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
65. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
66. Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
67. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
68. Mikel Nieve (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott
69. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
70. Stefan Küng (Sui) BMC Racing Team
71. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data
72. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 2:12
73. Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 2:26
74. Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 3:23
75. Omar Fraile (Esp) Astana Pro Team 4:15
76. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
77. Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
78. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 5:11
79. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
80. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 5:42
81. Silvan Dillier (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale 5:47
82. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
83. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team
84. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
85. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
86. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
87. Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
88. Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
89. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
90. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates 5:52
91. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 5:57
92. Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 6:01
93. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
94. Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
95. Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 6:03
96. Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team 6:17
97. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 7:57
98. Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 9:31
99. Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:10:18
100. Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:10:26
101. Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
102. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
103. Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:11:03
104. Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:12:24
105. Luke Rowe (Gbr) Team Sky
106. Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
107. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
108. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
109. Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team
110. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:16:04
111. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors
112. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
113. Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
114. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
115. Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie
116. Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
117. Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
118. Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
119. Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
120. Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
121. Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp) Team Sky
122. Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal
123. Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:16:09
124. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
125. Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida
126. Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team
127. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
128. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
129. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
130. Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
131. Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
132. Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
133. Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
134. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
135. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
136. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky
137. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
138. Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
139. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data
140. Mathias Frank (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale
141. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
142. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal
143. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
144. Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie
145. Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
146. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data
147. Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
148. Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team
149. Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin
150. Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
151. Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates
152. Jesus Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
153. Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
154. Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
155. Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie
156. Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
157. Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
158. Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
159. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
160. Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo
161. Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
162. Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
163. Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 0:16:23
164. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:28
165. Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:19:51
166. Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
167. Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF José Joaquin Rojas (Esp) Movistar Team
DNF Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team
DNS Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin

GC after Stage 9

1. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 36:07:17
2. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky 0:43
3. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:44
4. Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 0:50
5. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 1:31
6. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:32
7. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 1:33
8. Chris Froome (Gbr) Team Sky 1:42
9. Adam Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott
10. Mikel Landa (Esp) Movistar Team
11. Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 1:43
12. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:48
13. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 1:57
14. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 1:58
15. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 2:03
16. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 2:06
17. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:32
18. Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 2:37
19. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 2:42
20. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 2:48
21. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 2:50
22. Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 2:53
23. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:08
24. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 3:22
25. Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 4:21
26. Mikel Nieve (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott 4:41
27. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 4:42
28. Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 5:01
29. Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 5:12
30. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 6:05
31. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
32. Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 6:39
33. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 6:54
34. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 7:00
35. Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida 8:22
36. Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 8:43
37. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 8:53
38. Amael Moinard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 9:06
39. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 9:20
40. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 9:21
41. Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 9:31
42. Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 9:37
43. Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:10:19
44. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:11:09
45. Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:11:16
46. Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:00
47. Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:12:13
48. Stefan Küng (Sui) BMC Racing Team 0:13:50
49. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:13:59
50. Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:14:25
51. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:14:58
52. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:33
53. John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 0:15:44
54. Andrey Amador (Crc) Movistar Team 0:15:47
55. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:16:16
56. Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 0:17:19
57. Omar Fraile (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:17:50
58. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky 0:17:52
59. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:18:14
60. Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:18:31
61. Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:19:20
62. Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb 0:20:19
63. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:23
64. Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:20:29
65. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:20:38
66. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:20:46
67. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:21:03
68. Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:21:17
69. Mathias Frank (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale 0:21:22
70. Robert Gesink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
71. Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:21:33
72. Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:21:50
73. Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:22:05
74. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:22:12
75. Daniel Oss (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:22:54
76. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:23:06
77. Imanol Erviti (Esp) Movistar Team 0:23:20
78. Fernando Gaviria (Col) Quick-Step Floors 0:24:01
79. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:24:10
80. Rein Taaramäe (Est) Direct Energie 0:24:11
81. Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:24:21
82. Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida 0:24:47
83. Romain Hardy (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:24:48
84. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:25:02
85. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:25:04
86. Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:26:18
87. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:26:31
88. Marc Soler (Esp) Movistar Team 0:26:36
89. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:26:38
90. Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:26:47
91. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:26:52
92. Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ 0:27:06
93. Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:27:20
94. Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:27:36
95. Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 0:28:05
96. Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:28:08
97. Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:28:16
98. Paul Martens (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:28:19
99. Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:28:21
100. Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 0:28:32
101. Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:29:11
102. Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:29:14
103. Silvan Dillier (Sui) AG2R La Mondiale 0:29:18
104. Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:29:37
105. Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:38
106. Michael Valgren (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:30:17
107. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 0:30:24
108. Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:30:35
109. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:30:47
110. Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:31:22
111. Michael Hepburn (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:32:24
112. Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 0:32:25
113. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:32:30
114. Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:32:40
115. Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:32:43
116. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:33:01
117. Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:34:50
118. Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:35:31
119. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:35:36
120. Jesus Herrada (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:35:52
121. Tom Scully (NZl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:35:53
122. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 0:36:04
123. Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:36:15
124. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors 0:36:24
125. Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:36:48
126. Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:36:50
127. Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:37:03
128. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:37:24
129. Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:37:26
130. Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:37:40
131. Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:38:15
132. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Dimension Data 0:38:42
133. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:39:01
134. Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:45
135. Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:40:33
136. Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:41:09
137. Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team 0:41:20
138. Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:41:37
139. Luke Rowe (Gbr) Team Sky 0:41:57
140. Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:42:07
141. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:42:54
142. Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:43:19
143. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:43:43
144. Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 0:43:50
145. Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:43:53
146. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:45:03
147. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 0:45:13
148. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:45:55
149. Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin 0:47:01
150. Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:47:08
151. Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates 0:48:20
152. Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp) Team Sky 0:48:38
153. Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 0:49:33
154. Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:49:44
155. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 0:50:17
156. Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:50:21
157. Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:52:31
158. Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:52:58
159. Damien Howson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:53:14
160. Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:54:40
161. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:55:51
162. Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:57:06
163. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:57:12
164. Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:58:05
165. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:59:58
166. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 1:02:29
167. Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 1:21