Nibali climbs to victory in stage 18 at the Tour de France

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Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) won the 18th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday.

Nibali, who has a lead of more than 5 minutes in the GC standings, launched a daring attack with 9km remaining in the stage on the steep slopes of the Hautacam.

After leaving Chris Horner (Lampre-Merida) in his wake, Nibali picked off Mikel Nieve (Sky) a kilometer later and then rode by himself at the front of the race the rest of the way up the hors category climb to capture his fourth stage win of the race.

The Tour resumes with Friday’s 208.5km stage 19 from Maubourguet Pays du Val d’Adour to Bergerac.

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