Asgreen holds on to win 18th stage of Tour. Vingegaard protects big lead

BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France (AP) — Another Danish rider took the limelight at the Tour de France as Kasper Asgreen joined an early breakaway and then held on to win the 18th stage in a sprint finish. His countryman Jonas Vingegaard sat comfortably in the main pack as he protected his huge overall lead. The defending champion leads two-time Tour winner Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia by 7 minutes, 35 seconds and Britain’s Adam Yates by 10:45 with Sunday’s finale in Paris getting closer. But this was Asgreen’s day as he beat Dutchman Pascal Eenkhoorn and Norwegian Jonas Abrahamsen in their dash to the line. They clocked the same time of 4 hours, 6 minutes, 48 seconds after holding off a large group of sprinters.