At the Vuelta 2018 Nacer Bouhanni won his first grand tour stage: Danny van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) rounded off the podium. Despite the chaotic conclusion to the day, there were no changes at the top of the general classification. Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) retained his leader’s red jersey ahead of Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), while Britain’s Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) kept hold of his fourth spot just 51sec adrift of the Frenchman.