Following are the leading placings in the 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 166.5 km from Annemasse to Lons-le-Saunier on Friday:

1. Juan Miguel Mercado, Spain, Quick Step-Davitamon, 4:04.03

2. Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta, Spain, Illes Balears, same time

3. Dmitri Fofonov, Kazakhstan, Cofidis, 11 seconds behind

4. Sebastien Joly, France, Credit Agricole

5. Marc Lotz, Netherlands, Rabobank

6. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni, Spain, Fassa Bortolo, all same time

7. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Credit Agricole, 11.29

8. Robbie McEwen, Australia, Lotto-Domo

9. Danilo Hondo, Germany, Gerolsteiner

10. Stuart O'Grady, Australia, Cofidis

11. Carlos Dacruz, France, Fdjeux.com

12. Erik Zabel, Germany, T-Mobile

13. Sergei Ivanov, Russia, T-Mobile

14. Karsten Kroon, Netherlands, Rabobank

15. Laurent Brochard, France, AG2R

16. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC

17. Franck Renier, France, Brioches La Boulangere

18. Oscar Pereiro, Spain, Phonak

19. Sandy Casar, France, Fdjeux.com

20. Matteo Tosatto, Italy, Fassa Bortolo

21. Jimmy Engoulvent, France, Cofidis

22. Thomas Voeckler, France, Brioches La Boulangere

23. Jerome Pineau, France, Brioches La Boulangere

24. Yuriy Krivtsov, Ukrain, AG2R

25. Sebastian Lang, Germany, Gerolsteiner

26. Georg Totschnig, Austria, Gerolsteiner

27. Rik Verbrugghe, Belgium, Lotto-Domo

28. Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Norway, Team CSC

29. Jimmy Casper, France, Cofidis

30. Jan Ullrich, Germany, T-Mobile, all same time