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Cycling-Bardet wins 18th stage of the Tour de France, Froome leads

ST JEAN DE MAURIENNE, France, July 23 (Reuters) - France's Romain Bardet of AG2r-La Mondiale won the 18th stage of the Tour de France, a 186.5-km trek from Gap on Thursday. His compatriot Pierre Rolland was second for the Europcar team with Colombian Winner Anacona of Movistar finishing third. Briton Chris Froome of Team Sky retained the overall leader's yellow jersey. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Toby Davis)