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Bonjour and welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 17 of the 2024 Tour de France!
After yesterday’s last probability for the sprinters in Nîmes, it is again to the hills and mountains immediately because the peloton heads to the Alps.
A have a look at immediately’s stage profile.
This is a have a look at the map of immediately’s stage, which takes the riders to the brand new end on the ski resort at SuperDévoluy.
This is a glance again at yesterday’s stage, which noticed Jasper Philipsen win for the third time within the race. He is now closed to inside 32 factors of Biniam Girmay’s inexperienced jersey after the Eritrean crashed late on within the stage.
And this is a have a look at the outcomes from stage 16.
Except for Philipsen’s win, Girmay’s late crash was actually the one incident that got here out of over 4 hours of racing yesterday.
At this time’s stage begins in simply over 90 minutes.
This is a message from Biniam Girmay following yesterday’s crash.
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Riders are presently signing on to begin their day in Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux forward of 177.8km of racing.
Mark Cavendish completed seventeenth in yesterday’s end, the ultimate dash of his Tour de France profession.
This is a have a look at the end of immediately’s stage…
Round half an hour till the motion begins!
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Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) and Elmar Reinders (Jayco-AlUla) are out of the race this morning. Reinders have travelled residence for the start of his youngster.
150 males completed stage 16 so it seems to be like 148 will begin immediately.
The riders roll out in 10 minutes.
One rider who will not be racing immediately is former GC contender Primož Roglič. Will he be taking up the Vuelta a España after abandoning the Tour?
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The riders now rolling by the impartial zone earlier than the official begin.
178km to go
No assaults to begin the stage.
The tempo is excessive on the entrance, so a minimum of somebody is attempting to assault. We fortunately will not be seeing a repeat of the 4 hours of dross from yesterday (and several other different phases in the course of the Tour).
A lot of riders up entrance however no actual breakaway try but. Only a excessive tempo.
Some sidewind now because the riders enter an uncovered a part of the course. Many of the TotalEnergies workforce is off the again.
167km to go
No main names out the rear in the mean time.
Up entrance, groups are nonetheless driving it on the head of the peloton at a quick tempo.
51kph common thus far.
Issues are coming again collectively now. It seems to be just like the tempo is slowing because the wind has dropped.
156km to go
The battle for the break is underway now and assaults are flying on the entrance.
Wout van Aert among the many present set of attackers.
He has Harold Tejada, Jarrad Drizners, and Tobias Johannessen with him.
That transfer hasn’t lasted, nevertheless, and issues are all again collectively.
140km to go
Simon Geschke among the many newest attackers.
133km to go
Nonetheless no one in a position to get away in the mean time.
It is nonetheless extra like a string of riders on the entrance of the peloton somewhat than any clear transfer getting away.
126km to go
Alexey Lutsenko has stopped and it seems to be like his Tour is over.
The Kazakh rider is clearly upset. He is consoled by workforce workers as he leaves the race.
120km to go
Magnus Cort, Tiesj Benoot, Romain Gregoire, Bob Jungels off the entrance.
The peloton earlier on because the wind struck.
Alex Aranburu is attempting to maneuver on the entrance.
35 seconds between the entrance quartet and the peloton now.
Astana reporting that Lutsenko withdrew after struggling a left knee harm.
Bart Lemmen and Laurens Rex attempt to assault from the peloton however they’re introduced again.
Wout van Aert on the transfer on the entrance.
Extra strikes nonetheless going off the entrance. Richard Carapaz among the many riders attacking.
In the meantime, Sam Bennett is three minutes off the again and soft-pedalling. His Tour will quickly be over.
One other ex-QuickStep sprinter, Fernando Gaviria, abandons.
103km to go
Sam Bennett abandons. His finest results of the Tour was fourth place yesterday.
The break is now closing in on the 4 males out entrance.
96km to go
Nonetheless 40 seconds between these riders and the peloton. One other group is at 25 seconds.
90km to go
Laurens De Plus, Christophe Laporte, Javier Romo, and Mathieu Burgaudeau are the riders between the break and peloton.
And now extra assaults as a number of EF riders attempt to break free.
The transfer is introduced again.
79km to go
All the day has been tilting uphill thus far with none categorized climbs.
Ben Healy is the subsequent man to assault. Wout van Aert follows.
74km to go
8km to go till the intermediate dash.
One other group makes an attempt to go clear however nothing comes of it.
Girmay marks Philipsen, who tried to go as a part of the assault.
68km to go
The riders now coming as much as the intermediate dash and extra assaults fly.
Richard Carapaz is among the many attackers.
3km to the dash.
Alpecin-Deceuninck are closing down the most recent assault.
63km to go
Alpecin-Deceuninck lead it out from the peloton. Girmay is behind Philipsen.
Philipsen and Girmay go head-to-head for fifth place.
Girmay outdrags Philipsen for 11 factors, extending his inexperienced jersey lead as his rival takes 10.
387 for Girmay, 354 for Philipsen.
45 seconds for the break now.
Extra assaults…
58km to go
The common pace thus far is over 48kph. The riders have climbed 1,300 metres thus far with solely a brief interval of descent.
Extra assaults going on the entrance.
43 riders are within the group which has simply gone.
Some massive names in there together with Geraint Thomas, Wout van Aert, Matej Mohorič, Enric Mas, Romain Bardet, and Richard Carapaz.
Steff Cras is the best-placed man on GC within the group at 37:33 down.
It seems to be like Alpecin-Deceuninck is the one workforce not represented within the break.
4 up entrance with a minute. 47 within the chase. The peloton at 3:25 down.
Groupama-FDJ have six males up entrance throughout the 2 teams.
UAE Group Emirates management the peloton at 4 minutes down.
42km to go
One of many many assaults immediately.
Now the riders start climbing on the Col Bayard (6.8km at 7.3%).
38km to go
1:30 now between the leaders and the 47-man chase group.
The 4 males out entrance have 11 males within the massive breakaway group.
34km to go
Riders falling off the rear of the group.
Six minutes again to the peloton.
The assault is caught and now Guillaume Martin makes a transfer.
Some fool together with the street hits Martin with a flag whereas trying the incorrect manner.
He is joined by Madouas within the chase now.
32km to go
A downhill run now earlier than the subsequent climb, the first-category Col du Noyer.
The climb is 7.5km at 8.1%.
A glance again on the intermediate dash earlier on immediately.
26km to go
It seems to be possible that the break will win immediately with the peloton virtually seven minutes down now.
Madouas and Martin are slowly closing in on the leaders.
22km to go
The pair are virtually throughout the hole now simply in time for the climb.
18km to go
Simon Yates assaults from the chase, 40 seconds down.
Carapaz and Williams additionally assault.
Yates has already caught the leaders and he instantly pushes on alone.
17km to go
Carapaz and Williams now the second group on the street.
5km to the highest and Yates has six seconds.
The peloton at 7:45 down.
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Carapaz drops Williams on the way in which up.
15km to go
40 seconds between the 2 leaders and the chase.
14km to go
Yates and Carapaz the massive favourites for glory immediately now.
And now Carapaz makes his transfer!
Yates stays in contact, however solely simply.
13km to go
Giulio Ciccone is attempting to assault, which is enjoyable.
Up entrance, Carapaz has gone away from Yates.
Mas now alone in third place.
Last kilometre of the climb for Carapaz.
Yates at 15 seconds, Mas an additional 15 again.
12km to go
Excessive now with Yates nonetheless battling.
One other have a look at the ultimate. It is arduous to see the place Carapaz goes to lose this, actually.
10km to go
Carapaz is gaining just a few seconds right here and there.
8km to go
Again within the peloton, the group has slimmed all the way down to a collection of the most effective GC contenders.
Almeida leads the way in which.
Vingegaard is remoted within the group of round 10 riders.
6km to go
Pogačar assaults!
Vingegaard the primary to react however he is struggling.
Evenepoel subsequent on the street.
The GC males nonetheless racing to the highest of the earlier climb.
Vingegaard is dropped and falls behind Evenepoel.
Pogačar pushed on alone.
4km to go
Pogačar crosses the highest with round 15 seconds to Evenepoel.
Vingegaard now has Laporte, dropped from the break, serving to him.
3km to go
Carapaz now taking up the ultimate climb to the road.
Yates crosses the 3km mark. The struggle for the stage win is over.
Pogačar racing together with Georg Zimmermann from the break with him.
Vingegaard and Laporte catch Evenepoel.
Now the hole is underneath 10 seconds.
Evenepoel, Vingegaard, and Laporte make it throughout to Pogačar.
2km to go
Will Pogačar attempt once more on the ultimate climb? It isn’t significantly steep or lengthy…
Now Evenepoel assaults.
The rostrum trio solely shifting additional away from the already distant GC challengers filling out the remainder of the highest 10 right here.
1km to go
He has 35 seconds on Yates.
End
Evenepoel attacking now!
Vingegaard and Laporte attempting to get again to him.
Evenepoel has 2:10 to make up on the Dane with a purpose to take second general earlier than Good.
The GC males are racing on that last uphill drag now.
Pogačar sitting behind Vingegaard and Laporte, in fact.
Evenepoel reaches teammate Jan Hirt from the breakaway.
They’re within the last 3km now.
The hole is not insignificant right here…
Van Aert and Sivakov now with Vingegaard and Pogačar.
Hirt nonetheless dragging Evenepoel in direction of the end.
Benoot additionally serving to Vingegaard.
15 seconds or so between the teams.
Benoot and Van Aert nonetheless working for Vingegaard.
It is a mini-TTT to the end
Van Aert drops away.
Into the ultimate kilometre for the GC males.
Evenepoel now solo and flying in direction of the road.
He’ll achieve time on Vingegaard, however how a lot?
Into the ultimate 500 metres for Evenepoel.
Evenepoel crosses the road at 7:13 down.
Pogačar leaves Vingegaard behind!
Pogačar at 7:23.
Vingegaard at 7:25.
Evenepoel makes up round 12 seconds on Vingegaard there.
It already appeared like a fantasy to suppose that Vingegaard would possibly problem Pogačar for yellow following the occasions of the Pyrenees. Now, come the Alps, he’ll be trying over his shoulder within the standings for Evenepoel.
Carapaz on the street to victory immediately.
Evenepoel, Pogačar, and Vingegaard could solely have completed down in twenty sixth, twenty seventh, and twenty eighth immediately however the GC battle is unexpectedly the massive story of stage 17.
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Tadej Pogačar will likely be completely happy along with his day. He simply distanced his rivals as soon as once more and it seems to be like he’ll haven’t any bother defending his yellow jersey in the course of the last weekend.
Remco Evenepoel will even be completely happy. He already had a five-minute lead over fourth and might now look forward to second place after distancing Jonas Vingegaard twice immediately.
Visma-Lease A Bike mentioned they will be taking dangers to assist Jonas Vingegaard attempt to beat Pogačar earlier than Good, however they will certainly now be trying over their shoulders to defend towards Evenepoel.
This is our stage 17 report because the GC battle exploded into life behind the breakaway.
Pogačar and Evenepoel warming down alongside each other forward of the rostrum ceremony as soon as once more.
Stage 17’s jersey rundown…
Biniam Girmay consolidated his inexperienced jersey lead immediately, gaining a degree on Jasper Philipsen. This seems to be like one other jersey battle determined.
Pogačar additionally holds a commanding lead within the mountain classification. He is on 77 factors, 19 away from Vingegaard, with two arduous Alpine phases left to run.
Remco Evenepoel is 8:21 away from Carlos Rodríguez in the most effective younger rider standings, a dominant lead.
Richard Carapaz is not in a jersey however he is on the rostrum immediately after his stage win.
Romain Gregoire was probably the most combative rider of the stage.
Pogačar and Evenepoel assault Vingegaard to land psychological blow earlier than Tour de France showdown within the Alps
Simply earlier than the Col du Noyer, Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) launched a solo assault and took the lead within the race. Nonetheless, Richard Carapaz would bridge throughout after which storm forward for the stage victory, leaving Yates to accept second and see his finest probability of a stage victory on this 12 months’s Tour de France disappear. In abstract, Yates mentioned, “the legs usually are not giving me what I would like on the minute”.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) Evenepoel stays firmly on track for a podium end at this 12 months’s Tour de France, and his aggression within the finale at Superdévoluy on stage 17 indicated that he would possibly but goal at divesting Vingegaard of second place.
Visma-Lease a Bike chief Jonas Vingegaard struggled somewhat to remain in contact with the opposite podium contenders on stage 17. Race chief Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) each managed to distance the Dane on the toughest ascent of the day, Pogačar gained 2 seconds and Evenepoel grabbed 12. Is that this a worrying omen because the Alps are but to return?
