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2022 TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE 17 RECAP

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar won stage 17 of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees on Wednesday, but was once again shadowed over the line by overall leader in Jumbo-Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard. With the bonus seconds for the win, UAE Team Emirates rider Pogacar now trails the Dane by two minutes and 18 seconds. Ineos leader Geraint Thomas dug deep to retain third place, zig-zagging over the final 16 percent incline and extending his lead on fourth-placed Nairo Quintana to almost three minutes. At the bottom of the first climb on the packed roads with camper vans and barbecues galore a fan brandished a sign reading ‘The Earth is Flat’, but after the three mountains on the menu almost all the finishers ended lying flat on the floor.

This year’s Tour has entered its end-game with one mountain stage and one time-trial the remaining real battle grounds to settle the debate for the yellow jersey. The relentlessly attack-minded Pogacar, 23, was led up the final climb by his sherpa Brandon McNulty, while willowy 25-year-old Vingegaard remained stone-faced in his slipstream most of the day.

On a day when Pogacar lost key lieutenant Rafal Majka, the Slovenian said his team-mates were running on emotional energy and the feeling in the group was positive in their fight to claim back the top spot they lost in the Alps.

“We showed we are still strong as a team. We are positive and motivated to go again tomorrow,” he said.

“We have been unlucky, but tomorrow we will give everything we have,” he promised.

Pogacar admitted he missed all his absent teammates, with UAE Emirates now at four riders.

“If we had them all here, we would have made it a harder race for him (Vingegaard), and we will try again,” he said.

Vingegaard himself was far from convinced the race was his yet.

“It isn’t all in hand, but I’m happy with how it went,” said the former fish market worker.

“I have to keep an eye on him because you never know which moment he’ll attack,” he said.

“I only have to follow Tadej,” he said.

2022 TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE RESULTS

Battle of the young and old

In the battle for third place veteran Thomas, 2018’s champion, again proved doubters wrong has he dug deep after being dropped by the younger leading pair as his teammates Adam Yates and Tom Pidcock dropped away badly. The 36-year-old Thomas appears to have won his struggle with Colombia’s Nairo Quintana, in a battle of an older generation. The top three looks settled, but the order remains to be seen with Thursday’s massive mountain slog to Hautacam and Saturday’s 41km time-trial likely to wreak damage on someone.

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Tour de France 2022 stage 17 preview - Pyrenean showdown

The route and favourites for stage 17 of the Tour on July 20, 2022: Saint-Gaudens – Peyragudes, 129.7km

Where is stage 17:  Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes

When is stage 17:  July 20, 2022

How far is stage 17: 129.7km

What is the start time : 13:15 - 16:50 CEST

Stage type:  Mountain

Stage 17 sees the second of a trio of Pyrenean showdowns among the overall contenders, with the summit finish sure to deliver an exciting duel between leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates).

Vingegaard has a 2:22 lead over the Slovenian but on the climbs of stage 16, Pogačar delivered on his promise to not go down without a fight. He attacked numerous times but each time he was easily marked by the Dane.

Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) opened up a 92-second lead over the next-placed rider Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samisc) after Romain Bardet (Team DSM) collapsed and dropped to 9th.

However, the Welshman showed some weakness amid Pogačar's attacks. Adam Yates and Tom Pidcock sacrificed some time to haul him back in and lost time, so Ineos are putting all their money on Thomas. It's going to be a vicious stage.

This is the shortest mountain stage of the Tour, but four hard climbs make it a crucial one in the GC fight. The first 53km are flat before the first-category Col d'Aspin begins. Climbing 785 metres over 12km, the hardest part at 9.5% comes after seven kilometres.

A fast eight-kilometre downhill takes the peloton to the foot of the second-category Hourquette d'Ancizan. This irregular 8.2-kilometre climb begins with 4km at 7.5%, but the gradient is often steeper than that. A descent and false flat precede the final ramp at between 6 and 7.4%.

10km of descending and seven kilometres of flat road bring riders to the first category, 10.7-kilometre Col de Val Louron-Azet. Starting with the three easiest kilometres at 5.1, 2.5, and 6.2%, the climb then only dips below 7.1% once (a kilometre from the top), with the gradient often between 8 and 9%.

7km of descending are followed by a five-kilometre flat section before the first-category climb to the finish in Peyragudes begins. Eight kilometres in length, it starts easy with a kilometre at 4.5% before kicking up to between 7.9 and 8.7% for the next four kilometres. Then there is a brief respite at six% followed by a 9% ramp and another kilometre at six%. The final kilometre is the hardest at 13% with a brief section reaching 16%.

The GC contenders will probably save their attacks for the final climb, meaning that a strong breakaway could go all the way.

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Tour de France 2022 - How to watch Stage 17 on Wednesday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

Published 19/07/2022 at 23:01 GMT

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Tour de France 2022 – Stage 17 [FULL STAGE]

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July 20, 2022

Tour de France 2022 – Stage 17 – Saint-Gaudens – Peyragudes : 129,7 km

For three weeks of the year cycling fans put their bikes away and root themselves to their sofas, eyes fixed on their television screens as they watch one of the greatest races of the season play out in front of them. We are, of course, talking about the Tour de France – the one bicycle race that nearly everyone on planet Earth has heard of. This three-week race is regarded by many as one of the toughest sporting events in the world. With 21 gruelling stages to complete over a 23-day period, adding up to around 3,500km in total, the Tour de France is a race of pure endurance. The winner isn’t necessarily the strongest rider, but rather the one who can survive the most suffering, day after day. Five-time winner of the Tour, Bernard Hinault, summed up just what it takes to win this great race: “You can’t win without suffering. Whether it’s in the mountains or in a time-trial, you have to spare no effort. You may feel drained at the finish, but the joy of winning helps you forget everything.” The 2022 route, which is due to start in Copenhagen, Denmark, and finish in Paris, France, is headlined by six summit finishes, two individual time trials and a high-mountain stage that will see the riders grovel their way to the the 2,413m-high summit of the Col du Granon. The rest of the route features hilly stages aplenty, but only a couple of flat stages for the fastmen. In place of sprinting opportunities this year, the organisers have opted for dynamic stages that will suit a wide array of riders and promote aggressive and entertaining racing.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) saved his final blast for the closing 100 metres and won his third stage of this year’s Tour de France at the summit of Peyragudes. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) could not match the acceleration and finished on his adversary’s wheel for second.

Pogačar’s teammate Brandon McNulty took third on stage 17. His searing pace ripped the peloton to shreds after the penultimate climb of Val Louron-Azet.

The Pyrenean showdown came down to the UAE Team Emirates duo versus Jumbo-Visma’s GC leader. The only hesitation from Vingegaard came in the sprint to the line, as he could not move around his rival. Vingegaard held tight to his race lead and only lost a few seconds to his main challenger, Pogačar now 2:18 back.

Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) held his composure on stage 17, finishing fourth, and held to third overall, now 4:56 behind the leader.

Romain Bardet (Team DSM) looked to suffer on the climb but managed to trail only four seconds behind fifth-placed Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) on the summit finish, and with his ride, Bardet moved from ninth on GC to sixth overall, 9:21 back. Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) finished the stage in the top 10 to retain fourth and fifth, respectively, on GC. Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) slipped three spots in the overall standings, now ninth, and teammate Tom Pidcock plummeted from the top 10.

After the leaders crossed the finish line, more than 125 riders were strewn across the 11km climb of the fourth mountain of the day, looking to beat the time limit of approximately 37 minutes from Pogačar’s winning time.

“To take the stage win is already incredible. We can all be proud because without Rafal, George and Soler we cannot try more,” Pogačar said at the finish about riding with only three teammates on stage 17. “For now I’m happy that I won today. Tomorrow is another day which I’m looking forward to.

“I gave really absolutely everything. I know that I need to win, there’s no other way. I gave it all for the team to the line. I was so happy. Not only Brandon, also Mikkel and Hirschi. Mikkel rode like a climber today. He set such a good pace on the climbs, it was unbelievable. I felt so good with that pace, I felt confident and I know he felt confident also. Brandon did an amazing job, he was so good today – he’s been good all Tour but a special mention goes to him.”

How it unfolded It was a compact day in the Pyrenees for stage 17 that began in Saint-Gaudens, with four categorised climbs across 129.7 kilometres.

Two more riders did not take the start today, reducing the number who started the Grand Tour even further from 176 to 144. UAE Team Emirates did not start Rafa Majka, who sustained a thigh strain injury on stage 16 when his chain snapped. That left two-time Tour champion Pogačar with only three teammates – Mikkel Bjerg, Marc Hirschi and McNulty. Another rider out of the Tour from the start was Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal), who departed after mild symptoms and a positive for COVID-19.

The first 53 kilometres were flat roads in the Haute-Garonne, on the plain between Pau and Toulouse, before the first-category Col d’Aspin. Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), who was third on stage 16, surged off the front immediately, and then Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) gave it a go. Multiple attacks followed in the opening kilometres, but no gaps developed

Jumbo-Visma kept riders near the front as the only intermediate sprint of the day loomed ahead in La Barthe-de-Neste before the road tilted skyward, and the team looked to help Wout van Aert seal his lead in the green points jersey competition.

With 14km before the sprint, Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers) and Connor Swift (Arkéa-Samsic) attacked but a gap of 20 seconds was short lived. Once they were reeled back, Van Aert was part of a swell of eight riders with eyes set on 1km to go to the intermediate sprint. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took the maximum 20 points just ahead of Van Aert, who added another 17 points and sealed the green jersey competition.

Now with 15km remaining before the 12km climb of the Col d’Aspin, the attacks kept coming. Guillaume Boivin (Israel-Premier Tech) and Owain Doull (EF Education-EasyPost) were the first to go, but only Doull kept the pace high. This allowed Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) to strike out. He was joined in the attack by Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) and the duo formed the first serious breakaway.

Behind, a group of about 15 riders took up the pace for the chase, sending more riders to the back of what was a peloton than off the front. In the mix were Simon Geschke (Cofidis), wearing the polka dot jersey, and Guilio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), who were set to battle for KOM points, but it was Pinot who took top points as the first to crest the summit of Col d’Aspin.

After the first climb, with 65km to go, Pinot and Lutsenko had 1:15 on the reduced peloton, with two groups chasing in between. One of the GC favourites, sixth-placed Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), began to fade. UAE Team Emirates rode at the front of the peloton and pushed the pace on the approach to the second-category Hourquette d’Ancizan.

Pinot and Lutsenko continued to lead the way on the irregular 8.2km climb of the Hourquette d’Ancizan, which began with 4km at 7.5%. Behind, Geschke had a mechanical problem, so was not part of the sprint with Ciccone for third place KOM points.

Mountain mayhem On the fast 10km descent on the narrow Pyrenean roads headed to the formidable Col de Val Louron-Azet, the chase group was 30 seconds down on the lead duo, and were set for the catch. The chasers included Jonathan Castroviejo and Dylan van Baarle (Ineos Grenadiers), Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar), Pierre-Luc Perichon and Simon Geschke (Cofidis), Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious), Romain Bardet, Chris Hamilton and Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM), Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-EasyPost), Quinn Simmons and Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), Chris Juul Jensen (BikeExchange-Jayco), Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies), Bob Jungels (Ag2r-Citröen).

Pinot and Lutsenko were absorbed by the chasers at the start of the long ascent, 10.7km, of the Col de Val Louron-Azet to create a formidable pack. The polka dot jersey group rode 33 seconds back and the yellow jersey group was 1:15 back, with 28km to go.

The first-category climb of Val Louron-Azet only dipped below 7.1% once proving to be perfect feeding ground for explosive moves and faded hopes. Bjerg of UAE Team Emirates and Van Aert of Jumbo were soon suffering on the climb, which reduced the arsenal for a Vingegaard vs Pogačar showdown.

McNulty set a searing pace across the gradients of 8 and 9% and the yellow jersey group would become the lead group, with riders going backwards. Pinot began to lower his pace, or so it seemed with the high tempo created by McNulty and company. Pinot would fade from the lead, then Bardet and Lutsenko, with Bardet going straight off the back.

Motoring up the mountain was McNulty, Pogačar, Vingegaard and Thomas, and with 3km to go Thomas could no longer stay in touch. The Ineos rider was soon rolling backwards, while the surging trio then caught the only rider who had remained out front, Leknessund.

Pogačar jumped from behind McNulty’s wheel to hit the front across the top of the Val Louron-Azet. The trio regrouped on the start of the descent, with McNulty back in the lead, Vingegaard clinging to Pogačar’s wheel with under 18km to go. The closest chasers had a little more than a minute to make up, that group including Thomas, Lutsenko and Kuss. Just behind the trio of chasers were a Team DSM tandem of Bardet and Leknessund, who merged on the descent but were 1:15 in arrears of the leaders.

Once off the descent, a 5km flat section provided the launching pad for the first-category climb to the finish in Peyragudes at the altiport, McNulty motoring at the front for the best young rider with the yellow jersey in tow.

Leknessund was the first of the chasers to drop back, and with 7.2km to go Bardet went in the other direction, his acceleration matched by Thomas. Bardet turned around and asked Thomas to help work in the chase. Lutsenko kept them in sight but could not hold on. Another minute and a half back and approaching the final climb was a pack that included Quintana, Gaudu and Meintjes. Yates was nowhere in sight.

The volume of the roadside spectators increased as the pitch of the road increased as the final 3km was underway. The lead trio progressively added time to their gap over each kilometre, stretching the gap to 1:34 on Thomas and Bardet, 1:44 on the Gaudu group and 3:14 to what remained of the peloton.

On the opening of the last 1,000 metres, the hardest at 13% with a brief section reaching 16%, McNulty remained stoic. Pogačar was the first to accelerate and held for the stage win, never able to shake Vingegaard off his wheel. The extra work done by the American, earning him the most combative award.

The broom wagon just caught Fabio Jakobsen (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) as he passed the finishing line to cheering crowds – he had just 18 seconds to spare. On to another day of climbing.

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Tour de France 2022 stage 17 preview: short but stunning Pyrenean stage

All you need to know about the route, timings, and what to expect from stage 17

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Stage 17 of the Tour de France 2022 starts in Saint-Gaudens and finishes in Peyragudes.

This could be the most beautiful stage of the race, as well as the most crucial for those wrestling over the yellow jersey.

When is stage 17 of the Tour de France taking place?

The Tour de France stage 17 takes place on Wednesday, July 20 starting at 12:25 BST with an anticipated finish time of 16:00 BST. 

How long is stage 17 of the Tour de France?

The Tour de France stage 17 will be 129.7 km long.

Tour de France stage 17: expected timings

Tour de france stage 17 route.

From the flatlands to the north of the Pyrenees in Saint-Gaudens, there’s a 55km run in to the mountains to reach Arreau, at the foot of the first of four passes, the Col d’Aspin. Rising for 12km, its gradient is consistent and not especially steep. 

There’s just a short drop away from the Aspin towards Lac de Payolle and a 180-degree turn to climb the majestic Hourquette d’Ancizan. Once again, it’s not overly challenging but adds to the amount of climbing that the riders will steadily be accumulating, with two tougher climbs to come. The descent away from this pass is fast and technical in parts. 

A very short valley section brings the race to the Col d’Azet, which averages 6.8% across 10.7km. It is, however, very Pyrenean in nature, with frequent changes in gradient. The ramps are easy to begin with, then sharpen considerably in its middle section and again towards the top.

The descent is very fast and technical as it nears the valley beyond. The last climb sticks at around 8% until a right turn towards the Peyragudes altiport, where it sharpens a point or two. The finish on the runway is steeper still, ramping up to 13% for the last few hundred metres.

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Tour de France stage 17: what to expect 

This extremely short stage could tempt GC contenders a little way down the leader board to regain lost ground by attacking on the Col d’Azet, from which the road leads very quickly into the final ascent up to Peyragudes. For the yellow jersey team, the key will be avoiding an ambush and maintaining control for as long as possible and then, if there’s the chance, setting up their leader for a stage-winning break that will further secure his position.

Tour de France stage 17: riders to watch

Such has been Tadej Pogačar’s dominance in the high mountains over the last two seasons that it’s hard to see past the defending champion as the most likely winner of a stage like this. Jumbo-Visma's Jonas Vingegaard should be prominent, while Ineos Grenadiers will be hoping that Geraint Thomas will be in the same form that enabled him to negotiate a tricky run of Pyrenean stages towards the end of the 2018 Tour he won.

Froome's brilliant bluff

As the peloton headed towards Peyragudes on stage 12 of the 2017 Tour, race leader Chris Froome gradually began to realise that he was suffering a ‘jour sans’, one of those days when the legs don’t respond in the way that a rider expects them to, usually because they’ve under-fuelled during the previous stage or evening. 

Although the Briton was in yellow, his lead over Fabio Aru was just 18 seconds, while Romain Bardet and Rigoberto Urán were also within a minute of him. The 209.5km stage began easily enough, but there were four tough climbs packed into the second half of it. On the first, the Col de Menté, Froome sat in behind a line of Sky team-mates setting the pace for him. The British team stayed in formation over the harder ascent of the Port de Balès. But as they started up the Col de Peyresourde, Froome sensed his resources were dwindling. However, his tactical acuity was as sharp as ever. 

In order to pre-empt attacks by his rivals, he pulled out of the Sky line to the far side of the road and made a point of eyeing up his rivals. His aim was to get them thinking he was sizing them up prior to launching an attack. His bluff paid off. He got back into position and his rivals kept following. When the attacks finally came, the yellow jersey group was in the final few hundred metres of the runway at Peyragudes. Froome couldn’t respond when Bardet, Aru and Urán jumped clear, and Aru moved into the yellow jersey, six seconds ahead of the Briton. But it could have been far worse. He’d saved his Tour hopes and would win the title for a fourth time in Paris.

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Peter Cossins has been writing about professional cycling since 1993, with his reporting appearing in numerous publications and websites including Cycling Weekly ,  Cycle Sport  and  Procycling - which he edited from 2006 to 2009. Peter is the author of several books on cycling - The Monuments , his history of cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in 2014, followed in 2015 by  Alpe d’Huez , an appraisal of cycling’s greatest climb. Yellow Jersey - his celebration of the iconic Tour de France winner's jersey won the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year Award.

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Tour de France Stage 17 Preview: A Potentially Decisive Mountain Stage

The second day in the Pyrenees should prove to be a pivotal GC stage with plenty of opportunities for attacks.

Stage 17 - Saint-Gaudens to Peyragudes - 129.7km - Wednesday, July 20

The second of this year’s three Pyrenean stages, Stage 17 crams four categorized climbs (including a summit finish in Peyragudes) into only 129.7km, making it maybe the toughest–and certainly the most intense–of the three.

The day begins in Saint-Gaudens, a semi-regular stop when the Tour visits the Pyrenees. The riders will head west on valley roads, gradually grinding their way uphill and through the Intermediate Sprint in La Barthe-de-Neste. The first hour should be fast and aggressive as teams still looking for a stage win try and place a rider or two in the breakaway and teams with GC contenders attempt to put a support rider up the road to help their captains later in the stage (a tactic we saw work well on Stage 16).

The climbing begins with 76.1km to-go with the Category 1 Col d’Aspin (12km @ 6.5%), one of the more famous climbs in the Pyrenees and an ascent the riders know well (it’s included in just about every Tour). Long but fairly gradual, the Aspin’s most intense fight should be reserved for the riders chasing the King of the Mountains points available at the top, as Germany’s Simon Geschke (Cofidis) seeks to extend his 19-point lead. A short descent brings the riders to the base of the next climb, the Category 2 Hourquette d’Ancizan (8.2km @ 5.1%), the easiest of the day’s four summits.

If there’s a chance for the riders to catch their breath or grab a bottle or snack, it’s now, as there’s 16km from the top of the Hourquette d’Ancizan to the base of the next climb, including about 5km on a valley road that’s the perfect place for team cars to come up and service their riders before the final two ascents.

With 32km left to race, the riders turn left into Saint-Lary-Soulan, which marks the official start to the day’s penultimate climb, the Category 1 Col de Val Louron-Azet (10.7km @ 6.8%). The stats on this climb are deceiving, as the first two kilometers are pretty gentle. Arriving with less than 30km left in the stage, it’s the perfect place for a rider like Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) to launch a not-quite-so-long-range attack to try and dislodge Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) from the top of the Tour’s General Classification.

The riders crest the summit of the Val Louron-Azet with just a 10km descent separating them from the foot of the day’s final climb, the Category 1 ascent to Peyragudes (8km @ 7.8%). By now the race should be in full swing, with the descent leading into possibly proving to be as decisive as the climb itself.

Like the Col de Val Louron-Azet, the climb begins gently, but then settles into a fairly consistent gradient of about 8% for the next five kilometers. Then the steeper pitches arrive: the first averages 9% with about 3km to-go and the second hits 16% inside the final kilometer, as the riders climb onto the airstrip that sits atop the mountain, where the finish line awaits. Weather-wise, the day should be cooler, with temperatures hovering around 80 degrees and partly cloudy skies. Given the last few days, it might feel downright cold.

The Tour last finished in Peyragudes in 2017. France’s Romain Bardet (now riding for Team DSM) won the stage for Ag2r-La Mondiale, and Great Britain’s Chris Froome (then riding for Team Sky) lost the yellow jersey to Italy’s Fabio Aru (then riding for Astana and now since retired). Froome took the jersey back a few days later, but the stage finish was one of the most exciting of the Tour. We expect no different this year.

Riders to Watch

It’s tempting to predict Stage 17 to play out in a fashion similar to Stage 16, with a large group of riders escaping to build a large lead and settling the stage win among themselves. But Stage 17 is about 50km shorter than Stage 16–which means less room for large gaps to form–and the GC contenders’ teams will want to keep any support riders who go up the road close enough to be able to lend a hand in the finale. That’s a roundabout way of saying that we think one of the GC contenders will win the stage in a manner similar to how Vingegaard took Stage 11 on the Col du Granon. Much to everyone else’s dismay, the steep finish is perfect for Vingegaard and Pogačar.

When to Watch

With Pogačar seemingly averse to waiting until the final climb to try and crack Vingegaard, we’re planning to tune-in as the riders start the Col de Val Louron-Azet, the first of the day’s two final climbs. That means we’ll be sitting down at around 10:00 a.m. EDT and watching the final hour of the stage. Note that the stage is expected to end a little earlier than usual: at about 11:00 a.m. EDT.

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First things first. Are we going to see the stage winner emerge from the breakaway, or will it be a GC rider? It depends largely on the place where the breakaway etablishes itself. If it’s early on, there is unlikely to be a good climber on board, as the first hour of racing takes place on the flat. The riders then enter the Col d’Aspin and, obviously, you need climbing legs to get away from the main group on that 12 kilometres ascent at 6.5%. Which ups the chances for the breakaway to be successful.

After the Aspin the riders continue to the Hourquette d’Ancizan (8.2 kilometres at 5.1%) and Col de Val-Louron-Azet (10.7 kilometres at 6.8%) before the finish climb kicks in. The road to Peyragudes goes up for 8 kilometres with an average gradient of 7.8%. And it’s really the last part that’s going to do the damage. First 1 kilometre at 9%, then it levels out to 6% before the last 500 metres are insane with an average gradient of 13%.

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Tour de France 2025 : à Luchon, c’est déjà la course pour loger les coureurs et la caravane

l'essentiel Le tracé du Tour de France 2025 devrait faire étape à Toulouse, Muret et Bagnères-de-Luchon. Dans les Pyrénées, on s’y prépare déjà.

Le Tour de France 2025 devrait faire étape deux jours en Haute-Garonne, au mois de juillet prochain. Des discussions sont en cours entre les organisateurs et la mairie de Toulouse, et des départs sont également annoncés à Muret et Bagnères-de-Luchon. Dans les Pyrénées, les demandes d’hébergement affluent déjà.

"J’ai été contacté par la société qui organise le Tour de France, confirme un hôtelier. Ils m’ont demandé mes disponibilités pour le 18 juillet prochain, me précisant qu’ils avaient 1800 personnes à loger, entre les équipes, les journalistes, les invités…. Il n’est pas difficile de supposer que le tour sera sur notre ville ce jour-là ».

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Christian Prudhomme rêve d’une arrivée à Superbagnères

Pour en savoir plus, il s’agira d’attendre le mois d’octobre et la présentation du parcours 2025. Ce qui est sûr, dans la cité thermale, c’est que la station de Luchon Superbagnères pourrait être concernée. "Je crois savoir que Christian Prudhomme rêve depuis longtemps d’une arrivée sur le plateau de la station de Luchon Superbagnères, poursuit l’hôtelier. Maintenant que la route n’est plus pénalisée par les deux ponts de Ravi, pourquoi ne pas revivre l’étape de 1989, avec Laurent Fignon ! "

En effet, les ponts Lapadé et de Ravi ne sont plus limités en tonnage après leur complète réhabilitation et la route de la station de Luchon Superbagnères est donc totalement libre pour le tour de France. La Crémaillère Express, quant à elle, avec ses cabines dix places et ses va-et-vient en quelques minutes, est fin prête pour redescendre le public. Tous les clignotants semblent donc au vert pour les habitants de la cité thermale.

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Tour de France: 17. etape

Toptre på 17. etape:

• Richard Carapaz
• Simon Yates +37"
• Enric Mas +57"

Toptre i klassementet:

• Tadej Pogacar
• Jonas Vingegaard +03'11"
• Remco Evenepoel +05'09"

- Vi fik det vildeste scenarie, siger dansker

Onsdagens 17. etape blev både hektisk og dramatisk. Et utal af ryttere ville i udbrud, og det gjorde, at der blev kørt modbydelig stærkt på særligt første halvdel af etapen.

Langt om længe kom et udbrud afsted, et stort et af slagsen. Her var den danske Team Jayco AlUla-rytter Christopher Juul-Jensen iblandt, og han havde en ekstremt hård dag på cyklen.

- Åh, mand, siger den trætte dansker til flere medier – heriblandt TV 2 Sport.

- Vi fik det vildeste scenarie, vi kunne forestille os. Der var angrebsforsøg, og udbruddet kom først fri efter 120 kilometer. På det tidspunkt var der allerede blevet brændt en del tændstikker af, siger Christopher Juul-Jensen.

Mens danskeren aldrig gjorde sig gældende i finalen, var det anderledes for holdkammeraten Simon Yates, der angreb fra udbruddet og sluttede etapen som nummer to.

- Mon ikke han er skuffet. Man kører for at vinde, men han kørte et godt cykelløb, siger Christopher Juul-Jensen.

Spændende nyt fra Pogacar

Der er kommet nyt fra Pogacar i sagen om de lækkede tal:

Evenepoel med kækt svar på spørgsmål om Vingegaard

Remco Evenepoel var en glad mand efter onsdagens etape, hvor det lykkedes ham at hente nogle sekunder på både Jonas Vingegaard og Tadej Pogacar. En opløftende oplevelse for løbets nummer tre, der lod overskuddet skinne igennem i mixedzone.

Du har slået Jonas Vingegaard på en stigning. Hvor meget ændrer det for dig?

- Og Tadej … svarer Evenepoel med et stort smil, inden han griner.

Ja, og Tadej , griner journalisten med.

- Nej, det er ikke så meget tid. Mit hovedmål er ikke at sætte de gutter eller tage tid på dem. Det er at tage så meget tid på den bag mig som muligt, og den mission lykkedes i dag med to et halvt minut eller noget i den stil, siger Evenepoel i en mere seriøs tone.

- Så jeg skal være glad for, hvor jeg er – og min følelse – og jeg håber, at jeg kan holde niveauet oppe, for jeg har brug for det på 19. og 20. etape.

- Det var kun sekunder, siger Vingegaards holdkammerat

Vi har også snakket med Vingegaards holdkammerat Bart Lemmen efter etapen.

- Det var ikke en etape, hvor vi ville prøve noget, og derfor kørte vi lidt mere defensivt. Og vi ville ikke kontrollere noget.

- Det er en skam, at Jonas mister tid, men det var kun sekunder. Vi ser frem til weekenden, hvor etaperne passer bedre til Jonas, siger Lemmen til TV 2 Sport efter 17. etape.

Van Aert kom til undsætning: - Jonas havde nogle svære momenter

Mod slutningen af etapen fik Jonas Vingegaard hjælp fra flere af holdkammeraterne. Først Laporte på nedkørslen og så Benoot og Van Aert i den absolutte finale, da Evenepoel havde angrebet.

- Jeg er glad for, at jeg stadig var til nytte for Jonas i finalen. Det var også den første intention med et udbrud. Vi ville beskytte Jonas godt i finalen – især hvis noget som i dag skulle ske, siger belgiske Tiesj Benoot til Sporza .

Landsmand Wout van Aert bakker om.

- Det er godt, at vi var der, for Jonas havde nogle få svære momenter, tænker jeg. Så vi var i stand til at hjælpe ham.

Vingegaard, der selv takkede holdkammeraterne efter etapen, kører stadig for sejren, og Benoot tror på, at det kan lade sig gøre.

- Vi er her med otte stærke ryttere, og det ville være en skam at give op med den meget svære sidste uge her. Man tager hellere 12 sekunder, end man mister 12, men det var ikke den bedste finale for ham (Vingegaard, red.). Det ved vi, for det var meget eksplosivt. Det er en ulempe for ham, men de kommende dage er anderledes.

Michael Rasmussen:

Undskyld, men jeg synes der i denne tråd mangler en afgørende pointe. Hvis vingegaard ikke havde stillet til start i årets tur, hvor spændende havde det så lige været at følge?. Det virker som om at når han taber tid sættes det ikke i perspektiv.. manglende træning, løb, etc..

Hej Michael 🙂

Jeg tror, at alle cykelelskere er lykkelige for, at Vingegaard er til start. Og det er jo helt utroligt, at han kan præstere, som han gør nu, når man tænker på, hvordan det så ud for tre måneder siden. Og det håber jeg da bestemt også, at man tager in mente, når man vurderer hans præstationer. Det synes jeg nu, at vores gode eksperter plejer at nævne og bruge i perspektivet – hvordan hans optakt har været, og hvad han har været igennem. God Tour!

Vingegaard forklarer taktik: - Det virkede jo helt perfekt

Hele dagen forsøgte Team Visma | Lease a Bike at få nogen med i udbruddet. I sidste ende kom Tiesj Benoot ud i det forreste udbrud, mens Wout van Aert og Christophe Laporte havnede i forfølgergruppen.

- Det var egentlig for enten at køre for etapen eller for at have nogle ryttere ude foran, der kunne hjælpe mig, hvis det var, og det virkede jo, siger Vingegaard til TV 2 Sport efter etapen, hvor han tabte 12 sekunder til Evenepoel og to sekunder til Pogacar.

Forventede du, at Pogacar ville angribe, siden I forsøgte at få nogen afsted?

- Ja – eller i hvert fald hvis nu, at han kom med et angreb, havde jeg et modsvar og nogen, der kunne hjælpe mig, hvis jeg ikke kunne følge med, og det virkede jo helt perfekt.

På toppen af dagens næstsidste stigning var Vingegaard lidt efter både Pogacar og Evenepoel, men første hjalp Laporte ham tilbage til konkurrenterne, inden Van Aert og Benoot førte for Visma-kaptajnen mod slutningen, hvor Evenepoel var kørt.

Hvilke tanker gør I ifh til Vingegaard evne til at Restituere? Vingegaard så slukket ud i øjnene og stemme uden glæde efter dagens etape. Kan styrtet have påvirket evnen til at restituere?

Hej Karen 🙂

Vi ved, at Vingegaard har en fremragende restitution under normale omstændigheder. Men spørgsmålet, som vi måske fik lidt svar på i dag – og som vi ellers får svar på fredag og lørdag – er, om han har fået opbygget den nødvendige base, der skal kunne tage imod den akkumulerede træthed, der hober sig op over tre ugers etapeløb. Jo bedre form man er i, des bedre kan man tage imod trætheden.

Vi kan håbe på Vingegaards vegne, men ja, styrtet kan godt have påvirket evnen til at restituere nu her i Touren, fordi han måske ikke har opbygget den nødvendige base, som han havde sidste år.

Pogacar gør det kun for at irritere Vingegaard, mener ekspert

Tom Dumoulin, den tidligere professionelle cykelrytter, der kørte på hold med Jonas Vingegaard indtil 2022, forstår ikke, hvorfor Tadej Pogacar ville angribe på onsdagens etape.

- Det er rent bluff, en ren magtdemonstration. Pogacar er tre minutter foran. Han behøver slet ikke at gøre dette (angribe på Noyer-stigningen, red.). Han gør det udelukkende for at irritere Vingegaard, siger Tom Dumoulin, der nu er ekspert hos NOS, ifølge Wielerflits .

- Det har lidt med arrogance at gøre. Duellen mellem Vingegaard og Pogacar har stået på i tre år nu, og Pogacar kan selvfølgelig ikke tåle, at han er blevet slået to år i træk. Nu er han endelig i front igen og har kræfterne til at påføre Vingegaard smerte. Han tænker: Nu skal du få igen, tilføjer Dumoulin, der vandt Giro d'Italia i sin karriere og blev nummer to i Touren anno 2018.

Efter etapen fortalte Tadej Pogacar, at han ikke helt vidste , hvorfor han angreb på dagens etape, da det ikke var planen, men han glæder sig over at sætte to sekunder i banken til Vingegaard.

Ordene fra Vingegaard

- Jeg har sagt, at jeg hellere vil køre for sejren end for andenpladsen, siger Vingegaard efter etapen til TV 2 Sport.

Læs hele reaktionen her:

Hvis ikke det var sket, kunne vi have sat Vingegaard mere under pres, siger Pogacar

Tadej Pogacar bliver spurgt ind til Remco Evenepoel i sit flashinterview efter etapen.

Remco var også on fire. Ham skal du også holde øje med …

- Remco var rigtig god. Han lavede et flot angreb i finalen. Visma leverede et flot samarbejde i dag. Hvis Jonas ikke havde haft holdkammerater ved sig, tror jeg, at Remco og jeg kunne have sat ham under endnu mere pres. Så ville udfaldet måske have været anderledes. Men i dag gjorde Visma det virkelig flot.

Efter etapen fortæller Pogacar til blandt andre TV 2 Sport, at det ikke var meningen, at han skulle angribe.

- I momentet tænkte jeg ikke klart, for Visma havde superstærke folk foran også, så ja … Det kunne være endt anderledes, men det var sådan, det gik, og jeg er glad for, hvordan det endte, og hvordan benene har det.

Evenepoel rykkede fra konkurrenterne på den sidste stigning, hvor Van Aert og Benoot fra udbruddet kom og hjalp Vingegaard med at lukke hullet lidt ned, inden Evenepoel øgede farten og trak fra igen, mens Pogacar angreb Vingegaard. Således tog Evenepoel ti sekunder på Pogacar og 12 sekunder på Vingegaard.

Hvem blev den mest angrebsivrige i dag?

Det blev Roman Grégoire fra FDJ-holdet.

Lykkelig Carapaz skriver historie

Så kom den for Carapaz, Tour de France-etapesejren. Dermed fuldender han Grand Tour-trilogien, som vi så Mads Pedersen og Magnus Cort gøre det sidste år – at vinde en etape i hver af de tre Grand Tours.

- Det kunne ikke være bedre, siger han med et stort smil i sit vinderinterview.

- Vi så frem til at vinde en etape, og etapen i dag var sindssygt hård. Der var angreb hele tiden, og til sidst kom en stor gruppe afsted. Det er en etape, jeg vil huske for evigt, fortæller ecuadorianeren.

Han har vundet tre etapesejre i Giro d'Italia og tre etaper i Vueltaen.

Aftenens analyse

Det var konklusionerne i det hurtige format. Resten kommer i den analyse, jeg skriver nu. Senere kommer der optakt til morgendagens etape, der ligner en stensikker udbrudsetaper.

Hurtige konklusioner

Et par hurtige konklusioner om Vingegaard:

Selve tidstabet på to sekunder var ingen katastrofe. Det kunne i denne finale være gået langt værre. Denne gang lykkedes forpoststrategien endelig, så taktisk var det et flot løb – selvom man kan undre sig over, at UAE denne gang for første gang tillod forposter, endda på en etape, hvor deres værdi var åbenbar.

Vingegaards egen præstation var ved første øjekast bekymrende, men er det sandt, at han kørte ud over sin grænse i et desperat forsøg på at undgå katastrofen, er det forventeligt. Det er først på fredag, at styrkeforholdet for alvor testes. Men vi så i spurten, at han ikke kunne holde hjul, og det kunne han altså i 2022 og 2023. Han har som minimum mindre punch end tidligere.

Både Vismas og UAE's kollektiver viste svaghedstegn. Det er mest bekymrende for Visma. Det er Vingegaard, der skal bruge sit hold til at gøre det hårdt. Pogacar er i defensiven og kan i princippet vinde løbet herfra næsten uden hold. Så længe kaptajnen selv ikke kan rystes, vinder han løbet – og det ligner han ikke en mand, der kan.

Her er toptre

• Simon Yates +37"
• Enric Mas +57"
• Jonas Vingegaard +03'11"
• Remco Evenepoel +05'09"

Evenepoel over – Pogacar angriber Vingegaard

Evenepoel kommer over som den første af de tre favoritter. Pogacar kommer ind ni/ti sekunder efter, mens Vingegaard kommer ind 12 sekunder efter Evenepoel.

Altså mister Vingegaard lidt tid til sine konkurrenter i dag – men ikke meget.

Bekymrende for Visma

Visma kørte et perfekt løb i forhold til forposter, men der har været adskillige bekymringer i forhold til fysikken. Dels var der Vingegaards egen præstation, men derudover var det urovækkende, at Kelderman og særligt Jorgenson slap så tidligt. Det lover ikke godt for det hårde løb, der skal skabes på fredag.

Når det er sagt, er Vingegaards præstation ingen katastrofe. Det blev en duel helt på Pogacars præmisser, fordi den blev så ekstremt eksplosiv. Det så ud til, at Vingegaard gik helt i rød zone, fordi han vidste, at det var alfa og omega, at Pogacar ikke rundede toppen med et hul. Han kørte ud over sin grænse, men da han kom sig, så det straks bedre ud.

Evenepoel rykker selv

Van Aert slår ud, og Benoot tager over og fører for Vingegaard. Så rykker Evenepoel væk fra Hirt.

Belgieren øger igen til Vingegaard. 12 sekunder er forspringet nu fra Evenepoel ned til Vingegaard og Pogacar!

Vingegaard får hjælp

Nu er Benoot og Van Aert kommet ned til Vingegaard, der har Pogacar i hjulet, men danskeren er stadig cirka 17 sekunder efter Evenepoel, der ser velkørende ud i dag.

Van Aert giver alt, hvad han har. En stor føring af belgieren, der prøver at bringe Vingegaard tilbage. De lukker lidt nu!