Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2022 (Tour de France)

[NearPup 3,129]

Pretty amazing stage for .

[hckošice 15,054]

Stage 17

Wednesday - July 20th, 2022

h. 13:25 (GMT +2)

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Saint Gaudens - Peyragudes

129.7km - High Mountains (Uphill finish)

 

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[heywoodu 15,291]

Col d'Aspin, the location of this bit of comedy  Too bad it's a bit of a junior stage today..

 

[heywoodu 15,291]

When taking away the fines, Astana has already earned a full €40 these past 2,5 weeks, Vino can maybe take one of the riders for a Happy Meal at McDonald's  

 

[heywoodu 15,291]

And Majka is out, he got injured when his chain broke yesterday. That is really unfortunate.

[Grassmarket 3,555]

Wout van Aert confirms his victory in the Green Jersey, providing he gets to the Champs.

[heywoodu 15,291]

And that's the green jersey mathematically decided if Van Aert stays on his bike. Not that it wasn't decided yet, total dominance. Same kind of thing as in most of Sagan's green jerseys: the way stages are set up and such makes it impossible for someone to beat someone with the qualities Sagan had and nowadays the overall qualities Van Aert has  

[Grassmarket 3,555]

Always one of the great moments in any TdF when the camera pans round from riders riding on the flat to the huge wall of rock that that they’re about to ride up.  

[Grassmarket 3,555]

Once again the “send a man up the road to help later” theory is completely useless. Ineos sent van Baarle up the road early. The group with Thomas reaches him.  Van Baarle falls away after 20 metres, contributes absolutely nothing, not so much as a bottle. 

[heywoodu 15,291]

Brandon Beltran is decimating the group with GC guys that are left