In case you missed any of the motion from yesterday’s sixteenth stage, it was a dramatic begin to the ultimate week with a back-to-back winner within the particular person time trial:
Tour de France: Time trial world champion Remco Evenepoel destroys race in opposition to the clock and takes back-to-back wins on stage 16
In the present day’s route
Here is a have a look at the profile right this moment, which is listed as a flat stage by the Tour’s official web site, however the 4 categorised climbs within the first 60km of the route might need one thing to say about that.
Heading southwest from Chambéry right down to Voiron, it is seemingly the ultimate probability for the breakaway specialists to have their probability, with three brutal mountain levels and the finale in Paris more likely to favour the highest GC riders higher.
A key level on the route is the positioning of the intermediate dash in Colombe, the place present inexperienced jersey factors chief, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), might be seeking to defend in opposition to Alpecin-Premier Tech’s Jasper Philipsen. However will both of them have the ability to make it and battle out the factors accessible on the end?
Lidl would be the favourites as Pedersen is the higher climber and has already gained from a breakaway this Tour, however Alpecin have Mathieu van der Poel as a second possibility for the stage if inexperienced appears to be like not possible. Both method, it must be quick and explosive proper from the flag drop at 13:30 CEST.
Good morning and welcome to Cyclingnews‘ stay protection of stage 17 of the Tour de France!
