Carapaz Achieves Historic Victory in the Alps
Carapaz Wins Stage 17: Richard Carapaz has performed a fantastic milestone through prevailing degree 17 of the Tour de France. This victory completes his series of level wins in cycling’s Grand Tours, adding to his preceding successes inside the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España. Carapaz also boasts an Olympic street race gold medal, further highlighting his remarkable career.
Carapaz’s Solo Triumph
Carapaz’s triumph got here with a remarkable solo attempt in the Alps. The EF Education-EasyPost rider outpaced Britain’s Simon Yates, who finished 2d. Carapaz’s win makes him the first Ecuadorian to claim a degree victory at the Tour de France, a significant success for his United States of America.
Pogacar Extends Lead Over Vingegaard
Behind Carapaz, Tadej Pogacar finished 27th however managed to extend his fashionable class lead over Jonas Vingegaard by using seconds, now status at three minutes and eleven seconds. The Slovenian, aiming for his third usual Tour victory, made an overdue wonder assault. Although closing yr’s winner Vingegaard stuck him, Pogacar nevertheless controlled to gain time in the sprint end.
Evenepoel’s Strong Performance
Remco Evenepoel, presently 0.33 in the normal standings, completed the stage in the 26th location, 10 seconds ahead of Pogacar and 12 seconds clear of Vingegaard. Evenepoel’s performance places him simply beneath two minutes in the back of Vingegaard within the trendy type.
Yates and Carapaz Dominate the Stage
The degree was ruled with the aid of a 4-rider breakaway until the very last moments. Simon Yates made a sturdy attack from the chasing organization, taking the lead on Col du Noyer. However, Carapaz surged beyond him at the descent, triumphing the degree by way of 37 seconds.
Carapaz’s Grand Tour Achievements
This victory marks Carapaz’s seventh Grand Tour degree win, adding to his three wins every inside the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España. Although he to start with wore the yellow jersey earlier in the Tour, he diminished from rivalry for the overall race. Nonetheless, his degree win is an ancient fulfillment.
Germany’s Green Jersey Quest
Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay recovered from a crash to complete within the peloton. Girmay, the first black African to win a Tour degree in advance of the race, improved his lead within the points category by beating Jasper Philipsen in an intermediate dash.
Upcoming Stages
Thursday’s level 18 will observe some other hilly courses before two challenging days within the mountains, which can be anticipated to be decisive for the race’s final results.
Tour de France Stage 17 Results
Richard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) 4hrs 6mins 13secs
Simon Yates (GB/Jayco Alula) 37secs
Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) 57secs
Laurens de Plus (Bel/Ineos Grenadiers) 1min 44secs
Oscar Onley (GB/DSM-Firmenich Post NL) Same time
Guillaume Martin (Fra/Cofidis) 2:36
Magnus Cort (Den/Uno-x Mobility) 2:38
Wout Poels (Ned/Bahrain Victorious) 2:39
Jordan Jegat (Fra/Total Energies) Same time
Alex Aranburu (Spa/Movistar)
General Classification After Stage 17
Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 70hrs 21mins 27secs
Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) 3mins 11secs
Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step) 5:09
Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) 12:fifty seven
Mikel Landa (Spa/Soudal-Quick Step) 13:24
Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) thirteen:30
Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) 15:forty one
Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Lidl-Trek) 17:51
Derek Gee (Can/Israel-Premier Tech) 18:15
Santiago Buitrago (Col/Bahrain Victorious)