Tour Today: Stage 17 - Calm before the storm?

Stage 17 of the Tour de France features two categorised climbs over the course of 160.4km.

The Col du Pertuis (3.7km at 6.6%) and the Col de Tartaiguille (3.6km at 3.5%). The summit of the latter comes with 43.4km to go. 

The final 40 kilometres are mainly flat on the run-in to Valence, which hosts the finish of a Tour stage for the first time since 2021, where Mark Cavendish was the winner. Perhaps that is an indication of what type of rider will shine here.

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The traditional third week “flat” stage is a 160.4-kilometre route from Bollène to Valence in the Southeast and the Drôme region. If this stage were in the opening week of a grand tour, the odds of a bunch sprint are very likely.

At this stage of the race, it will be a case of which teams are fresh and strong enough to control the stage for a sprint. We have seen the breakaway thrive in many week 3 transition stages, and this could be another to add to the record.

It will be a tug of war between the sprint teams and the breakaway. It's a crucial stage for Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) to score points towards the points classification, with the likely points that Tadej Pogačar could pick up in the Alpine stages to come. After stage victory on Mont Ventoux via Valentin Paret-Peintre, Soudal-QuickStep will be looking for their fifth stage win of this Tour de France with Tim Merlier. 

Tadej Pogačar leads Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) by 4:15, whilst Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) sits third at 9:03 

Jonathan Milan leads the points classification whilst Pogačar moved back into the lead of the mountains classification, tied on 60 points with Lenny Martinez (Bahrain-Victorious). Lipowitz is still the leader in the youth classification whilst Visma are top of the team standings.

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• 'You can't give up' - Paret-Peintre's Ventoux victory the pride of France
• Vingegaard slams photographer for crash after Ventoux finish
• 'Nothing to lose' – Visma promise to take fight to Pogacar in Alps
• ‘Too little too late ’- Healy comes up short Mont Ventoux
• UCI queries presence of Lance Armstrong's old manager Johan Bruyneel at 2025 Tour
• Mathieu van der Poel abandons Tour de France

Stage 17 of the 2025 Tour de France will begin with the neutralised start at 13:35, with the flag drop around 13:50, and the finish is expected around 17:10. Full live coverage will be available from start to finish.

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When should you tune in? (Based on 48km/h schedule)

• Intermediate sprint at Roche-Saint-Secret-Béconne: 112.5km to go - Around 14:50
• Summit of Col du Pertuis: 94.1km to go - Around 15:13
• Summit of Col de Tartaiguille: 43.4km to go - Around 16:16
• Last 20km - Around 16:45

All times in CET

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