{"id":20480,"date":"2022-07-20T19:13:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tour-de-france-pogacar-wins-stage-17-as-vingegaard-holds-on-and-thomas-fades-tour-de-france\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T19:13:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:13:53","slug":"tour-de-france-pogacar-wins-stage-17-as-vingegaard-holds-on-and-thomas-fades-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tour-de-france-pogacar-wins-stage-17-as-vingegaard-holds-on-and-thomas-fades-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France: Pogacar wins stage 17 as Vingegaard holds on and Thomas fades | Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Geraint Thomas’s hopes of winning this Tour de France evaporated into the thin Pyrenean air as the infernal pace set by his rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar kept him at a distance him on the road to Peyragudes.<\/p>\n

But on a day when the Dane and the Slovenian rode so fast that it made their peers look pedestrian, the Welsh rider fought hard to consolidate his third place overall and with one mountain stage to come, can now begin to think of a podium finish in Paris. \u201cI didn’t feel quite as light on the pedals as I had done earlier in the race,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cI wasn’t feeling tip-top today, but I was there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2018 champion admitted that rather than risk losing third place by chasing the relentless Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Pogacar (UAE Emirates), he had ridden within himself on the gruelling final kilometers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made the call to wait for the group behind, rather than try and battle, go into the red to get back to that group, but maybe risk blowing up and losing even more time. I saved the legs a bit and then was able to just ride a solid pace all the way to the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead of him, on the 16% slopes to the finish line, Pogacar and Vingegaard dueled for the stage win, with the double Tour winner outsprinting the race leader, albeit without making the significant time gains he needed.<\/p>\n

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Tour de France: stage 17 result and GC<\/h4>\n

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Stage 17 results<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates) 3h 25m 51h<\/li>\n
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) st<\/li>\n
  3. Brandon McNulty (UAE-Team Emirates) +32h<\/li>\n
  4. Geraint Thomas (Ineos) +2m 7s<\/li>\n
  5. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) +2m 34s<\/li>\n
  6. Romain Bardet (DSM) +2m 38s<\/li>\n
  7. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +3m 27s<\/li>\n
  8. Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +3m 32s<\/li>\n
  9. Louis Meintjes (Intermarch\u00e9) st<\/li>\n
  10. Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) st<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    General classification<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 67h 53m 54h<\/li>\n
    2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates) +2m 18h<\/li>\n
    3. Geraint Thomas (Ineos) +4m 56s<\/li>\n
    4. Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) +7m 53s<\/li>\n
    5. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +7m 57s<\/li>\n
    6. Romain Bardet (DSM) +9m 21s<\/li>\n
    7. Louis Meintjes (Intermarch\u00e9) +9m 24h<\/li>\n
    8. Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +9m 56s<\/li>\n
    9. Adam Yates (Ineos) +14m 33s<\/li>\n
    10. Enric Mas (Movistar) +16m 35s<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n