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Tour de France 2022 - How to watch Stage 17 on Wednesday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

The first of back-to-back summit finishes in the Pyrenees is this achingly beautiful and brutally arduous ring-of-fire to Peyragues via the Col d’Arpin, Hourquette d’Ancizan and Col de Val Louron-Azet. Near the top of the Peyresourde, the riders will swing to the right and join the road to this Tour’s third airstrip finale at Peyragudes. Alejandro Valverde (2012) and Romain Bardet (2017) are the only previous winners on this gravity-defying ramp.

Vingegaard retains Tour de France lead as Canada’s Houle rules stage 16

FOIX, France: Canadian rider Hugo Houle broke down in tears after winning stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, dedicating his first professional triumph to his late brother. Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo retained the overall lead from defending champion Tadej Pogacar and Geraint Thomas of Ineos as the Tour entered the Pyrenees. But the day belonged to 31-year-old Houle, riding for the Israel-Premier Tech team, as the rider from Quebec triumphed in the sweltering heatwave which has swept France. “It sounds incredible, but I know my brother helped me,” said an emotional Houle of his younger sibling Pierrik who was killed by a hit-and-run driver a decade ago. “He went to run in the snow and was hit and left dead by the roadside. It took me three hours to find him. “It was my dream to win a stage of the Tour de France since he left us,” added Houle who had started competing in triathlon with his brother before devoting himself to cycling.

'I had nothing' - Romain Bardet at a loss to explain collapse on Stage 16 of the Tour de France

Romain Bardet said he felt «completely lost» during Stage 16 of the Tour de France as his GC ambitions imploded. Bardet came in 3'36" down on the yellow jersey group — tumbling from fourth to ninth in the standings — at the end of the arduous 178.5km run from Carcassonne to Foix, which was completed once again in extreme heat. Ad/> It also contained the treacherous Mur de Peguere — with a max gradient of 18% — and Bardet, who revealed he experienced fever-like symptoms throughout, was simply unable to follow the leaders when the pace was upped by the likes of Tadej Pogacar, who spent most of the day breaking the leaders apart with repeated attacks.

‘Sad’ – Wout van Aert hits out at Nils Eekhoff for unexpected points move on Stage 16 of the Tour de France

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) has said with a smile that it was “sad” that Nils Eekhoff (Team DSM) surged ahead of him to pick up full points during the intermediate sprint on Stage 16 of the Tour de France. Van Aert started the day on a near-insurmountable tally of 378 in the green jersey points classification with his nearest challenger Tadej Pogacar on 182. Ad/> However the Belgian was peeved when Eekhoff, who started the day on zero points, kicked clear near the line of the only intermediate sprint of the stage at Lavelanet.

Tour de France 2022: Numbers are nothing if Ineos Grenadiers can’t deliver the killer blow for Geraint Thomas

There is something admirable – immensely satisfying, even – in watching Geraint Thomas ride his own tempo, stick to his numbers, and claw his way back into contention, time after time, in a Tour de France in which he occupies the third step on the podium. But as pleasing as it is to see this wily form of conservatism trump the all-out brazenness of Tadej Pogacar, it’s not going to see the Welshman to a second Tour triumph four years after the first.

Ineos, Geraint Thomas and Co. 'were hanging on by their fingernails' at Tour de France – Robbie McEwen

Ineos Grenadiers may have the numerical advantage at the Tour de France but it matters for little without the power, claims 12-time stage winner Robbie McEwen. Ineos were primed for an assault on the yellow jersey in the final week with a full quota of eight riders still in the race, while Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates have thinner support casts to guide Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar through the yellow jersey battle.

Vingegaard shadows Pogacar to stay in control on the Tour de France

FOIX, France :Tadej Pogacar went on the offensive as promised but was never in a position to unsettle Tour de France overall leader Jonas Vingegaard in the first of three key mountain stages on Tuesday.

Tour de France 2022: Hugo Houle wins stage 16 as race hits the Pyrenees – live!

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Tour de France 2022 - How to watch Stage 17 on Wednesday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

Vingegaard retains Tour de France lead as Canada’s Houle rules stage 16

'I had nothing' - Romain Bardet at a loss to explain collapse on Stage 16 of the Tour de France

‘Sad’ – Wout van Aert hits out at Nils Eekhoff for unexpected points move on Stage 16 of the Tour de France

Tour de France 2022: Numbers are nothing if Ineos Grenadiers can’t deliver the killer blow for Geraint Thomas

Ineos, Geraint Thomas and Co. 'were hanging on by their fingernails' at Tour de France – Robbie McEwen

Vingegaard shadows Pogacar to stay in control on the Tour de France

Tour de France 2022: Hugo Houle wins stage 16 as race hits the Pyrenees – live!