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.

Ad/> «This is going to be hard, a full attacking stage,» says Eurosport expert Adam Blythe. Tour de FranceOpinion: Numbers are nothing if Ineos can’t deliver killer blow for Thomas10 HOURS AGO «Short day, 129.7km. It is a very tough stage… including the final ramp: 16% up to a finish which is massively open, it's on an airfield.

It's going to be hot, there's no cover from the trees, it's going to be brutal for them.» Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) takes a 2'22" lead over Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) into Wednesday's stage, with Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) at 2'43". /> How can I watch the Tour de France on TV and livestream? Each and every stage will be broadcast from the start line to the finish on Eurosport and GCN+, bookended by The Breakaway, presented by Orla Chennaoui and featuring regular contributions from pundits Robbie McEwen, Adam Blythe and Dan Lloyd. Bradley Wiggins will be doing his thing on the back of a motorbike, while the 2012 victor also returns with his critically acclaimed podcast, The Bradley Wiggins Show by Eurosport.

Hannah Walker and Bernie Eisel will be on site speaking to the people that matter. For the first time, cycling will be introduced to our Cube studio for coverage of the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes. A raft of new