Jasper Philipsen capped a fine team performance Wednesday to win stage 17 of the Tour de France, where Tadej Pogačar protected his overall lead.
Stage 17 Details
Mathieu van der Poel led his Alpecin-Premier Tech teammate Philipsen to his first stage victory of this Tour by controlling the pace and containing counterattacks through the last kilometers.
Philipsen finished just ahead of Mauro Schmid and Olav Kooij. The Belgian rider described a “rollercoaster of emotions” after what had been a disappointing Tour for him personally.
Pogačar maintained his lead of just over 4½ minutes over Remco Evenepoel, the winner of the previous two stages.
Original reporting: KSAT Sports (San Antonio) — read the source article.