Nairo Quintana (Movistar) solo's to stage 17 victory atop Col du Portet Tour de France. He attack on the final climb and ride to finish alone in the summit of Col du Portet to take his first win in five years.
How it unfolded
The 65km 17th stage from Bagnères-de-Luchon to Saint-Lary-Soulan always promised fireworks, and it delivered from the starting gun on Wednesday. After lining up in the Tour's first-ever Formula 1-type grid start by GC ranking, the riders started climbing immediately on the category 1 Col de Peyresourde/Montée de Peyragudes, reaching the 1,645m summit just 15km into the day.
A quick descent into Loudenvielle led to the category 1 Col de Val Louron-Azet at 37km. from there, another long descent took the riders to the final gruelling climb, the hors category Col du Portet, the highest peak of the Tour at 2,215m on a road that was only paved just a few weeks before the Tour.
Top Ten General Classification Standings.
1, Geraint Thomas (Great Britain) Team Sky 70:34:11,
2, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:01:59,
3, Chris Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 0:02:31,
4, Primoz Roglic (Slovakia) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:47,
5, Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Movistar Team 0:03:30,
6, Steven Kruijswijk (Netherland) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:04:19,
7, Mikel Landa (Spain) Movistar Team 0:04:34,
8, Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:13,
9, Daniel Martin (Ireland) UAE Team Emirates 0:06:33,
10, Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) Astana Pro Team 0:09:31
2, Tom Dumoulin (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:01:59,
3, Chris Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 0:02:31,
4, Primoz Roglic (Slovakia) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:47,
5, Nairo Quintana (Colombia) Movistar Team 0:03:30,
6, Steven Kruijswijk (Netherland) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:04:19,
7, Mikel Landa (Spain) Movistar Team 0:04:34,
8, Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:13,
9, Daniel Martin (Ireland) UAE Team Emirates 0:06:33,
10, Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) Astana Pro Team 0:09:31
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