2023 Tour de France Stage 17 Results & Recap
Stage 17 of the 2023 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Gall storms to victory on the queen stage
Felix Gall (ACT) won today's brutal stage of the Tour de France with a solo move on the final HC climb, the col de la Loze. Simon Yates (Jayco) finished second and Pello Bilbao (TBV) was third.
“This whole year has been incredible," Gall said after the race. "And now to do so well in the Tour de France, to win the queen stage, it’s incredible. I want to thank my team, because they have given me so much. It’s not easy to do a three-week stage race and then also I had the role of leader after few days. We slowly focused on that. I stressed a lot about that. Yet in the last few days I felt more and more comfortable with it. I was afraid I was going to be caught in the final kilometres, or in the final descent. I was feeling great all day long. I didn’t think the break had big chance of going for stage win, but we decided to go in order to get a head start in the last climb so I could play my chances in the final. I knew the stage was super hard, and I knew that if we went at a high pace all day I was in a good place to go for victory. Ben [O’Connor] did a great job on the last climb. I felt so good at the bottom and I just waited for the steep part. Towards the top, I didn’t feel great anymore, but I wanted to give it a try. I can’t say it is a childhood dream. But one and a half years ago, I couldn’t imagine I’d be in this position now.”
Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) dealt the final blow to Tadej PogaÄŤar's bid to unseat the defending champion after attacking on the col de la Loze and putting more than five minutes into the struggling best young rider. He starts tomorrow 7:35 ahead of the 24-year-old.
"I didn’t expect to have such a good day," Vingegaard told reporters. "It’s hard to describe. I’m really relieved. Getting a seven-minute gap is great. We are not in Paris yet, there are tricky stages to come, and I’m sure Tadej will try to do something. There are still some exciting things to come in this Tour.\nI was behind Tadej when he crashed. Some guy touched his wheel. It’s unfortunate for Tadej that this happened. We waited for him to come back after the crash in order not to profit from this situation. It’s hard to tell if the crash was the reason for his performance."
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