Stage 17: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Superdévoluy – 177.8 km
Date: Wednesday July 17, 2024
Streaming: 🇺🇸 Peacock/🇨🇦 FloBikes/🇬🇧 Discovery+/ITV/🇪🇺 Eurosport/🇦🇺 SBS
Estimated finish time: 🇺🇸🇨🇦 11:11 am EDT/🇬🇧 4:11 pm BST/🇪🇺 5:11 pm CEST/🇦🇺 1:11 am AEST
Stage type: Mountain
Summary: The breakaway specialists will be all over this stage, where the peloton will probably let them get a big gap early and then might not show much interest in setting a high tempo on the medium-difficulty ascents at the end of the day. That said, it will be someone who can climb that takes the win with the one-two-three punch of the Col Bayard, the Col du Noye, and the Superdévoluy climbs to finish things off.
Fantasy favorites: We know, we know: We have called several stages for the breakaway so far at this Tour only to have the GC teams crush those breakaway dreams, but this one really does look good for the break. Tadej Pogačar is a deserving stage favorite in that he’s more likely than any individual breakaway rider to take the victory, but we like the chances of Ben Healy, Richard Carapaz, Kévin Vauquelin, Guillaume Martin, Tobias Halland Johannessen, Oier Lazkano, and Simon Yates. Wout van Aert is another interesting name for this stage who could have a shot at winning either from the break or the bunch.
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