Overpowered Pogacar, the Top 10 upset, Perez's breakaway ... the essentials of the 17th stage

July 14, feast day… For Tadej Pogacar.

The Slovenian won at the top of the Col du Portet, in a stage long blown up by the French, including Anthony Perez.

There has also been a change in the overall standings.

We summarize the essentials of the 17th stage of the Grande Boucle.

The winner of the day: Tadej Pogacar, who else?

There was a perfume of fatality in this end of the ascent, during this 17th stage.

Not attacked during the first two climbs, the yellow jersey waited for the Portet pass to produce its effort.

8 km from the summit, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) placed a first acceleration to dislocate the peloton and take the reins in the company of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) and Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers).

From then on, victory could no longer escape him.

🇸🇮 @TamauPogi wins atop the Col du Portet after a magnificent battle with 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard and 🇪🇨 @RichardCarapazM!

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In yellow, 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi offers a historic victory at the top of the Col du Portet!

Relive his last KM ⬇️ # TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/SDXBsSFZM6

- Tour de France ™ (@LeTour) July 14, 2021

Even a surprise attack from the Ecuadorian 2 km from the finish did not make him tremble.

The yellow jersey accelerated only in the last 100 meters to raise its arms and win a 5th victory on the Grande Boucle.

Surgical.

“The team did an incredible job.

We went to defend the yellow jersey, but everyone was feeling good, so we gave it a try, and we won.

It was very hard anyway, ”exclaimed the young Slovenian, breathless on arrival.

General classification: the podium is emerging, Martin keeps his 9th place

If Tadej Pogacar is the strongest, by far, on this Tour de France, the podium will have waited for this 17th stage to settle down.

Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz were the only ones able to keep pace with the Slovenian in the ascent of the Col du Portet.

The Dane moved to second position in the general classification at 5′39 ′ '.

The Ecuadorian takes the third step at 5′43 ′ '.

A podium in place since Rigoberto Uran, 4th, is only 7'17 ′ 'from the yellow jersey.

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Jonas has also moved up to second in the overall standings 👌👏 pic.twitter.com/AKOEpqMmJA

- Team Jumbo-Visma cycling (@JumboVismaRoad) July 14, 2021

For the rest of the Top 10, despite a failure 10 km from the finish, Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) retains his ninth place 11′51 ′ 'from Pogacar.

Another change in the standings, Enric Mas (Movistar) recovers 7th place from Alexey Lutsenko (Astana).

A little further on, David Gaudu (Groupama FDJ), 4th on the stage, performed a good operation and got closer to 10th place for Pello Bilbao.

The French point to less than 3 minutes.

French of the day: the missed issue of Anthony Perez

The days go by and look the same for the French.

On this July 14, the French riders were still very offensive, with four blues present in the breakaway of the day (6 riders).

Still unsuccessful on arrival.

Further in the stage, we even found three French alone in the lead with Dorian Godon (AG2R Citroën Team), Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) and Anthony Perez (Cofidis).

Special mention to the runner of the Cofidis, left alone 34 km from the finish.

Elected combative of the day, Perez gave way on the slopes of the Col du Portet, 8 km from the summit.

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An image more than words.

Well done @ PerezAnthony1 👏

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- Team Cofidis (@TeamCOFIDIS) July 14, 2021

“You had to be bold enough to do something.

I was 15 km from home at the start of the stage, I wanted to do things well.

I had flair, but not much success, ”conceded the French rider at the end of the race.

In the final climb, David Gaudu was the “best of the rest” by snatching 4th place 1′19 ″ behind the winner of the day.

A great performance, but still no victory.

The stage of tomorrow: two giants of the Pyrenees on the program

On this national holiday, it was necessary to keep some under control for the ultimate battle in the Pyrenees.

The 18th stage promises to be extremely tough, even if it is the shortest of this Tour in terms of number of kilometers, only 129.7.

On the road, the Tourmalet and Luz Ardiden, two non-category climbs with a total of nearly 30 km of ascent at more than 7%.

For the top 10 overall, this is the last opportunity, before the time trial on Saturday, to widen the gaps and get on the podium. If an excellent climber could take the right breakaway and go solo, Tadej Pogacar could also go for a second consecutive stage victory.