Jonas Vingegaard is more than ever the leader of the Tour de France after crushing the competition in the time trial. This Wednesday, the riders tackle the queen stage of this Grande Boucle.
20:34 – The Col de la Loze awaits the runners
This Wednesday, during the 17th stage, the riders face what is considered to be the queen stage of this Tour de France 2023. On the program two 1st category passes, a 2nd category pass, and the Col de Loze, classified out -category, and its 28.1 kilometers at 6% average to finish.
19:28 – The general classification at the end of the 16th stage
Here are the top 10 at the end of the 16th stage
1 – Jonas Vingegaard 63h 06′ 53”
2 – Tadej Pogacar + 1min48
3 – Adam Yates + 8min52
4 – Carlos Rodríguez + 8min57
5 – Jai Hindley + 11min15
6 – Sepp Kuss + 12min56
7 – Pello Bilbao + 13min06
8 – Simon Yates + 13min46
9 – David Gaudu + 17min38
10 – Felix Gall + 18min19
18:54 – The classification of the 16th stage
Here is the top 10 of the time trial between Passy and Combloux:
1 – Jonas Vingegaard 32min36
2 – Tadej Pogacar + 1min38
3 – Wout Van Aert + 2min51
4 – Pello Bilbao + 2min55
5 – Simon Yates + 2min58
6 – Rémi Cavagna + 3min06
7 – Adam Yates + 3min12
8 – Mattias Skjelmose + 3min21
9 – Mads Pedersen + 3min31
10 – David Gaudu + 3min31
18:26 – Vingegaard: “I am very proud of this victory”
“I had an incredible day on the bike, I felt it right away when I went off. We wanted to go strong, try to keep some under the pedal on the middle stretch. But in fact, I was sending very high watts, even when I was keeping some under the pedal, I even thought my meter was broken. I am very proud of this victory”, reacted Jonas Vingegaard, who crushed this time trial.
18:18 – Gaudu: “I had good feelings”
Arrived in tenth position in the time trial, 3min31 behind Jonas Vingegaard, David Gaudu set a good time, in his words: “I had good feelings, I wanted to set a good time. My 3rd weeks are perhaps always be the best. But there, it’s only a time of 30 minutes left, we’ll have to see on the queen stage tomorrow.”
6:10 p.m. – Pogacar: “I couldn’t do anything more”
“I couldn’t do anything more, I was flat out. It might not have been my best day but the Tour isn’t over yet. Vingegaard took me a lot of time, it will be harder than last year. The change of bike was the right choice for me” explained Tadej Pogacar at the microphone of France 2.
5:55 p.m. – Van Aert: “Crazy what Vingegaard did”
“We finally have a stage victory, it’s incredible, crazy what Vingegaard has done. I didn’t think it was possible to dig so much, so much the better. I’m the best of normal people (laughs)! We must remain calm and focused until Paris” launched Wout van Aert on arrival.
17:48 – Ciccone sets the best time in the odds
The polka dot jersey rests well on the shoulders of Giulio Ciccone who set the fastest time during the ascent of the Domancy hill.
17:41 – The gaps have widened
No big change in terms of positions, but the gaps have widened between the favorites of this Tour de France and the rest of the riders. The third Adam Yates is now almost 9 minutes away.
17:38 – Adam Yates new 3rd
The Briton is the new third in this Tour de France ahead of the Spaniard Carlos Rodriguez.
17:33 – Vingegaard’s victory!
There was no duel in this time trial, Jonas Vingegaard won this time by a wide margin with 1’39 ahead of Tadej Pogacar.
17:31 – Vingegaard catches up with Pogacar
It’s crazy ! Starting two minutes late, Jonas Vingegaard caught up with the Slovenian at the end of the course.
17:31 – Pogacar on the line
Pogacar set an excellent time and took the best time with 1’12 ahead of van Aert.
Results powered by FirstCycling.com. At the end of each stage, discover the up-to-date classification of this Tour de France 2023, with the gaps between the riders.
Route and map of the Tour de France 2023
Here is the official map and the route of the Tour de France 2023 whose start has been set in Bilbao, Spain. A course that is concentrated almost exclusively in the Center and East of France. Several recognized passes have been programmed, in the Pyrenees and the Alps. The Tourmalet and the Grand Colombier have notably been included in the programme. In detail, this Tour de France offers 3,404 kilometres, 30 passes (Out of category, 1st category or 2nd category), 4 summit finishes and 22 kilometers of time trial. The organization has declared 6 flat stages, 6 hilly ones, 8 mountain ones and one stopwatch.
Find the list of all the riders entered for the Tour de France 2023.
List of stages of the Tour de France 2023
- Saturday 1 July – Stage 1: Bilbao – Bilbao, 182 km
- Sunday July 2 – Stage 2: Vitoria-Gasteiz – San Sebastian, 209 km
- Monday July 3 – Stage 3: Amorebieta-Etxano – Bayonne, 185 km
- Tuesday July 4 – Stage 4: Dax – Nogaro, 182 km
- Wednesday July 5 – Stage 5: Pau – Laruns, 165 km
- Thursday July 6 – Stage 6: Tarbes – Cauterets, 145 km
- Friday July 7 – Stage 7: Mont-de-Marsan – Bordeaux, 170 km
- Saturday July 8 – Stage 8: Libourne – Limoges, 201 km
- Sunday July 9 – Stage 9: Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat – Puy-de-Dôme, 184 km
- Monday July 10 – 1st rest day in Clermont-Ferrand
- Tuesday July 11 – Stage 10: Vulcania – Issoire, 167 km
- Wednesday July 12 – Stage 11: Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins, 180 km
- Thursday July 13 – Stage 12: Roanne – Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 169 km
- Friday July 14 – Stage 13: Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne – Grand Colombier, 138 km
- Saturday July 15 – Stage 14: Annemasse – Morzine, 152 km
- Sunday July 16 – Stage 15: Morzine – Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc, 180 km
- Monday July 17 – 2nd rest day in Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc
- Tuesday July 18 – Stage 16: Passy – Combloux, individual time trial 22 km
- Wednesday July 19 – Stage 17: Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc – Courchevel, 166 km
- Thursday July 20 – Stage 18: Moutiers – Bourg-en-Bresse, 186 km
- Friday July 21 – Stage 19: Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny, 173 km
- Saturday July 22 – Stage 20: Belfort – Le Markstein, 133 km
- Sunday July 23 – Stage 21: National Velodrome of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines – Paris Champs-Elysées, 115 km