Jonas Vingegaard wins stage seventeen of the Tour de France , the only individual time trial of this edition of the Grande Boucle. The Dane covered the 22.4 km from Passy to Combloux in 32'36” at an average speed of 41.2 km/h.

The reigning champion of the Tour already flies in the first two splits on the flat, gaining respectively 16" and 31" over Pogacar , who tries to overturn the fate of the time trial with a bike change on the uphill stretch. The choice doesn't pay off given that he even loses 1'38 at the finish line”.

On the podium of the stage Van Aert who finishes 2'51" from his teammate.

As for the fight for third place overall, Adam Yates smiles as he gains 24" on Rodriguez and overtakes him in the standings.

With this victory, Vingegaard secures his second consecutive success in the Tour de France thanks to the advantage of 1'48" he enjoys over Tadej Pogacar, who will have to go all out in the last two mountain stages he will have available.

ARRIVAL ORDER:

1 VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas Jumbo-Visma 0:32:36 41.227

2 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 1:38 39.260

3 VAN AERT Wout Jumbo-Visma 2:51 37.913

4 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious 2:55 37.841

5 YATES Simon Team Jayco AlUla 2:58 37.788

6 CAVAGNA Rémi Soudal - Quick Step 3:06 37.647

7 YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 3:12 37.542

8 SKJELMOSE Mattias Lidl - Trek 3:21 37.385

9 PEDERSEN Mads Lidl - Trek 3:31 37.213

10 GAUDU David Groupama - FDJ,, 37.213

GENERAL RANKING:

1 VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas Jumbo-Visma 63:06:53

2 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 1:48

3 YATES Adam UAE Team Emirates 8:52

4 RODRÍGUEZ Carlos INEOS Grenadiers 8:57

5 HINDLEY Jai BORA - hansgrohe 11.15am

6 KUSS Sepp Jumbo-Visma 12:56

7 BILBAO Pello Bahrain - Victorious 13:06

8 YATES Simon Team Jayco AlUla 13:46

9 GAUDU David Groupama - FDJ 17:38

10 GALL Felix AG2R Citroën Team 18:19

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency