I had done the reconnaissance for this stage so I knew the final well and that helped me. The start of the stage was very difficult, it took more than two hour ...
Today the wind was strong at the start of the stage, then it weakened over the kilometres and at the end it almost became a day of rest. I stayed with Yves Lam ...
Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won stage 17 of the Tour de France after the remnants of a breakaway finished ahead of the main pretenders in the High Alps on Wednesday.
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