Tour de France 2026: stage 17 updates and a big day for the breakaway – live

Key events

Here are the current leaders in the other jersey battles …

🟢 Points
1) Mads Pedersen 🇩🇰 Lidl-Trek 417pts
2) Jasper Philipsen 🇧🇪 Alpecin-Premier 386pts
3) Biniam Girmay 🇪🇷 NSN Cycling 361pts

🔴 King of the Mountains (polka-dot)
1) Tadej Pogacar 🇸🇮 UAE Team Emirates 70pts
2) V Paret Peintre 🇫🇷 Soudal Quick-Step 45pts
3) Richard Carapaz 🇪🇨 EF Education-Easypost 39pts

⚪️ Youth (white jersey)
1) Isaac del Toro 🇲🇽 UAE Team Emirates 56h 21m 9s
2) Paul Seixas 🇫🇷 Decathlon CMA CGM +20s
3) Juan Ayuso 🇪🇸 Lidl-Trek +2m 31s

General classification

1) Tadej Pogacar 🇸🇮 UAE Team Emirates 56h 14m 18s
2) Remco Evenepoel 🇧🇪 Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe +4m 32s
3) Isaac del Toro 🇲🇽 UAE Team Emirates +6m 51s
4) Paul Seixas 🇫🇷 Decathlon CMA CGM +7m 11s
5) Juan Ayuso 🇪🇸 Lidl-Trek +9m 22s
6) Mattias Skjelmose 🇩🇰 Lidl-Trek +10m 14s
7) Lenny Martinez 🇫🇷 Bahrain Victorious +12m 50s
8) Tom Pidcock 🇬🇧 Pinarello-Q36.5 +12m 58s
9) Jordan Jegat 🇫🇷 TotalEnergies +22m 50s
10) Yannis Voisard 🇨🇭Tudor Pro Cycling +24m 18s

Stage 17 guide

Nominally the final sprinters’ stage of the race, but the first 50km is basically uphill through the Chartreuse, plus this is a rare opportunity for non-climbing breakaway specialists.

Expect a very intense first hour, when the sprinters will be under pressure, plus by this point their domestiques will be fatigued and possibly low on numbers, making the stage a nightmare to control.

If the grosses cuisses get to the finish, they have to get over a nasty little pull (2.6km at 4%) with 5km to go. It all points to Biniam Girmay or perhaps the Australian Michael Matthews.

Preamble

Sandwiched between Tuesday’s time trial around Lake Geneva and the final Alpine climbs of this year’s Tour, this stop-gap stage offers a chance for the breakaway specialists to make their mark. Tadej Pogacar and his theoretical rivals for the yellow jersey might take it easy – although on the Tour, that’s all relative.

Starting in Chambéry, capital of the Savoie region, today’s route is officially a flat stage – but actually packs in four category 3-4 climbs into the first 60km. There are still a few more bumps in the road through Isère before the finish line in Voiron, offering a chance for early breaks to stay clear of the sprint powerhouses.