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Wednesday, July 23: Stage 17, St Gaudens - St Lary Soulan/ Pla d'Adet, 124.5 km (hilltop finish)

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Rafal Majka riding to his second stage win. Photo ©Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 57.5: Col du Portillon, 8.3 km @ 7.1% average gradient - category 1
• Km 82: Col de Peyresourde, 13.2 km @ 7% - category 1
• Km 102.5: Col de Val Louron-Azet, 7.4 km @ 8.3% - category 1
• Km 125: Montée de Saint-Lary-Soulan/Pla d'Adet, 10.2 km @ 8.3% - hors category

The Race: Today's 124.5 km stage was the year's shortest, but it was loaded with challenges; three first-category climbs before the hors category ascent to Saint-Lary-Soulan/Pla d'Adet.

There were two races going on today, the fight for the polka-dot jersey and the top GC places. Vincenzo Nibali is looking rock-solid but Alejandro Valverde's second place is takable, as well as several places further down.

Rafal Majka might well have a secured an iron grip on the mountains classification when he won today's stage, his second stage win of this Tour. He leads the competition for the polka-dot jersey 149 points to Nibali's 118 and Joaquin Rodriguez' 112.

In the brutal fight for the GC places below Nibali, Valverde emerged with his second place intact. He's 5min 26sec behind Nibali but Pinot is at six minutes and Bardet is just another eight seconds back.

Tomorrow is a hard day in the Pyrenees with the Tourmalet and a hilltop finish at Hautacam. Nibali and Astana may be fortress-strong, but the places below Nibali are going to be in play tomorrow.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 34.7 km/hr

1	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	3hr 35min 23sec
2	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 29 seconds
3	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 00' 46''
4	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
5	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 49''
6	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 00' 52''
7	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 12''
8	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
9	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01' 25''
10	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 35''
11	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 01' 40''
12	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
13	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
14	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 50''
15	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
16	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 01''
17	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02' 05''
18	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02' 34''
19	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02' 52''
20	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03' 02''
21	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03' 39''
22	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03' 54''
23	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
24	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
25	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
26	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 05' 02''
27	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 05' 25''
28	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 05' 40''
29	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
30	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
31	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 05' 54''
32	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 06' 12''
33	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 06' 36''
34	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 07' 38''
35	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
36	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 08' 06''
37	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 09' 27''
38	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 09' 27''
39	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 14' 07''
40	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 14' 17''
41	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 14' 17''
42	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
43	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
44	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
45	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
46	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
47	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
48	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
49	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
50	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
51	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
52	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
53	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
54	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
55	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
56	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
57	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
58	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
59	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
60	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
61	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
62	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 16' 08''
63	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 16' 49''
64	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
65	Sergio Moreira Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
66	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
67	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
68	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
69	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
70	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
71	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
72	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
73	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
74	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
75	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 17' 00''
76	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 17' 06''
77	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 19' 37''
78	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
79	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
80	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
81	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
82	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 22' 26''
83	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 22' 52''
84	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 22' 52''
85	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 23' 32''
86	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
87	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
88	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
89	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
90	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
91	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
92	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
93	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
94	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
95	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
96	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
97	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
98	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
99	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
100	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
101	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
102	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
103	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
104	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
105	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
106	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
107	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
108	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
109	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
110	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
111	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
112	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
113	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 23' 40''
114	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
115	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 23' 42''
116	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	+ 23' 52''
117	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 24' 01''
118	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 24' 14''
119	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 24' 14''
120	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 24' 51''
121	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING
122	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
123	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 25' 33''
124	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 25' 43''
125	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
126	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
127	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
128	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
129	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
130	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
131	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 26' 16''
132	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 26' 50''
133	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 26' 50''
134	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 27' 46''
135	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
136	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
137	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
138	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
139	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
140	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
141	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
142	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
143	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
144	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
145	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
146	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
147	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
148	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
149	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
150	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
151	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
152	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
153	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
154	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
155	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
156	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
157	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
158	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
159	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
160	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM
161	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 27' 54''
162	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 27' 56''
163	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
164	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
165	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 28' 55''
166	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO

GC after Stage 17: 3,115 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.617 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	76hr 41min 28sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 5min 26sec
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 06' 00''
4	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 08''
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 07' 34''
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 10' 19''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 11' 59''
8	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 12' 16''
9	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 12' 40''
10	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 13' 15''
11	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 14' 26''
12	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 16' 08''
13	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 18' 03''
14	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 28' 00''
15	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 31' 00''
16	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 31' 00''
17	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 32' 14''
18	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 34' 48''
19	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 36' 09''
20	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 36' 41''
21	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 37' 01''
22	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 37' 25''
23	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 47' 04''
24	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 48' 12''
25	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 49' 54''
26	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 50' 35''
27	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 53' 48''
28	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 58' 22''
29	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 03' 47''
30	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 16' 28''
31	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 22' 29''
32	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 23' 31''
33	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 23' 35''
34	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 25' 51''
35	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 29' 55''
36	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 33' 46''
37	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 34' 37''
38	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 36' 11''
39	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 36' 23''
40	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 39' 26''
41	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 42' 14''
42	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 43' 09''
43	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 43' 57''
44	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 46' 56''
45	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 48' 24''
46	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 50' 09''
47	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 53' 14''
48	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 56' 09''
49	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 59' 06''
50	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 01' 41''
51	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 05' 42''
52	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 06' 38''
53	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 07' 35''
54	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 10' 19''
55	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 16' 02''
56	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 18' 53''
57	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 19' 44''
58	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 20' 02''
59	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 20' 59''
60	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 22' 13''
61	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 22' 14''
62	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 22' 27''
63	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 22' 54''
64	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 26' 08''
65	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 27' 49''
66	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02h 28' 59''
67	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 30' 43''
68	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 30' 46''
69	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 34' 11''
70	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 34' 11''
71	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 34' 13''
72	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02h 35' 03''
73	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 35' 11''
74	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 35' 59''
75	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 36' 12''
76	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02h 39' 09''
77	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 40' 16''
78	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 43' 01''
79	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 43' 35''
80	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 43' 43''
81	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 49' 27''
82	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02h 49' 45''
83	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 52' 07''
84	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 53' 14''
85	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 53' 53''
86	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 54' 03''
87	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 55' 43''
88	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 58' 40''
89	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 58' 46''
90	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 59' 44''
91	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03h 00' 06''
92	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 01' 56''
93	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 04' 16''
94	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 04' 30''
95	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 05' 01''
96	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 03h 05' 14''
97	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 06' 03''
98	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03h 06' 39''
99	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 07' 02''
100	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 03h 07' 04''
101	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 07' 48''
102	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03h 08' 01''
103	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 03h 09' 23''
104	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 09' 37''
105	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03h 10' 30''
106	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 11' 37''
107	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 12' 14''
108	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 12' 35''
109	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 12' 43''
110	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 13' 37''
111	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 14' 13''
112	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 14' 52''
113	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03h 15' 23''
114	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 15' 49''
115	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03h 16' 22''
116	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03h 16' 23''
117	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03h 17' 11''
118	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03h 21' 01''
119	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 23' 56''
120	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03h 24' 22''
121	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03h 26' 19''
122	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 28' 47''
123	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 28' 53''
124	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 28' 57''
125	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03h 31' 23''
126	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 32' 15''
127	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03h 34' 41''
128	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 35' 05''
129	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03h 37' 00''
130	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 37' 26''
131	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03h 39' 14''
132	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 41' 37''
133	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03h 41' 40''
134	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 42' 00''
135	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 43' 29''
136	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 44' 07''
137	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03h 47' 24''
138	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03h 48' 31''
139	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 48' 41''
140	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 48' 45''
141	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 50' 56''
142	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 53' 15''
143	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03h 56' 55''
144	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 59' 02''
145	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 04h 00' 07''
146	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 04h 00' 28''
147	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 04h 01' 04''
148	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04h 02' 26''
149	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 04h 02' 48''
150	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 04h 03' 00''
151	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 04h 03' 54''
152	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 04h 05' 52''
153	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 04h 07' 02''
154	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 04h 07' 13''
155	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 04h 07' 16''
156	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 04h 09' 01''
157	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04h 09' 03''
158	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 04h 14' 25''
159	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 04h 16' 07''
160	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 04h 16' 26''
161	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 04h 17' 40''
162	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	+ 04h 18' 16''
163	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04h 21' 21''
164	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 04h 24' 06''
165	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 04h 33' 10''
166	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04h 58' 32''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	408 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	233
3	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	217
4	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	177
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	153
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	149
7	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	147
8	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	143
9	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	105
10	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	99
11	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	85
12	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	83
13	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	82
14	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	78
15	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	77
16	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	76
17	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	74
18	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	73
19	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	71
20	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	71
21	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	70
22	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	68
23	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	65
24	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	64
25	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	63
26	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	63
27	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	62
28	Alejandro Valverde Belmonte	MOVISTAR TEAM	61
29	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	59
30	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	57
31	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	56
32	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	54
33	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	53
34	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	53
35	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	51
36	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	51
37	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	44
38	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	44
39	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	42
40	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	41
41	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	40
42	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	39
43	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	39
44	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	37
45	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
46	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	32
47	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	31
48	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	31
49	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	31
50	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
51	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	30
52	Luis Angel Mate Mardones	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	30
53	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	29
54	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	29
55	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	29
56	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	29
57	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	29
58	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	28
59	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
60	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
61	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	27
62	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	26
63	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	26
64	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
65	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	26
66	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	26
67	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	26
68	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	25
69	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	25
70	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	24
71	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	24
72	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	24
73	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	23
74	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	22
75	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	21
76	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	21
77	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
78	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	20
79	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	20
80	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	20
81	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	20
82	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	19
83	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	19
84	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	19
85	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	19
86	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	18
87	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	17
88	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	17
89	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
90	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	16
91	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	16
92	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
93	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
94	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	14
95	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
96	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
97	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
98	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	12
99	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
100	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
101	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	11
102	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	11
103	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	11
104	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	10
105	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	10
106	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
107	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	9
108	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	9
109	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	8
110	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	8
111	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
112	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	7
113	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
114	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	7
115	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	7
116	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5
117	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5
118	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5
119	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
120	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	4
121	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
122	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	4
123	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	3
124	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	3
125	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	3
126	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
127	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	3
128	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	3
129	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	2
130	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	2
131	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	1
132	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	1
133	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	-4
134	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	-5
135	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-13
136	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-20

Mountains Classification:

1	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	149 points
2	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	118
3	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	112
4	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	66
5	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	61
6	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	57
7	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	54
8	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	49
9	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	44
10	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	36
11	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	33
12	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	32
13	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
14	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	24
15	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	24
16	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	24
17	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	22
18	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
19	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	20
20	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	19
21	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	18
22	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	18
23	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	17
24	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	16
25	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	13
26	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	12
27	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	12
28	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
29	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	11
30	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	11
31	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	10
32	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	9
33	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	9
34	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	7
35	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	7
36	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6
37	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	6
38	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	6
39	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	5
40	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
41	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
42	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
43	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	4
44	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4
45	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
46	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	2
47	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	2
48	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	2
49	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	2
50	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	2
51	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	2
52	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	2
53	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	2
54	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
55	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
56	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1
57	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1
58	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1
59	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	76hr 47min 28sec
2	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 1min 34sec
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 30' 41''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 10' 28''
5	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 23' 55''
6	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 00' 38''
7	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 10' 02''
8	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 13' 44''
9	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 16' 14''
10	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 16' 27''
11	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 20' 08''
12	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 37' 35''
13	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 48' 03''
14	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 53' 44''
15	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 55' 56''
16	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 03' 37''
17	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03h 18' 22''
18	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 22' 57''
19	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 42' 45''
20	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 57' 54''
21	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 04h 10' 07''
22	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 04h 10' 26''
23	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 04h 18' 06''
24	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 04h 27' 10''

Team Classification:

1	Ag2R La Mondiale	230hr 20min 30sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 28min 43sec
3	Movistar Team	+ 52' 30''
4	Team Sky	+ 56' 55''
5	BMC Racing Team	+ 59' 33''
6	Team Europcar	+ 01h 14' 38''
7	Astana Pro Team	+ 01h 21' 08''
8	Trek Factory Racing	+ 01h 48' 55''
9	Lampre - Merida	+ 01h 51' 12''
10	FDJ.Fr	+ 02h 18' 08''
11	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 02h 30' 41''
12	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 02h 35' 57''
13	Lotto-Belisol	+ 02h 44' 10''
14	Iam Cycling	+ 02h 45' 45''
15	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 02h 52' 34''
16	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 03h 11' 59''
17	Team Katusha	+ 03h 23' 05''
18	Bretagne - Seche Environnement	+ 04h 08' 16''
19	Garmin - Sharp	+ 04h 55' 03''
20	Orica Greenedge	+ 05h 35' 20''
21	Cannondale	+ 06h 10' 01''
22	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 06h 12' 02''

Stage 17 photos:

A few riders make it through St. Lary Soulan. Photo ©Sirotti

Nicolas Roche. Photo ©Sirotti

Tejay Van Garderen leads Romain Bardet. Photo ©Sirotti

Thibaut Bidot and Romain Bardet. Photo ©Sirotti

Jon Izaguirre and Alejandro Valverde followed by Laurens Ten Dam. Photo ©Sirotti

Jurgen Van den Broeck. Photo ©Sirotti

John Gadret. Photo ©Sirotti

Giovanni Visconti finished a half-minute after stage winner Rafal Majka. Photo © Sirotti.

Pierre Rolland goes under the red kite. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali and Alessandro de Marchi. Photo ©Sirotti

Here Nibali can be seen with De Marchi and Jean-Christophe Péraud (who finished in front of De Marchi). Photo ©Sirotti.

Frank Schleck and Bauke Mollema. Photo ©Sirotti

Rafal Majka wins stage 17. Photo © Sirotti

Stage winner Rafal Majka. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali has a lot of those stufffed LCL lions. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 17 live updates:

Weather at St Lary/Soulon: 1:45 local time, 20C (68F) rain is occuring in only a few spots. Wind from the north-northeast at 10km/hr (5 mph). 30% chance of rain. Humidity 68%

Km 0: We've got a short, sharp, hard stage with an hors category hill-top finish. Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner Simon Gerrens won't start today. He never recovered from his crash injuries. Reto Hollenstein, who crashed yesterday, is also a non-starter.

Km 2: Eight riders have taken off: Sergio Paulinho (Tinkoff), Blel Kadri (AG2R), Tom-Jelte Slagter (Garmin), Yukiya Arashiro and Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Jens Voigt (Trek), Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) and Martin Elmiger (IAM). The octet has 45 seconds. With the polka-dot jersey in play, Katusha is probaby going to keep things together. Rafal Majka is a single point ahead of Joaquin Rodriguez.

Km 22: The eight riders are 58sec ahead of the field. This stage has had a fast start. After 24 minutes of racing they travelled 53.3 km/hr.

Km 42: On the Col du Portillon; Rodriguez has bridged up to the break. Astana is pulling the field. Riders are getting dropped with the high speed and the mountain.

Km 58: Joaquin Rodriguez was first over the Portillon, giving him the lead over Rafal Majka in the KOM competition. Majka is chasing Rodriguez down the mountain as if the road were on fire.

Km 71: Vassil Kiryienka on away alone Peyresourde, 2min 30 ahead of the yellow jersey group. The Rodriguez group is between them, a minute behind Kiryienka.

Yesterday was the Tour's longest stage and today is the shortest. Nibali has six teammates with him, looking unworried.

Km 75: Blel Kadri has to wait to get his front derailleur repaired. Up front, Bauke Mollema is poundng away, marked by Roche, Durasek and Visconti.

Km 77: So, on the Pereysourde, Kiryienka is off the front, 2min 9sec behind is a 21-rider group, containing Nicolas Roche and Joaquin Rodriguez. The yellow jersey group is another two minutes back.

Km 83: Kiryienka grabs some food as he goes over the crest of the Pueresourde 1min 19sec ahead of Nicolas Roche and Jesus Herrada. Next up, after the Peyresourde descent comes the climb to Val Louron-Azet.

Km 93, 31 km to go: At the foot of the climb to Col de Val Louron-Azet, Kiryienka remains off the front, 85 seconds in front of his nearest chasers. Next, the the Bauke Molema group has caught Roche and Herrada. The Nibali group is a good five minutes 20 seconds back.

Km 96: FDJ is massing at the front. They aren't done moving Thibaut Pinot up the standings. Ag2r has also gone to the front as well. Romain Bardet will get his defense.

Km 100: The yellow jersey group is thinning out from the pressure of the steep roads of the Val Louron-Azet climb. Kiryienka's lead is down to 42 seconds.

Km 104: Vasil Kiryienka has been caught just before the Val Louron summit. That makes 14 riders over the top, with some attackers scattered out on the road and then the yellow jersey group at 2min 42sec.

Results over Val Vouron:

1. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) 10 points
2. Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) 8
3. Jon Izaguirre (Movistar) 6

Km 108: Romain Bardet has attacked the yellow/white jersey group on the downhill to Azet.

Km 115: The final 10km to the summit has begun. Four riders up front with Giovanni Visconti and Nicolas Roche followed by the Rodriguez group at 20 seconds and the yellow jersey at 3min 10 sec.

Km 118: This is a steep, difficult climb with 6 km to go. Giovanni Visconti leads Majka, Roche and Rolland by 37 seconds. Rodriguez and other riders are a few seconds further back. The yellow/white jersey group is at 2min 5sec.

Bam! Thibaut Pinot attacked, taking Nibali with him. Valverde can't go. He's lost a half-minute! Van Garderen makes the cut!

Double Bam! Nibali attacks and further up Rafal Majka has caught Visconti. Everything is in flux, all is in play.

Km 121: Nibali is dragging Jean-Christophe Péraud through the earlier breakaways. It's impressive.

Triple Bam! Rafal Majka drops Giovanni Visconti and is looking for the stage win. Valverde is digging deep to catch Bardet and save his second place.

Under the red kite: Rafal Majka winks at the camera on his way to the stage win.

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