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Wednesday, September 12: Stage 17, Getxo - Balcón de Bizkaia, 157 km

Stage 17 map and profile | Stage 17 photos

Michael Woods wins at Balcón de Bizkaia. Luis Angel Gomez photo

Rated ascents:

• Km 16.7: Alto de la Arboleda, 6.7 km @ 5%, Cat. 3
• Km 85.2: Alto de San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, 3.8 km @ 7.6%, Cat. 3
• Km 120.6: Alto del Balcón de Bizkaia, 7.3 km @ 4.3%, Cat. 2
• Km 136.2: Alto de Santa Eufemia, 4.5 km @ 5%, Cat. 3
• Km 147.1: Alto de Gontzegaraine, 5.5 km @ 4.3 %, Cat. 3
• Km 157: Alto del Balcón de Bizkaia, 7.3 km @ 9.7%, Cat. 1

Weather at Durango, near the finish, at 3:45 PM, local time: 27C (81F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the Northwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). The rain should hold off until late evening.

The race: Stage 17 officially began at 1:39 PM.

Here's the organizer's stage summary:

The dreaded ascent of the Alto del Balcon de Bizkaia offered a major showdown with Michael Woods (Education First-Drapac) taking a spectacular win ahead of Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing Team) on Wednesday. The Canadian puncheur went for the early breakaway and dominated climbers such as Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) in the final climb featuring slopes up to 24%. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) was the strongest of the GC contenders, gaining 8’’ on Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), who retains the red jersey. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) lost one minute and dropped out of the top 5.

As expected, and as usual at La Vuelta 18, the battle for the breakaway was extremely intense. Basque riders attacked as soon as the race reached km 0 in Bilbao. Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) and Ben King (Dimension Data) were also among the early attackers but it took 15km for a strong group of 21 riders to get away in the last part of the Alto de la Arboleda: Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), Alexandre Geniez (AG2R-La Mondiale), Omar Fraile (Astana), Alessandro De Marchi, Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing Team), Rafal Majka, Lukas Pöstlberger (Bora-hansgrohe), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Andrey Amador (Movistar Team), Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Dimension Data), Simon Clarke, Michael Woods (Education First-Drapac), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin), David De La Cruz, Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Sky), Jai Hindley (Team Sunweb), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Cristian Rodriguez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Jesus Herrada, Stéphane Rossetto (Cofidis) and Hector Saez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA).

They had opened a gap of 2’30’’ after 35 km and five more joined them at the front as the race approached the last 100km: Franco Pellizotti (Bahrain-Merida), Pieter Serry (Quick-Step Floors), Merhawi Kudus (Dimension Data), Valerio Conti (UAE Team Emirates) and Jose Mendes (Burgos-BH). At the summit of the Alto de San Juan de Gaztelugatxe (km 85.2) the gap had stabilised around 8’ with Simon Yates’ Mitchelton-Scott driving the bunch. Euskadi-Murias upped the tempo in the last 60km and the gap was down to 5’18’’ atop the first ascent of the Balcon de Bizkaia (36km to to go), where Thomas De Gendt moved ahead of Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) in the KOM standings.

The attackers still enjoyed a 3’ lead at the bottom of the final climb (7.3km at 9.7%), more than enough to battle it out for the stage victory on slopes up to 24%. Rafal Majka, Michael Woods, Dylan Teuns and David de la Cruz were together for the final kilometre, where the Canadian went for a very strong effort to open a gap and then resist to the return of Dylan Teuns, once again frustrated.

In the GC group, Astana set a very hard pace and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) was dropped with 3km to go. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) then set the pace for his brother, until Enric Mas (Quick.Step Floors) accelerated in the final kilometre. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) followed him and they won 8’’ on Simon Yates, whose GC lead is down to 25’’. Enric Mas moves up to third place ahead of Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo). Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) is out of the top 5 after losing 1’04’’ on Vavlerde.

Complete results:

Stage 17 photos

157 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.710 km/hr

1	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	4hr 9min 48sec
2	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	@ 5sec
3	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	00' 10''
4	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	00' 13''
5	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	00' 38''
6	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	00' 44''
7	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	00' 48''
8	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	00' 51''
9	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	00' 55''
10	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	01' 48''
11	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
12	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	01' 51''
13	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	01' 57''
14	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	02' 40''
15	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	s.t.
16	HECTOR SAEZ BENITO	Euskadi-Murias	02' 44''
17	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	02' 48''
18	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	02' 50''
19	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	02' 52''
20	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	02' 53''
21	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	03' 08''
22	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	03' 44''
23	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
24	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	03' 53''
25	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	04' 09''
26	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	04' 10''
27	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	04' 20''
28	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	04' 33''
29	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	04' 55''
30	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi-Murias	05' 17''
31	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	05' 22''
32	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	05' 26''
33	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
35	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	05' 30''
36	IGOR ANTON	Dimension Data	05' 41''
37	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	05' 48''
38	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	06' 06''
39	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos BH	06' 17''
40	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	06' 19''
41	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	06' 30''
42	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi-Murias	06' 40''
43	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	07' 20''
44	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	07' 34''
45	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	07' 37''
46	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	07' 45''
47	JORGE CUBERO	Burgos BH	08' 26''
48	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	08' 28''
49	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	08' 45''
50	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	09' 04''
51	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
52	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	09' 39''
54	EDUARD PRADES	Euskadi-Murias	s.t.
55	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	10' 48''
56	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	s.t.
57	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	10' 50''
58	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
59	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	10' 55''
61	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	11' 20''
62	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	11' 24''
63	HERMANN PERNSTEINER	Bahrain-Merida	11' 30''
64	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	s.t.
65	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
66	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	11' 56''
67	ALEX ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	11' 57''
68	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	12' 10''
69	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	12' 31''
70	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	13' 19''
71	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	13' 26''
72	JAN HIRT	Astana	s.t.
73	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	13' 29''
74	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	13' 36''
75	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
76	PABLO TORRES	Burgos BH	s.t.
77	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
78	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
79	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	s.t.
80	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	14' 00''
81	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	14' 03''
82	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	14' 12''
83	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	14' 14''
84	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
85	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
86	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	14' 33''
87	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	16' 59''
88	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	17' 17''
89	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
90	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	18' 18''
92	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	18' 30''
93	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	s.t.
94	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	18' 37''
95	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	18' 46''
96	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	19' 48''
97	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
98	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
100	ANTONIO MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
101	JONATHAN LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	OSCAR CABEDO	Burgos BH	s.t.
103	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
104	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	20' 13''
105	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi-Murias	20' 27''
106	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	s.t.
107	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	20' 59''
108	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	21' 14''
109	GARIKOITZ BRAVO	Euskadi-Murias	21' 19''
110	IVAN GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	21' 35''
111	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos BH	22' 12''
112	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	22' 17''
113	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	22' 34''
114	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	22' 36''
115	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
116	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	22' 41''
117	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
118	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	22' 44''
119	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	s.t.
120	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	22' 58''
121	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
122	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	23' 02''
123	DIEGO RUBIO	Burgos BH	23' 15''
124	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi-Murias	23' 19''
125	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	23' 34''
126	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
127	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
128	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	24' 03''
129	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
130	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	s.t.
131	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
132	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
133	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
134	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
135	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
136	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
137	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
138	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
139	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
140	JETSE BOL	Burgos BH	s.t.
141	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
142	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	s.t.
143	LARS BOOM	LottoNL-Jumbo	24' 11''
144	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
145	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
146	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi-Murias	24' 17''
147	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	24' 25''
148	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
149	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	24' 29''
150	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
151	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	24' 36''
152	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	24' 44''
153	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
154	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	s.t.
155	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
156	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	s.t.
157	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
158	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	24' 52''
159	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	25' 30''
160	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
161	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	25' 33''
162	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	26' 36''

GC after stage 17:

• GC leader: Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Mountains classification leader: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
• Points classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Combination classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Team classification leader: Movistar

2,710.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.227 km/hr

1	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	69hr 5min 34sec
2	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	@ 25sec
3	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	01' 22''
4	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	01' 36''
5	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	01' 48''
6	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	02' 11''
7	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	04' 09''
8	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	04' 36''
9	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	05' 31''
10	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	06' 05''
11	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	06' 33''
12	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	09' 15''
13	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	09' 19''
14	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	10' 27''
15	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	11' 35''
16	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	14' 40''
17	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	17' 31''
18	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	22' 00''
19	HERMANN PERNSTEINER	Bahrain-Merida	25' 20''
20	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi-Murias	26' 28''
21	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	26' 44''
22	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	31' 34''
23	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	31' 42''
24	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	37' 08''
25	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	37' 37''
26	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	39' 58''
27	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	42' 24''
28	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	44' 54''
29	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	45' 15''
30	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	45' 19''
31	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	46' 16''
32	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	49' 43''
33	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	52' 50''
34	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	53' 12''
35	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	56' 55''
36	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	58' 10''
37	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	58' 18''
38	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 00' 02''
39	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	1H 02' 09''
40	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	1H 02' 28''
41	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	1H 03' 59''
42	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	1H 05' 29''
43	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	1H 08' 45''
44	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	1H 14' 23''
45	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	1H 15' 03''
46	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	1H 15' 10''
47	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	1H 16' 37''
48	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 18' 14''
49	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	1H 19' 26''
50	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	1H 22' 21''
51	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	1H 23' 54''
52	IGOR ANTON	Dimension Data	1H 24' 13''
53	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi-Murias	1H 26' 36''
54	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	1H 28' 46''
55	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 28' 47''
56	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	1H 30' 03''
57	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	1H 30' 06''
58	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	1H 31' 30''
59	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	1H 32' 45''
60	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	1H 33' 58''
61	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	1H 34' 06''
62	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	1H 35' 26''
63	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	1H 35' 42''
64	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 35' 52''
65	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 37' 44''
66	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	1H 38' 52''
67	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	1H 40' 46''
68	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	1H 41' 21''
69	EDUARD PRADES	Euskadi-Murias	1H 41' 58''
70	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	1H 42' 53''
71	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 46' 51''
72	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	1H 46' 56''
73	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	1H 49' 44''
74	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	1H 50' 28''
75	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	1H 52' 19''
76	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 55' 18''
77	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	2H 00' 48''
78	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	2H 02' 47''
79	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi-Murias	2H 05' 53''
80	JAN HIRT	Astana	2H 06' 10''
81	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	2H 06' 26''
82	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	2H 08' 29''
83	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	2H 12' 11''
84	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	2H 12' 44''
85	HECTOR SAEZ	Euskadi-Murias	2H 15' 13''
86	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	2H 17' 46''
87	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	2H 18' 03''
88	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	2H 18' 19''
89	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	2H 19' 48''
90	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	2H 22' 38''
91	OSCAR CABEDO	Burgos BH	2H 23' 44''
92	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	2H 23' 57''
93	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	2H 24' 33''
94	JORGE CUBERO	Burgos BH	2H 28' 19''
95	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos BH	2H 29' 31''
96	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	2H 31' 19''
97	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	2H 32' 38''
98	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	2H 34' 40''
99	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	2H 39' 27''
100	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos BH	2H 39' 48''
101	IVAN GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	2H 43' 17''
102	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	2H 47' 41''
103	JETSE BOL	Burgos BH	2H 49' 47''
104	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	2H 55' 04''
105	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	3H 00' 55''
106	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	3H 01' 29''
107	ALEX ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3H 03' 37''
108	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	3H 11' 22''
109	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	3H 11' 25''
110	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	3H 11' 54''
111	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	3H 12' 22''
112	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	3H 13' 36''
113	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	3H 16' 01''
114	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	3H 16' 17''
115	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi-Murias	3H 17' 19''
116	ANTONIO MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3H 17' 40''
117	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	3H 17' 50''
118	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	3H 19' 04''
119	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	3H 19' 53''
120	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	3H 19' 56''
121	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	3H 26' 33''
122	GARIKOITZ BRAVO	Euskadi-Murias	3H 27' 25''
123	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	3H 27' 52''
124	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	3H 28' 39''
125	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	3H 29' 16''
126	JONATHAN LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	3H 29' 24''
127	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	3H 30' 30''
128	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	3H 31' 33''
129	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	3H 36' 34''
130	PABLO TORRES	Burgos BH	3H 36' 36''
131	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	3H 37' 09''
132	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	3H 39' 27''
133	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	3H 41' 41''
134	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	3H 43' 21''
135	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	3H 44' 03''
136	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	3H 46' 19''
137	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	3H 46' 22''
138	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	3H 46' 59''
139	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	3H 50' 49''
140	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	3H 55' 21''
141	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	3H 56' 14''
142	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	3H 56' 44''
143	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	3H 57' 41''
144	DIEGO RUBIO	Burgos BH	3H 59' 56''
145	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	4H 02' 33''
146	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	4H 02' 38''
147	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	4H 03' 31''
148	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	4H 03' 49''
149	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	4H 03' 58''
150	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	4H 05' 16''
151	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	4H 08' 08''
152	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	4H 08' 26''
153	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi-Murias	4H 09' 10''
154	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	4H 09' 11''
155	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	4H 15' 15''
156	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	4H 18' 45''
157	LARS BOOM	LottoNL-Jumbo	4H 20' 17''
158	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	4H 22' 26''
159	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	4H 25' 42''
160	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	4H 27' 55''
161	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	4H 43' 01''
162	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	4H 44' 45''

Stage 17 map & profile:

Vuelta stage 17 map

Vuelta stage 17 profile

Stage 17 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

It was a foggy ascent to Balcón de Bizkaia. Here second-place Dylan Teuns climbs the wet road.

Wilco Kelderman was 29th, at 4min 55sec

Tony Gallopin

Nairo Quintana could only muster 23rd today.

Steven Kruijswijk finished just ahead of Quintana, 22nd.

Miguel Angel Lopez

 

Simon Yates' 17th place today was good enough to let him keep his red jersey.

Alejandro Valverde was 15th.

Enric Mas was 14th.

Vincenzo Nibali

Dylan Teuns is clearly going deep.

Michael Woods makes his way through the bike-mad Basque fans.

Michael Woods beat Dylan Teuns to the line.

Stage winner Michael Woods

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