VIDEO: Tour de France 2023 stage 17 highlights - Tadej Pogacar's final blow for yellow jersey dream

The Tour de France had been explosive and dramatic until today, but stage 17 was a whole other picture. The queen stage devastated the peloton and saw Tadej Pogacar implode on the Col de la Loze as Jonas Vingegaard sealed the overall classification.

The 28-kilometer ascent proved too harsh at the end of the day for Pogacar who had a bad day on the bike. Vingegaard had a strong ascent taking enough time to now have a comfortable lead, whilst Felix Gall won the stage out of a luxury breakaway which included many GC contenders and Top10 riders.

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PREVIEW | Tour de France 2023 stage 18 - Alps over, surviving sprinters have flat day as a reward