It took a long time for the breakaway to form in Stage 17 of the 2026 Tour de France, but the stage ultimately went to Jasper Philipsen, who made a late in the stage push to overtake the lead group and emerge victorious.
After Monday’s ITT, Tuesday’s stage of the 2026 Tour de France was shaping up to be the last chance for the sprinters to make a show. The stage stretched 174.7 km from Chambéry to Voiron on rolling terrain. The stage packed 2,200 metres of elevation gain, but most of the uphill challenges are in the first part of the route.
Today’s start in Chambéry is the perfect occasion to celebrate the long history of riders development in the area. Chambéry Cyclisme Formation is a cycling club born in 2001 that operated as a feeder for AG2R La Mondiale, before taking the name AG2R Citroën U23 in 2021, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Development in 2024, and now Decathlon CMA CGM Development Team.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates XRG) remains the race leader. He lost time to Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) at Plateau de Solaison and in Thonon-les-Bains, but the Slovenian remains head and shoulders above his rivals in the overall standings, with a gap of 4’32”.
Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto Intermarché) and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) were the first attackers of the day. At km 6, Kasper Asgreeen (EF Education-EasyPost) and Marco Haller (Tudor) trail by 15 seconds with the peloton back by only 5 seconds.
Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) is riding alone at the front at km 15 after Veistroffer was caught by a handful of chasers, including Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) and Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor). Abrahamsen is soon joined by Felix Engelhardt and Kévin Vauquelin (Netcompany Ineos).
After 20km, Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), Ben O’Connor (Jayco AlUla) and Harold Tejada (XDS Astana) lead the way. Ewen Costiou (Groupama-FDJ United) and Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) drive the chase right behind them. Veistroffer is off the back.
At km 30, it was Max Walker (EF Education-EasyPost), Harold Tejada (XDS Astana), and Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) wth a gap of 15 seconds. Anthony Turgis (Total Energies) and then Ben Healy (EF Education- EsyPost) are able to bridge up.
By the third categorized climb of the day, there was a group of 20 riders off the front, but the peloton was just 20 seconds back. In there were Politt, Hagenes, Jorgenson, Denz, Simmons, Baudin, Quinn, Benoot, Tejada, Mohoric, Bernal, Tarling, Stuyven, Van der Poel and others.
Isaac del Toro was in a group 40 seconds behind the leaders. Tarling went on the attack with Simmons chasing him. The front group exploded again, with the GC contenders at the back. They waited for the Del Toro group.
The lead group was down to 16 riders with a lead of about 40 seconds: Visma-Lease a Bike: Hagenes, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe: Hindley, Lidl-Trek: Simmons, EF Education-Easypost: Baudin, Decathlon CMA CGM: Benoot, Bahrain Victorious: Mohoric, Netcompany Ineos: Bernal & Tarling, Soudal Quick-Step: Stuyven, Alpecin-Premier Tech: Van der Poel, Jayco AlUla: Engelhardt
Movistar: Castrillo & Rubio, Groupama-FDJ United: Braz Afonso & Martin-Guyonnet, Tudor: Pluimers. Decathlon CMA CGM was at the front of the peloton, controlling the gap at around 40 seconds.
The pace in the peloton dropped slightly, and Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost) immediately went on the attack with Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), and Mathis Le Berre (Total Energies) in pursuit.
With 75km to go for the leaders, a chase group of Jorgenson, Healy and Le Berre were 45 seconds back, with the peloton at 1’15”. Binan Girmay was struggling off the back at 3’05”.
With 68km remaining, the chasing trio of Jorgenson, Healy and Le Berre were able to bridge, making it 19 men at the front.
But the peloton turned on the power, quickly reducing the gap to under 20 seconds. Meanwhile, Adam Yates was out of juice and fell off the back.
Mads Pedersen attacked and joined the front group. They rallied for a moment, getting back up to a 35 second advantage over a chase group of 15 riders with Jasper Philipsen.
Riders all over the place, but with 58km remaining, the yellow jersey group is 2’42” back from the leaders
With 57km to go, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Ben Healy (EF Edutacion-EasyPost), Michal Kwiatkowski (Netcompany Ineos), Felix Engelhardt (Jayco AlUla), Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step), and Ed Planckaert (Alpecin-Premier Tech) have distanced their breakaway rivals. Philipsen’s group was 1’06” back and the peloton was at 2’42”.
Into the last 50 kilometers, the six leaders continued to set a strong pace and pushed the gap to the first chase group to 50 seconds.
The Philipsen group trail by 1’30”, with the peloton at 4’30”.
Meanwhile, Adam Yates had fallen to 13’30” behind the leaders. Anders Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) who was dropped earlier. joined him. They reached Wellens, who was waiting for them. Jefferson Cepeda (Movistar) was behind them, with a gap of 19’30”.
At the final intermediate sprint in Colombe, it was Mads Pedersen taking the top points.
With 26km to go, Jasper Stuyven attacked and opened a gap of 25 seconds over the former lead group.
Stuyven’s group of chasers was caught by another group of chasers, making it 43 in that group 31 seconds back with less than 9km to go. But Mads Pedersen is in there. Will he try to make another go at the sprint?
5km to go and Pedersen’s group was just 19 seconds from Stuyven. The peloton was at 7’19”.
And just inside 4km, Stuyven was caught!
Tarling attacked, but ultimately, it was Jasper Philipsen across the line first. With the sprint win, he moves to within 7 points of Mads Pedersen in the Green Jersey battle.
2026 Tour de France: Stage 17 Brief Results
- Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech)
- Mauro Schmid (Jayco AlUla)
- Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM)
- Lewis Askey (NSN)
- Rick Pluimers (Tudor)
2026 Tour de France: General Classification After Stage 17
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates XRG) @ 60h 4’17”
- Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +4’32”
- Isaac del Toro (UAE Emirates XRG), +6’51”
- Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM), +7’11”
- Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek), +9’22”
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