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9km to go: Nairo Quintana continues to eat into the lead of Tanel Kangert, while Rafal Majka hangs grimly on to the Colombian’s wheel. Quintana is looking exceptionally good for the stage win.
10km to go: Kangert passes under the 10-kilometre-to-go kite as Nairo Quintana and Rafal Majka drop Alejandro Valverde. Dan Martin is behind him and making ground.
There are nine riders in the yellow jersey group, who are 1min 30sec behind the stage leader: Thomas, Froome, Bernal, Poels (Sky), Roglic, Kruijswijk (Jumbo), Bardet (AG2R), Dumoulin (Sunweb) and Landa (Movistar).
Written by Barry Glendenning
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/jul/25/tour-de-france-2018-stage-17s-grid-start-and-mountain-battle-live under the title “Tour de France 2018: stage 17 mountain battle reaches final climb – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
