Richard Carapaz, the current Olympic road race champion, won stage 17 of the Tour de France, in Superdévoluy, after catching and dropping the British rider Simon Yates on the day’s toughest climb, the Col du Noyer.
The Ecuadorian, who wore the yellow jersey for a day in the first week of the Tour, caught Yates, of the Jayco-AlUla team, 15km from the finish, after dropping the Welsh rider Stephen Williams further down the slopes and then attacking once again.
