"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen," is a quote often misattributed to Lenin, but it seems fitting on stage 17 of the 2026 Tour de France, on a day where decades appeared to happen.
A stage teed up as one for the breakaway, which saw yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar briefly up the road; a crash for Tom Pidcock; Mads Pedersen leading the charge to the intermediate sprint and Voiron; a solo attack from Jasper Stuyven; and then, finally, a reduced bunch sprint win for Jasper Philipsen, led out expertly by his Alpecin-Premier Tech teammate Mathieu van der Poel.
