Richard Carapaz has climbed his way to history, becoming the first Ecuadorian to win a stage at the Tour de France by taking honours on stage 17.
The win is his first on the Tour, and he also became the first rider from Ecuador to claim a stage win in cycling's most famous race.
"This means everything to me. We have been trying it since the beginning. This was our first goal — to get a stage win," Carapaz said. Pogačar attacked towards the end of the stage, forcing rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel to respond. "I don't even know myself why I tried today, but I got two more seconds ahead of Jonas and I'm happy with that," Pogačar said.Earlier, Biniam Girmay came fifth in the intermediate sprint but held on to the green jersey when he beat Belgian Jasper Philipsen to the line, narrowly extending his lead in the standings to 33 points.Sports content to make you think... or allow you not to. A newsletter delivered each Saturday.
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