Tour de France Stage 17 Odds, Picks and Predictions

Patrick Konrad won the stage on Tuesday. The stage 17 is in the mountains on Bastille Day. There are two Category 1 climbs and an HC challenge.

Pogacar is the favorite on Stage 17. His only stage victory came during an Individual Time Trial. The race starts Wednesday at 7:05 am ET.

Pogacar is the leader of the Tour de France. He has a 5:18 advantage over Rigoberto Uran. Jonas Vingegaard is third, Richard Carapaz is fifth and Ben O’Connor is 5th. Stage 17 departs from Muret and is mostly flat. The three climbs start 130 km into the day.

The Tour de France stage 17 is on Wednesday. The number of chances to attack on Paul Pogacar is dwindling.

Pogacar is the favorite for the Tour de France. He is going to get jabbed at throughout Stage 17 and 18.

Pogacar is the most likely winner on Wednesday's Tour de France stage 17. He has not won a mountain stage yet in 2021. The group as a whole, plus all the other riders, is more likely to win.

Pogacar has been in control of the race for two weeks. Primož Roglič crashed and later abandoned. Vingegaard has won March’s Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali and was second in April”s Tour of Basque Country. Carapaz is the current leader of Team Ineos.

Pogacar is going to be marking Vingegaard and Carapaz closely. The breakaway succeeded multiple times in this race. Nairo Quintana, Sepp Kuss, David Gaudu and Uran are longshots. Gudaudi has two career Vuelta stage victories.