Jasper Philipsen wins Tour de France stage 17 as Pogacar holds yellow jersey
Belgian sprinter Jasper Philipsen captured his first win of the 2026 Tour de France on stage 17, a 174.7‑km route from Chambéry to Voiron. He was delivered to the finish by a perfect lead‑out from teammate Mathieu van der Poel and held off Swiss rider Mauro Schmid and Dutch rider Olav Kooij to claim his 11th career Tour stage victory. The win narrowed the points gap to green‑jersey holder Mads Pedersen to seven points. Overall leader Tadej Pogacar, the Slovenian defending champion, rode safely in the peloton and retained the yellow jersey, keeping a 4:32 advantage over Remco Evenepoel. The stage featured several crashes that forced riders such as Tom Pidcock and Lenny Martinez to remount, but the general‑classification contenders escaped serious injury. The race now moves into the Alpine zone with three demanding mountain stages ahead.