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Richard Carapaz completed the set of victories in cycling’s Grand Tours by winning stage 17 of the Tour de France.<\/b><\/p>\n
Carapaz had won stages at the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana, as well as Olympic road race gold, but earned his first Tour de France stage triumph with a superb solo victory in the Alps.<\/p>\n
The Education-EasyPost rider also becomes the first man from Ecuador to win a stage at the Tour.<\/p>\n
Behind Carapaz, who beat Britain’s Simon Yates into second, Tadej Pogacar was 27th, but increased his general classification lead over Jonas Vingegaard by two seconds – it now stands at three minutes and 11 seconds.<\/p>\n
The Slovenian, seeking a third overall victory in the race, made a surprise attack late on only to be caught by last year’s winner Vingegaard, but beat his rival in a sprint for the line to increase his general classification lead slightly.<\/p>\n
Remco Evenepoel, third overall, finished the stage in 26th, 10 seconds ahead of Pogacar and 12 clear of Vingegaard.<\/p>\n
It means that in the general classification standings, Evenepoel now trails Vingegaard by just under two minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n