Tour de France stage 17 quotes: Sanchez says losing van Garderen is a huge blow to BMC

Stage 17 saw Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) take his first win at the Tour de France on the climb to Pra-Loup on Wednesday. The German rider rode into the day's breakaway and then attacked to finish solo ahead of Andrew Talansky (Cannondale-Garmin) and Rigoberto Urán (Etixx-QuickStep).

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