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Tour de France stage 17 - Live coverage

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Stage 17 of the 2020 Tour de France, with its high altitude and severe gradients, was expected to be the centrepiece of Egan Bernal's bid to retain his title. Instead, the Colombian will not grace the Col de la Madeleine and the Col de la Loze at all after abandoning the Tour this morning. His GC challenge suddenly evaporated on the Grand Colombier on Sunday and Bernal lost another 27 minutes on the road to Villard de Lans yesterday. Ineos' announcement of his withdrawal early this morning came as little surprise. "Egan is a true champion who loves to race, but he is also a young rider, with many Tours ahead of him, and at this point, o