Mitchelton-Scott (France) - Press Release: European champion Matteo Trentin soloed to his first Tour de France victory in five years and the team’s fourth of the race on stage 17 into Gap.
The Italian made it into the break of the day before attacking over the final climb and soloing to an impressive win by over 30-seconds.
The Final Chance:
The stage was seen by many as the last chance for the opportunists to succeed before the race heads back into the mountains tomorrow and as a results, a big fight to get down to road ensued as soon as the flag dropped on the outskirts of Pont du Gard.
Mitchelton-SCOTT were keen to have numbers in the move and Trentin and Dane Chris Juul-Jensen managed to infiltrate a large group of over 30-riders that split the bunch in the opening kilometres. But with several teams missing out on the move, the peloton set about chasing the escapees down as the gap was held at around one-minute.
Eventually the chasing teams gave up on their attempts at catching the break and succumbed to the pressure from the general classifications teams who were hoping for an easier day in the saddle. As the bunch sat up the advantage of the break quickly went out and stood at over 11-minutes over the first of the two categorised climbs.
Tour de France 2019 Stage 17 Results:
1. Matteo Trentin (Mitchelton-SCOTT) 4:21:36
2. Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck - Quick Step) +0:37
3. Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) +0:41
General Classification After Stage 16:
1. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) 69:39:16
2. Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) +1:35
3. Steven Kruijswijk (Team Jumbo-Visma) +1:47
28. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-SCOTT) +41:42
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