Richard Carapaz achieves Grand Tour treble with Tour de France stage 17 victory

Simon Yates takes second place behind Carapaz after battle on the slopes of the Col du Noyer

Richard Carapaz
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Richard Carapaz became the 110th rider to complete the Grand Tour stage win hat-trick by taking victory on stage 17 of the Tour de France at Superdévoluy.  

Carapaz, the reigning Olympic champion, also became the first Ecuadorian rider to win a stage of the French Grand Tour after outgunning Simon Yates (Jayco-AIUla) on the climb of the Col du Noyer in the southern French Alps. 

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.