The Tour peloton will be one rider smaller at the start of stage 17, but for a heartwarming reason, with Danny van Poppel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) leaving the race after the birth of his daughter, Bobbie.

Wednesday's Tour de France Stage 17 will get underway in Bollène on Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. ET and will be streaming on Peacock.

Final chance for sprinters before Paris on flat route to Valence - It’s the penultimate chance of this year’s Tour de France for the fast men on what is likely to be another chaotic, full-gas day

The versatile Dutchman, Mathieu van der Poel, who wore the yellow jersey and won a stage during the opening week of Tour de France, has withdrawn from the race.

INEOS Grenadiers’ Thymen Arensman won stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday, riding solo for the final 37km of a brutal day in the Pyrenees. Behind him race leader Tadej Pogacar added six seconds to his lead over Jonas Vingegaard.

The final stage, stage six, will start outside the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales in Newport, crossing through south Wales via the Maindy Velodrome, home of Thomas’ original club, the Maindy Flyers Cycling Club. The race will finish in Cardiff city centre.

Riders who complete the entire 2025 Tour De France will have to race over 3,338.8 kilometers (2,075 miles) across 21 stages. While there are some rest

Former Wolves and England footballer Geoff Thomas has completed his seventh Tour De France challenge with the hope of raising £1m for research into leukaemia. Thomas, who lives in Worcestershire, has been part of Tour 21 team which has been following the exact same route as the Tour De France, a week ahead of the professionals racing.