Tour de France stage 17 as it happened

Summary

Froome extends yellow jersey lead to 2mins 27secs
Rival Quintana struggles
Zakarin wins the stage with late break
Stage 17: 184km from Berne to Finhaut-Emosson

Live Reporting

Chris Osborne

Get in Zakarinpublished at 16:21 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
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Well. It was lively.
Congratulations to Ilnur Zakarin on his first Tour stage victory - the Russian looked like he was one pedal rotation away from expiring. Gritty stuff.
As for Chris Froome - I need to go and find a way to write about his dominance without repeating everything I've said so many times before.
Stay across the BBC Sport website for reaction and the BeSpoke podcast. We'll be back for live coverage tomorrow.
'I was overheating'published at 16:16 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
Team Sky's Geraint Thomas on ITV4: "It was a hot day. It was a fast start. When Nibali raised it towards the top of the penultimate climb I felt like I was overheating. I don't really know what happened up front. The strength in depth is massive for us - if someone is having a bad day there are three other guys feeling good."
'We are happy'published at 16:13 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
Team Sky's Mikel Nieve on ITV4: "It was a pretty good day, no? At the beginning it felt good. Chris has take out more of an advantage. We are happy."
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Adam Yates, in third, is 2mins 53secs behind Froome and Nairo Quintana is 3mins 27secs behind the yellow jersey.
Froome's lead extended to 2'27''published at 16:07 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
I'm doing some quick maths here folks - never my strong point, but I make Chris Froome's lead over Bauke Mollema 2mins 27secs.
Postpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
So, Chris Froome gained:
8secs on Adam Yates
28secs on Quintana.
40secs on Bauke Mollema.
Game, set and match?
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Bauke Mollema, second in the rankings, is the big loser of the stage as he finally crosses. He may not have lost enough time to allow Adam Yates into second, though.
We'll get an update on that.
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Adam Yates has put in a monster performance and loses just four seconds to Chris Froome.
The gap from Froome to Quintana is around 15 seconds.
Froome finishespublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
Chris Froome is happy to follow Richie Porte and the pair cross the line - how big will the gaps be?
Quintana out of itpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
Adam Yates has dropped Nairo Quintana - unbelievable. The Colombian sees four riders leave him for dead. He's gone. He's absolutely gone.
Postpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
As it stands, Chris Froome will extend his lead over the three men behind him.
Adam Yates is keeping with Nairo Quintana. But they are quite a bit behind Froome.
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Chris Froome leaves team-mate Mikel Nieve and catches Richie Porte.
Incredible - does this man have no limits?
Quintana droppingpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
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Richie Porte is still out ahead, Chris Froome has a team-mate with him and Nairo Quintana just can't keep up.
This is the hammer hitting the nail.
Froome attackspublished at 15:57 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
Bauke Mollema is struggling to hold on. He's dropped
But at the front Fabio Aru attacks - and now Chris Froome goes!
Porte attackspublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
Richie Porte, seventh in the yellow jersey rankings, attacks off the front.
Nairo Quintana is the man to follow.
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Chris Froome is 2km from the finish and has rivals Bauke Mollema and Nairo Quintana with him.
Postpublished at 15:54 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
Now. How about the yellow jersey?
Zakarin wins stage 17published at 15:54 British Summer Time 20 July 2016
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Zakarin is wobbling. This is painful to watch. His jersey is unzipped. He looks like a forlorn individual.
His team car is behind him, almost willing him on.
Now he tries to zip up the jersey. It's tricky, but he manages it and wins the stage for Katusha.
He wobbles over the line and two blokes run out to stop him falling.
Pantano follows a few moments behind - a Colombian on Colombian Independence Day
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500m to go
Chris Froome now has two team-mates around him, with Mikel Nieve leading the peloton.
They're 10mins behind the leader.