Stage 17: Rain, pain and some gain
Spin Cycle
Escape Collective
4.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
A straightforward sprint stage turned out to be anything but. A storm rolled into Valence just before the peloton did and led to a huge pileup in the finale. The good news? The fight for the green jersey is on. And tomorrow? The Alps.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, Kaylee Fretz here. |
| 0:04.2 | Whether you're here for analysis of each stage or exclusive interviews or the Miles Saba or Ian interviewing a driving leak with a beard, we're glad you're here. |
| 0:14.2 | If you want even more, head to escapecollective.com slash join to get access to the Tordaily's after dark, a member's only segment at the end of each episode. |
| 0:26.2 | It's where we put the good stuff. |
| 0:28.0 | That's escapecollective.com slash join. |
| 0:30.9 | Join. Welcome back to the Tor Daily podcast, everybody. |
| 0:59.3 | I'm Kaylee Fretz. |
| 1:00.5 | Coming to you from the finale of stage 17, actually after the finish of stage 17. |
| 1:05.7 | We are in Valance. |
| 1:06.9 | We're in a lovely little square. |
| 1:08.0 | We'll set the scene in more detail later in the show. |
| 1:11.5 | Before we do, Johnny Long, welcome. |
| 1:14.0 | And it's your last night on tour. |
| 1:15.6 | Yep, D&F, stage 18. |
| 1:17.5 | Yep. |
| 1:18.1 | Nothing physically wrong with me, just a bad attitude. |
| 1:22.3 | No, I've recovered somewhat from my Hocam, Gilles Sons. |
| 1:26.8 | And, yeah, |
| 1:45.0 | thank you all for this tour. It's been good fun. Oh, no, you're not talking to us, you're talking to. Everyone. That was good. Literally, everyone's listening. Everyone's listening. Everyone's listening. We've actually have a healthy crew this evening. You're going to hear from a bunch of us, probably. We'll try to keep it to the normal crew mostly. Also, joining me, Ian Trellor, also Ianning me, to Ian Trillor, we're at stage 17. |
| 1:53.0 | We sure are. That's where we are now. It's going to be a rough evening. And also, to my left, |
| 2:03.4 | Joshua Robinson of the Wall Street Journal. |
| 2:04.2 | Welcome. |
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