La Vuelta 2022 - How to watch Stage 17 on Wednesday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map

ByEurosport

Updated 07/09/2022 at 08:35 GMT

An entire week’s drama was crammed into the final three kilometres of Stage 16 at La Vuelta as Primoz Roglic dropped a blistering attack and then inexplicably crashed, while Remco Evenepoel pulled up with a flat tyre. Are we in for more drama on Wednesday? Here's how you can watch along.. Stream La Vuelta live and on-demand on discovery+. You can also watch all the action live on eurosport.co.uk.

Everyone recovered from Tuesday's madness?

A crazy finale to what was dubbed a ‘flat’ stage by organisers saw Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) apparently suffer a mechanical as the race headed uphill, just moments after red jersey rival Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) had dropped a sensational attack with 2.7km remaining.

Roglic blew the bunch apart as he attempted to open up a big gap on Evenepoel, leading four sprint hopefuls into the home straight. But disaster struck the Slovenian as he tussled with the fast men for victory and bonus seconds as he somehow contrived to crash just metres from the finish.

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The Slovenian, winner of the last three editions of the Spanish grand tour, has been forced to abandon the race and will not start Stage 17 after falling heavily after what appeared to be a tangle of handlebars with Fred Wright of Bahrain Victorious.

Despite his incident, Evenepoel cut a relaxed figure given he was inside the final 3km – the safety net to get the same time as the peloton, even if the roadbook seemed to imply the rule would not apply to Tuesday’s stage.

In the end, he received only an eight-second deficit to the lead group as Mads Pedersen powered to victory, and Roglic's withdrawal leaves him more than two minutes clear of his closest general classification rival, now Movistar's Enric Mas.

So what's in store on Wednesday?

The official site also describes this one as ‘flat’ which is a bit like saying the Angliru is a sprint.

While there are no categorised climbs before the final Cat. 2 rise to the finish, there’s well over 1,200m of altitude gain along the way in the sweltering Extremadura region before the ascent to the Monasterio de Tentudia which, while only 5% over 10km includes some double-digit segments as well as a short downhill section which skewers the stats somewhat.

Not for the sprinters.

HOW CAN I WATCH LA VUELTA ON TV AND LIVESTREAM?

Each and every stage will be broadcast on Eurosport and GCN+, bookended by The Breakaway, presented by Orla Chennaoui.

Adam Blythe and Dan Lloyd will also be in the studio, while Laura Meseguer will be on-site speaking to the people that matter.

WHEN IS STAGE 17

Tune in from 13:30-17:15 BST on Wednesday, September 6 to watch Stage 17 of La Vuelta.

Watch the action on Eurosport 1, with uninterrupted coverage on discovery+

STAGE 17 PROFILE AND ROUTE MAP

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Stream La Vuelta live and on-demand on discovery+. You can also watch all the action live on eurosport.co.uk.

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