Paret-Peintre delivers Tour de France home win in Mont Ventoux thriller
Trailing by 4min 13sec at the start of this stage Vingegaard attacked with 9km to climb on Mont Ventoux, whose eery upper reaches resemble a lunar landscape
They were eclipsed, however, by a frantic fight for the line and the stage win between EF's Healy and Soudal Quick-Step;s Paret-Peintre who relieved home hopes on a Tour raced entirely on French soil.
Vingegaard and his Visma team did everything they could to hurt the Team UAE leader Pogacar, but the 26-year-old resisted all they threw at him despite being isolated from his teammates early in the climb which is already etched into Tour folklore after epic past battles.
Chris Froome ran part of the way up during a frantic wait for mechanical assistance, while even the great Eddy Merckx once needed oxygen at the summit.
Tom Simpson died here in 1967 after collapsing on a baking climb but asking to be helped back onto the saddle.
Stage 17 should be one for the sprinters as Tim Merlier hopes to add to his two stage wins and current green jersey Jonathan Milan also targets a second win at the 700m straight run to the finish line at Valence.
The weather however could rewrite the script with 50kph winds forecast along the 170km run.
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