L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France — A brief look at Wednesday’s 17 th stage of the Tour de France: STAGE The toughest climb of the Tour so far took riders along a 130. 8-mile route from Embrun to L’Alpe d’Huez and featured three climbs t hat are beyond classification. WINNER Carlos Sastre of Spain won by attacking at the bottom of L’Alpe d’Huez and finished clear of the chasing pack. Samuel Sanchez of Spain was second and Andy Schleck of Luxembourg was third. Both were 2 minutes, 3 seconds behind Sastre. YELLOW JERSEY Sastre took the yellow jersey and leads Franck Schleck, the overnight leader, by 1 minute, 24 seconds. Bernhard Kohl of Austria is third at 1: 33. QUOTE OF THE DAY “When you have the 10 best bike riders in the world behind your wheel and you have a two-minute gap to close on one of the best climbers in the world, it’s not any situation to be in” — Evans. NEXT STAGE Today’s 18 th stage takes riders on a 122. 1-mile trek from Bourgd’Oisans to Saint-Etienne in medium mountains.
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