Richard Carapaz rides clear to win stage 17 of Tour de France

Richard Carapaz became the first Ecuadorian winner of a Tour de France stage on Wednesday (Daniel Cole/AP)

Richard Carapaz beat Simon Yates to victory on stage 17 of the Tour de France in SuperDevoluy as race leader Tadej Pogacar put more pressure on an ailing Jonas Vingegaard in the fight for yellow.

Carapaz rode away from Yates on the Col du Noyer, the penultimate climb of the 178km stage from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux and extended his lead on the road up to the finish to win by 37 seconds.