Results 15th stage 2024 Tour de France
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 1.08
3. Remco Evenepoel (bel) + 2.51
4. Mikel Landa (spa) + 3.54
5. João Almeida (por) + 4.43
6. Adam Yates (gbr) + 4.56
7. Santiago Buitrago (col) + 5.08
8. Carlos Rodriguez (spa) s.t.
9. Richard Carapaz (ecu) + 5.41
10. Felix Gall (aut) + 5.57
GC after stage 15
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 3.09
3. Remco Evenepoel (bel) + 5.19
4. João Almeida (por) + 10.54
5. Mikel Landa (spa) + 11.21
6. Carlos Rodriguez (spa) + 11.27
7. Adam Yates (gbr) + 13.38
8. Giulio Ciccone (ita) + 15.48
9. Derek Gee (can) + 16.12
10. Santiago Buitrago (col) + 16.32
Race report
The riders tackle the Col de Peyresourde from the start. David Gaudu is the first rider at the summit, Oier Lazkano second, Romain Bardet third.
Back in the valley, the attackers are caught. Then a huge group with Michał Kwiatkowski, Julien Bernard, Nico Denz, Jai Hindley, Davide Formolo, Bob Jungels, Alex Aranburu, Oier Lazkano, Louis Meintjes, Biniam Girmay, Michael Matthews, Nans Peters, Lenny Martinez, Rui Costa, Jakob Fuglsang, Guillaume Martin, Enric Mas, Gregor Mühlberger, Tobias Halland Johannessen, Mathieu Bugaudeau, Jordan Jegat, and Magnus Cort give it a go.
Richard Carapaz rejoins the lead group – which is down to Hindley, Jungels, Martinez, Fuglsang, Martin, Mas, Aranburu, Meintjes, Cort, and Johannessen – on the Col de Menté. Simon Yates, Laurens De Plus, Oscar Onley, Javier Romo, Matteo Sobrero, and Ben Healy also make it across, while Cort loses contact.
The peloton crests the summit 1.30 minutes behind the lead group, which is still the gap on the Col de Portet-d’Aspet. Louis Meintjes punctures and loses contact.
The lead of the attackers extends to 3.30 minutes in the valley.
The breakaway splits in two in the run-up to the Col d’Agnes. De Plus, Hindley, Jungels, Sobrero, Mas, and Romo are at the front, while Healy quickly jumps across.
De Plus, Mas and Hindley remain at the front on the climb, while Healy waits for his team mate Carapaz. He escorts the Olympic Champion for awhile until Carapaz continues on his own to regain contact with the leaders 3 kilometres from the summit.
Johannessen rejoins the attackers in the descent of the Port de Lers .
The peloton hits the final climb 2.20 minutes behind the lead group. It goes down fast as Matteo Jorgenson sets the pace. Only Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel, Carlos Rodriguez, Santiago Buitrago, Mikel Landa, and Adam Yates remain in the GC group.
Mas attacks within the last 11.6 kilometres and Johannessen follows his move right away, Carapaz al little later. Buitrago and Rodriguez lose contact on the lower slopes.
Then Vingegaard strikes with Pogacar on his wheel. The two gobble up the attackers and power on together.
The yellow jersey distances the title defender with 5.5 kilometres remaining and continues to pull away. He finishes more than a minute ahead of the defending champion, while Evenepoel crosses the line nearly 3 minutes later as the best of the rest.
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