Stage 15 TDF 2023 Blog: Wout vs Wout

On the Cote des Amerands, Wout Poels attacked the last of his breakaway companions, Wout van Aert. The Dutch Wout rode away from the Belgian Wout, and extended his lead on the climb to the finish line at Le Bettex.

General Classification

UAE led up the final climb, with Jonas Vingegaard following Tadej Pogacar.

Adam Yates rode off the front of the GC group. Pogacar slowed, so as to attack with around 900m to go.

TP was unable to shake off JV, and the top two on GC came across the line together.

Video Highlights

These are video highlights of Stage 15 Tour de France 2023.

Earlier in the Day

At 126km to go, a spectator holding out a mobile phone hit Sep Kuss’s handlebars. Kuss swerved into Nathan van Hooydonck, and NVH fell. This triggered other riders to fall.

The crash resulted in a large gap to the breakaway ahead.

Early on, Julian Alaphilippe and Alexey Lutsenko made a break from the break. They were caught after the descent of the Col de la Forclaz Montmin.

Next out front alone was Marco Haller, then Rui Costa.

With 48km to go, Marc Soler launched an attack from the break. Wout van Aert, Wout Poels and Krists Neilands set off in pursuit. That made a group of four.

Four became three when Neilands fell.

Wout Poels attacked Wout van Aert on the Cote des Amerands, which was the steepest climb of the day, and made the decisive move.