Another Big Three Battle on Stage 15
Stage 15 of the Tour de France 2024 finished with the climb to the Plateau de Beille, where the best GC riders had their chance to shine.
Visma Lease-a-Bike drove the pace of the peloton for most of the day, with Tiesj Benoot and Jan Tratnik prominent.
Matteo Jorgenson was the last Visma domestique, and when he could do no more with 10.5km to go, Vingegaard attacked taking Pogacar with him.
With 5.3km left, Pogacar overtook Vingegaard and pedalled off to the stage win.
At the finish line Pogacar had a gap of 1min8 over Vingegaard, and 2min51 from Remco Evenepoel in third place.
Video Highlights
These are video highlights of Stage 15.
The Breakaway
There was a breakaway with these riders:
- Simon Yates
- Laurens de Plus
- Jai Hindley
- Matteo Sobrero
- Bob Jungels
- Lenny Martinez
- Richard Carapaz
- Ben Healy
- Jakob Fuglsang
- Guillaume Martin
- Enric Mas
- Alex Aranburu
- Javier Romo
- Oscar Onley
- Tobias Johanessen
- Louis Meintjes
On the Col d’Agnes the lead group was down to de Plus, Hindley, Carapaz and Mas. They had a lead of around 3min20 over the peloton.
Tobias Johanessen later rejoined the front group.
Carapaz was the last of the breakaway to be caught. Vingegaard and Pogacar passed him with around 9km left.