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Tour Stage 15 Report: Another crazy day in the Tour de France. The heat played a big part, but crashes caused the main problems. At the end of the stage it came down to a very ragged sprint with no team in control. Jasper Philipsen pushed his wheel over the line just ahead of Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen. No change on the GC, but bad news for Jumbo-Visma as they lost Primoz Roglič before the stage and Steven Kruijswijk during the stage.
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The final kilometre
Jasper Philipsen’s first Tour stage win
Jasper Philipsen won the fifteenth stage of the 2022 Tour de France. After a sweltering and long stage between Rodez and Carcassonne, the Alpecin-Deceuninck sprinter beat Wout van Aert and Mads Pedersen. There was a lot of nervousness during the stage, resulting in a crash of yellow jersey Jonas Vingegaard and the retirement of Steven Kruijswijk.
Ice vests for Wout van Aert and Jonas Vingegaard at the start
Tour boss, Christian Prudhomme: “The road to Carcassonne is often hilly and the ups and downs that lead to it can favour breakaways. But on this occasion, the route has been designed to suit the sprinters’ teams. That’s provided that they work hard to control the day’s attackers, who still might manage to produce a surprise.”
Stage 15 route
Will Geschke keep his KOM jersey?
Geraint Thomas happy to be on the overall podium
Yesterday’s stage winner, Michael Matthews and the jersey holders: Pogačar, Vingegaard, Van Aert and Geschke
Van Aert was part of the break…. at first
Vingegaard was looking for an easier day in the middle of the peloton
The route took the peloton under this church
And out the other side
Yes, it wouldn’t be the Tour without sunflowers
Another protest. Did it inadvertently cause the crash that took Steven Kruijswijk out of the Tour?
Honore and Politt were never given too much of an advantage
Jonas Rutsch attacked to pass the two leaders, but his move came to nothing
Vingegaard had to chase after a crash with teammate Benoot
Pogačar kept near the front to stay out of trouble
Late attack from Ben Thomas and Alexis Gougeard nearly succeeded for Thomas
Stage winner, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): “It’s unbelievable. I’ve tried so many times… It worked out today. I thought Wout van Aert would be coming from behind. I got boxed in a bit before the final corner. I knew from last year that the finishing line would not come long after the last curve. It’s good that I could pass Mads [Pedersen]. It’s been a massive search for the victory at the Tour de France. I’m just proud that we can finally finish it off at stage 15 with the team. Everybody continued to believe that it was possible. I knew I had good legs. We just had to wait for the right moment and the right opportunity, and today was the day.”
# All the Tour news in EUROTRASH and the ‘Rest Day Round Up’ on Monday. #
Tour de France Stage 15 Result:
1. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck in 4:27:27
2. Wout van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
3. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo
4. Peter Sagan (Slov) TotalEnergies
5. Danny van Poppel (Ned) BORA-hansgrohe
6. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco
7. Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
8. Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM
9. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
10. Fred Wright (GB) Bahrain-Victorious.
Tour de France Overall After Stage 15:
1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma in 59:58:28
2. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates at 2:22
3. Geraint Thomas (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 2:43
4. Romain Bardet (Fra) DSM at 3:01
5. Adam Yates (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 4:06
6. Nairo Quintana (Col) Arkéa Samsic at 4:15
7. Louis Meintjes (SA) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux at 4:24
8. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
9. Thomas Pidcock (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 8:49
10. Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar at 9:58.
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