Bee Plateau. Slovenian Tadej Pogacar received stage 15 of the Tour de France on Sunday, ending at Plateau de Beille within the second a part of the Pyrenean diptych, and dealt a serious blow in his try to win his third Tour.
Pogacar (UAE), who had ridden on Vingegaard’s wheel for the primary a part of the day’s last climb, let go of the Dane with simply over 5 kilometres to go, and claimed his third stage win on this Tour, which he leads by greater than three minutes over the chief of Visma, who was additionally second on the end.
The stage was a carbon copy of the ultimate classification of the day before today, additionally within the Pyrenees, with the highest three within the basic classification occupying the primary three locations on the end: Vingegaard got here in 1:08 behind jersey yellow and Belgian Remco Evenepoel at 2:54, whereas Spaniard Mikel Landa was fourth at 3:54.
On the eve of the second relaxation day that can give option to the ultimate week of the race, Pogacar has a 3:09 lead over Vingegaard and 5:19 over Evenepoel.
Benefits that he must handle within the Alps and within the last time trial if he needs to win a 3rd consecutive Tour, and keep away from an more and more shut Pogacar Giro-Tour double in the identical 12 months.
The Slovenian winner of the 2020 and 2021 Excursions thus took over from the Spaniard Purito Rodriguez, winner at Plateau de Beille the final time the Tour handed by means of that almost 16-kilometre cross with a median gradient of seven.9 per cent.
There was no victory for a French rider on the day of France’s nationwide vacation. Spaniard Enric Mas (Movistar) and Ecuadorian EF rider Richard Carapaz had tried, however the final climb was too lengthy for them.
At the least La Locomotora de Carchi received the prize for combativeness of the day, however each riders must preserve preventing to open their Tour de France victory tally.
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– 2024-07-18 01:00:29
