He is incredulous Sepp Kuss at the finish line in Andorra: the American of the Jumbo-Visma won the 15th stage, 191.93 km long and started from Céret, the first entirely Pyrenean of this edition of the Tour with a beautiful solo action on the Col de Beixalis, the last climb of the day. Behind him an irreducible Alejandro Valverde, further back Vincenzo Nibali (11th), however, author of an encouraging test in Olympic projection. No problem for Tadej Pogacar, more and more master of the Grande Boucle. Collapses Guillaume Martin, dropped from 2nd to 9th place in the overall standings, loses one position Mattia Cattaneo, again at the foot of the top ten. Monday is the second of the two days of rest in view of the final rush.
The order of arrival of the 15th stage
1) Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) 5h12’06 “
2) Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) +23 “
3) Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) +1’15”
4) Ion Izagirre (Astana) st
5) Ruben Guerreiro (EF Education-NIPPO) st
11) Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) + 1’22 “
The general classification
1) TADEJ POGACAR (UAE TEAM EMIRATES)
2) RIGOBERTO URAN (EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) + 5’18 “
3) JONAS VINGEGAARD (JUMBO-VISMA) + 5’32 “
4) RICHARD CARAPAZ (INEOS GRENADIERS) +5’33”
5) BEN O’CONNOR (AG2R CITROEN) +5’58”
6) WILCO KELDERMAN (BORA-HANSGROHE) +6’16”
7) ALEXEY LUTSENKO (ASTANA-PREMIER TECH) +7’01”
8) ENRIC MAS (MOVISTAR TEAM) + 7’11 “
9) GUILLAUME MARTIN (COFIDIS) + 7’58 ”
10) PEIO BILBAO (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) +10’59”
11) MATTIA CATTANEO (DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP) +14’45”
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