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A day that promises excitement. Everything will go smoothly until the intermediate sprint in Bagnères-De-Luchon. From kilometer 116, it will climb towards the Col de Peyresourde and the Col de Val Louron-Azet, both first category, to finish with the ascent of the Col du Portet in Saint-Lary-Soulan with an out-of-category prize.
🔟👥 Teams Ranking
This is the ranking of the teams:
| Teams Ranking | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Team | Time |
| 1 | Bahrain Victorious | 199h 35'14" |
| 2 | EF Education - Nippo | + 35'42" |
| 3 | AG2R Citroën | + 50'26" |
| 4 | Trek Segafredo | + 51'16" |
| 5 | Jumbo Visma | + 55'45" |
| 6 | Ineos Grenadiers | + 58'06" |
| 7 | Bora - Hansgrohe | + 59'50" |
| 8 | Astana - Premier Tech | + 01h 07'19" |
| 9 | Movistar | + 01h 20'30" |
| 10 | UAE Team Emirates | + 01h 59'12" |
🔟⬜ Youth's Ranking
This is how the youth's ranking is going:
| Youth's Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 66h 23'06" | |
| 2 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo Visma) | + 05'32" | |
| 3 | David Gaudu (France / Groupama FDJ) | + 14'13" | |
| 4 | Aurélien Paret Peintre (France / AG2R Citroën) | + 22'10" | |
| 5 | Sergio Higuita (Colombia / EF Education - Nippo) | + 01h 00'19" | |
| 6 | Mark Donovan (Great Bretain / Team DSM) | + 01h 25'42" | |
| 7 | Valentin Madouas (France / Groupama FDJ) | + 01h 28'23" | |
| 8 | Neilson Powless (United States / EF Education - Nippo) | + 01h 33'57" | |
| 9 | Jonas Rutschh (Germany / EF Education - Nippo) | + 01h 56'55" | |
| 10 | Brent Van Moer (Belgium / Lotto Soudal) | + 02h 03'35" | |
🔟⬜🟥 Mountain ranking
This is how the mountain classification is going:
| Mountain Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Points | |
| 1 | Wouter Poels (Netherlands / Bahrain Victorious) | 74 | |
| 2 | Michael Woods (Canada / Israel Start-Up Nation) | 66 | |
| 3 | Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Arkéa - Samsic) | 64 | |
| 4 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Jumbo Visma) | 64 | |
| 5 | Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek Segafredo) | 41 | |
| 6 | Kenny Elissonde (France / Trek Segafredo) | 27 | |
| 7 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 26 | |
| 8 | Ben O'Connor (Australia / AG2R Citroën) | 24 | |
| 9 | Sergio Higuita (Colombia / EF Education Nippo) | 24 | |
| 10 | Julian Alaphilippe (France / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 20 | |
🔟🟩 Points Ranking
This is how the general classification by points is going:
| Points Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Points | |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (Great Britain / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 279 | |
| 2 | Michael Matthews (Australia / Team BikeExchange) | 242 | |
| 3 | Sonny Colbrelli (Italy / Bahrain Victorious) | 195 | |
| 4 | Jasper Philipsen (Belgium / Alpecin Fenix) | 174 | |
| 5 | Julian Alaphilippe (France / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 135 | |
| 6 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 106 | |
| 7 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Jumbo Visma) | 101 | |
| 8 | Michael Mørkøv (Denmark / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 95 | |
| 9 | Patrick Konrad (Austria / Bora - Hansgrohe) | 85 | |
| 10 | Matej Mohoric (Slovenia / Bahrain Victorious) | 81 | |
🔟🟨 General classification
This how the general classification is going:
| General classification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country/Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 66h 23'06" | |
| 2 | Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / EF Education - Nippo) | + 05'18" | |
| 3 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo Visma) | + 05'32" | |
| 4 | Richard Carapaz (Ecuador / Ineos Grenadiers) | + 05'33" | |
| 5 | Ben O'Connor (Australia / AG2R Citroën) | + 05'58" | |
| 6 | Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands / Bora - Hansgrohe) | + 06'16" | |
| 7 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan / Astana - Premier Tech) | + 07'01" | |
| 8 | Enric Mas (Spain / Movistar) | + 07'11" | |
| 9 | Guillaume Martin (France / Cofidis) | + 08'02" | |
| 10 | Peio Bilbao (Spain / Bahrain Victorious) | + 10'59" | |
🔟🏁 Top 10 of the stage
This is how the stage was today:
| Top 10 of the stage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Patrick Konrad (Austria / Bora - Hansgrohe) | 04h 01'59" | |
| 2 | Sonny Colbrelli (Italy / Bahrain Victorious) | + 00'42" | |
| 3 | Michael Matthews (Australia / Team BikeExchange) | + 00'42" | |
| 4 | Pierre-Luc Périchon (France / Cofidis) | + 00'42" | |
| 5 | Franck Bonnamour (France / B&B Hotels-KTM) | + 00'42" | |
| 6 | Alex Aranburu (Spain / Astana - Premier Tech) | + 00'42" | |
| 7 | Toms Skujins (Latvia / Trek Segafredo) | + 00'45" | |
| 8 | Jan Bakelants (Belgium / Intermarché - Wanty Gobert) | + 00'45" | |
| 9 | David Gaudu (France / Groupama FDJ) | + 00'47" | |
| 10 | Lorenzo Rota (Italy / Intermarché - Wanty Gobert) | + 01'43" | |
Favorites arrive
More than 13 minutes behind the stage winner, almost reaching 14 minutes, the group of riders in the "fight" for the general classification arrives.
The peloton splits
The favorites moved the peloton, but none managed to attack Tadej Pogacar effectively.
Peloton, at 8 km
The big group still has 8 kilometers to go to the finish line. They will be arriving at about 11 minutes ahead of the stage winner.
🥇 PATRICK KONRAD WINS!
The Austrian can't believe it! Triumph for the Bora - Hansgrohe rider.
🏁 1 km to go
Last kilometer for Patrick Konrad, it will be victory for the Austrian.
🏁 2 km to go
Last 2,000 meters for Konrad.
🏁 5 km to go
The chasers cut the gap to just under a minute on Patrick Konrad, but the Bora - Hansgrohe rider is still riding at a good pace and there is no way they can take the stage away from him.
🔝⛰️ Patrick Konrad crosses the Côte d'Aspret-Sarrat.
One more point for the Austrian who crossed first on the last mountain pass.
🏁 10 km to go
There is not much action from the chasers. The next pass is located with 7 kilometers to go and lasts 800 meters, albeit with an average gradient of over 8%.
🏁 13 km to go
Patrick Konrad has increased the lead over his pursuers to over a minute. Then comes the peloton at more than 13 minutes.
⛰️ Col de Portet-d'Aspe - Mountain (2nd category)
We review the positions in the penultimate mountain pass of the stage:
1- Patrick Konrad (Bora - Hansgrohe) - 5 pts
2- David Gaudu (Groupama FDJ) - 3 pts
3- Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) - 2 pts
4- Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) - 1 pt
🏁 29 km to go
It's a tricky descent for the front runners now. The weather conditions are not ideal to go fast. They have to be very careful on the bends if they don't want to take any risks.
🔝⛰️ Patrick Konrad crosses the Col de Portet-d'Aspe.
The Austrian rider passes first on the penultimate mountain pass. David Gaudu and Sonny Colbrelli followed him.
🏁 33,3 km to go
Last kilometer for Patrick Konrad on the climb.... The gap to the chasers is just over 30 seconds.
🏁 34 km to go
Almost a minute! Very good pace of Konrad at the start. 1.7 kilometers to go to the top of the pass.
🏁 36 km to go
Patrick Konrad tries to solo! The Austrian leaves Fabien Doubey and Jan Bakelants behind and is looking for the points on the Col de Portet-d'Aspe. He has 3.7 kilometers to go.
⛰️ Col de la Core - Mountain (1st category).
We review the positions in the second mountain pass of the day:
1- Patrick Konrad (Bora - Hansgrohe) - 10 pts
2- Jan Bakelants (Intermarché - Wanty Gobert) - 8 pts
3- Fabien Doubey (TotalEnergies) - 6 pts
4- Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) - 4 pts
5- Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels-KTM) - 2 pts
6- David Gaudu (Groupama FDJ) - 1 pt
🅿 Intermediate sprint - Vic D'Oust
We review the positions in the intermediate sprint of the day:
1- Jan Bakelants (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) - 20 pts
2- Fabien Doubey (TotalEnergies) - 17 pts
3- Chris Juul Jensen (Team BikeExchange) - 15 pts
4- Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) - 13 pts
5- Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) - 11 pts
6- Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels-KTM) - 10 pts
7- Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citröen) - 9 pts
8- Patrick Konrad (Bora - Hansgrohe) - 8 pts
9- Pierre-Luc Périchon (Cofidis) - 7 pts
10- Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché - Wanty Gobert) - 6 pts
11- Toms Skujins (Trek Segafredo) - 5 pts
12- Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) - 4 pts
13- David Gaudu (Groupama FDJ) - 3 pts
14- Alex Aranburu (Astana - Premier Tech) - 2 pts
15- Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE Team Emirates) - 1 pts
⛰️ Col de Port - Mountain (2nd category).
We review the positions in the first mountain pass of the day:
1- Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck - Quick Step) - 5 pts
2- Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck - Quick Step) - 3 pts
3- Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers) - 2 pts
4- Chris Juul Jensen (Team BikeExchange) - 1 pt
🏁 45 km to go
The leading riders are riding at a good pace for the moment. The chasing group is 25 seconds behind them... They will probably catch them before the start of the ascent of the Col de Portet-d'Aspe.
4️⃣ Peloton
The peloton is behind, under 7 minutes. In it are the favorites, plus those fighting for the mountain jersey, who will save their energy and postpone the race until tomorrow.
3️⃣ Benoit Cosnefroy
The French AG2R Ciroën rider comes alone, behind the chasing group.
2️⃣ Pursuers
There are nine riders chasing the leaders:
46- Toms Skujins (Latvia / Trek Segafredo)
81- David Gaudu (France / Groupama FDJ)
97- Pierre-Luc Périchon (France / Cofidis)
163- Sonny Colbrelli (Italy / Bahrain Victorious)
171- Michael Matthews (Australia / Team BikeExchange)
176- Christoper Juul Jensen (Denmark / Team BikeExchange)
182- Alex Aranburu (Spain / Astana - Premier Tech)
214- Lorenzo Rota (Italaia / Intermarché - Wanty Gobert)
223- Franck Bonnamour (France / B&B Hotels-KTM)
1️⃣ Head of race
Three riders are now in the lead:
- 72- Patrick Konrad (Austria / Bora - Hansgrohe)
- 205- Fabien Doubey (France / TotalEnergies)
- 212 Jan Bakelants (Belgium / Intermarché - Wanty Gobert)
Carreer status
There are 65 kilometers to go to the finish. Three riders have formed the breakaway of the day. They have a lead of 7'00" over the peloton, which includes the leaders of the classifications, except Mark Cavendish, who is further back, almost nine minutes behind.
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Route of the stage 16
The riders will start from Ariège in Andorra and back to French territory after climbing the second category Col de Port and passing the intermediate sprint at the 85th kilometer; will climb the first category Col de la Core, the second category Col de Portet-d'Aspet and the fourth category Côte d'Aspret-Sarrat, seven kilometers from the finish in Saint-Gaudens.
🔟👥 Teams Ranking
This is the ranking of the teams:
| Teams Ranking | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Team | Time |
| 1 | Bahrain Victorious | 187h 10'05" |
| 2 | EF Education - Nippo | + 11'37" |
| 3 | AG2R Citroën | + 26'21" |
| 4 | Jumbo Visma | + 32'02" |
| 5 | Ineos Grenadiers | + 33'24" |
| 6 | Trek Segafredo | + 40'15" |
| 7 | Bora - Hansgrohe | + 50'16" |
| 8 | Movistar | + 56'12" |
| 9 | Astana - Premier Tech | + 56'46" |
| 10 | UAE Team Emirates | + 01h 35'26" |
🔟⬜ Youth's Ranking
This is how the youth's ranking is going:
| Youth's Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 62h 07'18" | |
| 2 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo Visma) | + 05'32" | |
| 3 | Aurélien Paret Peintre (France / AG2R Citroën) | + 21'15" | |
| 4 | David Gaudu (France / Groupama FDJ) | + 27'15" | |
| 5 | Sergio Higuita (Colombia / EF Education - Nippo) | + 57'26" | |
| 6 | Mark Donovan (Great Bretain / Team DSM) | + 01h 22'49" | |
| 7 | Valentin Madouas (France / Groupama FDJ) | + 01h 25'30" | |
| 8 | Neilson Powless (United States / EF Education - Nippo) | + 01h 33'02" | |
| 9 | Jonas Rutschh (Germany / EF Education - Nippo) | + 01h 56'00" | |
| 10 | Brent Van Moer (Belgium / Lotto Soudal) | + 02h 00'42" | |
🔟⬜🟥 Mountain ranking
This is how the mountain classification is going:
| Mountain Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Points | |
| 1 | Wouter Poels (Netherlands / Bahrain Victorious) | 74 | |
| 2 | Michael Woods (Canada / Israel Start-Up Nation) | 66 | |
| 3 | Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Arkéa - Samsic) | 64 | |
| 4 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Jumbo Visma) | 64 | |
| 5 | Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek Segafredo) | 41 | |
| 6 | Kenny Elissonde (France / Trek Segafredo) | 27 | |
| 7 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 26 | |
| 8 | Ben O'Connor (Australia / AG2R Citroën) | 24 | |
| 9 | Sergio Higuita (Colombia / EF Education Nippo) | 24 | |
| 10 | Julian Alaphilippe (France / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 20 | |
🔟🟩 Points Ranking
This is how the general classification by points is going:
| Points Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country / Team) | Points | |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (Great Britain / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 279 | |
| 2 | Michael Matthews (Australia / Team BikeExchange) | 207 | |
| 3 | Jasper Philipsen (Belgium / Alpecin Fenix) | 174 | |
| 4 | Sonny Colbrelli (Italy / Bahrain Victorious) | 159 | |
| 5 | Julian Alaphilippe (France / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 135 | |
| 6 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 103 | |
| 7 | Wout Van Aert (Belgium / Jumbo Visma) | 101 | |
| 8 | Michael Mørkøv (Denmark / Deceunink - Quick Step) | 95 | |
| 9 | Matej Mohoric (Slovenia / Bahrain Victorious) | 81 | |
| 10 | Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Bora - Hansgrohe) | 76 | |
🔟🟨 General classification
This how the general classification is going:
| General classification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Rider (Country/Team) | Time | |
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates) | 62h 07'18" | |
| 2 | Rigoberto Uran (Colombia / EF Education - Nippo) | + 05'18" | |
| 3 | Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo Visma) | + 05'32" | |
| 4 | Richard Carapaz (Ecuador / Ineos Grenadiers) | + 05'33" | |
| 5 | Ben O'Connor (Australia / AG2R Citroën) | + 05'58" | |
| 6 | Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands / Bora - Hansgrohe) | + 06'16" | |
| 7 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan / Astana - Premier Tech) | + 07'01" | |
| 8 | Enric Mas (Spain / Movistar) | + 07'11" | |
| 9 | Guillaume Martin (France / Cofidis) | + 07'58" | |
| 10 | Peio Bilbao (Spain / Bahrain Victorious) | + 10'59" | |
15th stage summary
149 riders took the start of the fifteenth stage of the Tour. The two non scoring passes hidden at the beginning of the stage were decisive in the formation of the breakaway, which was formed by 32 riders, including those who were going to give everything in the fight for the red polka dot jersey. Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa Samsic) fell early after a crash suffered on Friday and ended up abandoning the competition.
With an 08'45" lead, the breakaway passed the intermediate sprint in Olette, where Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) scored 20 points for the green jersey. Wouter Poels went first on the Montée de Mont-Louis. At kilometer 113, the breakaway set 10'10", the maximum lead of the day, but as the kilometers went by, the group of favorites dropped some time.
The most brutal climb of the stage was the ascent to Port d'Envalira, where the Colombian Nairo Quintana showed his climbing skills and finished 30 seconds behind the rest of the leading group.
On the last climb of the day, the Col de Beixalis, Nairo tried to move the group again, but the only one who responded effectively was the American Sepp Kuss (Jumbo Visma), who went solo leaving the rest with no chances. He crossed the pass with a 00'20" lead over the second (Alejandro Valverde) and even managed to increase it, to arrive alone at the finish line. In the group of favorites, the most important thing came with the drop of Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), who fell back to ninth place overall.
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