2023 Tour de France Stage 15 Results & Recap
Stage 15 of the 2023 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Poels wins solo on Mont Blanc
Wout Poels (TBV) took the win today on stage 15 of the Tour de France after attacking with Marc Soler (UAD) and Wout Van Aert (TJV) on the côte des Amerands with 10.7km remaining. Wout Van Aert (TJV) took second and Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) was third.
“I really love this moment," Poels said. "I always dreamt of winning a stage in the Tour de France. Obviously, with Gino [Mäder’s death in June], it has a special meaning. It means a lot to win a stage in the Tour. It makes me super happy. I only started to believe in it in the final kilometres. I had to go full gas. It was amazing, amazing. Gino was helping me today. I thought I had the perfect approach to the Tour. I skipped the Dauphiné but I did pretty well at the Tour of Slovenia [9th] and the team took me to the Tour. They believed I could perform in the third week… and here I am. I really enjoyed my time with Team Sky. It was an incredible experience, but yet I never could fight for stage win. I could do it today and I’m very happy.”
Jonas Vingegaard (TJV) held onto Tadej Pogačar (UAD) despite early isolation from his teammates and being outnumbered by UAE 3-1 in the closing kilometres.
"It has been yet another battle between the two of us," Vingegaard said. "I guess it keeps getting better and better for the spectators! The team felt pretty good today, although we of course had this crash that affected some of my teammates. I hope everyone involved is well. Today I felt more in control than in previous days. We can be happy about the stage. I’d like to tell the spectators to enjoy the race and be there to cheer for us without standing on the road or pouring beers on us. Please, just enjoy the race. I’m happy there is a rest day coming. It will be very good for the legs. What will I do? Just chill and relax!"\n
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