2024 Tour de France Stage 15 Results & Recap
Stage 15 of the 2024 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
Pogacar dominates rivals on Plateau de Beille
The riders conquered four Pyrenees giants in the 15th stage before finishing at the Plateau de Beille. On the final climb, Jonas Vingegaard attacked, and Tadej Pogacar followed him like a shadow. The yellow jersey dropped his rival in the last 5.5 kilometres and soloed to victory.
The riders tackled the Col de Peyresourde from the start. David Gaudu was the first rider at the summit, Oier Lazkano second and Romain Bardet third.
Back in the valley, the attackers were caught. Then a huge group with Michał Kwiatkowski, Julien Bernard, Nico Denz, Jai Hindley, Davide Formolo, Bob Jungels, Alex Aranburu, Oier Lazkano, Louis Meintjes, Biniam Girmay, Michael Matthews, Nans Peters, Lenny Martinez, Rui Costa, Jakob Fuglsang, Guillaume Martin, Enric Mas, Gregor Mühlberger, Tobias Halland Johannessen, Mathieu Bugaudeau, Jordan Jegat, and Magnus Cort gave it a go.
Richard Carapaz rejoined the lead group – which was down to Hindley, Jungels, Martinez, Fuglsang, Martin, Mas, Aranburu, Meintjes, Cort, and Johannessen – on the Col de Menté. Simon Yates, Laurens De Plus, Oscar Onley, Javier Romo, Matteo Sobrero, and Ben Healy also made it across, while Cort lost contact.
The peloton crested the summit 1.30 minutes behind the lead group, which was still the gap on the Col de Portet-d’Aspet. Louis Meintjes punctured and lost contact.
The lead of the attackers extended to 3.30 minutes in the valley.
The breakaway split in two in the run-up to the Col d’Agnes. De Plus, Hindley, Jungels, Sobrero, Mas, and Romo were at the front, while Healy quickly jumped across.
De Plus, Mas and Hindley remained at the front on the climb, while Healy waited for his teammate Carapaz. He escorted the Olympic Champion for a while until Carapaz continued on his own to regain contact with the leaders 3 kilometers from the summit.
Johannessen rejoined the attackers in the descent of the Port de Lers.
The peloton hit the final climb 2.20 minutes behind the lead group. the gap went down fast as Matteo Jorgenson set the pace. Only Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel, Carlos Rodriguez, Santiago Buitrago, Mikel Landa, and Adam Yates remained in the GC group.
Mas attacked within the last 11.6 kilometres, and Johannessen followed his move right away, Carapaz a little later. Buitrago and Rodriguez lost contact on the lower slopes.
Then Vingegaard struck with Pogacar on his wheel. The two gobbled up the attackers and powered on together.
The yellow jersey distanced the defending champion with 5.5 kilometres remaining.
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