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Jumbo superstar Wout Van Aert was unable to respond and finished second, more than two minutes behind, in the category 1 mountains classification at an altitude of 1372 meters.
Pogacar (UAE) and Vingegaard (Jumbo) arrived at Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, 6:04 down on the day’s result and go into the rest day with their minimal gap in the standings. The time bonuses, which were so hard fought yesterday, were already taken today when the two big rivals reached the home stretch.
“These duels that we fight are getting better and better every day,” said Vingegaard. “Today it was a draw. I’m quite satisfied.”
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“Of course I would like to have a lead, but it’s not that easy with an opponent like Jonas,” said Pogacar, who expects a lot from the only individual time trial on the tour on Tuesday: “I think there will be bigger gaps there.” Vingegaard promised to “smash everything” there.
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Emanuel Buchmann lost two places in the classification following a fall on the last descent and is now 15th (+29:50), Bora captain Jai Hindley lost one position and is now fifth (+6:38). “Today was another brutally difficult day and obviously not my best,” said the Australian. “It’s hard to say to what extent yesterday’s crash played a role, but I suffered a lot today too. The podium is actually not far away, but without my best form it doesn’t matter.”
Austrian Felix Gall from the ag2r racing team was unlucky, as he was stopped by a defect in the final and slipped out of the top ten.
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Tour de France: mass crash by fan
A new mass crash also caused excitement on the 15th stage: A spectator caused the crash while driving through a town, luckily at least no driver had to give up the race as a result. Three of Vingegaard’s teammates were affected, but they were all able to continue the stage.
Indirectly, the fall also made a preliminary decision on the stage, because as the field waited for the fallen riders, the day’s large breakaway group, which had previously been kept on a short leash, was able to break away and gain several minutes.
Not only Nils Politt was represented there, but also his two Austrian Bora teammates Marco Haller and Patrick Konrad in addition to the German. In the difficult final phase of the race, however, the trio no longer had anything to do with the decision. On the final climb, Poels (Team Bahrain) left his last companions behind and, at the age of 35, drove towards his first Tour stage victory.
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Tour de France: time trial following rest day
The new leader in the mountain classification is the Italian Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), who collected enough points from the leading group on the first of the five climbs over the 179 kilometers to replace Vingegaard in this classification. However, Neilson Powless (EF) is tied with him, which promises an exciting duel in this classification in the last week of the tour.
After the second rest day of the tour, the race continues on Tuesday with the only individual time trial of this tour: a demanding 22 kilometers in the Alps then await the favorites in a fight once morest the clock.
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