The ciclista belga Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) He won stage 15 of the Tour de France on Sunday in an exciting race with Mads Pedersen (Trek Segafredo) and Wout Van Aert (Wout Van Aert).
The second position went to Wout Van Aert, while third was Mads Pedersen, on a day in which the Jumbo Visma team suffered the withdrawal of two riders.
First that of the Slovenian cyclist Primoz Roglic, with physical problems following a fall in the first week of the competition, and who decided to leave. Then it was the rider from the Netherlands Steven Kruijswijk, who suffered a crash and also retired from the race.
Two sensitive losses for the leader Jonas Vingegaard, especially with a view to the following stages with high mountains, because he loses two of his squires to defend himself from the attacks of Tadej Pogačar, who will seek to retake the yellow jersey. However, the Dane was able to contain these attempts by the Slovenian to take first place and the race title from him.
Nairo awaits the Pyrenees
The boyacense cyclist Nairo Quintana He closed the second week in sixth place overall and, although he will surely lose time in the remaining time trial, he will seek to remain in the privileged positions.
Precisely at the end of stage 15, in which he remained in the group of favorites, Quintana was shocked by his statements. Without mincing words, he announced that he will attack for the remainder of the race.
“We finished this second week happy. Tomorrow (today) we will take a good break and practically what remains is three, four days, with the time trial, but three in which the general classification will be defined”, Quintana declared.
“We already did it at some stage (discount time), we wait for the mountain once more, which is the one that puts everyone in their place. We are four or five riders to fight for the podium and the subject is interesting there”, he added.
The Colombian announced that he will attack uphill: “We will attack in the Pyrenees. The mountain puts each one in their place”, she sentenced.
In this last week, the Tour will have three mountain stages in the Pyrenees, it is the best opportunity that the man from Boyacá has to attack and seek the coveted podium.
178,5
kilometers will have the route of this Tuesday, in a stage of medium mountain.