Published on : 13/09/2020 – 18:00
Slovenian Tadej Pogacar beat Primoz Roglic in a sprint on Sunday at the finish of stage 15 at the top of the Grand Colombier, where the winner of the previous Tour, the Colombian Egan Bernal, lost his footing.
Slovenia wins in this 15th stage. Tadej Pogacar won, Sunday, August 13, the 15th stage of the Tour de France in front of the yellow jersey, his Slovenian compatriot Primoz Roglic, who nevertheless took advantage of the work of his teammates to eliminate several candidates for the final victory.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) got closer thanks to the bonuses 40 seconds behind Primoz Roglic (Jumbo) in the general classification, one week before the arrival in Paris. The two Slovenes had already confiscated the first two places in the second Pyrenean stage, last Sunday in Laruns, already in that order.
Egan Bernal, winner of the 2019 Tour, who let go 13 kilometers from the finish, gave up more than 6 minutes. Either a scathing failure, the first since 2014 in the Tour, for the British team Ineos of Dave Brailsford, formerly Sky.
A stage with three difficult climbs
Tadej Pogacar, 21, took off his second success in the Tour, for his first participation, on the eve of the second day of rest, scheduled in Isère. In this 174.5-kilometer stage which included three difficult climbs, another Colombian, Nairo Quintana, also lost big (3 min 50 sec), although he gave up less time than Bernal.
For Colombia, the first rider in the standings is now Rigoberto Uran, third at 1 min 34 sec behind Roglic. The decision was made in the final ascent of the Grand Colombier, over 17 kilometers long, mastered from start to finish by the Jumbo team from Roglic (Wout Van Aert above all, George Bennett, Tom Dumoulin finally).
The wearer of the yellow jersey started 600 meters from the finish without being able to close the gap on Pogacar who beat him in the sprint. Australian Richie Porte took third place, 5 seconds behind, and Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez fourth, 8 seconds behind.
With AFP
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