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Sunday, July 16: Stage 15, Laissac-Sévérac l'Église - Le Puy en Velay, 189.5 km

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Bauke Mollema wins stage 15. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet

Weather at the finish city of Le Puy en Velay at 2:00 PM, local time: 26C (78F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

Rated ascents:

• Km 28.5: Montée de Naves d'Aubrac, 8.9 km @ 6.4% - cat. 1
• Km 43.5: Côte de Vieurals, 3.3 km @ 5.9% - cat. 3
• Km 158.0: Col de Peyra Taillade, 8.3 km @ 7.4% - cat. 1
• Km 176.5: Côte de Saint-Vidal, 1.9 km @ 6.8% - cat. 4

The Race: The official start was given at 1:07 PM, local time. Soon after the start Lotto-Soudal rider Tim Wellens abandoned. He had been suffering horribly from allergies.

At the gun a large group went clear. But with the first-category Montée de Naves d'Aubrac cresting just 28.5 km into the stage, the break was thinned to just five riders: Dylan Van Baarle, Tsgabu Grmay, Warren Barguil, Damiano Caruso and Serge Pauwels. 

Km 40: The five leaders have a lead of 3min 30sec with a group of 23 in between, 1min 20sec behind the front quintet.

Km 43: We're in the Massif Central, hence the bumpy profile. Warren Barguil was first over the third-category Côte de Vieurals.

The chasers are 1min 22sec behind the lead group of five and the Sky-led pack is now 4min 27sec behind the front group. Astana is grouped right behind the Sky riders.

Interesting. In a TV interview Astana rider Michael Valgren explained that yesterday Fabio Aru didn't take a couple of gels before the end and got a bit of hunger knock. When the hammer fell, Aru could not respond, allowing Chris Froome to seize the lead.

Km 70: The big chase group has caught the group of five. The peloton is 4min 30sec back. There are four BMC riders in the big breakaway.

Km 86: The peloton is not worried about the break. They have let the gap grow to 6 minutes. Astana with Aru is sticking close to Sky.

Km 96: Michael Matthews beat Thomas de Gendt in the intermediate sprint. The peloton is 5min 48sec behind the big break.

Km 120: The 28 riders in the front are 7min 2sec ahead of the peloton.

Km 128: World time trial champion Tony Martin (Katusha) has taken off from the front of the break and has a gap of 45 seconds. The peloton, clearly uninterested in catching the break, is 7min 10sec behind Martin.

Km 149: Martin is 1min 26sec ahead of the main break and now a giant 9min 20sec ahead of the peloton. Ag2r has attacked the peloton on the Col de Peyra Taillade, causing a fracture, leaving Froome and his riders a little bit back.

Sky closed the gap.

The Finish: After Tony Gallopin was caught, Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) went clear with 20 km to go. He held to the end to win the stage.

Dan Martin went clear from the Froome group with a few riders. Froome personally chased Martin, but Martin was able to finish a few seconds ahead of Froome.

Froome remains in yellow.

Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing:

Bauke Mollema has waited for his seventh participation to the Tour de France to claim his first stage victory one year after stepping down from the second place overall to the eleventh in the last two days in the mountains. Lined up as a domestique for Alberto Contador after finishing seventh in the Giro d'Italia, the 30 year old Dutchman from Trek-Segafredo soloed to victory after the grueling climb to Peyra Taillade. Hampered by a mechanical in a crucial moment of the race, Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey.

176 riders started stage 15 in Laissac-Sévérac L'Eglise before Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) called it a race quickly as he was suffering from allergies badly. Ten riders made the first breakaway: Warren Barguil (Sunweb), Dylan Van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac), Robert Kiserlovski and Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin), Tsgabu Grmay (Bahrain-Merida), Giampaolo Caruso (BMC), Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), Marcus Burghardt (Boar-Hansgrohe), Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Soudal) and Angel Luis Maté (Cofidis). Barguil led the way up the first category 1 climb of the day to score ten more points in the King of the Mountains competition. Passed the Montée de Naves d'Aubrac, km 28.5, Barguil, Van Baarle, Pauwels, Caruso and Grmay realized that an important group had been formed behind them, including stage 15 winner Michael Matthews (Sunweb).

After 60km of racing while the peloton was cruising through the scenic Aubrac plateau for the second time in the history of the event after 1975, 28 riders gathered at the front: Jan Bakelants (AG2R-La Mondiale), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Damiano Caruso, Alessandro De Marchi, Amaël Moinard and Nicolas Roche (BMC), Kristjian Durasek and Diego Ulissi (UAE), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Serge Pauwels (Dimension Data), Tony Martin, Robert Kiserlovski, Maurits Lammertink (Katusha), Tiejs Benoot, Thomas De Gendt and Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal), Michael Matthews, Warren Barguil and Simon Geschke (Sunweb), Luis Angel Maté and Dani Navarro (Cofidis), Primoz Roglic (LottoNL-Jumbo), Lilian Calmejane and Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Dylan Van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac), Tsgabu Grmay (Bahrain-Merida), Romain Hardy and Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fortuneo-Oscaro). Team Sky led the peloton mostly with a deficit of five minutes.

The 28 leaders had an advantage of 5.45 with 100km remaining. A time gap of 7.15 was recorded with 75km to go. Martin tried his luck in a solo move 66km away from the finish while a maximum deficit of 9.15 was recorded for the main peloton. Before the unprecedented ascent to col de Peyra Taillade, Chris Froome had a mechanical. His team-mate Michal Kwiatkowski gave him his back wheel. The race leader eventually made it across to the Aru-Bardet group led by AG2R-La Mondiale but after a very demanding effort. Meanwhile, 3km before the summit, Barguil brought Martin back and continued to claim ten more KOM points at the top. A group of nine riders was formed with 30km to go. Mollema rode away solo five kilometers further. He was chased down by Ulissi, Barguil, Gallopin and Roglic but managed to stay nineteen seconds clear of them at Le Puy-en-Velay.

The race remained eventful till the end in the group of the favorites, as Adam Yates (Orica-Scott) and Louis Meintjes (UAE) attacked each other for the white jersey and Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors) took advantage of the impossibility for Froome to ride after everyone. The main loser of the day among the big names was Nairo Quintana (Movistar) who completed the stage several minutes adrift after blowing up to col de Peyra Taillade that certainly added to the great spectacle of stage 16 ahead of a well deserved rest day.

Stage 15 video summary:

Complete Results:

Stage 15 photos

189.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.350 km/hr

1	MOLLEMA BAUKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	4hr 41min 47sec
2	ULISSI DIEGO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	@ 19sec
3	GALLOPIN TONY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
4	ROGLIC PRIMOZ	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
5	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 00' 23''
6	ROCHE NICOLAS	BMC	+ 01' 00''
7	CALMEJANE LILIAN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 04''
8	BAKELANTS JAN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
9	PINOT THIBAUT	FDJ	s.t.
10	PAUWELS SERGE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
11	BENOOT TIESJ	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
12	CARUSO DAMIANO	BMC	s.t.
13	NAVARRO DANIEL	COFIDIS	s.t.
14	PERICHON PIERRE-LUC	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01' 12''
15	MOINARD AMAËL	BMC	s.t.
16	MATTHEWS MICHAEL	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 05' 04''
17	LAMMERTINK MAURITS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 05' 07''
18	MATE MARDONES LUIS ANGEL	COFIDIS	+ 05' 14''
19	HARDY ROMAIN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
20	MARTIN TONY	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
21	DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO	BMC	+ 05' 40''
22	DE GENDT THOMAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 06' 11''
23	GRMAY TSGABU GEBREMARYAM	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
24	GESCHKE SIMON	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
25	MARTIN DANIEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
26	KISERLOVSKI ROBERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 06' 20''
27	YATES SIMON	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 06' 25''
28	FROOME CHRISTOPHER	TEAM SKY	s.t.
29	URAN RIGOBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
30	VUILLERMOZ ALEXIS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
31	ARU FABIO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
32	BENNETT GEORGE	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
33	BARDET ROMAIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
34	MEINTJES LOUIS	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
35	LANDA MIKEL	TEAM SKY	s.t.
36	CONTADOR ALBERTO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
37	SICARD ROMAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 06' 32''
38	LATOUR PIERRE-ROGER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 09' 10''
39	BUCHMANN EMANUEL	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
40	DURASEK KRISTIJAN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
41	KREUZIGER ROMAN	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 09' 12''
42	VAN BAARLE DYLAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 09' 17''
43	FRANK MATHIAS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
44	BETANCUR CARLOS ALBERTO	MOVISTAR	+ 10' 19''
45	FEILLU BRICE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
46	QUINTANA NAIRO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
47	NIEVE MIKEL	TEAM SKY	s.t.
48	BETTIOL ALBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
49	ROLLAND PIERRE	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
50	CHAVANEL SYLVAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
51	ZEITS ANDREY	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
52	MARTIN GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 11' 40''
53	PANTANO JARLINSON	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
54	IMPEY DARYL	ORICA - SCOTT	s.t.
55	GAUTIER CYRIL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
56	BRAJKOVIC JANEZ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
57	GASTAUER BEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
58	HENAO SERGIO LUIS	TEAM SKY	s.t.
59	BROWN NATHAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
60	AMADOR ANDREY	MOVISTAR	s.t.
61	BURGHARDT MARCUS	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 18' 00''
62	GILBERT PHILIPPE	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
63	DE KORT KOEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
64	MARCATO MARCO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
65	SÜTTERLIN JASHA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
66	KEUKELEIRE JENS	ORICA - SCOTT	s.t.
67	ARASHIRO YUKIYA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
68	GESBERT ELIE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
69	MINNAARD MARCO	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
70	HOWSON DAMIEN	ORICA - SCOTT	s.t.
71	DEGAND THOMAS	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
72	SWIFT BEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
73	KÜNG STEFAN	BMC	s.t.
74	DOMONT AXEL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
75	WYSS DANILO	BMC	s.t.
76	SCHÄR MICHAEL	BMC	s.t.
77	MOLARD RUDY	FDJ	s.t.
78	VACHON FLORIAN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
79	LEMOINE CYRIL	COFIDIS	s.t.
80	VAN AVERMAET GREG	BMC	s.t.
81	NAESEN OLIVER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
82	VALGREN ANDERSEN MICHAEL	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
83	TALANSKY ANDREW	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
84	GRUZDEV DMITRIY	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
85	LUTSENKO ALEXEY	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
86	ERVITI IMANOL	MOVISTAR	s.t.
87	CASTROVIEJO JONATHAN	MOVISTAR	s.t.
88	HERRADA JESÚS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
89	GRIVKO ANDRIY	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
90	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
91	TEN DAM LAURENS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
92	BENNATI DANIELE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
93	BONO MATTEO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
94	VAN KEIRSBULCK GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 20' 39''
95	PETIT ADRIEN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
96	EDET NICOLAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
97	BOUET MAXIME	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
98	SEPULVEDA EDUARDO	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
99	ZUBELDIA HAIMAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
100	MARTENS PAUL	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
101	SABATINI FABIO	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 23' 36''
102	ALBASINI MICHAEL	ORICA - SCOTT	s.t.
103	CURVERS ROY	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
104	OFFREDO YOANN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
105	CINK ONDREJ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
106	STYBAR ZDENEK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
107	SENECHAL FLORIAN	COFIDIS	s.t.
108	PASQUALON ANDREA	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
109	KIRYIENKA VASILI	TEAM SKY	s.t.
110	LEEZER TOM	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
111	HAYMAN MATHEW	ORICA - SCOTT	s.t.
112	CHAVES JOHAN ESTEBAN	ORICA - SCOTT	s.t.
113	IRIZAR MARKEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
114	GOGL MICHAEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
115	LE GAC OLIVIER	FDJ	s.t.
116	ATAPUMA JOHN DARWIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
117	JANSE VAN RENSBURG REINARDT	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
118	BAUER JACK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 26' 32''
119	HANSEN ADAM	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
120	SMITH DION	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
121	ZABEL RICK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
122	WAGNER ROBERT	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
123	DEGENKOLB JOHN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
124	BOUHANNI NACER	COFIDIS	s.t.
125	VERMOTE JULIEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
126	POLITT NILS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
127	KITTEL MARCEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
128	ARNDT NIKIAS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
129	BEVIN PATRICK	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
130	EISEL BERNHARD	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
131	SIEBERG MARCEL	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
132	ROELANDTS JURGEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
133	HALLER MARCO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
134	BOASSON HAGEN EDVALD	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
135	KRISTOFF ALEXANDER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
136	QUEMENEUR PERRIG	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
137	BACKAERT FREDERIK	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
138	SINKELDAM RAMON	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
139	BAK LARS YTTING	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
140	ROOSEN TIMO	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
141	POLJANSKI PAWEL	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
142	THWAITES SCOTT	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
143	HOLLENSTEIN RETO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
144	KNEES CHRISTIAN	TEAM SKY	s.t.
145	COLBRELLI SONNY	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
146	MORENO BAZAN JAVIER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
147	ROWE LUKE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
148	CLARKE SIMON	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
149	BOLE GREGA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
150	GREIPEL ANDRÉ	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
151	BOZIC BORUT	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
152	LAENGEN VEGARD STAKE	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
153	SIMON JULIEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
154	VOECKLER THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
155	CIMOLAI DAVIDE	FDJ	s.t.
156	PICHON LAURENT	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
157	CUMMINGS STEPHEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
158	VENTER JACOBUS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
159	MC CARTHY JAY	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
160	SELIG RÜDIGER	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
161	GROENEWEGEN DYLAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
162	TEUNISSEN MIKE	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
163	TIMMER ALBERT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
164	MACHADO TIAGO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
165	KOZHATAYEV BAKHTIYAR	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
166	PHINNEY TAYLOR	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
167	LAPORTE CHRISTOPHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
168	CLAEYS DIMITRI	COFIDIS	s.t.
169	KWIATKOWSKI MICHAL	TEAM SKY	s.t.
170	BODNAR MACIEJ	BORA - HANSGROHE	s.t.
171	GENE YOHANN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
172	BRAMBILLA GIANLUCA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
173	BOUDAT THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 26' 45''
174	VANSPEYBROUCK PIETER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
175	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 38' 36''

GC after Stage 15:

• GC leader: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
• Points classification leader: Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors)
• Mountains classification leader: Warren Barguil (Sunweb)
• Best young rider: Simon Yates (Orica-Scott)
• Team classification leader: Team Sky

2,664.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.20 km/hr

1	FROOME CHRISTOPHER	TEAM SKY	64hr 40min 21sec
2	ARU FABIO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 18sec
3	BARDET ROMAIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 23''
4	URAN RIGOBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 29''
5	MARTIN DANIEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 01' 12''
6	LANDA MIKEL	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 17''
7	YATES SIMON	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 02' 02''
8	MEINTJES LOUIS	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 05' 09''
9	CONTADOR ALBERTO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 05' 37''
10	CARUSO DAMIANO	BMC	+ 06' 05''
11	QUINTANA NAIRO	MOVISTAR	+ 06' 16''
12	BENNETT GEORGE	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 06' 39''
13	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 08' 48''
14	LATOUR PIERRE-ROGER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 13' 41''
15	NIEVE MIKEL	TEAM SKY	+ 14' 52''
16	VUILLERMOZ ALEXIS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 14' 54''
17	BUCHMANN EMANUEL	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 19' 37''
18	BETANCUR CARLOS ALBERTO	MOVISTAR	+ 22' 17''
19	FEILLU BRICE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 27' 08''
20	MARTIN GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 27' 28''
21	BENOOT TIESJ	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 30' 10''
22	PAUWELS SERGE	DIMENSION DATA	+ 31' 13''
23	HENAO SERGIO LUIS	TEAM SKY	+ 31' 56''
24	MOLLEMA BAUKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 34' 50''
25	BAKELANTS JAN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 39' 19''
26	KREUZIGER ROMAN	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 40' 45''
27	GALLOPIN TONY	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 43' 46''
28	CHAVANEL SYLVAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 49' 22''
29	HARDY ROMAIN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 54' 12''
30	CALMEJANE LILIAN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 55' 24''
31	NAVARRO DANIEL	COFIDIS	+ 57' 45''
32	ROGLIC PRIMOZ	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 58' 00''
33	PANTANO JARLINSON	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01H 02' 14''
34	ROCHE NICOLAS	BMC	+ 01H 02' 36''
35	DEGAND THOMAS	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01H 03' 56''
36	GASTAUER BEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 07' 05''
37	KISERLOVSKI ROBERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01H 09' 22''
38	FRANK MATHIAS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 09' 38''
39	BROWN NATHAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 13' 45''
40	BRAJKOVIC JANEZ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01H 13' 49''
41	GAUTIER CYRIL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 15' 21''
42	CASTROVIEJO JONATHAN	MOVISTAR	+ 01H 16' 04''
43	MATE MARDONES LUIS ANGEL	COFIDIS	+ 01H 16' 08''
44	ZUBELDIA HAIMAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01H 17' 36''
45	ULISSI DIEGO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01H 18' 02''
46	PERICHON PIERRE-LUC	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01H 19' 37''
47	MOINARD AMAËL	BMC	+ 01H 20' 23''
48	MOLARD RUDY	FDJ	+ 01H 22' 40''
49	BOUET MAXIME	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01H 23' 03''
50	MINNAARD MARCO	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01H 23' 25''
51	ROLLAND PIERRE	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 24' 56''
52	PINOT THIBAUT	FDJ	+ 01H 25' 38''
53	VAN AVERMAET GREG	BMC	+ 01H 25' 48''
54	CHAVES JOHAN ESTEBAN	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 01H 27' 25''
55	ZEITS ANDREY	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01H 28' 15''
56	TALANSKY ANDREW	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 28' 51''
57	DURASEK KRISTIJAN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01H 33' 59''
58	NAESEN OLIVER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 34' 18''
59	BRAMBILLA GIANLUCA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 01H 35' 12''
60	DE GENDT THOMAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01H 36' 03''
61	DOMONT AXEL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 37' 01''
62	KWIATKOWSKI MICHAL	TEAM SKY	+ 01H 37' 32''
63	MATTHEWS MICHAEL	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01H 38' 32''
64	IMPEY DARYL	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 01H 38' 59''
65	VALGREN ANDERSEN MICHAEL	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01H 39' 20''
66	GESCHKE SIMON	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01H 39' 46''
67	ATAPUMA JOHN DARWIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01H 42' 05''
68	TEN DAM LAURENS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01H 42' 14''
69	KEUKELEIRE JENS	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 01H 42' 24''
70	SEPULVEDA EDUARDO	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01H 42' 49''
71	DE KORT KOEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01H 43' 09''
72	LAMMERTINK MAURITS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01H 43' 30''
73	EDET NICOLAS	COFIDIS	+ 01H 44' 16''
74	BETTIOL ALBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 44' 22''
75	CINK ONDREJ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01H 46' 07''
76	MACHADO TIAGO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01H 46' 29''
77	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01H 47' 25''
78	CLARKE SIMON	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 47' 30''
79	GILBERT PHILIPPE	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 01H 48' 28''
80	WYSS DANILO	BMC	+ 01H 49' 45''
81	KÜNG STEFAN	BMC	+ 01H 50' 11''
82	SCHÄR MICHAEL	BMC	+ 01H 52' 46''
83	GRMAY TSGABU GEBREMARYAM	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01H 52' 52''
84	MARTENS PAUL	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01H 53' 23''
85	POLJANSKI PAWEL	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 01H 53' 31''
86	VAN BAARLE DYLAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 53' 57''
87	LUTSENKO ALEXEY	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01H 54' 18''
88	AMADOR ANDREY	MOVISTAR	+ 01H 56' 36''
89	BOASSON HAGEN EDVALD	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01H 57' 13''
90	SICARD ROMAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01H 57' 21''
91	HOWSON DAMIEN	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 01H 57' 36''
92	DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO	BMC	+ 01H 58' 39''
93	OFFREDO YOANN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 00' 31''
94	POLITT NILS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 01' 15''
95	HANSEN ADAM	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 01' 35''
96	MC CARTHY JAY	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 02H 02' 15''
97	MARTIN TONY	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 02' 55''
98	VACHON FLORIAN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 02H 02' 56''
99	ERVITI IMANOL	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 02' 59''
100	MARCATO MARCO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02H 03' 44''
101	ARNDT NIKIAS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 05' 53''
102	STYBAR ZDENEK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02H 05' 55''
103	SWIFT BEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02H 09' 05''
104	HERRADA JESÚS	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 09' 27''
105	ALBASINI MICHAEL	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 02H 09' 39''
106	QUEMENEUR PERRIG	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 10' 09''
107	THWAITES SCOTT	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02H 11' 24''
108	VANSPEYBROUCK PIETER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 11' 50''
109	BEVIN PATRICK	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02H 12' 42''
110	GESBERT ELIE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 02H 13' 02''
111	SIMON JULIEN	COFIDIS	+ 02H 17' 26''
112	ARASHIRO YUKIYA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 17' 42''
113	BONO MATTEO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02H 18' 38''
114	MORENO BAZAN JAVIER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 20' 27''
115	PICHON LAURENT	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 02H 20' 33''
116	BAUER JACK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02H 20' 47''
117	ROOSEN TIMO	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02H 20' 50''
118	VOECKLER THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 20' 57''
119	LAENGEN VEGARD STAKE	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02H 21' 27''
120	KIRYIENKA VASILI	TEAM SKY	+ 02H 21' 33''
121	BENNATI DANIELE	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 21' 57''
122	BURGHARDT MARCUS	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 02H 21' 59''
123	KOZHATAYEV BAKHTIYAR	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02H 22' 08''
124	SMITH DION	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 23' 42''
125	BODNAR MACIEJ	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 02H 24' 19''
126	IRIZAR MARKEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02H 26' 21''
127	JANSE VAN RENSBURG REINARDT	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02H 26' 24''
128	GRUZDEV DMITRIY	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02H 26' 45''
129	BACKAERT FREDERIK	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 27' 08''
130	DEGENKOLB JOHN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02H 27' 17''
131	BAK LARS YTTING	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 28' 39''
132	SÜTTERLIN JASHA	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 30' 45''
133	PASQUALON ANDREA	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 30' 54''
134	LEMOINE CYRIL	COFIDIS	+ 02H 31' 40''
135	GRIVKO ANDRIY	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02H 32' 10''
136	VERMOTE JULIEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02H 32' 37''
137	COLBRELLI SONNY	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 32' 56''
138	PETIT ADRIEN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 34' 10''
139	TEUNISSEN MIKE	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 34' 20''
140	ZABEL RICK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 34' 54''
141	BOLE GREGA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 35' 37''
142	GOGL MICHAEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02H 37' 21''
143	GENE YOHANN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 37' 31''
144	KRISTOFF ALEXANDER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 38' 13''
145	ROELANDTS JURGEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 38' 52''
146	CUMMINGS STEPHEN	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02H 38' 53''
147	LAPORTE CHRISTOPHE	COFIDIS	+ 02H 39' 50''
148	BOUHANNI NACER	COFIDIS	+ 02H 41' 24''
149	CURVERS ROY	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 41' 25''
150	BOUDAT THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 42' 57''
151	HAYMAN MATHEW	ORICA - SCOTT	+ 02H 43' 06''
152	HOLLENSTEIN RETO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 44' 15''
153	VAN KEIRSBULCK GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 44' 29''
154	KNEES CHRISTIAN	TEAM SKY	+ 02H 49' 31''
155	SABATINI FABIO	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02H 50' 37''
156	HALLER MARCO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 51' 31''
157	KITTEL MARCEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02H 52' 53''
158	CIMOLAI DAVIDE	FDJ	+ 02H 53' 52''
159	VENTER JACOBUS	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02H 54' 46''
160	GROENEWEGEN DYLAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02H 55' 27''
161	SINKELDAM RAMON	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 55' 40''
162	LE GAC OLIVIER	FDJ	+ 02H 56' 58''
163	SENECHAL FLORIAN	COFIDIS	+ 02H 57' 14''
164	GREIPEL ANDRÉ	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 57' 34''
165	BOZIC BORUT	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 58' 05''
166	SIEBERG MARCEL	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 58' 59''
167	PHINNEY TAYLOR	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03H 00' 11''
168	EISEL BERNHARD	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03H 01' 30''
169	CLAEYS DIMITRI	COFIDIS	+ 03H 02' 02''
170	TIMMER ALBERT	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03H 02' 09''
171	WAGNER ROBERT	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03H 04' 56''
172	SELIG RÜDIGER	BORA - HANSGROHE	+ 03H 06' 38''
173	LEEZER TOM	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03H 08' 54''
174	ROWE LUKE	TEAM SKY	+ 03H 16' 00''
175	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 03H 24' 19''

Stage 15 map & profile:

Stage 15 map

Stage 15 profile

Stage 15 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

A nice day for a bike race. The Froome group is unworried about the large group up the road.

Serge Pauwels on the Col de Peyra Taillade

The yellow jersey group on the same climb.

Bauke Mollema takes a brilliant win.

Warren Barguil finishes fifth.

Simon Yates (in white) and Chris Froome finish, 6min 25sec after Bauke Mollema.

Fabio Aru and Rigoberto Uran finished with Froome.

Froome is the center of no small amount of attention after the stage.

Stage winner Bauke Mollema

Another stuffed lion for Froome.

Organizer's stage 15 preview:

Chris Froome is back in the yellow jersey. It probably takes the Tour de France back to a more standard kind of racing with Team Sky controlling the peloton from Laissac-Sévérac L'Eglise to Le Puy-en-Velay throughout a very scenic route in the Aubrac and a spectacular finale. But this is not a standard stage.

The category 1 col de Peyra-Taillade is unprecedented on the route of the Tour de France. It's another brutal one with gradients up to 14% and a summit above 1000m of altitude with 31km to go. Romain Bardet is one of the few riders who know the lumpy terrain of the Auvergne at perfection. He's on home soil. French fans urge him to win the Tour but it might as well be the ideal day for attackers like Lilian Calmejane.

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