Tour de France 2018/15. stage

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		Magnus Cort Nielsen (AST)	4:25:52 (40.85 km / h)
2.		Ion Izagirre (TBM)	equal time
3.		Bauke Mollema (TFS)	+ 0:02 min
4th		Michael Valgren (AST)	+ 0:29
5.		Toms Skujiņš (TFS)	+ 0:34
6th		Domenico Pozzovivo (TBM)
7th		Lilian Calmejane (TDE)	all the same time
8th.		Rafał Majka (BOH)	+ 0:37
9.		Nikias Arndt (SUN)	+ 2:31
10.		Julien Bernard (TFS)	equal time
		Rafał Majka (BOH)
Intermediate results after the 15th stage
		Geraint Thomas (SKY)	62:49:47 h
2.		Chris Froome (SKY)	+ 1:39 min
3.		Tom Dumoulin (SUN)	+ 1:50 min
		Peter Sagan (BOH)	452 pts.
2.		Alexander Kristoff (UAD)	170 pts.
3.		Arnaud Demare (GFC)	133 pts.
		Julian Alaphilippe (QST)	92 pts.
2.		Warren Barguil (FST)	70 pts.
3.		Serge Pauwels (DDD)	66 pts.
		Pierre Latour (ALM)	63:07:15 h
2.		Guillaume Martin (WGG)	+ 2:27 min
3.		Egan Bernal (SKY)	+ 6:16 min
		Movistar team	188: 47: 32 h
2.		Bahrain Merida	+ 7:10 min
3.		Team Sky	+ 42:22 min

The 15th stage of the Tour de France 2018 led over 181.5 kilometers from Millau to Carcassonne on July 22, 2018 .

After 9 kilometers, a third category mountain classification was held on the Côte de Luzencon . It was followed by the Col de Sié after 65.5 kilometers , a mountain classification in the 2nd category with an average gradient of 4.9% over 10.2 kilometers. After the intermediate sprint at 121.5 kilometers, the road climbed to the 1st category mountain classification, the Pic de Nore at 140 kilometers (6.3 percent average gradient over 12.3 kilometers).

The stage winner was Magnus Cort Nielsen ( Astana Pro Team ) in the sprint of a three-man leading group ahead of Ion Izagirre ( Bahrain-Merida ) and Bauke Mollema ( Trek-Segafredo ).

The first 26 riders in the daily standings were part of a top group of 29 that only formed after 47.5 kilometers. First, Lilian Calmejane pulled away from this group and won the mountain classification at the Col de Sié, before falling back 100 kilometers from the finish. Then Julien Bernard and Fabien Grellier attacked and took first and second place in the intermediate sprint, ahead of Peter Sagan , who wore the green jersey and won the sprint of the pursuers. On the climb to Pic de Nore, Rafał Majka attacked and overtook the two outliers, but was overtaken by Mollema, Cort Nielsen, Ion Izagirre , Domenico Pozzovivo , Calmejane, Toms Skujiņš and Michael Valgren 15 kilometers from the finish . Majka received the red number of the day. The doubly represented teams Trek-Segafredo (Mollema and Skujins), Astana Pro Team (Cort Nilesen and Valgren) and Bahrain-Merida (Izagirre and Pozzovivo) used their numerical superiority so that the first three five kilometers before the finish line were able to pull away . In the second chase group, Serge Pauwels fell in the target area as a result of a fall caused by Damien Howson and broke his elbow.

The group around the yellow jersey Geraint Thomas and the other favorites, from which the overall tenth attacked Daniel Martin on the Pic de Nore, but was put back in the downhill, reached the stage finish with a deficit of 13:11 minutes.

Gianni Moscon , team-mate of the two first-placed Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome ( Team Sky ), was disqualified after the end of the stage due to video evidence because he had beaten Élie Gesbert during a position battle shortly after the start .

Scoring

Intermediate sprint in Mazamet after 121.5 km at 234  m
1.		Julien Bernard (TFS)	20 pts.
2.		Fabien Grellier (TDE)	17 pts.
3.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	15 pts.
4th		Greg Van Avermaet (BMC)	13 pts.
5.		Paweł Poljański (BOH)	11 pts.
6th		Rafal Majka (BOH)	10 pts.
7th		Daryl Impey (MTS)	9 pts.
8th.		Arthur Vichot (GFC)	8 pts.
9.		Damien Howson (MTS)	7 pts.
10.		Silvan Dillier (ALM)	6 pts.
11.		Imanol Erviti (MOV)	5 pts.
12.		Sonny Colbrelli (TBM)	4 pts.
13.		Daniele Bennati (MOV)	3 pts.
14th		Romain Sicard (TDE)	2 pts.
15th		Magnus Cort Nielsen (AST)	1 point

Stage goal in Carcassonne after 181.5 km at 123  m
1.		Magnus Cort Nielsen (AST)	30 pts.
2.		Ion Izagirre (TBM)	25 pts.
3.		Bauke Mollema (TFS)	22 pts.
4th		Michael Valgren (AST)	19 pts.
5.		Toms Skujiņš (TFS)	17 pts.
6th		Domenico Pozzovivo (TBM)	15 pts.
7th		Lilian Calmejane (TDE)	13 pts.
8th.		Rafał Majka (BOH)	11 pts.
9.		Nikias Arndt (SUN)	9 pts.
10.		Julien Bernard (TFS)	7 pts.
11.		Greg Van Avermaet (BMC)	6 pts.
12.		Niki Terpstra (QST)	5 pts.
13.		Daniele Bennati (MOV)	4 pts.
14th		Fabien Grellier (TDE)	3 pts.
15th		Paweł Poljański (BOH)	2 pts.

Mountain ratings

Côte du Luzençon Category 3 after 9 km over 538  m 3.1 km at 5.9%
1.		Julian Alaphilippe (QST)	2 pts.
2.		Daniel Martinez (EFD)	1 point

Col de Sié Category 2 after 64.5 km at 928  m 10.2 km at 4.9%
1.		Lilian Calmejane (TDE)	5 pts.
2.		Serge Pauwels (DDD)	3 pts.
3.		Toms Skujiņš (TFS)	2 pts.
4th		Arthur Vichot (GFC)	1 point

Pic de Nore category 1 after 140 km at 1205  m 12.3 km at 6.3%
1.		Rafał Majka (BOH)	10 pts.
2.		Bauke Mollema (TFS)	6 pts.
3.		Magnus Cort Nielsen (AST)	6 pts.
4th		Lilian Calmejane (TDE)	4 pts.
5.		Michael Valgren (AST)	2 pts.
6th		Domenico Pozzovivo (TBM)	1 point

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ascent towards the Pyrenees. In: radsport-news.com. July 3, 2018, accessed July 20, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Cort Nielsen puts the Astana Plan into action. In: radsport-news.com. July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Pauwels: "I immediately felt that something was broken". In: radsport-news.com. July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018 . 
4. ^ According to video evidence: Moscon excluded from the Tour de France. In: radsport-news.com. July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 22, 2018 . 

Web links

• Tour de France 2018/15. Stage in the ProCyclingStats.com database