Tour de France | Analysis

Stage 15

Stage 15 Breakdown:

Stage 15 bring the riders on a long and mountainous trip from Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil to Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc. The stage contains no less then five categorized climbs, including one 3rd, one 2nd and three 1st category climbs, totalling over 4000m in elevation gains. Being the last stage before the 2nd rest day, should give the riders the freedom to attack with whatever energy they got left. It should make for an exciting fight, both for the stage win and for the GC standings!

Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc is located near the foot of Mont-Blac, Europe’s tallest mountain. The final climb up to the finish line is 7,2km long with an average gradient of 7,7%, including a section of up to an impressive 17%(!). It will be interesting to see if a breakaway will be able to hold off, or if the fight between the GC riders will eat them up in the final climb.

Favorites:
| +++ | Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar
| ++ | Adam Yates, Jai Hindley, Simon Yates
| + | Michael Woods, Mikel Landa, Felix Gall, Giuliu Ciccone

Tour Manager:
Etappe 15 er en lang og tøff dag for rytterne, med ikke mindre enn 5 kategoriserte stigninger. Avslutningen bringer rytterne opp 1. kategori fjellet Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, ved foten av Mont-Blanc. Det er mange klatrepoeng på dagens etappe og kan bli en viktig etappe i kampen om klatretrøyen. Spørsmålet er bare å se om noen kan ta opp kampen om trøyen med Pogacar og Vingegaard, som ofte plukker mange poeng på avslutningsfjellene.

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