Bonjour and welcome to Cyclingnews ' live coverage of stage 15 of the Tour de France! Today's stage brings the second summit finish in as many days, and the next big GC showdown of the Tour atop Plateau de Beille.
Stage 15 kicks off in an hour and the riders will be immediately climbing. The first-category Col de Peyresourde starts the day from Loudenvielle. That's 1, more than yesterday's stage and more than any other stage in the race stage An end to the doubts? Jonas Vingegaard remains a massive threat, but loses some momentum after Pyrenees defeat. How to watch the Tour de France — TV schedule, live streaming worldwide.
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Lazkano drops back to the peloton. Gaudu and Bardet have seven seconds. Girmay easily wins the intermediate sprint ahead of Michael Matthews, though he cut off the Australian as he moved across the road. Riders attack from the peloton as the gap to the break falls under a minute Richard Carapaz makes a move.
Girmay has now been relegated to third place at the intermediate sprint for cutting off Matthews. Bataille entre GrmayeBiniam et blingmatthews! TDF pic. Guillaume Martin is the only French hope in the breakaway on Bastille Day. A French rider hasn't won on July 14 since Back to today's stage and the break heads over the summit of the climb. The riders pass the memorial to Fabio Casartelli early on the way up. The Olympic champion died after crashing on the descent of the climb during the Tour de France.
